Jimmy Lavender
... that author Vincent Starrett used Chicago Cubs pitcher Jimmy Lavender's name for the central character in his 1944 compilation The Case Book of Jimmie Lavender?
... that author <a href="./Vincent_Starrett" id="mwBLg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vincent Starrett">Vincent Starrett</a> used <a href="./Chicago_Cubs" id="mwBLk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> pitcher <b id="mwBLo"><a href="./Jimmy_Lavender" id="mwBLs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jimmy Lavender">Jimmy Lavender</a></b><span about="#mwt27" class="nowrap" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"`s","href":"./Template:`s"},"params":{},"i":0}}]}' id="mwBLw" typeof="mw:Transclusion"><span typeof="mw:Entity">'</span>s</span> name for the central character in his 1944 compilation <i id="mwBL0">The Case Book of Jimmie Lavender</i>?