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| - | == Profile ==
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| - | === Personal ===
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| - | * Resided in Birmingham, Alabama in 1952.
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| - | * Resided in Birmingham, Alabama in 1953.
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| - | * Self-identified as being of African-American ancestry.
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| - | * Got the only home run in his professional career in the Pacific Coast League in 1950; he has since added more.
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| - | === Career notes ===
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| - | * Started as a professional with the Birmingham Black Barons.
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| - | === Achievements ===
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| - | * Never hit below .300 in the five years he played professional Negro League baseball.
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| - | * Made the all-star team four of the five years he played professional Negro League baseball.
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| - | * Led the 1949 Pacific Coast League in batting average with .348, splitting his time between San Diego and Oakland.
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| - | * Became the first player since 1917 to win the batting title without hitting a home run; the mark was set in 1917 by Morris Rath of Salt Lake City.
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| - | * Became only the second player to lead the Pacific Coast League in batting average while playing for two clubs in the same season; Harvey Storey was the first with Los Angeles and Portland in 1946.
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| - | * Led the 1950 Pacific Coast League in most time at bat with 848, runs scored with 168 and hits with 264.
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| - | * Led the 1949 Pacific Coast League in stolen bases with 46.
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| - | * Led the 1952 Pacific Coast League in hits with 216 and was second in batting average with .316.
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| - | == Sources ==
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| - | * {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}}
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| - | * {{cite-book | title=1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book}}
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