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=== Personal === | === Personal === | ||
| + | * Uncle of [[Bob Wren]]. | ||
| + | * One of 15 children, 12 of them boys; self-identified as being of Irish ancestry. | ||
* Resided in Arcadia, California in 1952. | * Resided in Arcadia, California in 1952. | ||
| - | * | + | * Hobbies include baseball, fishing, golf. |
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* Coached under Steve O'Neil of the Detroit Tigers in 1947 and 1948. | * Coached under Steve O'Neil of the Detroit Tigers in 1947 and 1948. | ||
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=== Pre-professional career === | === Pre-professional career === | ||
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== Achievements == | == Achievements == | ||
| - | * Has won more Pacific Coast League pennants than any other manager; won pennants with [[1936 Portland]] and 1943 and 1944 with Los Angeles. | + | * Has won more Pacific Coast League pennants than any other manager; won pennants with [[1936 Portland]] and 1943 and 1944 with Los Angeles. |
* Holds the all-time Pacific Coast League record for the highest fielding average for a first baseman with .997 for [[1938 Portland]] and also in 1939. | * Holds the all-time Pacific Coast League record for the highest fielding average for a first baseman with .997 for [[1938 Portland]] and also in 1939. | ||
* Had seven hits in eight trips to the plate in his first pro game. | * Had seven hits in eight trips to the plate in his first pro game. | ||
| - | * | + | * Was never on a pennant winner until he piloted Portland to a Pacific Coast League flag in 1936. |
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
* {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}} | * {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}} | ||
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* {{cite-book | title=Philadelphia Phillies Organizational Sketch Book | year=1974}} | * {{cite-book | title=Philadelphia Phillies Organizational Sketch Book | year=1974}} | ||
