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| - | == Profile ==
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| - | === Personal ===
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| - | * Resided in Sacramento, California in 1949 and 1954.
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| - | * Listed hobbies as hunting, fishing and photography.
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| - | * His most interesting baseball experience came while playing for Fort Ord in 1951 when he hit a grand slam homer to win a game while the post's commanding general was sitting in the dugout.
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| - | * Started his career as a pitcher and then switched to the outfield in 1949.
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| - | * Self-identified as being of Italian ancestry.
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| - | * Listed hobbies as hunting and fishing in 1949.
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| - | === Pre-professional career ===
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| - | * Graduated from C. K. McClatchy High School in Sacramento in 1948 and played baseball.
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| - | * In a high school game he struck out the first ten batters to face him.
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| - | * Played American Legion ball in Sacramento.
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| - | === Outside of baseball ===
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| - | * Employed by the state of California during the off-season in 1949
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| - | * Was an electrician during the off-season in 1954.
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| - | * Served two years in the U.S. Army including 16 months in Korea.
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| - | === Contract signing ===
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| - | * Was signed to his first contract by Charley Wallgren of the Boston Red Sox.
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| - | == Sources ==
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| - | * {{cite-book | title=1949 California League Gold Book}}
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| - | * {{cite-book | title=1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition)}}
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