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| - | == Profile ==
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| - | | + | == Notebook == |
| - | === Personal ===
| + | * Source: Obituary in the Modesto Bee, 3/28/2003 |
| - | * Resided in Oakland, California in 1952.
| + | * According to obituary, invented the batting tee |
| - | * Self-identified as being of French-Scottish ancestry.
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| - | === Pre-professional career === | + | |
| - | * Attended Fremont High School in Oakland, California. | + | |
| - | * Played baseball, basketball and football in high school. | + | |
| - | * Won all city honors in baseball and football for two years while in high school.
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| - | === Achievements ===
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| - | * Got three hits in his first with Nazareth in the 1947 North Atlantic League but his team lost.
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| - | * Got a pinch hit home run in San Francisco in his second time at bat in the Pacific Coast League to help the Seattle Rainiers win a 17 inning contest; incidentally it was the first pro game his parents saw him play.
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| - | * Broke the Inter State League record in 1948 by getting five hits in five trips to the plate and driving in eight runs.
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| - | === Outside of baseball ===
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| - | * Delivered new cars during the off-season in 1952.
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| - | * Served in the U.S. Navy for 18 months in 1945 and 1946.
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| - | === Playing in less than ten games statistics ===
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| - | * 1947 Williamsport Eastern League No statistics shown
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| - | == Sources ==
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| - | * {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}}
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