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| - | == Profile ==
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| - | === Personal ===
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| - | * Resided in San Diego, California in 1952.
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| - | * Listed hobby as taking motion pictures.
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| - | * His father was General Chairman of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
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| - | === Pre-professional career ===
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| - | * Attended Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio High School.
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| - | * Won three letters each in baseball, basketball and football and one in track in high school.
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| - | * Attended Kent State University but did not graduate.
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| - | * Was adjudged the most outstanding amateur baseball player in Ohio in 1937.
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| - | === Achievements ===
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| - | * Got a single and a double in his first game.
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| - | * Led the 1939 Middle Atlantic League in two base hits with 42.
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| - | * Tied for the lead in stolen bases with 40 in the 1947 Pacific Coast League.
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| - | * Led the 1948 Pacific Coast League in runs scored with 133.
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| - | * His greatest thrill came when San Diego fans voted him the most popular player in 1947 and along with the honor went an automobile.
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| - | === Outside of baseball ===
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| - | * Was in the insurance business during the off-season in 1952.
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| - | === Career notes ===
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| - | * Out of baseball in 1951.
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| - | == Sources ==
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| - | * {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}}
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| - | * {{cite-ssdi|ssn=275-14-8923}} shows date of death as August 15, 1994.
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