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| - | == Profile ==
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| - | === Personal ===
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| - | * Resided in Orange, California in 1952 and 1953.
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| - | * Self-identified as being of Dutch-Irish ancestry.
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| - | * Listed hobby as swimming.
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| - | * Dropped the first two balls hit to him in his first game with San Bernardino in the 1948 Sunset League.
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| - | * Hitting his first home run in organized ball was his biggest thrill.
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| - | === Pre-professional career ===
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| - | * Attended Orange Union High School.
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| - | * Was All-Southern California in baseball.
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| - | * Attend Saint Mary's College at Moraga but did not graduate.
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| - | === Outside of baseball ===
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| - | * Was a truck driver during the off-season in 1952.
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| - | === Relatives ===
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| - | * Nephew of Red Faber, former Chicago White Sox pitching great who was with the White Sox when they won the World Series in 1917; that club was managed by the 1952 President of the Pacific Coast League, Clarence Rowland.
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| - | === Contract signing ===
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| - | * Was the first player in the Pacific Coast League to sign the draft waiver clause in the Open Classification contract in January, 1952.
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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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