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| - | == Profile ==
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| - | === Personal ===
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| - | * Self-identified as being of African American-Spanish ancestry.
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| - | * Listed hobbies as swimming and movies.
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| - | * Flied out as a pinch hitter in his first game with the Philadelphia Stars.
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| - | * Leading the Negro American League in hitting with .390 in 1944 as the lead-off batter in his first year as a pro was his greatest thrill.
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| - | === Pre-professional career ===
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| - | * Won three letters in track and baseball in a Panama high school.
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| - | * Was a semi-pro pitcher when Bill Yancey, a scout for the Philadelphia Stars of the Negro American League, discovered him.
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| - | === Achievements ===
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| - | * Only once did he fall below .300 in his five years in the Negro American League and Panama loop.
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| - | * Led the 1952 Pacific Coast League in times at bat with 702.
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| - | === Contract signing ===
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| - | * Was purchased from the Philadelphia Stars by the New York Yankees who optioned him to Newark in 1949.
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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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| - | * {{cite-newspaper | title=Obituary | newspaper=The Sporting News | month=1 | day=27 | year=1960}}
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