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== Profile == | == Profile == | ||
=== Personal === | === Personal === | ||
| - | * Resided in San Francisco, California in 1952 | + | * Resided in San Francisco, California in 1952. |
* Self-identified as being of Scottish-Irish ancestry. | * Self-identified as being of Scottish-Irish ancestry. | ||
| - | * | + | * Shows his hobbies are movies, golf and horses. |
| - | * Won his first game 10-1 giving up four hits when he started his pro career with in 1946 with Lynn of the New England League. | + | * Won his first game 10-1 giving up four hits when he started his pro career with in 1946 with |
| - | * Pitching against the Detroit Tigers in a spring training game, hitting a double to tie the score and then winning 2-1 in the ninth inning was his biggest thrill; he held the Tigers to but | + | Lynn of the New England League. |
| + | * Pitching against the Detroit Tigers in a spring training game, hitting a double to tie the | ||
| + | score and then winning 2-1 in the ninth inning was his biggest thrill; he held the Tigers to but | ||
| + | three hits and picked two runners off first base. | ||
=== Pre-professional career === | === Pre-professional career === | ||
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* Played baseball and baskeball at high school. | * Played baseball and baskeball at high school. | ||
| - | + | == Outside of baseball == | |
* Employed in the Motor Vehicle department during the off-season. | * Employed in the Motor Vehicle department during the off-season. | ||
* Saw action in Iwo Jima, Japan and other hot spots during the war. | * Saw action in Iwo Jima, Japan and other hot spots during the war. | ||
* Played some ball with the Marines during World War II. | * Played some ball with the Marines during World War II. | ||
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* {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}} | * {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}} | ||
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| + | == Profile == | ||
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| + | === Personal === | ||
| + | * Resided in San Francisco, California in 1953. | ||
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| + | == Source == | ||
* {{cite-book | title=1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book}} | * {{cite-book | title=1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book}} | ||
