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== Profile ==
== Profile ==
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Mickey seemed destined for a New York career.He made his professional start as a member of the Yankees farm organization in 1935 at Bassett,Va. He ranks winning a position on the Bassett team as his greatest baseball thrill, for he hitch-hiked 500 miles from his home in Luzerne to get it. From Bassett he traveled the same road as so many of the Yankee ball players, through Norfolk, Binghamton and Newark. With [[Joe Gordon ]]as competition at second base his chances were not favorable making it to Yankee Stadium. He was traded on Dec. 27,1939{{footnote-newspaper | title= | newspaper=The Spokesman Review | year=1939 | month=12 | day=28 | pages=11 | last= | first= | url= }}
 
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As an infield regular at the Polo Grounds, Mickey was a play-maker and consistent hitter. He led the league's second baseman in fielding in 1942, but his best year was 1943, just before his entry into the service when he hit .314. 
 
=== Personal ===
=== Personal ===
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* Married Virginia Dominick, October 4, 1941.
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* Resided in Newark, New Jersey in 1951. Mickey seemed destined for a New York career.He made his professional start as a member of the Yankees farm organization in 1935 at Bassett,Va.  
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* Resided in Newark, New Jersey in 1951.  
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=== Pre-professional career ===
=== Pre-professional career ===
* Attended Luzerne High School.
* Attended Luzerne High School.
=== Outside of baseball ===
=== Outside of baseball ===
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* Is a veteran.Mickey served in the U.S.Coast Guard for two years.
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* Is a veteran.Mickey served in the U.S.Coast Guard for two years
=== Transactions ===
=== Transactions ===
* Was obtained from Seattle in trade for player Ellis Clary.
* Was obtained from Seattle in trade for player Ellis Clary.
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* Was obtained from Newark in a trade to New York Giants, Giants gave up [[Alex Kampouris]] & [[Tom Padden]] and cash. [See Footnote 1 below]
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
{{footnote-book | title= | last=| first=| publisher= | city= | year= }}* {{cite-book| title=1951 * * Boston Braves Roster Book}}
{{footnote-book | title= | last=| first=| publisher= | city= | year= }}* {{cite-book| title=1951 * * Boston Braves Roster Book}}
* {{cite-book | title= The Giants Of New York 1947 Year Book  | last=| first=| publisher= | city= | year= }}
* {{cite-book | title= The Giants Of New York 1947 Year Book  | last=| first=| publisher= | city= | year= }}

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