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