Bill Salkeld/pagetext

From SABR Encyclopedia

Revision as of 05:10, 15 January 2010 (edit) HothanM01 (Talk | contribs) ← Older edit		Revision as of 17:15, 16 January 2010 (edit) (undo) HothanM01 (Talk | contribs) Newer edit →
Line 7:		Line 7:
	=== Personal ===		=== Personal ===
-	* Resided in Sun Valley, California 1953.	+	* Resided in Sun Valley, California in 1953.
	* Self-identified as being of English-Danish ancestry.		* Self-identified as being of English-Danish ancestry.
	* Shows his hobby is golf.		* Shows his hobby is golf.

---

Revision as of 17:15, 16 January 2010

Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 2 Outside of baseball 3 Contract signing 4 Source

Profile

Personal

• Resided in Sun Valley, California in 1953.
• Self-identified as being of English-Danish ancestry.
• Shows his hobby is golf.
• Got a single his first time at bat when he was only 17.
• Hitting a home run off Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians in the fifth game of the 1948

 World Series was his biggest baseball thrill.

• Was manager of Tucson in the 1939 Arizona-Texas League when he was only 22 years old.
• Was out of baseball with a leg injury in 1937 and 1938.

Pre-professional career

• Attended Sacramento Main High School.
• Played baseball and football in high school.

Outside of baseball

• Is an assistant manager of a wholesale flower shipper during the off-season.

Contract signing

• Was signed by Sacramento when he was only 17.

Source

• 1953 California League Gold Book (Fifth Edition).