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== Profile ==
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=== Personal ===
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* Resided in Torrance, California in 1954.
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* Self-identified as being of Yugoslav ancestry.
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* Shows his hobby is fishing.
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* Ambition is to be a manager, coach or scout after playing days.
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* Losing a two-hit game, 2-1, with the same batter getting both hits was his most unusual
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  experience in baseball.
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=== Pre-professional career ===
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* Graduated from Narbonne High School in Los Angeles in 1939.
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* Played baseball and basketball in high school.
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== Achievements ==
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* Led the 1949 Southeastern League in wins with 23, complete games with 30 and innings pitched
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  with 285.
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* Led the 1950 Southeastern League in complete games with 22 and innings pitched with 243.
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* Tied for the lead in games pitched with 46 in the 1953 California League.
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== Outside of baseball ==
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* Is a truck driver during the off-season.
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* Served in the U. S. Army for 10 months, receiving a medical discharge in 1945.
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== Contract signing ==
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* Was signed to his first contract by the late John Angel of the Cleveland Indians.
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== Relatives ==
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* Is a brother of Erv Palica who is a pitcher with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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== Source ==
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* {{cite-book | title=1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition)}}

Revision as of 04:57, 21 January 2010


Contents

Profile

Personal

  • Resided in Torrance, California in 1954.
  • Self-identified as being of Yugoslav ancestry.
  • Shows his hobby is fishing.
  • Ambition is to be a manager, coach or scout after playing days.
  • Losing a two-hit game, 2-1, with the same batter getting both hits was his most unusual
 experience in baseball.

Pre-professional career

  • Graduated from Narbonne High School in Los Angeles in 1939.
  • Played baseball and basketball in high school.

Achievements

  • Led the 1949 Southeastern League in wins with 23, complete games with 30 and innings pitched
 with 285.
  • Led the 1950 Southeastern League in complete games with 22 and innings pitched with 243.
  • Tied for the lead in games pitched with 46 in the 1953 California League.

Outside of baseball

  • Is a truck driver during the off-season.
  • Served in the U. S. Army for 10 months, receiving a medical discharge in 1945.

Contract signing

  • Was signed to his first contract by the late John Angel of the Cleveland Indians.

Relatives

  • Is a brother of Erv Palica who is a pitcher with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Source

  • 1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition).
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