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+ | == Profile == | ||
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+ | === Personal === | ||
+ | * Resided in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1952. | ||
+ | * Got his nickname "Tookie" when youngsters and his brothers let him take batting practice with | ||
+ | them; they would call him "Rookie" but Harold pronounced it "Tookie" and that is the story. | ||
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+ | == Achievements == | ||
+ | * Was named to the 1949 Southern Association All Star team while playing for Nashville. | ||
+ | * Led the 1951 American Association in home runs with 29. | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Contract signing == | ||
+ | * Was signed by Mel Ott, who is the manager of the 1952 Oakland Oaks, in 1946 for $50,000; at that | ||
+ | time Mel Ott was a New York Giants scout. | ||
+ | * Numerous clubs were after Tookie so his father, Lary Gilbert, Sr., co-owner of the Nashville | ||
+ | team in the Southern Association, put the names in a hat and pulled out Ott's. | ||
+ | |||
+ | = Source == | ||
+ | * {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}} |
Revision as of 01:58, 24 January 2010
Contents |
Profile
Personal
- Resided in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1952.
- Got his nickname "Tookie" when youngsters and his brothers let him take batting practice with
them; they would call him "Rookie" but Harold pronounced it "Tookie" and that is the story.
Achievements
- Was named to the 1949 Southern Association All Star team while playing for Nashville.
- Led the 1951 American Association in home runs with 29.
Contract signing
- Was signed by Mel Ott, who is the manager of the 1952 Oakland Oaks, in 1946 for $50,000; at that
time Mel Ott was a New York Giants scout.
- Numerous clubs were after Tookie so his father, Lary Gilbert, Sr., co-owner of the Nashville
team in the Southern Association, put the names in a hat and pulled out Ott's.
Source =
- 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.