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		+	== Profile ==
		+
		+	=== Personal ===
		+	* Resided in Chicago, Illinois in 1952.
		+	* Self-identified as being of Polish ancestry.
		+	* Shows his middle name is "Theodore".
		+	* The Social Security Death Index account number 346-03-2554 shows he was born on October 10, 1917.
		+	* Hit a home run in his first time at bat in 1939.
		+	* Says his owes most in baseball to Bill Sweeney, now the manage of the Seattle club.
		+	* Driving in six runs in one inning with Macon in 1941 and banging out two grand slams homers
		+	against Oakland in a Governor's Cup contest on October 3, 1948 when he was with Los Angeles were
		+	his greatest baseball thrills;the feat of two grand slam home runs tied a Pacific Coast League
		+	Record but it does not go into the record books as it was a post-season game.
		+
		+	=== Pre-professional career ===
		+	* Attended Tilden Tech in Chicago, Illinois.
		+	* Did not participate in athletics at Tilden Tech.
		+
		+	== Achievements ==
		+	* Split the 1947 Los Angeles Most Valuable Player award with Jess Dobernic.
		+	* Led the 1939 Northern League in most strikeouts by a batter with 120.
		+	* Led the 1940 Alabama State League in home runs with 30, runs batted in with 120 and total bases
		+	with 306.
		+	* Led the 1941 South Atlantic League in triples with 20.
		+	* Led the 1943 Pacific Coast League in home runs with 21 and batter strikeouts with 109.
		+
		+	== Outside of baseball ==
		+	* Is a carpenter during the off-season.
		+
		+	== Contract signing ==
		+	* Was drafted on November 10, 1947 from Los Angeles by the Boston Red Sox.
		+
		+	= Source ==
		+	* {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}}

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Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 2 Achievements 3 Outside of baseball 4 Contract signing 5 Source =

Profile

Personal

• Resided in Chicago, Illinois in 1952.
• Self-identified as being of Polish ancestry.
• Shows his middle name is "Theodore".
• The Social Security Death Index account number 346-03-2554 shows he was born on October 10, 1917.
• Hit a home run in his first time at bat in 1939.
• Says his owes most in baseball to Bill Sweeney, now the manage of the Seattle club.
• Driving in six runs in one inning with Macon in 1941 and banging out two grand slams homers

 against Oakland in a Governor's Cup contest on October 3, 1948 when he was with Los Angeles were
 his greatest baseball thrills;the feat of two grand slam home runs tied a Pacific Coast League
 Record but it does not go into the record books as it was a post-season game.

Pre-professional career

• Attended Tilden Tech in Chicago, Illinois.
• Did not participate in athletics at Tilden Tech.

Achievements

• Split the 1947 Los Angeles Most Valuable Player award with Jess Dobernic.
• Led the 1939 Northern League in most strikeouts by a batter with 120.
• Led the 1940 Alabama State League in home runs with 30, runs batted in with 120 and total bases

 with 306.

• Led the 1941 South Atlantic League in triples with 20.
• Led the 1943 Pacific Coast League in home runs with 21 and batter strikeouts with 109.

Outside of baseball

• Is a carpenter during the off-season.

Contract signing

• Was drafted on November 10, 1947 from Los Angeles by the Boston Red Sox.

Source =

• 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.