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| + | == Profile == | ||
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| + | === Personal === | ||
| + | * Resided in Long Beach, California in 1952. | ||
| + | * Self-identified as being of Scottish ancestry. | ||
| + | * Shows his hobby is golf. | ||
| + | * Was one of the finest fielding first basemen in the game. | ||
| + | * Is an accomplished drummer. | ||
| + | * Getting his first major league home run in Yankee Stadium in 1936 was his biggest thrill. | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Pre-professional career === | ||
| + | * Attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School. | ||
| + | * Was the first baseman on that school's Southern California championship team in 1936. | ||
| + | * Played American Legion ball. | ||
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| + | == Achievements == | ||
| + | * Hit .316 for Springfield in the 1939 Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League to help them win the pennant. | ||
| + | * Was honored in 1950 by Look magazine as being the outstanding Minor League first baseman in | ||
| + | organized baseball. | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Outside of baseball | ||
| + | * Plays golf during the off-season. | ||
| + | * Is a veteran of World War II. | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Career notes == | ||
| + | * 1943, 1944, 1945 Shows "Armed Forces" | ||
| + | |||
| + | = Source == | ||
| + | * {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}} | ||
Revision as of 05:37, 28 January 2010
Contents |
Profile
Personal
- Resided in Long Beach, California in 1952.
- Self-identified as being of Scottish ancestry.
- Shows his hobby is golf.
- Was one of the finest fielding first basemen in the game.
- Is an accomplished drummer.
- Getting his first major league home run in Yankee Stadium in 1936 was his biggest thrill.
Pre-professional career
- Attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School.
- Was the first baseman on that school's Southern California championship team in 1936.
- Played American Legion ball.
Achievements
- Hit .316 for Springfield in the 1939 Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League to help them win the pennant.
- Was honored in 1950 by Look magazine as being the outstanding Minor League first baseman in
organized baseball.
== Outside of baseball
- Plays golf during the off-season.
- Is a veteran of World War II.
Career notes
- 1943, 1944, 1945 Shows "Armed Forces"
Source =
- 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
