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| + | == Profile == | ||
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| + | === Personal === | ||
| + | * Resided in Arcadia, California in 1952. | ||
| + | * Self-identified as being of Irish ancestry. | ||
| + | * Shows his hobbies are baseball, fishing, golf and now his new home. | ||
| + | * Got seven hits in eight trips to the plate in his first pro game. | ||
| + | * Was never on a pennant winner until he piloted Portland to a Pacific Coast League flag in 1936. | ||
| + | * Coached under Steve O'Neil of the Detroit Tigers in 1947 and 1948. | ||
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| + | === Pre-professional career === | ||
| + | * Attended high school in Cleveland, Ohio. | ||
| + | * Played with the Cleveland world amateur baseball champs who won the titlw before 85,000 fans on | ||
| + | the final day of the tourney. | ||
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| + | == Achievements == | ||
| + | * Has won more Pacific Coast League pennants than any other manager; won pennants in 1936 with | ||
| + | Portland and 1943 and 1944 with Los Angeles. | ||
| + | * Holds the all-time Pacific Coast League record for the highest fielding average for a first | ||
| + | baseman with .997 for Portland in 1938 and also in 1939. | ||
| + | |||
| + | = Source == | ||
| + | * {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}} | ||
Revision as of 15:32, 28 January 2010
Contents |
Profile
Personal
- Resided in Arcadia, California in 1952.
- Self-identified as being of Irish ancestry.
- Shows his hobbies are baseball, fishing, golf and now his new home.
- Got seven hits in eight trips to the plate in his first pro game.
- Was never on a pennant winner until he piloted Portland to a Pacific Coast League flag in 1936.
- Coached under Steve O'Neil of the Detroit Tigers in 1947 and 1948.
Pre-professional career
- Attended high school in Cleveland, Ohio.
- Played with the Cleveland world amateur baseball champs who won the titlw before 85,000 fans on
the final day of the tourney.
Achievements
- Has won more Pacific Coast League pennants than any other manager; won pennants in 1936 with
Portland and 1943 and 1944 with Los Angeles.
- Holds the all-time Pacific Coast League record for the highest fielding average for a first
baseman with .997 for Portland in 1938 and also in 1939.
Source =
- 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
