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== Career highlights ==
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=== Personal ===
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* Resided in Topanga, California in 1949 and 1951.
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* Self-identified as being of Irish ancestry.
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* Listed hobbies included golf.
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=== Pre-professional career ===
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* Played baseball and basketball at Grant High School in Portland, Oregon, achieving all-city honors in both sports.
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* Earned a B.S. at [[University of Oregon]], where he played on the [[Pacific Coast Conference]] champions in two seasons.
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=== Notable achievements ===
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* Homered in his first professional at bat
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* Led the [[1940 Western International League]] in RBI with 150.
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* Led the [[1949 California League]] in hits with 196 and doubles with 39.
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* As of 1951, held the following [[California League]] records:
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** Most total bases, season (298 in 1949)
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** Most RBI, game (10 in 1949)
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** Most doubles, game (co-holder with 3)
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** Highest fielding percentage at first base (co-holder with .990 in 1949)
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=== Honors and awards ===
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* Named first baseman on the second team of the California League All-Time All-Star Team circa 1950.
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=== Outside of baseball ===
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* Served in the U.S. Marine Corps for 2 years.
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* Listed offseason occupation as "gentleman farmer."
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== Sources ==
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* {{cite-book | title=1949 California League Gold Book}}
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* {{cite-book | title=1951 California League Gold Book (Third Edition)}}

Latest revision as of 02:18, 29 June 2010


Contents

[edit] Career highlights

[edit] Personal

  • Resided in Topanga, California in 1949 and 1951.
  • Self-identified as being of Irish ancestry.
  • Listed hobbies included golf.

[edit] Pre-professional career

  • Played baseball and basketball at Grant High School in Portland, Oregon, achieving all-city honors in both sports.
  • Earned a B.S. at University of Oregon, where he played on the Pacific Coast Conference champions in two seasons.

[edit] Notable achievements

  • Homered in his first professional at bat
  • Led the 1940 Western International League in RBI with 150.
  • Led the 1949 California League in hits with 196 and doubles with 39.
  • As of 1951, held the following California League records:
    • Most total bases, season (298 in 1949)
    • Most RBI, game (10 in 1949)
    • Most doubles, game (co-holder with 3)
    • Highest fielding percentage at first base (co-holder with .990 in 1949)

[edit] Honors and awards

  • Named first baseman on the second team of the California League All-Time All-Star Team circa 1950.

[edit] Outside of baseball

  • Served in the U.S. Marine Corps for 2 years.
  • Listed offseason occupation as "gentleman farmer."

[edit] Sources

  • 1949 California League Gold Book.
  • 1951 California League Gold Book (Third Edition).
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