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== Profile ==
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=== Personal ===
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* Resided in Birmingham, Alabama in 1952 and 1953.
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* Self-identified as being of African-American ancestry.
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* Says the toughest thing in baseball, as far as he is concerened, was being released by Scranton, a Boston Red Sox farm club, and he was hitting .333 at the time.
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* Says hitting a home run with the bases loaded off a pitcher who the night before had struck him  out, also with the bases loaded, was his greatest baseball thrill.
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=== Pre-professional career ===
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* Attended Fairfield High School.
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* Played basketball in high school.
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* Attended Alabama State College.
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* Played basketball in college.
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* Played with the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro American loop from 1943 through 1949.
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=== Outside of baseball ===
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* Played baseball during the off-season as of 1952.
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== Sources ==
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* {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}}
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* {{cite-book | title=1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book}}

Latest revision as of 13:48, 21 June 2010

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[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

  • Resided in Birmingham, Alabama in 1952 and 1953.
  • Self-identified as being of African-American ancestry.
  • Says the toughest thing in baseball, as far as he is concerened, was being released by Scranton, a Boston Red Sox farm club, and he was hitting .333 at the time.
  • Says hitting a home run with the bases loaded off a pitcher who the night before had struck him out, also with the bases loaded, was his greatest baseball thrill.

[edit] Pre-professional career

  • Attended Fairfield High School.
  • Played basketball in high school.
  • Attended Alabama State College.
  • Played basketball in college.
  • Played with the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro American loop from 1943 through 1949.

[edit] Outside of baseball

  • Played baseball during the off-season as of 1952.

[edit] Sources

  • 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
  • 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.
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