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[[Category:Veterans|Reich, Herman]]
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== Profile ==
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=== Personal ===
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* Resided in Bell, California in 1952.
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* Self-identified as being of Swiss-German ancestry.
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* Started as a pitcher and won his first game 10-5 with Bartlesville in the 1936 Western
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  Association.
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* Switched to the regular playing side because of his good hitting.
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* Having 11 putouts in one game as well as two assists in 1939 was his biggest thrill.
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* Never noticing a person with an arm in a sling he lists as a superstition.
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* Social Security Death Index account number 446-05-1007 shows he died on October 22, 2009.
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=== Pre-professional career ===
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* Attended high school in Bell, California.
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* Went to Loyola University but did not graduate.
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== Achievements ==
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* Was a member of the 1948 Pacific Coast League All Stars Northern All Stars.
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==Outside of baseball ==
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* Is a salesman during the off-season.
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== Career notes ==
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* 1938                    Shows "Inactive"
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* 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945  Shows "Armed Forces"
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== Contract signing ==
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* Was drafted by the Cleveland indians in 1948, then went to the Chicago Cubs and later to the
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  Chicago White Sox.
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= Sources ==
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* {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}}
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* Social Security Death Index account number 446-05-1007 shows he died on 10-22-2009

Revision as of 19:15, 27 January 2010


Contents

Profile

Personal

  • Resided in Bell, California in 1952.
  • Self-identified as being of Swiss-German ancestry.
  • Started as a pitcher and won his first game 10-5 with Bartlesville in the 1936 Western
 Association.
  • Switched to the regular playing side because of his good hitting.
  • Having 11 putouts in one game as well as two assists in 1939 was his biggest thrill.
  • Never noticing a person with an arm in a sling he lists as a superstition.
  • Social Security Death Index account number 446-05-1007 shows he died on October 22, 2009.

Pre-professional career

  • Attended high school in Bell, California.
  • Went to Loyola University but did not graduate.

Achievements

  • Was a member of the 1948 Pacific Coast League All Stars Northern All Stars.

Outside of baseball

  • Is a salesman during the off-season.

Career notes

  • 1938 Shows "Inactive"
  • 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945 Shows "Armed Forces"

Contract signing

  • Was drafted by the Cleveland indians in 1948, then went to the Chicago Cubs and later to the
 Chicago White Sox.

Sources =

  • 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
  • Social Security Death Index account number 446-05-1007 shows he died on 10-22-2009
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