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Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Outside of baseball 1.4 Achievements 2 Sources

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Inglewood, California in 1951 and 1953.
• Married with two children in 1951.
• Nationality self-identified as "Scotch-Irish".
• Graduated from Inglewood High School in 1940.
• Listed hobbies as hunting and golf in 1951.
• Baseball ambition in 1951 was "to manage or scout".

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Played baseball in high school.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Was in the U.S. Navy for 13 months.

[edit] Achievements

• Led the 1948 Sunset League in home runs with 42, runs batted in with 188 and total bases with 354.
• Led the 1950 California League in home runs with 30, runs batted in with 154 and total bases with 299.
• Set the California League record for hits with 205, total bases with 384, home runs with 40 and doubles with 55 in 1951.
• Led the 1951 California League in batting average with .371.

[edit] Sources

• 1951 California League Gold Book (Third Edition).
• 1953 California League Gold Book (Fifth Edition).
• "Obituary". Reno Gazette-Journal, 2009-03-22. .