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== Profile == | == Profile == | ||
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=== Personal === | === Personal === | ||
* Resided in Manteca, California in 1952. | * Resided in Manteca, California in 1952. | ||
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| - | * Winning seven straight games with the Washington Senators in 1943 and hitting an inside the | + | * Winning seven straight games with the Washington Senators in 1943 and hitting an inside the park home run against the New York Yankees were his greatest thrills in baseball. |
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=== Pre-professional career === | === Pre-professional career === | ||
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* Played American Legion ball in Lodi, California in 1932. | * Played American Legion ball in Lodi, California in 1932. | ||
| - | == Achievements == | + | === Achievements === |
| - | * Led the 1937 Arizona-Texas League pitchers in bases on balls issued with 141 and games won | + | * Led the 1937 Arizona-Texas League pitchers in bases on balls issued with 141 and games won with 21. |
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| - | == Outside of baseball == | + | === Outside of baseball === |
| - | * Served in the U. S. Army Infantry in World War II from 1945 to 1946. | + | * Served in the U.S. Army Infantry in World War II from 1945 to 1946. |
| - | == Career notes == | + | === Career notes === |
* 1945 Shows "Armed forces" | * 1945 Shows "Armed forces" | ||
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* {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}} | * {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}} | ||
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* Self-identified as being of Italian ancestry. | * Self-identified as being of Italian ancestry. | ||
| - | == Achievements == | + | === Achievements === |
| - | * Led the 1952 Pacific Coast League pitchers in games pitched with 69 and this set a new Pacific | + | * Led the 1952 Pacific Coast League pitchers in games pitched with 69 and this set a new Pacific Coast League record that was one better than the former record of 68 that was held by Irving Higginbotham of Portland in 1914. |
| - | + | * Also set a new Pacific Coast League record for the most games by a pitcher in one season without an error with 69 breaking the mark of Henry Krause of Portland of 61 games and tied by Lloyd Hittle of Oakland in 1951. | |
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| - | * Also set a new Pacific Coast League record for the most games by a pitcher in one season without | + | |
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* {{cite-book | title=1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book}} | * {{cite-book | title=1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book}} | ||
Revision as of 19:43, 7 May 2010
Contents |
Profile
Personal
- Resided in Manteca, California in 1952.
- Listed hobbies as fishing and playing cards.
- Winning seven straight games with the Washington Senators in 1943 and hitting an inside the park home run against the New York Yankees were his greatest thrills in baseball.
Pre-professional career
- Attended Manteca High School.
- Was on the baseball, football, basketball and track teams in high school.
- Played American Legion ball in Lodi, California in 1932.
Achievements
- Led the 1937 Arizona-Texas League pitchers in bases on balls issued with 141 and games won with 21.
Outside of baseball
- Served in the U.S. Army Infantry in World War II from 1945 to 1946.
Career notes
- 1945 Shows "Armed forces"
Sources
- 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
Profile
Personal
- Resided in Manteca, California in 1953.
- Self-identified as being of Italian ancestry.
Achievements
- Led the 1952 Pacific Coast League pitchers in games pitched with 69 and this set a new Pacific Coast League record that was one better than the former record of 68 that was held by Irving Higginbotham of Portland in 1914.
- Also set a new Pacific Coast League record for the most games by a pitcher in one season without an error with 69 breaking the mark of Henry Krause of Portland of 61 games and tied by Lloyd Hittle of Oakland in 1951.
Sources
- 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.
