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From SABR Encyclopedia

Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 2 Outside of baseball 3 Contract signing 4 Source

Profile

Personal

• Resided in Richmond, California in 1954.
• Shows his hobby is airplanes.
• The 1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition) does not show him playing for any

 team in 1951.  

Pre-professional career

• Played American Legion ball in Richmond.

Outside of baseball

• Works in a parking lot during the off-season.

Contract signing

• Was signed to his first contract by Bob Fontaine of the Hollywood Stars.

Source

• 1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition).