From SABR Encyclopedia

Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 2 Outside of baseball 3 Relatives 4 Contract signing 5 Source = 5.1 Profile 5.1.1 Personal 5.2 Source

Profile

Personal

• Resided in Orange, California in 1952.
• Self-identified as being of Dutch-Irish ancestry.
• Shows his hobby is swimming.
• Dropped the first two balls hit to him in his first game with San Bernardino in the 1948

 Sunset League.

• Hitting his first home run in organized ball was his biggest thrill.

Pre-professional career

• Attended Orange Union High School.
• Was All-Southern California in baseball.
• Attend Saint Mary's College at Moraga but did not graduate.

Outside of baseball

• Is a truck driver during the off-season.

Relatives

• Is a nephew of Red Faber, former Chicago White Sox pitching great who was with the White Sox when

 they won the World Series in 1917; incidentally that club was managed by the President of the
 Pacific Coast League, Clarence Rowland.

Contract signing

• Was the first player in the Pacific Coast League to sign the draft waiver clause in the Open

 Classification contract in January, 1952.

Source =

• 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.

Profile

Personal

• Resided in Orange, California in 1953.

Source

• 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.