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Profile

Personal

  • Resided in Los Angeles, California 1953.
  • Shows his hobby is photography.
  • Hitting his first home run in 1950 at Brwonville, Texas was his biggest baseball thrill.

Pre-professional career

  • Graduated from Franklin High School in 1948.
  • Played baseball and basketball in high school.
  • Was named player of the year in 1948 by the Los Angeles Daily News.

Outside of baseball

  • Is a salesman during the off-season.
  • Served in the U. S. Army for two years.

Contract signing

  • Was signed to his first contract by Tom Downey of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Playing in less than ten games statistics

  • 1949 Bartlesville Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League 5 G, 21 IP, 0 W, 1 L, .000 PCT., .... ERA
  • 1949 Greenville Alabama State League 2 G, 5 IP, 1 W, 0 L, 1.000 PCT., .... ERA
  • 1949 Ballinger Longhorn League 3 G, 7 IP, 0 W, 0 L, .000 PCT., 10.29 ERA

Source

  • 1953 California League Gold Book (Fifth Edition).
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