Eugene Phillips/pagetext
From SABR Encyclopedia
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Profile
Personal
- Resided in Wheatland, California in 1954.
- Shows his hobby is golf.
Pre-professional career
- Graduated from Wheatland Union High School in 1948.
- Played football, basketball and baseball in high school.
- Attended Chico State College.
- Played basketball and baseball at college.
- Played on the 1948 and 1949 teams which won the Far West Conference College Titles.
Outside of baseball
- Is a student during the off-season.
- Served in the U. S. Marine Corps for two years.
Contract signing
- Was signed to his first contract by Arnold "Jigger" Statz of the Chicago Cubs.
Playing in less than ten games statistics
- 1950 Pulaski Appalachian League No ststistics shown
Sources
- 1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition).
- Social Security Death Index account number 561-32-1226