Bill Sweeney/pagetext

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Profile

Personal

  • Resided in Arcadia, California in 1952.
  • Self-identified as being of Irish ancestry.
  • Shows his hobbies are baseball, fishing, golf and now his new home.
  • One of 15 children, 12 of them boys.
  • Got seven hits in eight trips to the plate in his first pro game.
  • Was never on a pennant winner until he piloted Portland to a Pacific Coast League flag in 1936.
  • Coached under Steve O'Neil of the Detroit Tigers in 1947 and 1948.

Pre-professional career

  • Attended high school in Cleveland, Ohio.
  • Played with the Cleveland world amateur baseball champs who won the titlw before 85,000 fans on 
 the final day of the tourney.

Achievements

  • Has won more Pacific Coast League pennants than any other manager; won pennants in 1936 with 
 Portland and 1943 and 1944 with Los Angeles.
  • Holds the all-time Pacific Coast League record for the highest fielding average for a first 
 baseman with .997 for Portland in 1938 and also in 1939.

Source =

  • 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
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