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From SABR Encyclopedia
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Profile
Personal
- Resided in Sun Valley, California in 1953.
- Self-identified as being of English-Danish ancestry.
- Listed hobby as golf in 1953.
- Was out of baseball with a leg injury in 1937 and 1938.
Pre-professional career
- Attended Sacramento Main High School.
- Played baseball and football in high school.
Outside of baseball
- Is an assistant manager of a wholesale flower shipper during the off-season.
Achievements
- Got a single his first time at bat when he was only 17.
- Hitting a home run off Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians in the fifth game of the 1948 World Series was his biggest baseball thrill.
- Was manager of Tucson in the 1939 Arizona-Texas League when he was only 22 years old.
Contract signing
- Was signed by Sacramento when he was 17.
Sources
- 1953 California League Gold Book (Fifth Edition).