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Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Outside of baseball 1.4 Achievements 1.5 Playing in less than ten games statistics 1.6 Contract signing 2 Sources

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Long Beach, California in 1952 and 1954.
• Listed hobbies as cars, golf, tennis and dancing.
• Self-identified as being of German-Irish ancestry.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Wilson High School in Long Beach in 1950.
• Participated in basketball, track and baseball in high school.
• Helped his high school team win the state championship in 1950.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Attended Long Beach City College during the off-season as of 1952.
• Served in the U. S. Navy for two years.

[edit] Achievements

• Hit a home run in his first time at bat in a professional baseball game.

[edit] Playing in less than ten games statistics

• 1952 Billings Pioneer League 2 G, 9 AB, 4 H, 4 RBI, .444 AVG.

[edit] Contract signing

• Signed to his first professional contract by Howie Haak of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

[edit] Sources

• 1952 Pioneer League Index.
• 1954 Pioneer League Index (Third Edition).