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Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Achievements 1.4 Outside of baseball 1.5 Contract signing 2 Source

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Trenton, New Jersey in 1959.
• Self-identified as being of Polish ancestry.
• Shows he is single.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Trenton High School in Trenton, New Jersey but did not participate in any sports.

[edit] Achievements

• Was second in strikeouts with 202 in the 1957 Alabama-Florida League.
• Led the 1958 Northern League in earned run average with 2.24 and strikeouts with 184.
• Was second in shutouts pitched with 4 in the 2958 Northern League.
• Won 10 games of the 39 total games won by his club in the 1958 Northern League.
• Named All-Star left-hander in the 1957 Alabama-Florida League.
• Named All-Star left-hander in the 1958 Northern League.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Works as a television repairman during the off-season.

[edit] Contract signing

• Signed to his first contract by Rex Bowen of the Pittsburg Pirates.

[edit] Source

• 1959 Texas League Sketches.