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== Profile == | == Profile == | ||
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* Shows he was born on August 15, 1920. | * Shows he was born on August 15, 1920. | ||
* Shows he was born in Springfield, Alabama. | * Shows he was born in Springfield, Alabama. | ||
| - | * Got the only home run in his professional career in the Pacific Coast League in 1950. | + | * Got the only home run in his professional career in the Pacific Coast League in 1950. |
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=== Pre-professional career === | === Pre-professional career === | ||
* Started with the Birmingham Black Barons. | * Started with the Birmingham Black Barons. | ||
| - | == Achievements == | + | === Achievements === |
* Never hit below .300 in the five years he played professional Negro League baseball. | * Never hit below .300 in the five years he played professional Negro League baseball. | ||
* Made the all-star team four of the five years he played professional Negro League baseball. | * Made the all-star team four of the five years he played professional Negro League baseball. | ||
| - | * Led the 1949 Pacific Coast League in batting average with .348, splitting his time between | + | * Led the 1949 Pacific Coast League in batting average with .348, splitting his time between San Diego and Oakland. |
| - | + | * Became the first player since 1917 to win the batting title without hitting a home run; the mark was set in 1917 by Morris Rath of Salt Lake City. | |
| - | * Became the first player since 1917 to win the batting title without hitting a home run; the mark | + | * Became only the second player to lead the Pacific Coast League in batting average while playing for two clubs in the same season; Harvey Storey was the first with Los Angeles and Portland in 1946. |
| - | + | * Led the 1950 Pacific Coast League in most time at bat with 848, runs scored with 168 and hits with 264. | |
| - | * Became only the second player to lead the Pacific Coast League in batting average while playing | + | |
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| - | * Led the 1950 Pacific Coast League in most time at bat with 848, runs scored with 168 and hits | + | |
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* Led the 1949 Pacific Coast League in stolen bases with 46. | * Led the 1949 Pacific Coast League in stolen bases with 46. | ||
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* {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}} | * {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}} | ||
Revision as of 14:46, 26 May 2010
Contents |
Profile
Personal
- Resided in Birmingham, Alabama in 1952.
- Self-identified as being of African-American ancestry.
- Shows he was born on August 15, 1920.
- Shows he was born in Springfield, Alabama.
- Got the only home run in his professional career in the Pacific Coast League in 1950.
Pre-professional career
- Started with the Birmingham Black Barons.
Achievements
- Never hit below .300 in the five years he played professional Negro League baseball.
- Made the all-star team four of the five years he played professional Negro League baseball.
- Led the 1949 Pacific Coast League in batting average with .348, splitting his time between San Diego and Oakland.
- Became the first player since 1917 to win the batting title without hitting a home run; the mark was set in 1917 by Morris Rath of Salt Lake City.
- Became only the second player to lead the Pacific Coast League in batting average while playing for two clubs in the same season; Harvey Storey was the first with Los Angeles and Portland in 1946.
- Led the 1950 Pacific Coast League in most time at bat with 848, runs scored with 168 and hits with 264.
- Led the 1949 Pacific Coast League in stolen bases with 46.
Sources
- 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
