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== Profile ==
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=== Personal ===
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* Resided in Sacramento, California in 1949 and 1954.
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* Listed hobbies as hunting, fishing and photography.
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* His most interesting baseball experience came while playing for Fort Ord in 1951 when he hit a grand slam homer to win a game while the post's commanding general was sitting in the dugout.
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* Started his career as a pitcher and then switched to the outfield in 1949.
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* Self-identified as being of Italian ancestry.
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* Listed hobbies as hunting and fishing in 1949.
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=== Pre-professional career ===
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* Graduated from C. K. McClatchy High School in Sacramento in 1948 and played baseball.
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* In a high school game he struck out the first ten batters to face him.
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* Played American Legion ball in Sacramento.
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=== Outside of baseball ===
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* Employed by the state of California during the off-season in 1949
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* Was an electrician during the off-season in 1954.
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* Served two years in the U.S. Army including 16 months in Korea.
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=== Contract signing ===
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* Was signed to his first contract by Charley Wallgren of the Boston Red Sox.
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== Sources ==
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* {{cite-book | title=1949 California League Gold Book}}
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* {{cite-book | title=1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition)}}

Latest revision as of 18:41, 20 June 2010

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[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

  • Resided in Sacramento, California in 1949 and 1954.
  • Listed hobbies as hunting, fishing and photography.
  • His most interesting baseball experience came while playing for Fort Ord in 1951 when he hit a grand slam homer to win a game while the post's commanding general was sitting in the dugout.
  • Started his career as a pitcher and then switched to the outfield in 1949.
  • Self-identified as being of Italian ancestry.
  • Listed hobbies as hunting and fishing in 1949.

[edit] Pre-professional career

  • Graduated from C. K. McClatchy High School in Sacramento in 1948 and played baseball.
  • In a high school game he struck out the first ten batters to face him.
  • Played American Legion ball in Sacramento.

[edit] Outside of baseball

  • Employed by the state of California during the off-season in 1949
  • Was an electrician during the off-season in 1954.
  • Served two years in the U.S. Army including 16 months in Korea.

[edit] Contract signing

  • Was signed to his first contract by Charley Wallgren of the Boston Red Sox.

[edit] Sources

  • 1949 California League Gold Book.
  • 1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition).
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