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From SABR Encyclopedia

Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Achievements 1.4 Career notes 2 Sources

Profile

Personal

• Resided in Glendale, California in 1952 and 1953.
• Self-identified as being of English-Dutch ancestry.
• Listed hobbies as golf and hunting.
• Wore glasses in 1952.

Pre-professional career

• Attended the University of Idaho for two years.

Achievements

• Led the 1939 Western League in stolen bases with 67 and runs scored with 139.
• Led the 1940 Middle Atlantic League in stolen bases with 67 and times at bat with 522.
• Led the 1947 American League in stolen bases with 34.
• Led the 1948 American League in stolen bases with 28.
• Led the 1949 American League in stolen bases with 20.
• Tied for the lead in runs scored with 109 and hits with 163 in the 1940 Middle Atlantic League.
• Led the 1948 American League in hits with 207.
• Led the 1947 American League third basemen in putouts with 169.
• Led the 1949 American League third basemen in errors with 25.
• Played in the 1949 All Star game, being at bat officially once, scoring two runs, making one hit and driving in one teammate.

Career notes

• Sold by Philadelphia Athletics (American League) to Pittsburgh Pirates (National League) July 19, 1950.^[1]

Sources

• 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
• 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.
• Social Security Death Index (SSN: 559-09-5710).