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- | == Profile ==
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- | === Personal ===
| + | == Notebook == |
- | * Resided in Oakland, California in 1949, in San Leandro, California in 1951, and in Visalia, California in 1953.
| + | * Source: 1951 California League Gold Book (Third Edition) |
- | * Self-identified as being of Portuguese and Italian ancestry.
| + | * Father, Albert, Caught For Sacramento And Vernon In The Pacific Coast League |
- | * Listed among his hobbies singing, music, movies, hunting and fishing.
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- | * Son of Albert Moniz, who caught for Sacramento and Vernon in the Pacific Coast League.
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- | === Pre-professional career ===
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- | * Graduated from Hayward High School in 1944 and participated in baseball, football, basketball, track, and boxing.
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- | * Played American Legion ball in Oakland.
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- | === Achievements === | + | |
- | * Tied for the lead in triples with 13 in the [[1948 California League]]. | + | |
- | * Was third in doubles with 31 in the [[1948 California League]].
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- | * He led the [[1948 Visalia]] team in total bases with 244.
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- | * As of 1951 was the co-holder of the California League record for most errors by an outfielder in a game.
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- | * Hit a home run in his first game in the last of the 11th inning to win the game 4-3.
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- | * Getting five for five, a home run, triple, double and single was his greatest thrill.
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- | * Said he would "always remember" one home run he hit in the West Texas-New Mexico League when he was with Clovis that netted him $200.00.
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- | === Outside of baseball ===
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- | * Worked in the Oakland post office during the 1948-49 off-season, and for a packing company in the 1950-51 off-season.
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- | * Was a truck driver during the off-season in 1953.
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- | * Served in the U.S. Navy in 1945 and 1946.
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- | == Sources ==
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- | * {{cite-book | title=1949 California League Gold Book}}
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- | * {{cite-book | title=1951 California League Gold Book (Third Edition)}}
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- | * {{cite-book | title=1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book}} | + | |