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From SABR Encyclopedia

Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Achievements 1.4 Outside of baseball 1.5 Contract signing 1.6 Relatives 2 Sources

Profile

Personal

• Resided in Torrance, California in 1952.
• Resided in Torrance, California in 1954.
• Self-identified as being of Yugoslav ancestry.
• Listed hobby as fishing.
• Ambition was to be a manager, coach or scout after playing days in 1954.
• Losing a two-hit game, 2-1, with the same batter getting both hits was his most unusual experience in baseball.

Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Narbonne High School in Los Angeles in 1939.
• Played baseball and basketball in high school.

Achievements

• Led the 1949 Southeastern League in wins with 23, complete games with 30 and innings pitched with 285.
• Led the 1950 Southeastern League in complete games with 22 and innings pitched with 243.
• Tied for the lead in games pitched with 46 in the 1953 California League.

Outside of baseball

• Was a truck driver during the off-season in 1954.
• Served in the U.S. Army for 10 months, receiving a medical discharge in 1945.

Contract signing

• Was signed to his first contract by the late (in 1954) John Angel of the Cleveland Indians.

Relatives

• Brother of Erv Palica.

Sources

• 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
• 1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition).