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== Profile == | == Profile == | ||
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* Resided in Oakland, California in 1953. | * Resided in Oakland, California in 1953. | ||
* Self-identified as being of African-American ancestry. | * Self-identified as being of African-American ancestry. | ||
| - | * | + | * Is the sole support of his parents as well as five brothers and two sisters. |
| - | * His father | + | * His father is unable to work due to chronic asthma. |
=== Pre-professional career === | === Pre-professional career === | ||
* Attended McClymonds High School in Oakland, California. | * Attended McClymonds High School in Oakland, California. | ||
* Played baseball three years in high school. | * Played baseball three years in high school. | ||
| - | * Won eight and lost none and batted .369 including four doubles and a triple in his final prep | + | * Won eight and lost none and batted .369 including four doubles and a triple in his final prep |
| + | year. | ||
* Played two years of American Legion ball in Oakland for a team his father managed. | * Played two years of American Legion ball in Oakland for a team his father managed. | ||
* Won five and lost two in American Legion ball in 1952. | * Won five and lost two in American Legion ball in 1952. | ||
| - | * Was acclaimed as "Oakland's best prep baseball player" at the 1952 American Legion prep all-star game in Oakland as he struck out seven in four innings and allowed only three hits and no runs in the all-star game. | + | * Was acclaimed as "Oakland's best prep baseball player" at the 1952 American Legion prep all-star |
| + | game in Oakland as he struck out seven in four innings and allowed only three hits and no runs | ||
| + | in the all-star game. | ||
| - | + | == Outside of baseball == | |
| - | * | + | * Is employed at the American Red Cross Headquarters in San Francisco during the off-season. |
| - | == | + | == Source == |
* {{cite-book | title=1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book}} | * {{cite-book | title=1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book}} | ||
