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| + | == Profile == | ||
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| + | === Personal === | ||
| + | * Resided in Oakland, California in 1953. | ||
| + | * 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 is unable to work due to chronic asthma. | ||
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| + | === Pre-professional career === | ||
| + | * Attended McClymonds High School in Oakland, California. | ||
| + | * 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 | ||
| + | year. | ||
| + | * 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. | ||
| + | * 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. | ||
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| + | == Outside of baseball == | ||
| + | * Is employed at the American Red Cross Headquarters in San Francisco during the off-season. | ||
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| + | == Source == | ||
| + | * {{cite-book | title=1953 Pacific Coast League Sketchbook}} | ||
Revision as of 02:13, 7 February 2010
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Profile
Personal
- Resided in Oakland, California in 1953.
- 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 is unable to work due to chronic asthma.
Pre-professional career
- Attended McClymonds High School in Oakland, California.
- 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
year.
- 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.
- 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
- 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketchbook.
