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- | {{ | + | == Profile == |
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+ | === Personal === | ||
+ | * Resided in Oakland, California in 1953. | ||
+ | * Self-identified as being of African-American ancestry. | ||
+ | * Was the sole support of his parents as well as five brothers and two sisters in 1955. | ||
+ | * His father was 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. | ||
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+ | === Outside of baseball === | ||
+ | * Was employed at the American Red Cross Headquarters in San Francisco during the off-season in 1955. | ||
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+ | == Sources == | ||
+ | * {{cite-book | title=1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book}} |
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[edit] Profile
[edit] Personal
- Resided in Oakland, California in 1953.
- Self-identified as being of African-American ancestry.
- Was the sole support of his parents as well as five brothers and two sisters in 1955.
- His father was unable to work due to chronic asthma.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Outside of baseball
- Was employed at the American Red Cross Headquarters in San Francisco during the off-season in 1955.
[edit] Sources
- 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.