Chuck Stevens/pagetext

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Profile

Personal

  • Resided in Long Beach, California in 1952.
  • Self-identified as being of Scottish ancestry.
  • Listed hobby as golf in 1952.
  • Described as one of the finest fielding first basemen in the game in the 1952 PCL Thumbnail Sketches.
  • Was an accomplished drummer.
  • Getting his first major league home run in Yankee Stadium in 1936 was his biggest thrill.

Pre-professional career

  • Attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School.
  • Was the first baseman on that school's Southern California championship team in 1936.
  • Played American Legion ball.

Achievements

  • Hit .316 for Springfield in the 1939 Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League to help them win the pennant.
  • Was honored in 1950 by Look magazine as being the outstanding Minor League first baseman in organized baseball.

Outside of baseball

  • Played golf during the off-season as of 1952.
  • Was a veteran of World War II, and served during the 1943-1945 seasons.

Sources

  • 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
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