From SABR Encyclopedia

Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 2 Achievements 3 Outside of baseball 4 Contract signing 5 Career notes 6 Source = 6.1 Profile 6.1.1 Personal 6.2 Achievements 7 Source =

Profile

Personal

• Resided in Greenwood, Mississippi in 1952.
• Self-identified as being of Scottish-Irish ancestry.
• Is married and has two children Jimmy age 23 and Janice age 19.
• Was a player-manager a good many years before retiring to the dugout to mastermind.

Pre-professional career

• Attended Mississippi A & M.
• Was a football and baseball star at Mississippi A & M.

Achievements

• Had a .330 batting average for his career.
• Was named Minor League Manager of the Year in 1946 after leading Montreal to the pennant, the

 Governor's Cup and the Junior World Series.

Outside of baseball

• Is a cotton merchant during the off-season.

Contract signing

• Was signed by Portland at the National Association meeting in December, 1951.

Career notes

• 1943, 1944 Shows "Out of baseball"

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• 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.

Profile

Personal

• Resided in Greenwood, Mississippi in 1953.

Achievements

• Was named "Manager Of The Year" in 1952 by the Pacific Coast League Baseball Writers Association.

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• 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.