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== Profile ==
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=== Personal ===
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* Resided in San Diego, California in 1952.
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* Listed hobby as taking motion pictures.
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* His father was General Chairman of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
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=== Pre-professional career ===
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* Attended Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio High School.
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* Won three letters each in baseball, basketball and football and one in track in high school.
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* Attended Kent State University but did not graduate.
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* Was adjudged the most outstanding amateur baseball player in Ohio in 1937.
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=== Achievements ===
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* Got a single and a double in his first game.
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* Led the 1939 Middle Atlantic League in two base hits with 42.
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* Tied for the lead in stolen bases with 40 in the 1947 Pacific Coast League.
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* Led the 1948 Pacific Coast League in runs scored with 133.
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* His greatest thrill came when San Diego fans voted him the most popular player in 1947 and  along with the honor went an automobile.
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=== Outside of baseball ===
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* Was in the insurance business during the off-season in 1952.
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=== Career notes ===
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* Out of baseball in 1951.
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== Sources ==
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* {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}}
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* {{cite-ssdi|ssn=275-14-8923}} shows date of death as August 15, 1994.

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[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

  • Resided in San Diego, California in 1952.
  • Listed hobby as taking motion pictures.
  • His father was General Chairman of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.

[edit] Pre-professional career

  • Attended Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio High School.
  • Won three letters each in baseball, basketball and football and one in track in high school.
  • Attended Kent State University but did not graduate.
  • Was adjudged the most outstanding amateur baseball player in Ohio in 1937.

[edit] Achievements

  • Got a single and a double in his first game.
  • Led the 1939 Middle Atlantic League in two base hits with 42.
  • Tied for the lead in stolen bases with 40 in the 1947 Pacific Coast League.
  • Led the 1948 Pacific Coast League in runs scored with 133.
  • His greatest thrill came when San Diego fans voted him the most popular player in 1947 and along with the honor went an automobile.

[edit] Outside of baseball

  • Was in the insurance business during the off-season in 1952.

[edit] Career notes

  • Out of baseball in 1951.

[edit] Sources

  • 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
  • Social Security Death Index (SSN: 275-14-8923). shows date of death as August 15, 1994.
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