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From SABR Encyclopedia

Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional carrer 1.3 Outside of baseball 1.4 Achievements 1.5 Contract signing 2 Sources

Profile

Personal

• Resided in Coronado, California in 1953 and 1954.
• Self-identified as being of Irish-English ancestry.

Pre-professional carrer

• Graduated from Coronado High School in 1946.
• Participated in football, basketball and track in high school.
• Made all league in football and basketball in high school.
• Played baseball for the first time at Stanford University.
• Graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in Political Science.
• Played football, basketball and baseball at Stanford University.
• Won baseball awards at Stanford University.
• Played the outfield for Fort Ord in 1951 and hit .372, the next campaign he played third base and batted .380.

Outside of baseball

• Did not take his regular furloughs in the U.S. Army, thus accumulating 40 days and thus was discharged on February 6, 1952 instead of late in March.
• Attended law school during the off-season in 1954.
• Served in the U.S. Army for two years.

Achievements

• Playing for San Francisco, Melton hit the first pitch to him in organized ball over the left field fence at Hollywood; the opposing pitcher was Jack Salveson.

Contract signing

• Was signed by San Francisco after leaving Stanford.

Sources

• 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.
• 1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition).