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== Profile ==
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=== Personal ===
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* Resided in Orange, California in 1952 and 1953.
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* Self-identified as being of Dutch-Irish ancestry.
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* Listed hobby as swimming.
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* Dropped the first two balls hit to him in his first game with San Bernardino in the 1948 Sunset League.
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* Hitting his first home run in organized ball was his biggest thrill.
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=== Pre-professional career ===
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* Attended Orange Union High School.
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* Was All-Southern California in baseball.
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* Attend Saint Mary's College at Moraga but did not graduate.
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=== Outside of baseball ===
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* Was a truck driver during the off-season in 1952.
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=== Relatives ===
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* Nephew of Red Faber, former Chicago White Sox pitching great who was with the White Sox when they won the World Series in 1917;  that club was managed by the 1952 President of the Pacific Coast League, Clarence Rowland.
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=== Contract signing ===
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* Was the first player in the Pacific Coast League to sign the draft waiver clause in the Open Classification contract in January, 1952.
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== Sources ==
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* {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}}
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* {{cite-book | title=1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book}}

Latest revision as of 08:23, 22 June 2010


Contents

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

  • Resided in Orange, California in 1952 and 1953.
  • Self-identified as being of Dutch-Irish ancestry.
  • Listed hobby as swimming.
  • Dropped the first two balls hit to him in his first game with San Bernardino in the 1948 Sunset League.
  • Hitting his first home run in organized ball was his biggest thrill.

[edit] Pre-professional career

  • Attended Orange Union High School.
  • Was All-Southern California in baseball.
  • Attend Saint Mary's College at Moraga but did not graduate.

[edit] Outside of baseball

  • Was a truck driver during the off-season in 1952.

[edit] Relatives

  • Nephew of Red Faber, former Chicago White Sox pitching great who was with the White Sox when they won the World Series in 1917; that club was managed by the 1952 President of the Pacific Coast League, Clarence Rowland.

[edit] Contract signing

  • Was the first player in the Pacific Coast League to sign the draft waiver clause in the Open Classification contract in January, 1952.

[edit] Sources

  • 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
  • 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.
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