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From SABR Encyclopedia

Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 2 Outside of baseball 3 Career notes 4 Sources 5 Profile 5.1 Personal 5.2 Pre-professional career 6 Outside of baseball 7 Contract signing 8 Source

Profile

Personal

• Resided in San Diego, California in 1952.
• Self-identified as being of Irish-German ancestry.
• Shows his hobbies are golf and hunting.
• Got two for three and drove in all the runs in a 3-0 contest in his first pro game with

 Pocatello of the Pioneer League in 1942.

• Often referred to as Joe Brovia's legs as he has been iserted into the Portland Beaver's

 lineup in the late innings as a defensive move; most of his 122 games in 1950 were of
 that nature.

Pre-professional career

• Attended San Diego High School.
• Lettered in baseball and football in high school.
• Won high school handball championship.
• Attended Santa Ana Junior College but was not graduated.
• Played American Legion ball.

Outside of baseball

• Is a clothing salesman during the off-season.

Career notes

• Shows "Armed Forces" for the 1943, 1944 and 1945 seasons.

Sources

• 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
• Social Security Death Index account number 550-14-0760 shows he died in February, 1983

Profile

Personal

• Resided in San Diego, California in 1955.
• Shows his hobby is golf.
• Shows he is married and has one son.

Pre-professional career

• Graduated from San Diego High School.
• Played American Legion ball with San Diego Post #6.

Outside of baseball

• Served in the U. S. Army for three years.

Contract signing

• Was signed to his first contract by Nick Cullop of the Sacramento Solons.

Source

• 1955 Pioneer League Index (Fourth Edition).