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	* {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}}		* {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}}
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		+	== Profile ==
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		+	* Led the 1952 Pacific Coast League in times at bat with 702.
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		+	* {{cite-book | title=1953 Pacific Coast League Sketchbook}}

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Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 2 Achievements 3 Contract signing 4 Source 5 Profile 6 Achievements 7 Source

Profile

Personal

• Self-identified as being of African American-Spanish ancestry.
• Shows his hobbies are swimming and movies.
• Flied out as a pinch hitter in his first game with the Philadelphia Stars.
• Leading the Negro American League in hitting with .390 in 1944 as the lead-off batter in his

 first year as a pro was his greatest thrill. 

Pre-professional career

• Won three letters in track and baseball in a Panama high school.
• Was a semi-pro pitcher when Bill Yancey, a scout for the Philadelphia Stars of the Negro American

 League, discovered him.

Achievements

• Only once did he fall below .300 in his five years in the Negro American League and Panama loop.

Contract signing

• Was purchased from the Philadelphia Stars by the New York Yankees who optioned him to Newark

 in 1949.

Source

• 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.

Profile

Achievements

• Led the 1952 Pacific Coast League in times at bat with 702.

Source

• 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketchbook.