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== Profile ==
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== Notebook ==
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* Source: 1951 California League Gold Book (Third Edition)
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=== Personal ===
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* Resided in San Francisco, California in 1951 and 1954.
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* Single in 1951.
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* Listed hobby as ukelele.
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* Self-identified as being of Italian ancestry.
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* Most unusual experience was "The day I pitched my first game for Santa Rosa High School: I will never again see so many hits in such a short time".
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=== Pre-professional career ===
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* Graduated from Santa Rosa High School in 1949, where he played baseball, football and basketball.
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* Attended the University of San Francisco for one year and played freshman baseball and basketball.
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=== Outside of baseball ===
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* Worked in a chicken hatchery during the off-season in 1951.
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* Was a truck driver for a lumber company during the off-season in 1954.
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* Served two years in the U.S. Marine Corps.
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=== Contract signing ===
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* Was signed to his first professional contract by Charlie Wallgren of the Boston Red Sox.
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== Sources ==
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* {{cite-book |title=1951 California League Gold Book (Third Edition)}}
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* {{cite-book | title=1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition)}}

Latest revision as of 23:54, 30 June 2010

Contents

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

  • Resided in San Francisco, California in 1951 and 1954.
  • Single in 1951.
  • Listed hobby as ukelele.
  • Self-identified as being of Italian ancestry.
  • Most unusual experience was "The day I pitched my first game for Santa Rosa High School: I will never again see so many hits in such a short time".

[edit] Pre-professional career

  • Graduated from Santa Rosa High School in 1949, where he played baseball, football and basketball.
  • Attended the University of San Francisco for one year and played freshman baseball and basketball.

[edit] Outside of baseball

  • Worked in a chicken hatchery during the off-season in 1951.
  • Was a truck driver for a lumber company during the off-season in 1954.
  • Served two years in the U.S. Marine Corps.

[edit] Contract signing

  • Was signed to his first professional contract by Charlie Wallgren of the Boston Red Sox.

[edit] Sources

  • 1951 California League Gold Book (Third Edition).
  • 1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition).
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