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From SABR Encyclopedia

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

Profile

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".

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.

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.

Contract signing

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

Sources

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