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[edit] Profile
[edit] Personal
- Resided in Los Angeles, California in 1953.
- Self-identified as being of Portuguese-Irish ancestry.
[edit] Pre-professional career
- Won letters in baseball in high school.
- Made all-city one year in baseball in high school.
- Played American Legion ball.
[edit] Achievements
- Led the 1947 Western International League in batting average with .351 and runs batted in with 138.
[edit] Outside of baseball
- Spent three years in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II.
[edit] Sources
- 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.