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* Jack was born in Havana, Cuba when his father [[Angel Aragon]] was playing winter ball. Angel Aragon played 12 years in professional baseball during this time he played briefly in the majors for the New York Yankees. | * Jack was born in Havana, Cuba when his father [[Angel Aragon]] was playing winter ball. Angel Aragon played 12 years in professional baseball during this time he played briefly in the majors for the New York Yankees. | ||
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* In the spring of 1952 Jack is promoted to General Manager of the Knoxville Smokies. | * In the spring of 1952 Jack is promoted to General Manager of the Knoxville Smokies. | ||
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Revision as of 12:58, 12 April 2010
Profile
- Jack was born in Havana, Cuba when his father Angel Aragon was playing winter ball. Angel Aragon played 12 years in professional baseball during this time he played briefly in the majors for the New York Yankees.
- Jack broke into the professional ranks in 1937. From 1937-1940 he played on seven different minor league teams. During this time he received several major league signing offers. St.Louis Cardinals offer $250 the New York Giants offer $1000. Jack signs with the Giants.
- 1941 Jack makes the New York Giants roster and remains there for the season primarily as a bullpen catcher. On August 13th Jack finally gets into his first and only major league game for one inning with no at bat.
- Jack spends the next two years in the Coast Guard after his discharge he signs with the Minneapolis Millers of the American Association.
- Minneapolis sells him in the middle of the 1945 season to Louisville. And for the second time in his career he breaks his leg sliding into home plate and misses the remained of the season. The first time Jack broke his leg was in 1940 playing for Fort Smith also missing the rest of the season.
- With Louisville in 1946 he breaks his arm just before the Little World Series. Jack is traded back to Minneapolis and the end of the 1946 season. After the 1947 season he sold to Fort Smith and becomes a player/manager.
- The next three years he spends with Jacksonville in 1949 and Knoxville in 1950 and 1951 also as player/manager.
- In the spring of 1952 Jack is promoted to General Manager of the Knoxville Smokies.
Sources
- Unknown newspaper, Jacksonville, Florida, 1948-01-10.
- Unknown newspaper, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1952-06-15.
