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== Profile ==
== Profile ==
=== Personal ===
=== Personal ===
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* Resided in Long Beach, California in 1952.
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* Son of [[Peaches Graham]].{{footnote-newspaper | newspaper=The Sporting News | title=Necrology | year=1939 | month=08 | day=3 | pages=14}}
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* Is an expert on flying, having a pilot's license.
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* Resided in Long Beach, California in 1952 and 1954.
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* Says his greatest thrill in baseball was winning the 1947 International League championship on
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* Was an expert on flying, having a pilot's license.
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  the final day of the season playing for Jersey City.
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* Says his greatest thrill in baseball was winning the 1947 International League championship on the final day of the season playing for Jersey City.
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* Graduated from Wilson High School in Long Beach in 1936.
=== Pre-professional career ===
=== Pre-professional career ===
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* Played American Legion ball before turning professional.
* Played American Legion ball before turning professional.
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== Achievements ==
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=== Achievements ===
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* Holds the club record for most home runs for a Montreal player with 31 in 1941.
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* Was beaned by [[Red Adams]] and was out of action for a month in 1948 but still hit 48 home runs.
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* Holds the club record for most home runs for a Jersey City player with 34 in 1937.
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* Holds the club record for most home runs for a San Diego player with 48 in 1948 and it was later
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  tied by Max West with 48 home runs in 1949.
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* Was beaned by Red Adams and was out of action for a month in 1948 but still banged out 48 homers.
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* Led the 1939 Eastern League in runs batted in with 94, home runs with 29 and triples with 16.
* Led the 1939 Eastern League in runs batted in with 94, home runs with 29 and triples with 16.
* Led the 1940 Eastern League in home runs with 20.
* Led the 1940 Eastern League in home runs with 20.
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* Voted the Most Valuable Player in the [[1948 Pacific Coast League]].
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== Career notes ==
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=== Outside of baseball ===
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* 1943 (part), 1944, 1945,  Shows "Armed Forces-Air Force"
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* 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches showed him as having been in the Air Force for part of 1943 and all of 1944 and 1945.
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* Served a total of 31 months in the Air Corps.
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== Contract signing ==
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=== Contract signing ===
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* Was obtained by San Francisco along with pitcher Bob Savage for Jack Tobin and Don White in
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* Was signed to his first contract by the late Bill Essick of the New York Yankees.
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  December, 1950.
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* Was obtained by San Francisco along with pitcher [[Bob Savage]] for [[Jack Tobin]]and [[Don White]] in December, 1950.
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= Source ==
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== Sources ==
* {{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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* Resided in Long Beach, California in 1954.
 
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* Shows his hobby is flying, holds pilot's license..
 
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=== Pre-professional career ===
 
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* Graduated from Wilson High School in Long Beach in 1936.
 
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* Played baseball in high school.
 
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== Achievements ==
 
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* Led the 1940 Eastern League in home runs with 20.
 
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* Led the 1948 Pacific Coast League in home runs with 48.
 
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* Voted the Most Valuable Player in the 1948 Pacific Coast League.
 
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== Outside of baseball ==
 
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* Served 31 months in the U. S. Army Air Corps.
 
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== Contract signing ==
 
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* Was signed to his first contract by the late Bill Essick of the New York Yankees.
 
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== Source ==
 
* {{cite-book | title=1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition)}}
* {{cite-book | title=1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition)}}

Latest revision as of 04:09, 31 May 2010

Contents

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

  • Son of Peaches Graham.[1]
  • Resided in Long Beach, California in 1952 and 1954.
  • Was an expert on flying, having a pilot's license.
  • Says his greatest thrill in baseball was winning the 1947 International League championship on the final day of the season playing for Jersey City.
  • Graduated from Wilson High School in Long Beach in 1936.

[edit] Pre-professional career

  • Was captain of the baseball team one year in high school.
  • Played American Legion ball before turning professional.

[edit] Achievements

  • Was beaned by Red Adams and was out of action for a month in 1948 but still hit 48 home runs.
  • Led the 1939 Eastern League in runs batted in with 94, home runs with 29 and triples with 16.
  • Led the 1940 Eastern League in home runs with 20.
  • Voted the Most Valuable Player in the 1948 Pacific Coast League.

[edit] Outside of baseball

  • 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches showed him as having been in the Air Force for part of 1943 and all of 1944 and 1945.
  • Served a total of 31 months in the Air Corps.

[edit] Contract signing

  • Was signed to his first contract by the late Bill Essick of the New York Yankees.
  • Was obtained by San Francisco along with pitcher Bob Savage for Jack Tobinand Don White in December, 1950.

[edit] Sources

  • 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
  • 1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition).
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