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Profile

Personal

  • Resided in Long Beach, California in 1952.
  • Self-identified as being of Norwegian-Irish-English ancestry.
  • Listed hobby as golf.
  • Shows his name is John (Jack) Theodore Salveson, Jr.
  • Won his first professional game in 1932 for Winston-Salem of the Piedmont League.

Pre-professional career

  • Attended high school in Long Beach, California.
  • Played baseball in high school.
  • Played on Bob Hughes' famous semi-pro team in Bellflower, California.

Achievements

  • Led the 1940 Pacific Coast League in earned run average with 2.30.
  • Led the 1950 Pacific Coast League in earned run average with 2.84 and won-lost percentage with .789.

Career notes

  • "Voluntarily Retired" for the 1944 season.

Sources

  • 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
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