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== Profile ==
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=== Personal ===
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* Resided in San Francisco, California in 1952 and 1953.
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* Self-identified as being of Scottish-Irish ancestry.
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* Listed hobbies as movies, golf and horses.
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* Won his first game 10-1 giving up four hits when he started his pro career with in 1946 with Lynn of the New England League.
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* Pitching against the Detroit Tigers in a spring training game, hitting a double to tie the score and then winning 2-1 in the ninth inning was his biggest thrill; he held the Tigers to but  three hits and picked two runners off first base.
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=== Pre-professional career ===
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* Attended Polytechnic High School.
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* Played baseball and baskeball at high school.
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=== Outside of baseball ===
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* Employed in the Motor Vehicle department during the off-season.   
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* Saw action in Iwo Jima, Japan and other hot spots during the war.
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* Played some ball with the Marines during World War II.
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== Sources ==
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* {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}}
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* {{cite-book | title=1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book}}

Latest revision as of 13:36, 30 May 2010


Contents

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

  • Resided in San Francisco, California in 1952 and 1953.
  • Self-identified as being of Scottish-Irish ancestry.
  • Listed hobbies as movies, golf and horses.
  • Won his first game 10-1 giving up four hits when he started his pro career with in 1946 with Lynn of the New England League.
  • Pitching against the Detroit Tigers in a spring training game, hitting a double to tie the score and then winning 2-1 in the ninth inning was his biggest thrill; he held the Tigers to but three hits and picked two runners off first base.

[edit] Pre-professional career

  • Attended Polytechnic High School.
  • Played baseball and baskeball at high school.

[edit] Outside of baseball

  • Employed in the Motor Vehicle department during the off-season.
  • Saw action in Iwo Jima, Japan and other hot spots during the war.
  • Played some ball with the Marines during World War II.

[edit] Sources

  • 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
  • 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.
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