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Profile

Personal

  • Resided in San Francisco, California in 1952.
  • Self-identified as being of Scottish-Irish ancestry.
  • Shows his hobbies are 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.

Pre-professional career

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

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.

Source =

  • 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
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