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Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 2 Achievements 3 Contract signing 4 Career notes 5 Source

Profile

Personal

• Resided in Los Angeles, California in 1953.
• Self-identified as being of Hungarian ancestry.
• Hit a home run and a single and drove in five runs in his first pro game.
• Hit two home runs in one game with the Saint Louis Browns against the Philadelphia Athletics

 in 1951. 

Pre-professional career

• Attended high school in Flint, Michigan.
• Played baseball in high school.
• Attended Western Michigan College.
• Played baseball at college.

Achievements

• Drew 104 bases on balls in 134 games with Buffalo in the 1946 International League.

Contract signing

• Was signed by the Detroit Tigers when pitching at Western Michigan College and then sent to

 Buffalo in 1943.

Career notes

• 1944, 1945 Shows "Armed Forces"

Source

• 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.