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From SABR Encyclopedia
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Profile
Personal
- Resided in Los Angeles, California in 1953 and 1954.
- Self-identified as being of Irish-English ancestry.
Pre-professional career
- Graduated from Hollywood High School in 1951.
- Played baseball in high school.
- Attended the University of Southern California for one year.
- Played freshman baseball at the University of Southern California.
Achievements
- Won ten straight games, streak ended with the last game of the season which he lost, for Boise in the 1953 Pioneer League.
Contract signing
- Was signed to his first contract by Gordon (Deacon) Jones of the New York Yankees.
Sources
- 1953 Pioneer League Index (Second Edition).
- 1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition).