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From SABR Encyclopedia

Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Achievements 1.4 Outside of baseball 2 Sources

Profile

Personal

• Resided in Arcadia, California in 1952.
• Listed hobbies as fishing, hunting and golf.
• Nickname "Lindy".

Pre-professional career

• Attended the University of Southern California for five months.

Achievements

• Led the 1941 International League in earned run average with 2.05 and won-lost percentage of .852.
• Tied for the lead in triples with 12 in the 1943 American League.
• Tied for the lead in triples with 16 in the 1944 American League.
• Led the 1944 American League in total bases with 297.
• Tied for the led for most doubles in a game with 4.
• Led the 1944 American League outfielders in putouts with 468.
• Tied for the highest batting average in a seven game world series with .500 in 1947 having 9 hits in 18 at bats.

Outside of baseball

• Was a policeman in Arcadia during the off-season in 1952.

Sources

• 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.