Ken Kimball

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Ken Kimball
Kenneth Richard Kimball
Bat/Throw:	R/R
Height:	6' 1"
Weight:	185
Born:	1925-5-4 at Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Died:	1997-6-19

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Ken Kimball played professional baseball on the west coast in the decade after World War II.

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Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Achievements 1.4 Outside of baseball 1.5 Other engagements 2 Sources

Profile

Personal

• Married with two children in 1952.
• Resided in San Francisco, California in 1952 and 1953.
• Self-identified as being of English-Scottish nationality.
• Graduated from Lynwood High School (Lynwood, California) in 1943.
• Listed hobbies as food, music, and swimming in 1952.

Pre-professional career

• Participated baseball, football, and track in high school.

Achievements

• Led the 1952 Pioneer League in complete games pitched with 31, games won with 26 and innings pitched with 291.
• Tied for the lead in batsmen faced with 1,079 and strikeouts with 203 in the 1952 Pioneer League.
• Set a new Pioneer League record for complete games with 31 and iniings pitched with 291 in 1952.
• Tied the Pioneer League record in games won with 26 in 1952.
• Pitched a perfect game on August 12, 1951.

Outside of baseball

• Was an insurance salesman during the off-season as of 1952.
• Served in the U.S. Army for 30 months.

Other engagements

• Kimball played fewer than 10 games for the 1951 Stockton team in the California League - 6 games, 27 innings pitched, 1 win, 4 loses, .200 PCT., 8.00 ERA.

Sources

• 1952 Pioneer League Index.
• 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.
• Social Security Death Index (SSN: 562-28-2258).}}