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- | |summary=played professional baseball on the west coast in the decade after World War II.
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- | == Profile ==
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- | === Personal ===
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- | * Married with two children in 1952.
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- | * Resided in San Francisco, California in 1952 and 1953.
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- | * Self-identified as being of English-Scottish nationality.
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- | * Graduated from Lynwood High School (Lynwood, California) in 1943.
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- | * Listed hobbies as food, music, and swimming in 1952.
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- | === Pre-professional career ===
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- | * Participated baseball, football, and track in high school.
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- | === Achievements ===
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- | * Led the 1952 Pioneer League in complete games pitched with 31, games won with 26 and innings pitched with 291.
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- | * Tied for the lead in batsmen faced with 1,079 and strikeouts with 203 in the 1952 Pioneer League.
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- | * Set a new Pioneer League record for complete games with 31 and iniings pitched with 291 in 1952.
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- | * Tied the Pioneer League record in games won with 26 in 1952.
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- | * Pitched a perfect game on August 12, 1951.
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- | === Outside of baseball ===
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- | * Was an insurance salesman during the off-season as of 1952.
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- | * Served in the U.S. Army for 30 months.
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- | === Other engagements ===
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- | * 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.
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- | == Sources ==
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- | * {{cite-book|title=1952 Pioneer League Index}}
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- | * {{cite-book | title=1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book}}
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- | * {{cite-ssdi|ssn=562-28-2258}}}}
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