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== Profile ==
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=== Personal ===
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* Resided in Mountain View, California in 1954.
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* Listed hobby as fishing.
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=== Pre-professional career ===
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* Graduated from Mountain View High School in 1953.
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* Played baseball and basketball in high school.
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* Was chosen Most Valuable Player in prep league in 1953.
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* Pitched a no-hit, no-run game in the championship playoff game in high school.
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* Played American Legion ball.
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* Played Winter ball for Palo Alto Oaks in the San Francisco-Peninsula League in 1954.
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=== Contract signing ===
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* Was signed to his first contract by Bob Fontaine of the Hollywood Stars.
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== Sources ==
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* {{cite-book | title=1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition)}}
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* {{cite-ssdi|ssn=549-44-9532}}

Latest revision as of 22:49, 26 June 2010


Contents

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

  • Resided in Mountain View, California in 1954.
  • Listed hobby as fishing.

[edit] Pre-professional career

  • Graduated from Mountain View High School in 1953.
  • Played baseball and basketball in high school.
  • Was chosen Most Valuable Player in prep league in 1953.
  • Pitched a no-hit, no-run game in the championship playoff game in high school.
  • Played American Legion ball.
  • Played Winter ball for Palo Alto Oaks in the San Francisco-Peninsula League in 1954.

[edit] Contract signing

  • Was signed to his first contract by Bob Fontaine of the Hollywood Stars.

[edit] Sources

  • 1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition).
  • Social Security Death Index (SSN: 549-44-9532).