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From SABR Encyclopedia

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

Profile

Personal

• Resided in Atlanta, Georgia in 1952.
• Self-identified as being of African-American ancestry.
• Gained his experience playing in South America and Mexico in 1941, 1942, 1943 and 1948.
• Pitching a no-hit, no-run game after the first man got on base with a bases on balls, the only man to get on basein the game was his biggest thrill as of 1952.
• Pitched 10 innings in his first game in 1949 winning for his club, Wilkes-Barre, over Scranton.
• Was "a good singer" in 1952, according to the PCL Thumbnail Sketches of that year.

Pre-professional career

• Attended high school in Atlanta, Georgia.
• Was all-scholastic in baseball in high school.
• Attended Clark College in Atlanta and graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree.
• Made all-Southern team in baseball in college.

Outside of baseball

• Was a mail clerk during the off-season in 1952.
• Served in the U.S. Army Infantry during World War II in Italy.

Sources =

• 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
• Social Security Death Index (SSN: 206-09-0702).