Samuel Ball/pagetext
From SABR Encyclopedia
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Profile
Personal
- Resided in Chula Vista, California in 1953.
- Self-identified as being of English-German ancestry.
- Listed hobbies as hunting and fishing.
Pre-professional career
- Graduated from Sequoia High School in Redwood City in 1948.
- Was a member of the baseball and boxing teams in high school.
Outside of baseball
- Did road construction during the off-season in 1953.
- Served in the U.S. Army for two years.
Sources
- 1953 California League Gold Book (Fifth Edition).