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== Profile == | == Profile == | ||
=== Personal === | === Personal === | ||
- | * Resided in Ventura, California in 1952. | + | * Resided in Ventura, California in 1952 and 1953. |
* Self-identified as being of English-Irish ancestry. | * Self-identified as being of English-Irish ancestry. | ||
- | * | + | * Was the father of three children, Bob age 13, Arlene age 9 and Billy age 7. |
* His father was an oil man in Ventura. | * His father was an oil man in Ventura. | ||
- | * Started managing after being discharged from the U. S. Army in 1947 and he promptly won the | + | * Started managing after being discharged from the U.S. Army in 1947 and he promptly won the Inter State League title with Trenton. |
- | + | * In 1951 he managed Minneapolis and developed a great many outstanding performers including Willie Mays, who was named the National League "Rookie of the Year" with the New York Giants. | |
- | * In 1951 he managed Minneapolis and developed a great many outstanding performers including | + | * Resembled (in 1952) Dick (Kewpie) Barrett, veteran Pacific Coast League hurler for many years. |
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- | == Contract signing == | + | === Contract signing === |
- | * Signed with the Mission Reds of the Pacific Coast League in 1929 when he was only 16 years of age | + | * Signed with the Mission Reds of the Pacific Coast League in 1929 when he was only 16 years of age but never played a game and was then on summer vacation from high school. |
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- | == Career notes == | + | === Career notes === |
- | * 1945 | + | * In the Army during the 1945 and 1946 seasons. |
- | = | + | == Sources == |
* {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}} | * {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}} | ||
+ | * {{cite-book | title=1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book}} |
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[edit] Profile
[edit] Personal
- Resided in Ventura, California in 1952 and 1953.
- Self-identified as being of English-Irish ancestry.
- Was the father of three children, Bob age 13, Arlene age 9 and Billy age 7.
- His father was an oil man in Ventura.
- Started managing after being discharged from the U.S. Army in 1947 and he promptly won the Inter State League title with Trenton.
- In 1951 he managed Minneapolis and developed a great many outstanding performers including Willie Mays, who was named the National League "Rookie of the Year" with the New York Giants.
- Resembled (in 1952) Dick (Kewpie) Barrett, veteran Pacific Coast League hurler for many years.
[edit] Contract signing
- Signed with the Mission Reds of the Pacific Coast League in 1929 when he was only 16 years of age but never played a game and was then on summer vacation from high school.
[edit] Career notes
- In the Army during the 1945 and 1946 seasons.
[edit] Sources
- 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
- 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.