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

Latest revision as of 18:16, 23 June 2010


Contents

[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.
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