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=== 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. | * Was the father of three children, Bob age 13, Arlene age 9 and Billy age 7. | ||
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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. | * 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 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. |
=== Contract signing === | === Contract signing === | ||
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=== Career notes === | === Career notes === | ||
| - | * 1945 | + | * In the Army during the 1945 and 1946 seasons. |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
* {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}} | * {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}} | ||
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* {{cite-book | title=1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book}} | * {{cite-book | title=1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book}} | ||
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Contents |
Profile
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.
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.
Career notes
- In the Army during the 1945 and 1946 seasons.
Sources
- 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
- 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.
