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Profile
Personal
- Resided in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1952.
- Got his nickname "Tookie" when youngsters and his brothers let him take batting practice with them; they would call him "Rookie" but Harold pronounced it "Tookie" and that is the story.
Achievements
- Was named to the 1949 Southern Association All Star team while playing for Nashville.
- Led the 1951 American Association in home runs with 29.
Contract signing
- Was signed by Mel Ott, who is the manager of the 1952 Oakland Oaks, in 1946 for $50,000; at that time Mel Ott was a New York Giants scout.
- Numerous clubs were after Tookie so his father, Lary Gilbert, Sr., co-owner of the Nashville team in the Southern Association, put the names in a hat and pulled out Ott's.
Sources
- 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.