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{{Person-pagetext | {{Person-pagetext | ||
|summary=was a professional player. | |summary=was a professional player. | ||
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== Profile == | == Profile == | ||
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* Resided in Evansville, Indiana in 1955. | * Resided in Evansville, Indiana in 1955. | ||
* Self-identified as being of German and Irish ancestry. | * Self-identified as being of German and Irish ancestry. | ||
- | * | + | * Shows he is single. |
- | * | + | * Relates the following amusing experience, "Between games of a doubleheader at Buffalo on a |
+ | Sunday afternoon, one of our players slipped a tomato into the umpire's ball bag. About the | ||
+ | second inning, he reached down into his bag and came up with the tomato, whirled and heaved it | ||
+ | into our dugout, then proceeded with the game." | ||
=== Pre-professional career === | === Pre-professional career === | ||
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* Played freshman baseball at Purdue University. | * Played freshman baseball at Purdue University. | ||
- | + | == Outside of baseball == | |
- | * | + | * Is a student during the off-season. |
- | + | == Contract signing == | |
* Was signed to his first contract by Pete Fox of the Detroit Tigers. | * Was signed to his first contract by Pete Fox of the Detroit Tigers. | ||
- | + | == Playing in less than ten games statistics == | |
* 1954 Buffalo International League 2 G, 7 IP, 0 W, 1 L, .000 PCT., 16.71 ERA | * 1954 Buffalo International League 2 G, 7 IP, 0 W, 1 L, .000 PCT., 16.71 ERA | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
* {{cite-book | title=1955 Pioneer League Index (Fourth Edition)}} | * {{cite-book | title=1955 Pioneer League Index (Fourth Edition)}} | ||
- | * | + | * Social Security Death Index account number 317-34-7393 |