Al Gettel/pagetext

From SABR Encyclopedia

Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Achievements 1.4 Outside of baseball 2 Sources

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Urbana, Virginia in 1952 and 1953.
• Self-identified as being of Dutch-German ancestry.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Attended Kempsville, Virginia High School.
• Won letters in baseball, basketball and track in high school.

[edit] Achievements

• Gave up one hit in the first inning against the Detroit Tigers in 1947 as a pitcher for the Cleveland Indians; that was the last hit the Detroit Tigers got off of him that afternoon.
• Led the 1944 Piedmont League in shutouts with 5 and strikeouts with 232.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Raises horses and cattle during the off-season.

[edit] Sources

• 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
• 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.