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From SABR Encyclopedia

Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Achievements 2 Sources

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Studied mechanical engineering in college

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Played baseball in high school and college
• Played American Legion ball for Durney Post #27 of Wilmington, Delaware -- 1956 state titlists

[edit] Achievements

• Named to NCAA College All-American first team
• Named outstanding amateur athlete in Delaware
• In 1959 won 9 and lost 3 with a 0.87 ERA, striking out 166 and walking only 33 in 103 innings pitched
• Fanned 21 batters in one game
• In 2008 was inducted into the University of Delaware's Athletics Hall of Fame^[1].

[edit] Sources

• South Atlantic League Player Index 1963.
• "Tabbing The Kids". The Sporting News, 1959-07-01.