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Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Achievements 1.4 Outside of baseball 1.5 Additional engagements 2 Sources

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Burbank, California in 1953.
• Self-identified as being of Italian ancestry.
• Won his first game 18-8 in 1948 with Amarillo in the West Texas-New Mexico League.
• His biggest thrill in baseball was when he pitched and won his 20th game in 1952.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Attended North Hollywood High School.
• Participated in baseball, football and track in high school.

[edit] Achievements

• Led the 1952 Western International League pitchers in games won with 24, won-lost percentage with .774, innings pitched with 280, batters faced with 1,082 and shutouts with 6.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Was a truck driver during the off-season in 1953.

[edit] Additional engagements

• 1948 Amarillo West Texas-New Mexico League No statistics shown

[edit] Sources

• 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.