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From SABR Encyclopedia

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

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Santa Ana, California in 1952.
• Resided in Santa Ana, California in 1954.
• Shows he was married in 1952.
• Self-identified as being of English ancestry.
• Listed his hobbies as cross-word puzzles in 1952, golf in 1953 and 1954.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Santa Ana High School in 1951.
• Played baseball and basketball in high school.
• Attended Santa Ana College.

[edit] Achievements

• Voted the most valuable player in the Sunset High School League in 1951.
• Was a member of the Hearst All-Stars in 1951.
• While in high school he pitched two consecutive no-hit games and five in one season.
• Lost only one game in his high school career while winning 27.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Was a salesman for a bottling company during the off-season as of 1953.

[edit] Contract signing

• Was signed to his first contract by Bob Clements of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

[edit] Sources

• 1952 Pioneer League Index.
• 1953 Pioneer League Index (Second Edition).
• 1954 Pioneer League Index (Third Edition).