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Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Achievements 2 Outside of baseball 2.1 Career notes 3 Sources

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Sulphur Springs, Texas in 1952.
• Won his first start 3-2.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Attended high school in Dike, Texas.
• Participated in baseball, basketball, football and track in high school.

[edit] Achievements

• Led the 1948 International League in games won with 19.
• Led the 1941 Cotton States League in strikeouts with 189 and shutouts with 3.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Was a basketball and football official during the off-season.
• Served with the Infantry from 1942 to 1946.
• Was awarded the Silver Star for action on Okinawa during World War II.

[edit] Career notes

• In the armed forces, 1943-1945.

[edit] Sources

• 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.