Bill Salkeld/pagetext

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[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

  • Resided in Sun Valley, California in 1953.
  • Self-identified as being of English-Danish ancestry.
  • Listed hobby as golf in 1953.
  • Was out of baseball with a leg injury in 1937 and 1938.

[edit] Pre-professional career

  • Attended Sacramento Main High School.
  • Played baseball and football in high school.

[edit] Outside of baseball

  • Is an assistant manager of a wholesale flower shipper during the off-season.

[edit] Achievements

  • Got a single his first time at bat when he was only 17.
  • Hitting a home run off Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians in the fifth game of the 1948 World Series was his biggest baseball thrill.
  • Was manager of Tucson in the 1939 Arizona-Texas League when he was only 22 years old.

[edit] Contract signing

  • Was signed by Sacramento when he was 17.

[edit] Sources

  • 1953 California League Gold Book (Fifth Edition).
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