Bobby Knoop/pagetext

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 Source

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Monterey Park, California in 1959.
• Self-identified as being of German ancestry.
• Shows he is married and has one daughter.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Montebello High School in Montebello, California in 1956.
• Played baseball, basketball and football in high school.
• Played American Legion ball.

[edit] Achievements

• Led the 1957 Sooner State League second basemen in fielding average with .961, putouts with 321 and assists with 324.
• Named to the 1957 Sooner State League All-Star team.
• Named the 1958 Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League All-Star second baseman.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Works as a truck driver during the off-season.

[edit] Contract signing

• Signed to his first contract by John Moore of the Milwaukee Braves.

[edit] Source

• 1959 Texas League Sketches.