From SABR Encyclopedia
Domingo Contreras Jr.
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Bat/Throw:
| R/R
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Height:
| 6' 1"
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Weight:
| 178
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Born:
| 1930-6-12 at Los Angeles, CA (US)
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Domingo Contreras was a professional player.
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Career highlights
Personal
- Resided in Los Angeles, California in 1949 and 1952.
- Self-identified as being of Spanish ancestry.
Pre-professional career
- Played baseball at Fremont High School in Los Angeles, graduated in 1948.
- He pitched a no-hitter while in high school.
- He was a member of the Los Angeles city prep champions.
Outside of baseball
- Worked for his father in the produce business during the 1948-49 off-season, and in a machine shop during the 1951-52 off-season.
- Served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps for 15 months in 1950-51.
Sources
- 1949 California League Gold Book.
- 1952 California League Gold Book (Fourth Edition).