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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 2 Sources

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Fresno, California in 1954.
• Self-identified as being of Irish and Welsh ancestry.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1937.
• Played baseball and football in high school.

[edit] Achievements

• Led the 1942 Canadian-American League in strikeouts with 222.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Was a fireman in Fresno uring the off-season.

[edit] Sources

• 1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition).