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From SABR Encyclopedia

Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Outside of baseball 1.4 Achievements 1.5 Contract signing 2 Sources

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Whittier, California in 1954.
• Resided in Pocatello, Idaho in 1952 and 1955.
• Married with one son (age 2) in 1952.
• Listed hobbies as hunting and skiing (1952) and golf and skiing (1954).
• Nationality self-identified as German.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Whittier Union High School in 1944.
• Participated in baseball, football and track in high school.
• Graduated from Idaho State with a B.S. Degree in Physical Education.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Was a Physical Education director during the off-season in 1954.
• Served two years in the U.S. Navy Corps.

[edit] Achievements

• Led the 1948 Pioneer League shortstops in putouts with 235.
• Led the 1948 Pioneer League in strikeouts with 126 and was second in bases on balls received with 149.
• Led the 1950 Pioneer League in runs scored with 134, strikeouts with 139 and bases on balls received with 165.
• Led the 1949 South Atlantic League in strikeouts with 128.
• Led the 1950 Pioneer League shortstops in putouts with 261, assists with 367 and double plays with 92.
• Was second in the 1951 Pioneer League in bases on balls received with 168.

[edit] Contract signing

• Was signed to his first professional contract by Ken Penner of the Saint Louis Cardinals.

[edit] Sources

• 1952 Pioneer League Index.
• 1954 Pioneer League Index (Third Edition).
• 1955 Pioneer League Index (Fourth Edition).