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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 1.5 Contract signing 1.6 Relatives 2 Sources

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Sanger, California in 1953.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Sanger High School in 1952.
• Played baseball, basketball and football in high school.

[edit] Achievements

• Hit 15 triples in only 66 games for Paducah in the 1952 Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Is a ranch worker during the off-season.

[edit] Contract signing

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

[edit] Relatives

• His father is a former professional baseball player.

[edit] Sources

• 1953 California League Gold Book (Fifth Edition).