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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 2 Sources

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in North Miami Beach, Florida in 1955.
• Self-identified as being of Lithuanian ancestry.
• Single in 1955.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Edison High School in Miami in 1952.
• Played baseball in high school.
• Was on the high school team that won the 1952 state championship.

[edit] Achievements

• Pitched a seven-inning no-hitter against Valdosta in the 1953 Georgia-Florida League.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Was a laborer during the off-season.

[edit] Contract signing

• Was signed to his first professional contract by Leon Hamilton of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

[edit] Sources

• 1955 Pioneer League Index (Fourth Edition).