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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 Career notes 1.6 Contract signing 2 Sources

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Bell, California in 1952.
• Resided in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico in 1953.
• Self-identified as being of Swiss-German ancestry.
• Started as a pitcher and won his first game 10-5 with Bartlesville in the 1936 Western Association.
• Switched to the regular playing side because of his good hitting.
• Having 11 putouts in one game as well as two assists in 1939 was his biggest thrill.
• Never noticing a person with an arm in a sling is his superstition.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Attended high school in Bell, California.
• Went to Loyola University but did not graduate.

[edit] Achievements

• Was a member of the 1948 Pacific Coast League Northern All Stars.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Was a salesman during the off-season in 1952.
• Was a salesman during the off-season in 1953.

[edit] Career notes

• Inactive in 1938.
• In the armed forces 1942-1945.
• Released by Portland Beavers (Pacific Coast) May 2, 1954.^[1]

[edit] Contract signing

• Was drafted by the Cleveland indians in 1948, then went to the Chicago Cubs and later to the Chicago White Sox.

[edit] Sources

• 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
• 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.