Howard Kitt/pagetext

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[edit] Profile

[edit] Pre-professional career

  • Played basketball, baseball, and soccer in high school, helping teams to Nassau County chapmionship in all three sports his senior year.
  • Attended Columbia University for 1.5 years and played varsity baseball, but graduated from Hofstra University.
  • Signed by Artie Dede, New York Yankees, for a bonus estimated between $50,000 and $100,000.

[edit] Achievements

  • Went 18-0 and fanned 217 in 117 IP in his senior high school season
  • Received the 1960 "Lou Gehrig Memorial Award" as the MVP in the annual Hearst Sandlot game at Yankee Stadium for striking out 7 batters in three innings pitched.
  • Fanned 209 batters in 149 innings at 1961 Modesto

[edit] Sources

  • South Atlantic League Player Index. 1963.
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