Howard Leister/pagetext

From SABR Encyclopedia

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

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Baltimore, Maryland in 1952 and 1955.
• Single in 1952 and 1955.
• Self-identified as being of German ancestry (1952) and French-German ancestry (1955).
• Listed hobbies as bowling and basketball in 1952, and as bowling, hunting and music in 1955.
• Graduated from Baltimore City College (secondary school) in 1951.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Played football, soccer, basketball and baseball in high school.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Served two years in the U.S. Army.

[edit] Contract signing

• Was signed to his first professional contract by Sterling Fowble of the Cincinnati Reds.

[edit] Sources

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