Jack Gruell/pagetext
From SABR Encyclopedia
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[edit] Profile
[edit] Personal
- Resided in Ventura, California in 1954.
- Listed hobbies as hunting and fishing.
[edit] Pre-professional career
- Graduated from Ventura High School in 1948.
- Played baseball in high school.
- Was selected to play in the 1948 California League sponsored Prep All-Star Game.
[edit] Achievements
- Struck out 161 batters in 206 innings for Muskogee in the 1953 Western Association.
[edit] Outside of baseball
- Served in the U.S. Army for 21 months.
[edit] Contract signing
- Was signed to his first contract by the late Mickey Shader of the New York Giants.
[edit] Sources
- 1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition).