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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).
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