Jack Osborn/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 San Diego, California in 1953 and 1954.
• Self-identified as being of Scottish-Irish and Finnish ancestry in 1953, and of Finnish ancestry in 1954.
• Shows his hobbies are hunting and fishing.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Kearny High School in 1952.
• Played baseball and basketball in high school.
• Attended San Diego State College.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Was an aircraft worker during the off-season in 1953.
• Was a student during the off-season in 1954.

[edit] Contract signing

• Was signed to his first contract by Tom Downey of the Boston Red Sox.

[edit] Sources

• 1953 California League Gold Book (Fifth Edition).
• 1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition).