Jack Spence/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 Francisco, California in 1953.
• Self-identified as being of Irish ancestry.
• Listed hobbies as travel and fishing.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Balboa High School in 1952.
• Played baseball and basketball in high school.
• Led the San Francisco prep league in hitting in his junior year in high school.
• Played American Legion ball for Zane Irwin Post #169.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Was a truck driver during the off-season.

[edit] Contract signing

• Was signed to his first contract by Bob Fontaine of the Hollywood Stars.

[edit] Sources

• 1953 California League Gold Book (Fifth Edition).