Jim Leavitt/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 Placerville, California in 1954.
• Self-identified as being of Danish, English and French ancestry.
• Listed hobbies as collecting ties and cuff-links.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Fillmore High School in 1952.
• Participated in "all sports" in high school.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Was a rancher during the off-season in 1954.

[edit] Contract signing

• Was signed to his first contract by Charles Graham of the Sacramento Solons.

[edit] Sources

• 1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition).