Joe Blake

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Joe Blake
Joseph Murrell Blake
Bat/Throw: L/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 185
Born: 1926-9-22 at Howe, OK (US)
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Joe Blake was a professional player and manager.

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Career highlights

Personal

  • Was residing in Seminole, Oklahoma in 1949.
  • Self-identified as being of Irish and Native American descent.
  • Listed hunting among his hobbies.
  • Brother of Dean Blake.

Pre-professional career

  • Played basketball at Seminole High School, graduated in 1945.
  • Attended the University of Oklahoma, where he was a member of the baseball team.
  • Was a member of the European A.A.C. Baseball Championship team while in military service.

Outside of baseball

  • Served in the U. S. Army Air Corps for twenty months.

Sources

  • 1949 California League Gold Book.


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