Joe Chez/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 Medford, Oregon in 1953.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Stanford University in 1953.
• Played baseball at Stanford University.
• Won 7 and lost 0 and hit .412 as a freshman at Stanford University.
• Won 11 and lost only once to Washington State in the Pacific Coast Conference playoffs as a sophomore at Stanford University.
• Won 6 and lost 2 before being stricken with pneumonia as a Junior at Stanford University.
• Won 7 and lost 1 and had a batting average of .375 as a senior in 1952 and at Stanford University.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Was in the Marine Platoon Leaders, similar to ROTC.

[edit] Contract signing

• Started pro career by signing with the Detroit Tigers in 1952 and won two and lost 6 for Williamsport of the Eastern League; the Williamsport franchise was abandoned at the end of the 1952 season and Chez became a free agent.

[edit] Sources

• 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.