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[edit] Profile
[edit] Personal
- Resided in Sacramento, California in 1952.
- Self-identified as being of Scottish-Irish ancestry.
- Listed hobbies as aviation, hunting, fishing and dogs.
[edit] Pre-professional career
- Graduated from the University of Oregon in 1939 with a B.A. degree.
[edit] Achievements
- Played in six world series and eight all-star games.
- Led the 1951 Pacific Coast League in home runs with 43 and runs batted in with 136.
- Hit for the cycle on September 8, 1940 while playing for the New York Yankees.
- Tied the major league mark for most assists by a second baseman in one game with 11 on September 21, 1941.
- Led the 1942 American League in most times striking out with 95.
- Led the 1939 American League second basemen in putouts with 370, assists with 461 and double plays with 116.
- Tied for the lead in double plays by a second baseman with 109 in the 1941 American League.
- Led the 1940 American League second basemen in assists with 505 and double plays with 116.
- Led the 1942 American League second basemen in double plays with 121.
- Tied for the lead in assists by a second baseman with 490 in the 1943 American League.
- Tied for the lead in assists by a second baseman with 466 in the 1947 American League.
- Tied the major league record for most double plays in one game by a second baseman with five twice, once on August 5, 1948 and on September 20, 1948.
- Set a world series record for most chance accepted by a second baseman with 43.
- Set a world series record for most chance accepted by a second baseman without an error with 43.
- Set a world series record for most putouts by a second baseman with 20.
- Set a world series record for most assists by a second baseman with 23 in a four game series in 1938.
- Was the co-holder of the record for most assists by a second baseman in one world series game with three on October 5, 1943.
- Was the co-holder of the record for most assists by a second baseman in an inning in a world series game with 3 in the eight inning on October 11, 1938.
- Tied for the record for most errors by a second baseman in a four game world series with two in 1938.
- Set the record for the highest batting average in a five game world series with .500 in 1941.
- Set the record for most bases on balls received in a five game world series with seven in 1941.
- Was voted the Most Valuable Played in the American League in 1942 by the Baseball Writers Association.
- Set a Sacramento club record with his 43 home runs in 1951 shattering the previous club record set by Steve Souchock in 1950 with 30.
[edit] Contract signing
- Signed with the Sacramento Solons in October, 1950, coming directly from the Cleveland Indians.
[edit] Sources
- 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
