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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 Daly City, California in 1954.
• Self-identified as being of Polish ancestry.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Jefferson High School in 1951.
• Played baseball and basketball in high school.
• Attended San Francisco State.
• Played basketball and baseball at San Francisco State.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Was a college student during the off-season.

[edit] Contract signing

• Was signed to his first contract by Dario Lodigiani, Yakima Manager.

[edit] Sources

• 1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition).