Joseph Ostopchuk/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 Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1954.
• Self-identified as being of Polish ancestry.
• Listed hobby as collecting sport books.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Haverhill High School in 1951.
• Played basketball and baseball in high school.
• Played American Legion ball.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Cutting shoe linings was his occupation during the off-season in 1954.

[edit] Contract signing

• Was signed to his first professional contract by Joe Cusick of the Saint Louis Cardinals.

[edit] Sources

• 1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition).