Joseph Parisi/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 Vallejo, California in 1955.
• Self-identified as being of Italian ancestry.
• Listed hobby as collecting pipes.
• Single in 1955.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Saint Vincent's High School in 1951.
• Played baseball, basketball and football in high school.
• Planned to attend college during the off-season as of 1955.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Was "recently discharged" from the U.S. Army after two years of service in 1955.

[edit] Contract signing

• Was signed to his first contract by Bill Brenzel of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

[edit] Sources

• 1955 Pioneer League Index (Fourth Edition).