Ken Gables/pagetext

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Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 2 Outside of baseball 2.1 Transactions 3 Sources 4 Profile 4.1 Personal 5 Source

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Walnut Grove, Missouri in 1952.
• Self-identified as being of English ancestry.
• Shows his hobby is hunting.
• Winning 11 games for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1945, his first shot at the majors, was his biggest thrill.
• Nephew of Denver Dodd, reported to be a former Saint Louis Cardinal.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• In high school, he lettered in baseball, basketball and track.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Worked in the oil fields of Oklahoma during the off-season.
• Was in the Army in 1943

[edit] Transactions

• Listed as "inactive" in 1939.

[edit] Sources

• 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
• Social Security Death Index (SSN: 573-09-8755).

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Walnut Grove, Missouri in 1953.

[edit] Source

• 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.