LeRoy Han/pagetext

From SABR Encyclopedia

Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 2 Sources

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Vancouver, Washington in 1953.
• Self-identified as being of Scottish-Irish-German ancestry.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Attended Vancouver High School.
• Played baseball and basketball in high school.
• Twiced pitched Vancouver High School to district championships and once to the state title.
• Was selected as star of the 1950 All-Star game and pitched the State team to a victory over Seattle.
• Played Junior League Legion ball at Vancouver in 1949 and 1950.
• In 1950 his Junior League Legion team won the Southern Division and district titles.
• He was one strike away from a no-hit, no-run game with the Junior Legion team.
• In his first pro game he went in as a relief pitcher for Portland and set the side down without a hit with two strikeouts.

[edit] Sources

• 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.