Mike Ryan/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 Verona, Kentucky in 1955.
• Self-identified as being of Irish ancestry.
• Single in 1955.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Walton-Verona High School in 1951.
• Played baseball and basketball in high school.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Engaged in farming during the off-season.
• Served in the U.S. Army for twenty-one months.

[edit] Contract signing

• Was signed to his first contract by Cliff Alexander of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

[edit] Sources

• 1955 Pioneer League Index (Fourth Edition).
• Social Security Death Index (SSN: 405-46-6335).