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From SABR Encyclopedia

Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Achievements 1.4 Outside of baseball 1.5 Career notes 2 Sources

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Gardena, California in 1952 and 1953.
• Self-identified as being of Irish-Indian ancestry.
• Listed hobbies as bronco busting, hunting and fishing in 1952.
• Rode in a number of rodeos and "had a fling" at professional boxing and wrestling.
• Said in 1952 that early in his career he was a member of the Saint Louis Cardinals and his contract was assigned to 13 different clubs in one year.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Attended high school in Bellville, Texas.
• Played baseball and football in high school.

[edit] Achievements

• Led the 1937 East Texas League in earned run average with 2.65, games won with 32 and strikeouts with 233.
• Led the 1948 Pacific Coast League in games won with 19.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Was a railroad brakeman during the off-season in 1952.

[edit] Career notes

• Listed as "Inactive" for 1945 in the 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
• Resigned as manager of Lubbock (West Texas-New Mexico League) on May 29, 1954 with a 9-20 record. He was replaced by Bill Metzig.^[1]

[edit] Sources

• 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
• 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.