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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 Contract signing 2 Sources

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Manteca, California in 1954.
• Self-identified as being of Scottish-Irish-German ancestry.
• Listed hobbies as cattle and horses.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Modesto High School in 1953.
• Played baseball and basketball in high school.
• Played American Legion ball.

[edit] Achievements

• Tied a California League record for most putouts by a third baseman in a game with 6 on August 4, 1953 against Modesto.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Was a laborer during the off-season.

[edit] Contract signing

• Was signed to his first professional contract by Charley Wallgren of the Boston Red Sox.

[edit] Sources

• 1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition).