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From SABR Encyclopedia

Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Achievements 2 Outside of baseball 3 Sources

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Brother of Arthur Wardle.
• Self-identified as being of English ancestry.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Played baseball, basketball, and football in high school, led his school to Greater Newark area championship in 1959.

[edit] Achievements

• In high school, posted batting averages of .567, .370, and .480.
• Was beaned in his first professional at-bat and spent a week in the hospital.
• Led 1963 Midwest League catchers in double plays (13).

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Served in the U. S. Army for six months under the Reserve Training Plan.
• In off-seasons in the early 60s, he was a truck driver for a parcel delivery service.

[edit] Sources

• California League Gold Book. 1964.