Tom Patton

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Tom Patton
Tommy Allen Patton
Bat/Throw:	R/R
Height:	5' 9"
Weight:	185
Born:	1935-9-5 at Honey Brook, PA (US)

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Tom Patton was a professional player.

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Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Outside of baseball 1.4 Contract signing 2 Source

Profile

Personal

• Resided in Honey Brook, Pennsylvania in 1959.

Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Honey Brook High School in Honey Brook, Pennsylvania in 1953.
• Played baseball and basketball in high school.
• Played American Legion baseball.

Outside of baseball

• Served in the U. S. Army for six months under the reserve training plan.

Contract signing

• Signed to his first contract by Ollie Vanek of the Saint Louis Cardinals.
• Was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles from Omaha in December, 1956.

Source

• 1959 Texas League Sketches.