01/01/1939 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 12 (47); Power: 19 (65); Eye: 20 (50). |
06/05/1939 |
Drafted in the 1939 first-year player draft out of high school (Carrollton; Carrollton, MO) by the Seattle Pilots. (Round 7, Pick 14, 111st overall pick). |
07/05/1939 |
Failed to sign with the Seattle Pilots and joined College of the Sequoias. |
01/01/1940 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 12 (45); Power: 19 (65); Eye: 21 (50). |
06/05/1940 |
Drafted in the 1940 first-year player draft out of college (College of the Sequoias; Visalia, CA) by the Brooklyn Dodgers. (Round 1, Pick 11, 11th overall pick). |
06/28/1940 |
Signed a minor league contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers organization with a signing bonus of $14,610. |
01/01/1941 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 16 (47); Power: 19 (61); Eye: 23 (49). |
02/26/1941 |
Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his two-strike approach at the Brooklyn Dodgers development complex. |
01/01/1942 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 27 (45); Power: 21 (52); Eye: 30 (48). |
07/15/1942 |
Injured (fractured rib),out for 5 weeks. |
01/01/1943 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 34 (47); Power: 28 (52); Eye: 34 (48). |
05/10/1943 |
Injured (wrist soreness),day-to-day for 1-2 weeks. |
10/22/1943 |
Named the #75 prospect in the FRBA |
11/27/1943 |
Was traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for 3B Rich Pinnock and LF Devon Conaway. |
01/01/1944 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 48 (51); Power: 36 (49); Eye: 43 (50). |
04/06/1944 |
Named the #85 prospect in the FRBA |
11/12/1944 |
Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $7,500. |
01/01/1945 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 49 (50); Power: 39 (47); Eye: 43 (50). |
11/09/1945 |
Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $7,500. |
01/01/1946 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 49 (49); Power: 39 (45); Eye: 44 (49). |
04/26/1946 |
Injured (fractured foot),out for 4-5 weeks. |
11/09/1946 |
Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $7,800. |
01/01/1947 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 49 (49); Power: 39 (43); Eye: 44 (48). |
04/10/1947 |
Was claimed off waivers by Cincinnati while with Chicago. |
06/20/1947 |
Injured (mild abdominal strain),day-to-day for 3 days. |
07/04/1947 |
Injured (bruised foot),day-to-day for one week. |
11/10/1947 |
Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $8,100. |
01/01/1948 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 48 (48); Power: 40 (42); Eye: 45 (47). |
06/29/1948 |
Injured (hand contusion),out for one week. |
07/05/1948 |
Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another one week. |
11/21/1948 |
Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $8,600. |