06/19/1953 | Drafted in the 1953 first-year player draft out of high school (Barton; Brooklyn, NY) by the Washington Eagles. (Round 7, Pick 4, 100th overall pick). |
08/06/1953 | Injured (radial nerve (elbow) decompression surgery),out for 4-5 months. |
03/06/1956 | Outstandingly completed training to improve his pitch control at the Washington Eagles development complex. |
07/16/1957 | Injured (earache),day-to-day for 2 days. |
07/22/1957 | Pitches a 7-hit shutout against the Hattiesburg Top Hats with 4 strikeouts and 4 BB allowed! |
08/07/1957 | Pitches a 9-hit shutout against the Mobile Commodores with 8 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
09/20/1957 | Pitches a 8-hit shutout against the Camden Rockets with 3 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
03/11/1958 | Unsuccessfully completed training to make one of his poorer pitches more usable at the Washington Eagles development complex. |
04/30/1958 | Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Albany Knickerbockers with 15 strikeouts and 4 BB allowed! |
06/20/1958 | Injured (acute elbow soreness),out for 6-7 weeks. |
12/11/1958 | Drafted in the rule 5 draft (Round 1 , Pick 5, 5th overall Pick) by the San Francisco Sailors from the Washington Eagles. |
08/01/1959 | Injured (back stiffness),day-to-day for 4 days. |
08/08/1959 | Injured (sore ankle),day-to-day for 5 days. |
03/04/1960 | Successfully completed training to make one of his poorer pitches more usable at the San Francisco Sailors development complex. |
05/31/1960 | Injured (back stiffness),day-to-day for one week. |
07/16/1960 | Injured (back stiffness),day-to-day for 4 days. |
08/12/1960 | Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Kansas City Kings with 2 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
09/26/1960 | Injured (back stiffness),day-to-day for one week. |
10/01/1960 | Injured (shoulder tendinitis),day-to-day for 4 weeks. |
05/27/1961 | Injured (torn rotator cuff),out for 14 months. |