06/19/1951 | Drafted in the 1951 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 13, 29th overall pick) by the Philadelphia Sailors, out of high school Reidsville (Reidsville; Reidsville, NC). |
06/26/1951 | Signed a minor league contract with the Philadelphia Sailors organization with a signing bonus of $6,500. |
07/27/1957 | Was traded by the San Francisco Sailors to the Toronto Wolves, along with 1B Guy Lake, in exchange for LF Buck Burdell and CF Reuben Walker. |
08/26/1957 | Wins the COW Player of the Week Award. |
06/16/1958 | Wins the DIX Player of the Week Award. |
06/20/1958 | Injured (chronic back soreness),out for 2-3 weeks. |
07/12/1958 | Injured (sore knee),day-to-day for 5 days. |
09/21/1958 | Injured (flu),day-to-day for 4 days. |
01/31/1959 | Successfully completed training to learn a new position at the Toronto Wolves development complex. |
06/03/1959 | Injured (strained oblique),day-to-day for 2 weeks. |
10/15/1959 | Finished 3rd in 1959 FABL CA Kellogg Award voting. |
08/10/1960 | Injured (torn quadriceps),out for 6-7 weeks. |
05/26/1961 | Injured (pulled abdominal muscle),day-to-day for 5 days. |
06/30/1961 | Injured (thumb contusion),day-to-day for 5 days. |
08/15/1961 | Injured (back tightness),day-to-day for 4 days. |
09/11/1961 | Injured (hyperextended knee),day-to-day for one week. |
09/29/1961 | Injured (sprained knee),day-to-day for 3 weeks. |