06/15/1926 | Drafted in the 1926 first-year player draft by the Boston Boomers. (Round 2, Pick 11, 32nd overall pick). |
08/14/1926 | Failed to sign with the Boston Boomers and joined University of North Carolina. |
01/01/1927 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 17 (52); Power: 28 (57); Eye: 40 (41). |
06/15/1927 | Drafted in the 1927 first-year player draft out of college (University of North Carolina; Chapel Hill, NC) by the San Francisco Owls. (Round 2, Pick 4, 25th overall pick). |
07/06/1927 | Signed a minor league contract with the San Francisco Owls organization with a signing bonus of $960,000. |
10/14/1927 | Wins the 1927 Token Baseball World Series with the Peapack & Gladstone Poison Toads! |
10/28/1927 | Named the #26 prospect in the CBL |
01/01/1928 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 56 (56); Power: 42 (56); Eye: 39 (43). |
04/01/1928 | Named the #27 prospect in the CBL |
06/16/1928 | Injured on 06/15/1928, diagnosed with a bruised ankle, will not miss additional time. |
11/20/1928 | Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $510,000. |
01/01/1929 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 26 (52); Eye: 39 (40). |
07/07/1929 | Was selected to the 1929 Token Baseball All-Star Game. |
10/21/1929 | Wins the 1929 NFT South Platinum Stick Award at C. |
10/30/1929 | Was traded by the San Francisco Owls to the Los Angeles Thunder Ducks in exchange for LF Randal Grichuk, SP Sloppy Thurston, and RP Derek Lowe. |
11/22/1929 | Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $510,000. |
01/01/1930 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 43 (51); Power: 23 (54); Eye: 30 (40). |
04/25/1930 | Injured (hamstring cramp),day-to-day for one week. |
11/21/1930 | Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $510,000. |
01/01/1931 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 39 (54); Power: 31 (52); Eye: 33 (43). |
09/14/1931 | Suspended 5 games after ejection following a brawl. |
11/24/1931 | Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $510,000. |
01/01/1932 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 39 (53); Power: 50 (55); Eye: 39 (42). |
05/29/1932 | Injured on 05/26/1932, diagnosed with a partially torn labrum, will miss 3-4 months. |
11/22/1932 | Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $650,000. |
01/01/1933 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (54); Power: 56 (56); Eye: 41 (44). |
11/18/1933 | Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $1,300,000. |
01/01/1934 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (53); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 39 (43). |
07/08/1934 | Was selected to the 1934 Token Baseball All-Star Game. |
07/31/1934 | Was traded by the Los Angeles Thunder Ducks to the Tampico Stogies, along with 1B David Wright, 1B Max Muncy, SS Carlos Guillen, and SP Dana Fillingim, in exchange for SS Francisco Lindor. |
11/03/1934 | Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $4,800,000 with the Tampico Stogies organization. |
01/01/1935 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 52 (54); Power: 56 (56); Eye: 48 (48). |
07/07/1935 | Was selected to the 1935 Crypto Baseball League All-Star Game. |
07/15/1935 | Wins the CBL ETH Player of the Week Award. |
11/23/1935 | Became a free agent. |
01/01/1936 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 53 (53); Power: 56 (56); Eye: 47 (47). |
01/03/1936 | Signed a 3-year contract worth a total of $39,900,000 with the Kansas City Regents organization. |
10/14/1936 | Injured (sprained knee),day-to-day for 3 weeks. |
10/26/1936 | Wins the 1936 World Series with the Kansas City Regents. |
11/01/1936 | Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another one week. |
11/06/1936 | Wins the 1936 CBL BTC Platinum Stick Award at C. |
01/01/1937 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 43 (43); Power: 54 (54); Eye: 35 (35). |