06/15/1933 | Drafted in the 1933 first-year player draft by the New York Knights. (Round 2, Pick 17, 38th overall pick). |
06/23/1933 | Signed a minor league contract with the New York Knights organization with a signing bonus of $1,100,000. |
06/30/1933 | Named the #61 prospect in the CBL |
07/15/1933 | Strikes out 17 against the Harrogate-Shawanee Blasters. |
08/03/1933 | Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Plano Valiants with 18 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
09/01/1933 | Wins the NFT North Pitcher of the Month Award. |
09/04/1933 | Strikes out 16 against the Anchorage Earthquakes. |
09/14/1933 | Pitches a NO-HITTER against the Corpus Christi Wild Horses with 17 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
10/01/1933 | Strikes out 15 against the Augusta Orioles. |
10/07/1933 | Injured (hand soreness),day-to-day for one week. |
10/22/1933 | Finished 3rd in 1933 NFT North Pitcher of the Year Award voting. |
10/28/1933 | Named the #52 prospect in the CBL |
01/01/1934 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 70 (70); Movement: 32 (32); Control: 27 (40). |
04/01/1934 | Named the #98 prospect in the CBL |
01/01/1935 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 67 (67); Movement: 42 (42); Control: 25 (41). |
04/01/1935 | Named the #52 prospect in the CBL |
06/30/1935 | Named the #65 prospect in the CBL |
07/01/1935 | Was traded by the New York Knights to the San Francisco Owls, along with 1B Mark Trumbo, RF Cliff Heathcote, SS Gleyber Torres, and 1B Mike Kelley, in exchange for CF Johnny Callison. |
07/08/1935 | Was selected to the 1935 Crypto Baseball League All-Star Futures Game. |
07/12/1935 | Injured (back spasms),day-to-day for one week. |
07/20/1935 | Injured (sore back),day-to-day for 4 days. |
08/24/1935 | Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Hoboken Zephyrs with 7 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
08/29/1935 | Strikes out 16 against the New Hampshire Pineapples. |
10/12/1935 | Wins the 1935 Token Baseball World Series with the Peapack & Gladstone Poison Toads! |
10/31/1935 | Named the #96 prospect in the CBL |
11/23/1935 | Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $510,000. |
01/01/1936 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 78 (78); Movement: 46 (46); Control: 21 (43). |
04/01/1936 | Named the #59 prospect in the CBL |
04/17/1936 | Injured on 04/16/1936, diagnosed with a sore elbow, is day-to-day. |
05/25/1936 | Strikes out 16 against the Lacoochee Funky Knuckles. |
06/16/1936 | Injured (back spasms),day-to-day for one week. |
06/28/1936 | Named the #40 prospect in the CBL |
07/03/1936 | Strikes out 16 against the Cedar Grove Renegades. |
07/08/1936 | Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Rocket City Trash Pandas with 20 strikeouts and 4 BB allowed! |
07/12/1936 | Was selected to the 1936 Token Baseball All-Star Game. |
07/13/1936 | Was selected to the 1936 Crypto Baseball League All-Star Futures Game. |
08/13/1936 | Strikes out 15 against the Belle Fourche Senators. |
08/18/1936 | Strikes out 17 against the Minneapolis Crawdads. |
08/23/1936 | Strikes out 15 against the Milwaukee Saxons. |
10/28/1936 | Finished 2nd in 1936 NFT South Pitcher of the Year Award voting. |
11/19/1936 | Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $510,000. |
01/01/1937 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 62 (62); Movement: 64 (64); Control: 30 (41). |