Patalano Rewarded with 1952 IHS Most Valuable Player Award Saturday, June 7th , 1952 Chad Patalano, the talented Taipei High School first baseman, certainly made his name known among International High Schools hurlers this season. He hammered them for 60 hits, 16 doubles, 3 triples, 10 home runs, 45 RBIs and scored 50 times. That kind of output made him the choice for International High Schools Most Valuable Player Award for 1952.