| 01/30/1953 |
Joined the Rome High School Swamp Dogs. |
| 04/13/1953 |
Injured (torn fingernail),day-to-day for 3 days. |
| 05/04/1953 |
Named to the 1953 Geiyo Islands League for the Itsukushima Trawlers. |
| 01/01/1954 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 20 (35); Movement: 25 (35); Control: 20 (20). |
| 03/01/1954 |
Unsuccessfully completed training to increase his endurance on the mound at the Rome High School Swamp Dogs development complex. |
| 04/15/1954 |
Injured on 04/14/1954, diagnosed with a sprained ankle, is day-to-day. |
| 01/01/1955 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 25 (35); Movement: 30 (40); Control: 25 (25). |
| 03/03/1955 |
Injured (pulled abdominal muscle),day-to-day for one week. |
| 04/01/1955 |
Injured on 03/30/1955, diagnosed with back spasms, will miss 5 weeks. |
| 04/30/1955 |
Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another 2 weeks. |