Albie Pearson

Pearson pitched for the baseball team and played halfback for the football team at El Monte High School. Following a year at Pomona Junior College, he was signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1953.\n', '

Following his signing, which amounted to little else besides two pair of cleats, a new suitcase, and a promise of making $225 a month if he made the team, Pearson was assigned to the San Jose Red Sox of the Class-C California League, where he hit .334 in 125 games. Although signed as a pitcher, Pearson was converted to the outfield, after filling in on an emergency capacity and getting 8 hits in his first two games, and did little pitching during his minor league career.\n', '

Promoted to single-A Albany Senators in the Eastern League in 1954, he hit .269 and earned a two-game promotion to play for the AAA Louisville Colonels. Person spent 1955 back at single-A, thi…