Latman was born in Los Angeles, California, and is Jewish. Latman would not pitch on the Jewish High Holidays. His parents were Nathan (a furniture auctioneer) and Elsie (Snitzer) Latman. He had two younger sisters, Ann Lorraine and Carolee. When he was 10 years old, his parents required that he stop playing baseball for three years, to leave himself time to study for his bar mitzvah. He was nicknamed “Shoulders.” He died on April 28, 2019 in Richmond, Texas. \n', '

He attended Fairfax High School, pitching for the baseball team, and playing alongside future major leaguer Larry Sherry. He threw a perfect game in 1954, and was named the Los Angeles All-City Player by the Helms Athletic Foundation. He then attended the University of Southern California on a baseball scholarship.\n', '

In the minor leagues in 1955 he pitched in Waterloo, Iowa for the Waterloo White Hawks, in the Class-B Three-I League, and was 18-5 with an earned run average of 4.12, leading the league in innings pitched, and with his 18 wins one behind league leader Mudcat Grant. In 1956, he pitched for the Memphis Chicks in the Double-A Southern Association, and was 14-14 with a 3.85 earned run average. In 1957 he pitched for the Indianapolis Indians of the Triple-A American Association, going 13-13 with an earned-run average of 3.95, and in three starts for the team the following year he was 3-0 with a 0.76 ERA.\n', '

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