The first baseman was noted as a strong power hitter who did not hit for a high batting average in the pitching dominant Sixties and Seventies, though he walked and was hit by pitches so often that he finished with a respectable career .359 on-base percentage.\n', '

Epstein was born in the Bronx, New York, and is Jewish. His parents were Jack (a salesman, born in Toronto, Canada) and Evelyn (born in New York City). When he was three years old, his family moved to Hartsdale, New York, and then when he was 13 to Fairfax in Los Angeles, California. Epstein said of his father, who refused when Epstein was still a minor to sign a contract on his behalf with the Dodgers: "He wanted me to be a lawyer, rather than a bum."\n', '

Epstein played for the baseball and football teams while attending Fairfax High School in Los Angeles, graduating in 1961.\n', '

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