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Stephen Thomas Bilko was an American professional baseball player known for his home run hitting as a minor leaguer during the 1950s. He was 20 years old when he broke into Major League Baseball on Se
Bilko with the Los Angeles Angels in 1956
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The Los Angeles Angels were a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles that played in the Pacific Coast League from 1903 through 1957.
Steve Bilko
…Nat Hiken, creator of The Phil Silvers Show, supposedly took the name of the character Sgt. Bilko from the ballplayer, whose long-ball heroics for the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League (PCL) in the mid-1950s made him a local celebrity. Bilko was born in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, in coal mining country, and…
Los Angeles Angels players watching a banner of the 1934 PCL championship being hung up on July 28, 1935