Early Life and Amateur Career
Peckinpaugh was born in Wooster, Ohio, the third child of John and Cora Peckinpaugh. His father played semi-professional baseball.
At a young age, the Peckinpaughs moved from Wooster to Cleveland. He attended East Technical High School, where he played American football, basketball, and baseball. There, Nap Lajoie of the Cleveland Naps, who lived in the same neighborhood, discovered Peckinpaugh. Lajoie signed Peckinpaugh to a contract with a salary of $125 per month ($3,118 in current dollar terms) when he graduated from high school in 1910.
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