Editing Johnny Callison (section)

==Early years==
Born in [[Qualls, Oklahoma]], Callison batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was signed by the [[Chicago White Sox]] out of [[East Bakersfield High School]] in 1957,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-17 |title=Phillies Legends: Johnny Callison |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/phillies/news/philadelphia-phillies-legends-johnny-callison |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=Philadelphia Phillies On SI |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=A Hard-Knock Life |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/9459622/johnny-callison-1964-walk-home-run-last-all-star-game-hosted-new-york-mets |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=ESPN.com |language=en-US}}</ref> being assigned to the [[Minor league baseball|Class-C]] Bakersfield Bears in the [[California League]], where he had a .340 [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]] with 17 home runs and 31 [[stolen base]]s. The next season, he was advanced to the Triple-A [[Indianapolis Indians]], where he led the [[American Association (20th century)|American Association]] in home runs. In September {{Baseball year|1958}}, he was recalled by the White Sox, where he had a .297 batting average in 18 games.

In 1959, Callison split time between Chicago and Indianapolis. He was not on the [[1959 World Series|World Series]] roster when the White Sox lost the series to the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]], and in December he was traded to the Phillies for [[third baseman]] [[Gene Freese]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19591208&id=WAkrAAAAIBAJ&pg=4466,3640980|title=Reading Eagle - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref>