1996 Paradise Pisces

American Poet
1923-2002

One of the six poets to read at the Six Gallery on October 13, 1955. Whalen was a Reed College friend of Lew Welch and Gary Snyder. Like Snyder, Whalen became immersed in Zen Buddhist religion and culture. In 1973 he was ordained as a Zen monk.

Jack Kerouac described Whalen as "180 pounds of poet meat."

In Kerouac's books, Whalen is Warren Coughlin (Dharma Bums) and Ben Fagin (Big Sur).

Whalen was called up this season to the Pisces after some impressive years playing with the Dharma Beats.

YEAR  TEAM             POS    B.AVG   At Bats  Hits     HR     RBI
----  ---------------  -----  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------
Whalen, Phillip
1984  Beats            3b      .257      525     135      55       9
1985  Beats            if      .182       11       2       1       0
1987  Beats            of      .297      360     107      45       9
1995  Beats            if/of   .307      635     195      22     101

*Cosmic Seasons: 4             .261     1531     439     123     119

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