1. He is a local guy. He graduated from West Covina High School and then attended attended Mount San Antonio College in Walnut before leaving southern California to attend the University of Idaho.
2. In his senior year of college, his team was one win short of earning a trip to the College World Series. Stoneman had a 6-2 record and a 0.45 ERA for the Vandals that year, but he was the losing pitcher in the Division 7 title game, a 3-2 loss to the University of Arizona. Stoneman gave up 9 hits and two walks, and he struck out five, but perhaps the sting of the loss went away a few days later when he was drafted by the Cubs in the 31st round of the 1966 amateur draft.