Nicknamed "Junior", he batted and threw left-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg).

After a standout career at Newburyport High School, the University of Rhode Island, and amateur baseball, he signed with the Orioles at age 21 on a Sunday morning.

"[1] Although Dagres went hitless in two at bats against Kansas City starting pitcher Mike Kume, he knocked in a run in his first Major League plate appearance with a force out, and played errorless ball in the field.

[2] The highlight of Dagres' MLB career would come nine days later, when he appeared in both games of a doubleheader on September 20 at Fenway Park, only 30 miles (48 km) from his hometown.

[4] And despite a good spring training in 1956, Dagres was optioned to Baltimore's top farm team, the Vancouver Mounties of the Open-Classification Pacific Coast League.

After his retirement, he was a restaurateur in his native city, a baseball coach at what is now Salem State University, and a greyhound dog trainer.