Player Biographies

Having researched wartime baseball for more than a decade, I have accumulated a vast amount of information on many of the men who served with the military and played baseball in some capacity. I have decided that the best way to display this information is in an alphabetic format by player name.

You will find players at all levels here - major leaguers, minor leaguers, college players, high school players and sandlot ballplayers. But they all have one thing in common - they love baseball and, somehow, found time to play ball while serving with the military.

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Click on player's name to read their biography

* denotes lost their life in WWII

 

Name	Experience	Service	Location
Cliff Aberson	1947-1949	US Army	ETO
Cal Abrams	1949-1956	US Army	ETO/Pacific
Joe Abreu	1942	US Navy	USA
Bill Adair	1970 (Manager)	US Army	ETO
Bobby Adams	1946-1959	USAAF	USA
Dick Adams	1947	USAAF	USA
Bob Addis	1950-1953	USMC	Pacific
Ed Albosta	1941 and 1946	US Army	USA
Jack Albright	1947	US Navy	Pacific
Dale Alderson	1943-1944	US Navy	USA
Bob Alexander	1955 and 1957	US Navy	USA
Wayne Ambler	1937-1939	US Navy	ETO/Pacific
Alf Anderson	1941-1942 and 1946	US Navy	USA
Andy Anderson	1948-1949	US Army	ETO
Ferrell Anderson	1946 and 1953	US Army	USA
John Andre	1955	US Army	Pacific
Ernie Andres	1946	US Navy	Pacific
Pete Appleton	1927-1928, 1930-1933, 1936-1942, 1945	US Navy	USA
Luke Appling	1930-1943, 1945-1950	US Army	USA
Jack Aragon	1941	US Coast Guard	USA
George Archie	1938, 1941 and 1946	US Army	ETO
Rugger Ardizoia	1947	USAAF	Pacific
Morrie Arnovich	1936-1941 and 1946	US Army	Pacific
Joe Astroth	1945-1956	US Coast Guard	USA
Bill Atwood	1936-1940	USAAF	CBI
Tex Aulds	1947	USAAF	USA
Bill Ayers	1947	US Army	ETO
Dick Aylward	1953	US Army	ETO
Ed Bahr	1946-1947	US Navy	USA
George Bamberger	1951-1952, 1959	US Army	ETO/MTO
Al Barlick	1940-1943, 1946-1971	US Coast Guard	USA
Rex Barney	1943, 1946-1950	US Army	ETO
Dick Bartell	1927-1943, 1946	US Navy	USA
Matt Batts	1947-1956	USAAF	USA
Hank Bauer	1948-1961	USMC	Pacific
Russ Bauers	1936-1941, 1946, 1950	US Army	ETO
Frank Baumholtz	1947-1949, 1951-1957	US Navy	Atlantic/Pacific
Hank Behrman	1946-1949	US Army	ETO
Moe Berg	1923, 1926-1939	OSS	ETO
Yogi Berra	1946-1965	US Navy	ETO/MTO
Lou Bevil (Bevilacqua)	1942	US Army	USA
Hi Bithorn	1942-1943, 1946-1947	US Navy	Caribbean
Jim Bivin	1935	USMC	Pacific
Jim Blackburn	1948 and 1951	US Army	ETO
Ewell Blackwell	1942, 1946-1955	US Army	ETO
Ed Blake	1951-1953, 1957	US Army	Pacific
Buddy Blattner	1942, 1946-1949	US Navy	Pacific
Jimmy Bloodworth	1937, 1939-1943, 1946-1951	US Army	USA
Eddie Bockman	1946-1949	US Navy	USA
Zeke Bonura	1934-1940	US Army	MTO
Grover Bowers	1949	US Army	ETO
Charlie Bowles	1943 and 1945	USAAF	USA
Cloyd Boyer	1949-1952, 1955	US Navy	USA
Bobby Bragan	1940-1944, 1947-1948	US Army	USA
Al Brancato	1939-1941, 1945	US Navy	Pacific
Norm "Red" Branch	1941-1942	US Coast Guard	USA
Al Brazle	1943, 1946-1954	US Army	ETO
Herb Bremer	1937-1939	US Army	ETO
Tommy Bridges	1930-1943, 1945-1946	US Army	USA
Lou Brissie	1947-1953	US Army	MTO
Mace Brown	1934-1943, 1946	US Navy	Pacific
Willard Brown	1947	US Army	ETO
Roy Bruner	1939-1941	USAAF	ETO
Cy Buker	1945	US Army	USA
Bill Burich	1942 and 1946	US Army	MTO
George Burpo	1946	US Navy	USA
Tommy Byrne	1943, 1946-1957	US Navy	MTO
Fred Caligiuri	1942	US Army	ETO/MTO
Al Campanis	1943	US Navy	USA
Paul Campbell	1941-1942, 1946-1950	USAAF	ETO
Soup Campbell	1940-1942	USAAF	Pacific
Tom Carey	1936-1937, 1939-1942, 1946	US Navy	Pacific
Jim Carlin	1941	US Navy	Pacific
Ed Carnett	1941, 1944-1945	US Navy	USA
Dan Carnevale	1970 (Coach)	US Army	ETO
Hugh Casey	1935, 1939-1942, 1946-1949	US Navy	Pacific
Jack Cassini	1949	USAAF	USA
Jim Castiglia	1942	US Army	USA
Pete Castiglione	1947-1954	US Navy	Pacific
Spud Chandler	1937-1947	US Army	USA
Sam Chapman	1938-1941, 1945-1951	US Navy	USA
Bubba Church	1950-1955	US Army	CBI
Nestor Chylak	1954-1974	US Army	ETO
Ted Cieslak	1944	US Army	USA
Al Cihocki	1945	US Coast Guard	USA
Bill Clemensen	1939, 1941 and 1946	USAAF	USA
Mickey Cochrane	1925-1937	US Navy	Pacific
Jerry Coleman	1949-1957	USMC	Pacific
Ray Coleman	1947-1948, 1950-1952	US Navy	MTO/Pacific
Merv Connors	1937-1938	US Army	ETO
Claude Corbitt	1945-1946, 1948-1949	USAAF	USA
Billy Cox	1941, 1946-1955	US Army	MTO/ETO
Shag Crawford	1956-1975 (Umpire)	US Navy	Pacific
Harry Danning	1933-1942	USAAF	USA
Cliff Dapper	1942	US Navy	Pacific
John "Red" Davis	1941	USAAF	USA
Otis "Scat" Davis	1946	US Navy	USA
Cot Deal	1947-1948, 1950, 1954	USAAF	USA
Chubby Dean	1936-1943	USAAF	Pacific
Jim Delsing	1948-1956, 1960	US Army	ETO
Ducky Detweiler	1942 and 1946	US Army	USA
Bill Dickey	1928-1943, 1946	US Navy	Pacific
George "Skeets" Dickey	1935-1936, 1941-1942, 1946-1947	US Navy	Pacific
Emerson Dickman	1936-1941	US Navy	USA
Murry Dickson	1939-1943, 1946-1959	US Army	ETO
Chuck Diering	1947-1952, 1954-1956	US Army	Pacific
Dom DiMaggio	1940-1942, 1946-1953	US Navy	Pacific
Joe DiMaggio	1936-1942, 1946-1951	USAAF	Pacific
Joe Dobson	1939-1943, 1946-1954	US Army	USA
Larry Doby	1947-1959	US Navy	Pacific
Bobby Doerr	1937-1944, 1946-1951	US Army	USA
Augie Donatelli	1950-1973 (Umpire)	USAAF	ETO
Red Durrett	1944-1945	USMC	Pacific
Jake Early	1939-1943, 1946-1949	US Army	ETO
George Earnshaw	1928-1936	US Navy	Pacific
Carl Erskine	1948-1959	US Navy	USA
Bill Evans	1949-1951	US Army	ETO
Hoot Evers	1941, 1946-1956	USAAF	USA
Eddie Feinberg	1938 and 1939	US Army	ETO
Bob Feller	1936-1941, 1945-1956	US Navy	ETO/Pacific
Nanny Fernandez	1942, 1946-1947, 1950	USAAF	Pacific
Tom Ferrick	1941-1942, 1946-1952	US Navy	Pacific
Dave Ferriss	1945-1950	USAAF	USA
Al Flair	1941	US Army	Pacific
Ray Flanigan	1946	US Army	ETO
Bill Fleming	1940-1944, 1946	US Army	USA
Dee Fondy	1951-1958	US Army	ETO
Dick Fowler	1941-1942, 1945-1952	Canadian Army	Canada
Herman Franks	1939-1941, 1947-1949	US Navy	USA
Larry French	1929-1942	US Navy	ETO
Lonny Frey	1933-1943, 1946-1948	US Army	USA
Denny Galehouse	1934-1944, 1946-1949	US Navy	USA
Joe Gallagher	1939-1940	US Army	USA
Joe Garagiola	1946-1954	US Army	Pacific
Mike Garcia	1948-1961	US Army	ETO
Elmer Gedeon*	1939	USAAF	ETO
Charlie Gehringer	1924-1942	US Navy	USA
Charlie Gilbert	1940-1943, 1946-1947	US Navy	Pacific
Joe Ginsberg	1948, 1950-1962	US Army	Pacific
Al Gionfriddo	1944-1947	US Army	USA
Jim Gladd	1946	US Army	ETO
Roland Gladu	1944	Canadian Army	Canada
Joe Gordon	1938-1943, 1946-1950	USAAF	Pacific
Hank Gornicki	1941-1943, 1946	US Army	USA
Johnny Gorsica	1940-1944, 1946-1947	US Navy	USA
Hank Gowdy	1910-1930	US Army	USA
Joe Grace	1938-1941, 1946-1947	US Navy	Pacific
Mickey Grasso	1946, 1950-1955	US Army	MTO
Ted Gray	1946, 1948-1955	US Navy	Pacific
Hank Greenberg	1930-1941, 1945-1947	USAAF	CBI
Ross Grimsley	1951	USAAF	ETO
Lee Grissom	1934-1941	USAAF	USA
Johnny Grodzicki	1941, 1946-1947	US Army	ETO
Mickey Harris	1940-1941, 1946-1952	USAAF	Panama
Buddy Hassett	1936-1942	US Navy	Pacific
Grady Hatton	1946-1956, 1960	USAAF	USA
Chris Haughey	1943	US Army	USA
Ed Head	1940, 1942-1944, 1946	US Army	USA
Ken Heintzelman	1937-1942, 1946-1952	US Army	ETO
Tommy Henrich	1937-1942, 1946-1950	US Coast Guard	USA
Billy Herman	1931-1943, 1946-1947	US Navy	Pacific
Gene Hermanski	1943, 1946-1953	US Coast Guard	USA
Kirby Higbe	1937-1943, 1946-1950	US Army	Pacific
Pinky Higgins	1930, 1933-1944, 1946	US Navy	USA
Whitey Hilcher	1931-1932, 1935-1936	US Army	ETO
Jesse Hill	1935-1937	US Navy	USA
Billy Hitchcock	1942, 1946-1953	USAAF	Pacific
Myril Hoag	1931-1932, 1934-1942, 1944-1945	USAAF	USA
Gil Hodges	1943, 1947-1963	USMC	Pacific
Vern Hoscheit	1968-1987 (Coach)	USAAF	USA
Ralph Houk	1947-1954	US Army	ETO
Millard "Dixie" Howell	1940, 1949, 1955-1958	US Army	ETO
Sid Hudson	1940-1942, 1946-1954	USAAF	Pacific
Tommy Hughes	1941-1942, 1946-1948	US Army	USA
Tex Hughson	1941-1944, 1946-1949	USAAF	Pacific
Fred Hutchinson	1939-1940, 1946-1953	US Navy	Pacific
Hooks Iott	1941, 1947	USAAF	USA
Monte Irvin	1949-1956	US Army	ETO
Art Johnson	1940-1942	US Navy	Pacific
Billy Johnson	1943, 1946-1953	US Army	ETO
Earl Johnson	1940-1941, 1946-1951	US Army	ETO
Rankin Johnson Jr	1941	US Navy	Pacific
Dale Jones	1941	US Navy	USA
Jake Jones	1941-1942, 1946-1948	US Navy	Pacific
Niles "Sonny" Jordan	1951-1952	US Navy	Pacific
Walt Judnich	1940-1942, 1946-1949	USAAF	Pacific
Al Jurisich	1944-1947	US Coast Guard	USA
Herb Karpel	1946	US Army	ETO
Eddie Kazak	1948-1952	US Army	ETO
Eddie Kearse	1942	US Army	ETO
Charlie Keller	1939-1943, 1945-1952	Merchant Marine	Atlantic/Pacific
Ken Keltner	1937-1944, 1946-1950	US Navy	Pacific
Art Kenney	1938	USAAF	ETO
Ralph Kiner	1946-1955	US Navy	Pacific
Lou Klein	1943, 1945-1946, 1949, 1951	US Coast Guard	USA
Ted Kleinhans	1934, 1936-1938	US Army	ETO
Jack Knott	1933-1942, 1946	US Army	ETO
Don Kolloway	1940-1943, 1946-1953	US Army	ETO
Jim Konstanty	1944, 1946, 1948-1956	US Navy	USA
Dave Koslo	1941-1942, 1946-1955	US Army	ETO
Joe Krakauskas	1937-1942, 1946	RCAF	ETO
Jack Kramer	1939-1941, 1943-1951	US Navy	USA
Dick Kryhoski	1949-1955	US Navy	Pacific
Emil Kush	1941-1942, 1946-1949	US Navy	USA
Walt Lanfranconi	1941 and 1947	US Army	ETO
Max Lanier	1939-1946, 1949-1953	US Army	USA
Cookie Lavagetto	1934-1941, 1946-1947	US Navy	Pacific
Garland Lawing	1946	US Army	ETO
Bob Lemon	1941-1942, 1946-1958	US Navy	Pacific
Don Lenhardt	1950-1954	US Navy	ETO/Pacific
Buddy Lewis	1935-1941, 1945-1947, 1949	USAAF	CBI
Johnny Lipon	1942, 1946, 1948-1954	US Navy	Pacific
Danny Litwhiler	1940-1944, 1946-1951	US Army	USA
Buddy Lively	1947-1949	US Army	ETO
Bill Lobe	1951-1956 (Coach)	US Army	ETO
Dario Lodigiani	1938-1942, 1946	USAAF	Pacific
Peanuts Lowrey	1942-1943, 1945-1955	US Army	USA
Johnny Lucadello	1938-1941, 1946-1947	US Navy	Pacific
Hersh Lyons	1941	USAAF	Mediterranean
Ted Lyons	1923-1942, 1946	USMC	Pacific
Max Macon	1938-1944, 1947	US Army	USA
Frank Mancuso	1944-1947	US Army	USA
Phil Marchildon	1940-1942, 1945-1950	RCAF	ETO
Morrie Martin	1949, 1951-1959	US Army	MTO/ETO
Ray Martin	1943, 1947-1948	US Army	ETO
Joe Marty	1937-1941	USAAF	Pacific
Walt Masterson	1939-1942, 1945-1953, 1956	US Navy	Pacific
Pinky May	1939-1943	US Navy	Pacific
Bill McCahan	1946-1949	USAAF	USA
Mike McCormick	1940-1943, 1946-1951	USAAF	Pacific
Barney McCosky	1936-1942, 1946-1953	US Navy	Pacific
Benny McCoy	1938-1941	US Navy	Pacific
Maje McDonnell	1947-1950 (Coach)	US Army	ETO
Ralph McLeod	1938	US Army	ETO
Carl McNabb	1945	US Army	MTO
Russ Meers	1941, 1946-1947	US Navy	Pacfic
Lloyd Merriman	1949-1951, 1954-1955	US Navy	USA
Russ Meyer	1946-1959	US Army	USA
John "Ox" Miller	1943, 1945-1947	US Army	USA
Colonel "Buster" Mills	1934-1935, 1937-1938, 1940, 1942, 1946	USAAF	Pacific
Al Milnar	1936, 1938-1943, 1946	US Army	Pacific
Johnny Mize	1936-1942, 1946-1953	US Navy	Pacific
Bill Moisan	1953	US Army	ETO
Dee Moore	1936-1937, 1943, 1946	USMC	Pacific
Bill Morrell	1926, 1930-1931	USAAF	MTO
Emmett "Heinie" Mueller	1938-1941	US Army	USA
Hugh Mulcahy	1935-1940, 1945-1947	US Army	Pacific
Dick Mulligan	1941, 1946-1947	USAAF	USA
Red Munger	1943-1944, 1946-1952, 1956	US Army	ETO
Stan Musial	1941-1944, 1946-1963	US Navy	Pacific
Sam Nahem	1938, 1941-1942, 1948	US Army	ETO
Bob Neighbors	1939	USAAF	USA
Ernie Nevers	1926-1928	USMC	Pacific
Gus Niarhos	1946, 1947-1955	US Navy	USA
Ron Northey	1942-1944, 1946-1952, 1955-1957	US Army	USA
Tom Oliver	1930-1933	US Navy	Pacific
Harry O'Neill*	1939	USMC	Pacific
Joe Ostrowski	1948-1952	USAAF	MTO
Mickey Owen	1937-1945, 1949-1951, 1954	US Navy	USA
Don Padgett	1937-1941, 1946-1948	US Navy	Pacific
Mel Parnell	1947-1956	USAAF	USA
Johnny Pesky	1942, 1946-1954	US Navy	Pacific
Hugh Poland	1943-1944, 1946-1948	US Army	USA
Ray Poole	1941 and 1947	USAAF	Panama
Bob Porterfield	1948-1959	US Army	ETO
Bill Posedel	1938-1941, 1946	US Navy	Pacific
Jerry Priddy	1941-1943, 1946-1953	USAAF	Pacific
Frankie Pytlak	1932-1941, 1946	US Navy	USA
Bob Ramazzotti	1946, 1948-1953	US Army	ETO
Earl Rapp	1949, 1951-1952	US Army	ETO
Bill Reeder	1949	US Army	Pacific
Pee Wee Reese	1940-1942, 1946-1958	US Navy	Pacific
Pete Reiser	1940-1942, 1946-1952	US Army	USA
Marv Rickert	1942, 1946-1950	US Coast Guard	Pacific
Harvey Riebe	1942, 1947-1949	US Army	ETO
Lew Riggs	1934-1942, 1946	USAAF	Pacific
Culley Rikard	1941-1942, 1947	USAAF	USA
Johnny Rizzo	1938-1943	US Navy	USA
Phil Rizzuto	1941-1942, 1946-1956	US Navy	Pacific
Scotty Robb	1947-1953 (Umpire)	US Navy	ETO
Skippy Roberge	1941-1942, 1946	US Army	ETO
Robin Roberts	1948-1966	USAAF	USA
Jackie Robinson	1947-1956	US Army	USA
Stan Rojek	1942, 1946-1952	USAAF	Pacific
Si Rosenthal	1925-1926	US Navy	ETO
Chet Ross	1939-1944	US Navy	USA
Bama Rowell	1939-1941, 1946-1948	US Army	ETO
Red Ruffing	1924-1942, 1945-1947	USAAF	USA
Marius Russo	1939-1943, 1946	US Army	Pacific
Connie Ryan	1942-1944, 1946-1954	US Navy	Pacific
Tom Saffell	1949-1951, 1955	USAAF	ETO
Johnny Sain	1942, 1946-1955	US Navy	USA
Bob Savage	1942, 1946-1949	US Army	MTO/ETO
Red Schoendienst	1945-1963	US Army	USA
Bert Shepard	1945	USAAF	ETO
Charlie Silvera	1948-1957	USAAF	Pacific
Enos Slaughter	1938-1942, 1946-1959	USAAF	Pacific
Vinnie Smith	1941 and 1946	US Navy	USA
Duke Snider	1947-1964	US Navy	Pacific
Steve Souchock	1946-1955	US Army	ETO
Warren Spahn	1942, 1946-1965	US Army	ETO
George Strickland	1950-1960	US Navy	Pacific
Lou Stringer	1941-1942, 1946, 1948-1950	USAAF	USA
Dizzy Sutherland	1949	US Army	MTO
Oadis Swigart	1939-1940	US Army	USA
Tommy Tatum	1941 and 1947	US Army	Pacific
Birdie Tebbetts	1936-1942, 1946-1952	USAAF	Pacific
Hank Thompson	1947-1956	US Army	ETO
Jocko Thompson	1948-1951	US Army	ETO
Bobby Thomson	1946-1960	USAAF	USA
Lou Thuman	1939-1940	US Army	ETO
Earl Torgeson	1947-1961	US Army	ETO
Cecil Travis	1933-1941, 1945-1947	US Army	ETO
Ken Trinkle	1943, 1946-1949	US Army	ETO
Virgil Trucks	1941-1943, 1945-1958	US Navy	Pacific
Bob Usher	1946-1947, 1950-1952, 1957	US Navy	Pacific
Elmer Valo	1940-1943, 1946-1961	US Army	USA
Johnny Vander Meer	1937-1943, 1946-1951	US Navy	Pacific
Maurice Van Robays	1939-1943, 1946	US Army	ETO
Porter Vaughan	1940-1941, 1946	US Army/USAAF	USA
Mickey Vernon	1939-1943, 1946-1960	US Navy	Pacific
Charlie Wagner	1938-1942, 1946	US Navy	Pacific
Eddie Waitkus	1941, 1946-1955	US Army	Pacific
Dick Wakefield	1941, 1943-1944, 1946-1950, 1952	US Navy	Pacific
Harry Walker	1940-1943, 1946-1955	US Army	ETO
Tommy Warren	1944	US Navy	MTO
Monte Weaver	1931-1939	USAAF	ETO
Ed Weiland	1940 and 1942	US Navy	Pacific
Wes Westrum	1947-1957	US Army	USA
Ernie White	1940-1943, 1946-1948	US Army	ETO
Burgess Whitehead	1933-1941, 1946	USAAF	USA
Bill Wight	1946-1958	US Navy	USA
Del Wilber	1946-1952	USAAF	USA
Hoyt Wilhelm	1952-1972	US Army	ETO
Ted Williams	1939-1942, 1946-1960	USMC	USA
George Wilson	1952-1953, 1956	US Army	ETO
Max Wilson	1940, 1946	US Navy	Pacific
Gene Woodling	1943, 1946-1962	US Navy	Pacific
Taffy Wright	1938-1942, 1946-1949	USAAF	Pacific
Early Wynn	1939, 1941-1944, 1946-1963	US Army	Pacific
Johnny Wyrostek	1942-1943, 1946-1954	US Army	ETO
Ray Yochim	1948-1949	USMC	Pacific
Eddie Yost	1944, 1946-1962	US Navy	USA
Benny Zientara	1941, 1946-1948	US Army	ETO
George Zuverink	1951-1959	USAAF	Pacific

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