Baseball in Wartime - Player Biographies (Minor Leagues)

Minor League 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 of all calibres 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.

If you are looking for information on a particular player then let me know and I will gladly see what I have.

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Hall of Famers

Minor League

Click on player's name to read their biography

* denotes lost their life in WWII

Name

Service

Location

Louis Anschultz	USAAF	ETO
Herman Bauer*	US Army	ETO
Fred Beal*	US Army	USA
James Beane	USAAF	ETO
Frank Berger	USAAF	ETO
Leonard Berry*	US Army	ETO
Keith Bissonette*	USAAF	CBI
Jack Blaylock	US Navy	USA
Dick Bouknight	US Army	ETO
Charles Bowers*	US Army	ETO
Gordon Bradshaw	USMC	ETO/Pacific
Bill Brenner	USAAF	ETO
Lefty Brewer*	US Army	ETO
Walt Brickner	US Army	ETO
Ed Brock*	US Navy	Pacific
Mel Brookey	USMC	Pacific
Ted Brooks	Canadian Army	ETO
Murrill Brown*	US Navy	USA
Albert Brusko	US Army	ETO
Whitey Burch*	US Army	USA
Bobby Byrne Jr	USAAF	MTO
Richard Catalano	US Army	ETO
Ray Champagne	USMC	Pacific
George Chandler*	USAAF	USA
Joe Chiozza	USAAF	ETO
Floyd Christiansen*	USAAF	USA
Fred Chumley	USMC	Pacific
Ordway Cisgen*	US Army	ETO
Sam Cozzi	US Army	ETO
Marvin Crater	US Army	ETO
Sal Cuttitta	USAAF	ETO
Tom Daddino	US Army	ETO
Edward Dalton*	US Army	ETO
Joe Damato	US Army	ETO
Leon Day	US Army	ETO
John Deets	USAAF	ETO
John DeJohn	USAAF	ETO
Howard DeMartini*	US Army	ETO
Bill DeZerne	US Army	ETO/Pacific
Hal Dobson*	USAAF	USA
Mauro Duca	USAAF	ETO
Norman Duncan*	US Navy	Pacific
Andy Dzuris	USAAF	ETO
Chuck Eisenmann	US Army	ETO
Louis Elko*	US Army	USA
Mack Ellington	USAAF	ETO
Charles Etherton*	USMC	Pacific
Herb Fash*	US Navy	Pacific
Frank Faudem*	US Army	Pacific
Bill Fennhahn	US Army	ETO

George Gamble*	USAAF	CBI
Robert Gary*	USAAF	USA
Doug Gillette	US Army	ETO
Conrad Graff*	US Army	ETO
Alan Grant*	USAAF	ETO
Cy Greenlaw	USAAF	ETO
Jim Grilk*	USAAF	USA
Hugh Gustafson	US Army	ETO
Frank Haggerty*	USAAF	USA
Bill Hansen*	US Army	ETO
Billy Hebert*	US Navy	Pacific
Fran Hecker	US Army	ETO
Jim Hedgecock	USMC	Pacific
Walter Hemperly	US Army	ETO
Harry Hendershot	US Army	ETO
Nay Hernandez	US Army	ETO
Bob Hershey*	US Navy	Pacific
Victor Hoff	USAAF	ETO
Ernie Holbrook*	US Army	ETO
Bob Holmes*	USMC	Pacific
Jim Honochick	US Navy	Atlantic/Pacific
Gordon Houston*	USAAF	USA
Ernie Hrovatic*	US Army	ETO
Ralph Ifft	US Army	ETO
Harry Imhoff*	USMC	Pacific
Bill Israel	USAAF	ETO
Maurice Jacobs	US Army	ETO
Lou Janiceck	USAAF	ETO
Frank Janik*	US Army	Pacific
Ed Jolda	US Army	Pacific
Jerry Juzek	USMC	Pacific
Ardys Keller*	US Army	ETO
Bob Keller	US Army	ETO
Ted Kerr	USAAF	MTO
Bill Kinney	USMC	Pacific
Stan Klores*	US Navy	Pacific
Vern Kohler	US Army	ETO/MTO
Carlyle Kopp*	USAAF	USA
Harry Ladner*	US Army	Pacific
Walter Lake*	US Army	ETO
Jack Lance	US Army	ETO
Walt Lance	US Army	ETO
Dick Lang	US Army	ETO
Bob Lange	US Army	ETO/MTO
Walter Lentz	USAAF	CBI
Joe Loadholtes	USAAF	ETO
Henry Loman	US Army	ETO
Whitey Loos*	USAAF	Pacific
Jack Lummus*	USMC	Pacific
Nick Macone	US Army	MTO/ETO
Ted Maillet*	US Army	ETO
Ray Makepeace	US Army	Pacific
Harold Martin	US Army	MTO
Jim Martin	USAAF	Pacific
Henry Martinez*	US Navy	Pacific
Bob Mayence	USMC	Pacific
Walter McCoy	US Army	USA
Lloyd "Mickey" McGuire	US Army	MTO
Duke McKee*	US Army	ETO
Jack McKinney	USAAF	ETO
George McKinnon	US Navy	Pacific
John McNamara	USMC	Pacific
Paul Mellblom*	US Army	ETO
Ray Milcsik	USAAF	ETO
Joe Moceri*	US Army	ETO
John Moller*	USAAF	Pacific
Jim Morris	US Navy	Pacific
Walter Navie*	US Army	Pacific
Frank Nelson	US Navy	Pacific
Ed Neusel*	US Navy	USA
William Niemeyer*	US Army	ETO
Russ Niller	USAAF	ETO
Walt Nothe	USAAF	USA
Walt Novick	US Army	ETO
Hank Nowak*	US Army	ETO
Joe Palatas*	USAAF	ETO
Billy Parish	USMC	Pacific
Jack Patterson*	USMC	Pacific
Pete Pavich	US Army	ETO
Metro Persoskie*	USAAF	ETO
Charlie Pescod*	US Army	ETO
Pete Petropoulos	US Army	ETO
Harold Phillips*	USAAF	USA
Don Pinciotti	US Army	Pacific
Joe Pinder*	US Army	ETO
Al Pirtle	USAAF	CBI
Larry Powell	US Army	ETO
Fred Price	US Army	Pacific
Ernie Raimondi*	US Army	ETO
Bob Ray	US Army	ETO
John Regan*	USAAF	CBI
Pete Rehkamp*	USAAF	USA
James Reynolds	US Army	ETO
Joseph Rodgers*	US Navy	MTO
Steve Sakas	USAAF/US Army	ETO
Michael Sambolich*	US Army	ETO
Al Sandillo	US Navy	Pacific
Glenn Sanford*	USAAF	USA
Bill Sarver*	US Army	ETO
Charles Schaube*	US Army	ETO
Walt Schmisseur*	US Navy	Pacific
Bob Schmukal*	US Army	ETO
Eddie Schohl*	US Army	MTO
Frank Schulz*	USAAF	Pacific
Carl Scott*	US Army	ETO
Minor Scott	US Army	Pacific
Armand Sergiacomi	USAAF	MTO
Marcel Serventi*	US Army	USA
Harold Sherman*	USAAF	CBI
Walt Shinn	US Navy	Pacific
Jack Siens*	US Navy	ETO
Art Sinclair*	US Army	MTO
Victor Slobe	US Navy	MTO
John Smith*	US Army	ETO
Norman Smith*	US Navy	Pacific
Marshall Sneed*	USAAF	MTO
Billy Southworth Jr*	USAAF	ETO
Earl Springer*	US Army	ETO
Gene Stack*	US Army	USA
Robert Stephens	USAAF	ETO
Don Stewart*	Canadian Army	ETO
Stan Stuka	USAAF	ETO
Sylvester Sturges*	USAAF	ETO
Fred Swift*	USAAF	USA
Webster "Buck" Templeton	US Army	MTO/ETO
Gene Thompson	USAAF	ETO
John Tramelli	US Army	ETO
Arnold Traxler	US Navy	Pacific
Bob Vetter	US Army	ETO
Mel Wasley	US Army	ETO
Bob Wooten	USMC	Pacific
Joe Yockman	US Army	USA
Bruno "Boots" Zelasko	US Army	ETO