Gordon Stanley "Mickey" Cochrane, nicknamed "Black Mike", was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics and Detroit Tigers. Cochrane was considered one of the best catchers in baseball history and is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. In his first season as manager, he led the Tigers to 101 wins, which was the most for a rookie manager for 27 years.
Jacob Henry "Ol' Jake" Eisenhart was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who appeared in one game for the Cincinnati Reds in 1944. The 6'3½", 195 lb. left-hander was a native of Perkasie, Pennsylvania.
Robert Leroy "Sarge" Kuzava was an American professional baseball player, a left-handed pitcher for the Cleveland Indians (1946–1947), Chicago White Sox (1949–1950), Washington Senators (1950–1951), New York Yankees (1951–1954), Baltimore Orioles (1954–1955), Philadelphia Phillies (1955), Pittsburgh Pirates (1957) and St. Louis Cardinals (1957). He was born in Wyandotte, Michigan and attended St. Patrick High School. In 2003, Kuzava was inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame.
Elmer John Gedeon was an American professional baseball player, appearing in several games for the Washington Senators in 1939. Gedeon and Harry O'Neill were the only two Major League Baseball players killed during World War II. Gedeon flew several missions in the European Theater of Operations as an officer of the United States Army Air Forces before being shot down over France.
Harry Mink O'Neill was an American professional baseball player who appeared in one game for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1939, as a catcher. O'Neill and Elmer Gedeon were the only two Major League Baseball players killed during World War II.
William Franklin Endicott was an American baseball left fielder who played briefly for the St. Louis Cardinals during the 1946 season. A native of Acorn, Missouri, he batted and threw left-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg). His professional baseball career spanned 1937 through 1947, with four seasons (1942–1945) missed during United States Army service in World War II.
George Albert Archie was a Major League Baseball infielder with the Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns spanning three seasons. Archie was predominantly a third baseman, but also played first base. Archie began his career with the Detroit Tigers in 1938, and subsequently played for the Washington Senators (1941) and St. Louis Browns.
Raymond Daniel Goolsby was an American professional baseball player. His career, interrupted by World War II, lasted for only four seasons, but included three games played in Major League Baseball for the 1946 Washington Senators. Nicknamed "Ox" and an outfielder by trade, he was listed as 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and 185 pounds (84 kg); he threw and batted right-handed.
Michael Dan Dejan was a professional baseball player. He was an outfielder and pinch hitter for one season (1940) with the Cincinnati Reds. For his career, he compiled a .188 batting average in 16 at-bats, with two runs batted in.
Walter Anthony Sessi, nicknamed "Watsie", was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and pinch hitter who appeared in 20 total MLB games for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1941 and 1946. The native of Finleyville, Pennsylvania, threw and batted left-handed, stood 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall and weighed 225 pounds (102 kg).
Russell Harlan Meers, nicknamed "Babe", was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago Cubs in 1941, 1946–47.
Newton Schurz Halliday was an American baseball player. He appeared in a portion of one game in Major League Baseball as a first baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates on August 19, 1916. Halliday had three putouts and an assist in the game and struck out in his only at bat. Aside from his one major league game, there is no record of Halliday having a minor league baseball career.
James Ray Blackburn was an American professional baseball pitcher who appeared in 18 games in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds in 1948 and 1951. The right-hander was a native of Warsaw, Kentucky, who stood 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg).
Thomas Vardasco "Tony" Robello was an American professional baseball player who appeared in 16 games in Major League Baseball, primarily as a second baseman, for the 1933–1934 Cincinnati Reds, and later spent 49 years as a scout for four big-league teams. He is credited with scouting and signing Johnny Bench, Baseball Hall of Fame catcher, for Cincinnati in 1965. Robello threw and batted right-handed and was listed as 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and 175 pounds (79 kg).
James Armstead was an American baseball outfielder and pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played from 1938 to 1942 and 1946 to 1951, with various teams. He is also listed in some sources as Jimmie Armistead.
William Barnes was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played from 1941 to 1947 with the Baltimore Elite Giants, Memphis Red Sox, and the Indianapolis Clowns. He did not play in 1944 and 1945 due to military service in World War II.
John T. Banks, Sr. was a baseball player who pitched and played first base in the Negro leagues in the 1940s and 1950s.
George Yapple McKinnon was an American minor league baseball player, coach of college athletics, and a Navy communications officer during World War II. He is best known for his years coaching at Northwestern University.
Chujiro Endo was a professional baseball player. He played pitcher, first base and outfield for the Dai Tokyo, Nagoya Baseball Club, and Tokyo Senators baseball teams from 1936 to 1939. He attended Waseda University.
Yutaka Ishii was a Japanese baseball player who appeared as a first baseman in the Japanese Baseball League. Entering military service in 1942, he was killed in action during the Second World War.
