Monty Stratton Essentials Positions: PitcherBats: Right Throws: RightHeight: 6′-5″ Weight: 180Born: Tuesday, May 21, 1912 in Wagner, TX USADied: September 29, 1982 in Greenville, TX USABuried: Memory Land Cemetery, Greenville, TXDebut: June 2, 1934 vs. DET 3.1 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ERLast Game: September 27, 1938 vs. CLE 8.0 IP, 11…
Sept. 30, 1982, Monty Stratton, whose attempt to make a baseball comeback after losing a leg inspired a movie, died today at Citizens General Hospital. He was 70 years old and had long been ill with cancer. Mr. Stratton pitched five years for the Chicago White Sox, winning 36 games and losing 23. But his…
Monty Stratton, who lost a leg in a hunting accident in 1938, wins his 14th game for the Sherman Twins of the East Texas League. He will finish with 18 victories for the second-division team.
At Comiskey Park, the White Sox defeats the Cubs and Dizzy Dean, 4 – 1, in an exhibition game to benefit Monty Stratton. The former pitcher, who lost his leg in an off-season hunting accident, tries to pitch in the game and receives a new car and nearly $30,000 as a result of the contest.
On November 28, 1938 – The Chicago White Sox’s 25-year-old pitching star Monty Stratton, having compiled a 36-23 record (.610) during his five-year major league career. While hunting rabbits on his Mother’s farm in Greenville, Texas, Stratton fails to put the safety on the gun when he holsters it and he accidentally shots…
On June 10, 1938 With his team trailing Chicago 13-1 at Fenway Park, Red Sox manager Joe Cronin lets Bill Lefebvre bat for himself in the eighth inning and watches the rookie hurler homer off Monty Stratton. The 22 year-old southpaw from Natick, RI, who will have only one at-bat this season, doesn’t fare as…