Baseball in Wartime - Service Teams

Service Teams

Below are some of the military team lineups I have gathered over the years. If you have a service team lineup you

would like to add to this page please email it to me and I'll add it today.

Pacific

Third Marine Division All-Stars 1944
Ray Champagne	3B	Post-war Minors
Ed Ellavsky	SS
George Cooper	LF
Henry Meyer	RF	Pre-war Minors
Lou Griener	2B
Billy Parish	CF
Ed Burgess	1B	Pre-war Minors
Bob Schang	C	Pre- and Post-war Minors
Ed Beaumier	P	Pre- and Post-war Minors
Chester Pietras	SS
Stan Bazan	C	Pre-war Minors
Steve Johnson	CF	Pre- and Post-war Minors
Jimmy Trimble	P	Major League contract
Jim Hedgecock	P	Pre- and Post-war Minors
Bill Connelly	P	Post-war Major Leaguer
Captain Edward Gorman	Coach	Pre-war Minors
Captain Arthur Manush	Coach	Pre-war Minors
PFC Jim Turner	Coach
Tofil	Coach
Colonel Lyman Passmore	Manager

Second Marine Division All-Stars 1944
Koenig	2B
Wildenheur	3B
Stubbs	CF
Hitt	SS
Manning	LF
Snyder	1B
Bridenhagen	C
Jarzabek	RF
Haskins	P
Buffa
Cal Dorsett	P	Pre- and Post-war Major Leaguer
Dordil
Jim Bivin	P	Pre-war Major Leaguer
Lieutenant Egan	Manager

7th Army Air Force 1944
Bob Dillinger	3B
Dario Lodigiani	2B
Walt Judnich	OF
Joe DiMaggio	OF
Mike McCormick	OF
Ferris Fain	1B
Charlie Silvera	C
Wilfred Leonard	C
James Ashworth	C
Kearny Kohlmeyer	SS
John Bialoworczuk	3B
Rugger Ardizoia	P
Ed Jaab	OF
Joe Gedzius	2B
Frank Saul	P
Ed Funk	P
Al Ceriello	OF
John Winsett	OF
D D Schmidt	P
Arthur Rawlinson	1B
William Schmidt	P
Al Lien	P
James Hill	C
Carl DeRose	P
Harold Harrison	P
Red Ruffing	P
Joe Gordon	SS


Eighth Army Chicks (New Guinea and the Philippines) 1944-1945
Hugh Mulcahy	P
Jack Griffore	P
Lou Rosen	P
Fritz Bernardi	P
Ken Silvestri	C
Al Flair	1B
Al Kozar	2B
Irv Dusak	SS
Willie Long	3B
Jack Ridings	Utility
Michael Sofia	Utility
Carmel Castle	LF
Lou Roede	CF
George Byam	RF

14th Naval District All Stars (Hawaii April 1944)
Pee Wee Reese	SS
Joe Grace	RF
Barney McCoskey	CF
Johnny Mize	1B
Johnny Lucadello	2B
Eddie Pellegrini	3B
Vern Olsen	LF
Marv Felderman	C
George Dickey	C
Hugh Casey	P
Tom Ferrick	P
Jack Hallett	P
Walt Masterson	P
Bob Harris	P
Rankin Johnson	P
Arne Anderson	P

Aiea Barracks (Hawaii 1945)
Billy Herman	Mgr
Fred Chapman
Lou Ciola
Bob Lemon
Fred Hutchinson
Chet Hajduk
Whitey Platt
Ralph Hamner
Ed Weiland
Cliff Dapper
Lloyd Cheatham


Central Pacific Area Army All Stars (Hawaii April 1944)
Eddie Funk	P
Tom Winsett	OF
Kearney Kohlmeyer	SS
Ed Jabb	OF
Sid Gautreaux	C
Frank Williams	1B
Reno Paoho	2B
Willie Reyes	3B
Glenn Wetherbee	OF
Ray Matera	C
Orville Baker	OF
Warren Kessler	P
Richard Dumsong	3B
Gordon Howerton	OF
Bill Bailey	P
Wally Cyr	P
Johnny Jurasits	C
Frank Powell	SS
Sonny Boy Jeffries	P
Roy Beckett	3B
Otis Coates	OF
Walter Morris	OF
Angelo Manno	2B

58th Wing USAAF (Pacific Tour 1945)
Art Lilly	IF
Bobby Adams	2B
Chuck Stevens	1B
Don Long	OF
Enos Slaughter	OF
Joe Gordon	SS
Birdie Tebbetts	C
Joe Marty	OF
Billy Hitchcock	3B
Howie Pollet	P
Chubby Deans	P
George Gill	P
Ed Kowalski	P
Pete Layden	OF
Johnny Sturm	1B

73rd Wing USAAF (Pacific Tour 1945)
Stan Rojek	SS
Ferris Fain	1B
Bob Dillinger	3B
Taft Wright	OF
Mike McCormick	OF
Buster Mills	OF
Charlie Silvera	C
Dario Lodigiani	IF
Tex Hughson	P
Sid Hudson	P
Frank Kahn	P
Bill Schmidt	P
Al Lein	P
Johnny Mazur	C
Bill Dudley	Utility
R Lamson	IF

Third Fleet US Navy (Pacific Tour 1945)
Pee Wee Reese	SS
Joe Grace	OF
Barney McCoskey	OF
Elbie Fletcher	1B
Gene Woodling	OF
Mace Brown
Billy Herman	2B
Merrill May	3B
Vinnie Smith	C
John Rigney	P
Hal White	P
John Lucadello
Benny Huffman
Jim Trexler	P
Mike Budnich	P

Fifth Fleet US Navy (Pacific Tour 1945)
Connie Ryan	2B
Jimmy Vernon	OF
Reg McQuillen	OF
Johnny Mize	1B
Schoolboy Rowe	OF
Al Brancato	3B
Al Glossop	SS
George Dickey	C
Virgil Trucks	P
Johnny Vander Meer	P
Bob Klinger	P
Del Ennis
Buddy Blattner
Frank Morina
Tom Ferrick	P


Aiea Barracks (Hawaii 1945)
Billy Herman	Mgr
Fred Chapman
Lou Ciola
Bob Lemon
Fred Hutchinson
Chet Hajduk
Whitey Platt
Ralph Hamner
Ed Weiland
Cliff Dapper
Lloyd Cheatham

Aiea Hospital (Hawaii 1945)
Rollie Hemsley	Mgr
Vern Olsen
Hugh Casey
Dick Wakefield
Jack Hallett
Joe Glenn
Mickey McGowan
Bill Marks
Hank Feimster



Base 8 Hospital (Hawaii 1945)
Al Lyons	Mgr
Eddie McGah
Clyde Shoun
Frank Heller
Max Patkin
Eddie Wodzicki
Lefty Howard
Hank Schenz




NAS Honolulu Crossroaders (Hawaii 1945)
Max Wilson	P
Johnny Pesky	SS
Manny Fernandez	C
Bill Barnacle	3B
Dale Jones	P
Charlie Erb	UTILITY
Bobby Coombs	P
Jack Conway	2B
Mike Koll	MGR/P
Lou Barkley	1B
Chet Zelinski	C
Dick West	C/RF
Jack Paepke	P/1B
Dee Miles	CF
Ned Harris	LF
Russ Beasley	P
Bill Liebe	P
Jack Phipps	CF

NAS Kaneohe Bay Klippers (Hawaii 1945)
Ralph Gosnell	C
Marv Felderman	C
Bob Cullins	UTILITY
Pete Pavlick	2B
Bob Usher	RF
Russ Meers	P
Bruz Hamner	P
Gabriel Sady	C
John Berry	1B
Phil Seawald	P
Frank Hargrove	LF
Irvin "Red" Meairs	SS
Hank Weiss	P
Joe Gonzales	MGR/P
Steve Tramback	CF
Jack Conway
Sherry Robertson	3B

Pearl Harbor Submarine Base (Hawaii 1945)
Schoolboy Rowe	Mgr
Rankin Johnson
Ken Sears
Lou Tost
Bob Harris
Charlie Gilbert
Packy Rogers
Bob Scheffing

NAS Barber's Point 1945 (Hawaii 1945)

Herman Franks

Mgr

Gil Brack

Tom Carey

Jack Phillips

Barney Lutz

Fleet Marine Force (FMF) Hawaii 1945

Ray Yochim

Dee Moore

Bob Green

Boots Poffenberger

Calvin Medley

Bob Revels

Orin Baker

Neil Andrews

George Staller

Nippy Jones

Aubrey Epps

C/OF

Bill Barnes

Art Bowland

Hugh Brannum

Charles Douglas

Fernand Dupepe

Charles Edwards

Harry Hughes

1B/MGR

Willard Marshall

Wimpy Quinn

Cptn Dan Topping

Athletic Officer

Part owner of Yankees

Manila Dodgers, The Philippines 1945
Max Macon	1B
Frank Lamanna	OF
Joe Garagiola	C
Early Wynn	P
Joe Ginsburg	C
John Stowe	OF
Hal Emery	2B
Joe Janet	3B
Wally Borden	CF
Kent Peterson	P
Jim Hearn	P
Kirby Higbe	P/MGR
Ken Johnson	P
Dave Madison	P
Vern Bickford	P
Jerry Staley	P
Minor Scott	3B

Updated January 5, 2010