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Old 04-15-2022, 05:08 PM   #782
ayaghmour2
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Cougar Military Losses

I don't want to do a new post every time someone enlists, so I'll keep track of all players in our organization who enlist or are drafted here:

Army
LHP Rusty Watts (March 31st, 1941-March 31st, 1942)
RHP Ray McNeill (December 22nd, 1941-December 22nd, 1943)
SS Jimmy Bach (December 22nd, 1941-December 22nd, 1943)
2B Harry Avery (December 22nd, 1941-December 22nd, 1943)
CF Max Rucker (December 22nd, 1941-December 23rd, 1943)
RF Sammy Dillon (December 22nd, 1941-December 23rd, 1943)
RHP Bob Leonard (December 25th, 1941-December 25th, 1943)
RF Harry Harris (January 5th, 1942-January 5th, 1944)
RHP Charlie Everett (January 5th, 1942-January 5th, 1944)
RHP Pat Rhodes (January 5th, 1942-January 5th, 1944)
2B Stu Stasny (January 5th, 1942-January 5th, 1944)
CF Glenn Shepperd (January 6th, 1942-January 6th, 1944)

Navy
RHP Pete Papenfus (December 8th, 1941-December 8th, 1943)
RHP Harl Haines (December 8th, 1941-December 8th, 1943)
RF Alex Ingraham (December 8th, 1941-December 8th, 1943)
C Diego Bernal (December 22nd, 1941-December 22nd, 1943)
SS Connie Wright (December 27th, 1941-December 27th, 1943)
LHP Art Ramsey (December 31st, 1941-December 31st, 1943)
RHP Walt Leonard (December 31st, 1941-December 31st, 1943)

Air Force
RF Fred Vargas (December 8th, 1941-December 8th, 1943)
RHP Tommy Wilcox (December 25th, 1941-December 25th, 1943)
RHP Harry Stewart (December 31st, 1941-December 31st, 1943)
3B Wally Burnett (December 31st, 1941-December 31st, 1943)
LHP Leo Hayden (January 7th, 1942-January 7th, 1944)

Marines Corp
RHP Duke Bybee (December 31st, 1941-December 31st, 1943)
1B Joe Powers (December 31st, 1941-December 31st, 1943)

Coast Guard
LHP Joe Bement (December 31st, 1941-Decmeber 31st, 1943)

It was also rumored Skipper Schneider will be enlisting. We have depth to cover these losses, but we're getting hit the hardest in terms of the quality of players to leave. Papenfus is the only top 20 player (and he's #1) to enlist so far, but both Skipper and brother Buddy are both top 20 hitters. Lucky for us, it was later announced that the brothers would not enlist, but the cause many not be the best for us. Skipper had an undiagnosed hernia, which we hope won't cause him many issues down the line.

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