1918
HAL RHYNE   IF

Like the Selective Service System and liberty bonds, Jack Stansbury’s brief major league career was a product of America’s involvement in World War I. Early in the summer of 1918, while the United States war effort siphoned teams’ rosters, Stansbury, until then a fixture in the minors, suddenly became a 32-year old rookie pursuing a pennant with the Boston Red Sox ...

continue reading bio at ...