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Monty "Gander" Stratton

21 May 1912 – 28 Sep 1982

Birth	21 May 1912
Death	28 Sep 1982
Cemetery	Memoryland Memorial Park Greenville , Hunt County , Texas , USA
Added by	John "J-Cat" Griffith on 20 Jan 2012
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7451

Bio

Major League Baseball Player. Born in Palacios, Texas, he was a right-handed pitcher making his debut for the Chicago White Sox on June 2, 1934. For five seasons, he played with the Chicago White Sox, until he had to leave the game after he lost his right leg in a hunting accident in 1938. He ended his career with 36 wins, 23 loss, 36 complete games 5 shutouts, 2 saves, 196 strikeouts and a 3.71 earned run average. In 1946, he made a comeback as a winning pitcher in the minor leagues and his life inspired a film "The Stratton Story" (1949), starring Jimmy Stewart as Monty Stratton. He died at age 70 in Greenville, Texas.

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Together Forever Holy Bible

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Family

Parents

• Lee Davis Stratton 1867–1930
• Minnie Aster Corine McElyea Stratton 1884–1971

Spouse

• Ethel Ester Milberger Stratton 1916–2006

Siblings

• Gladys Pearl Stratton Rhodes 1895–1958
• Lavada Stratton 1897–1918
• Hardin Alexander Stratton 1902–1974
• Velma Stratton-Busby Moss 1905–1970
• Carl Leon Stratton 1908–1922
• Freddy Roland Stratton 1915–1995
• Leslie Davis Stratton 1918–1983
• Susie Lucille Stratton Steen 1921–1994

Children

• Monty F Stratton Jr 1937–2012
• Dennis Lee Stratton 1940–1964

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