1943 MICKEY COCHRANE'S GREAT LAKES NAVAL TRAINING STATION BASEBALL TEAM PENNANT
Hello, I have this pennant and would like to know about it and it's value. You have quite a rare pennant. In 1942, baseball great, Mickey Cochrane was asked to manage The Great Lakes Naval Training Station Baseball Team. He was given the rank of Lieutenant and put together a team of major and minor league players who joined the Navy for WWII. Cochrane managed the team for 3 seasons (1942-1944) and was replaced by Bob Feller for the 1945 season. The Bluejackets played Collegiate, Minor League, Major League, Industrial and Semi-Pro teams. Money raised from these games went mainly to Army-Navy Relief Funds. Cochrane's teams went 63-14 in 1942, 52-10-1 in 1943 and 48-2 in 1944. They famously met the winner of the 1942 Major League All-Star game (losing 5-0). No less than 68 major leaguers played for the GLNTSBT in the 4 war year seasons. Players such as Schoolboy Rowe, George Dickey, Gene Woodling, Bob Feller, Johnny Mize, Billy Herman, Barney McCoskey, Virgil Trucks, Benny Mc