Steve Rachunok
From BR Bullpen
Stephen Stepanovich Rachunok (The Mad Russian)
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Weight 205 lb.
- Debut September 17, 1940
- Final Game September 26, 1940
- Born December 5, 1916 in Rittman, OH USA
- Died May 11, 2002 in Corona, CA USA
[edit] Biographical Information
Steve Rachunok pitched two games for the 1940 Brooklyn Dodgers.
He was in the Detroit organization but was one of many players freed by major league baseball due to inappropriate activity by Detroit in 1940. He had started in the Detroit minor league organization in 1936. In 1939 he went 22-6 for Henderson.
He played in Montreal in 1940-41.
After playing with the Dodgers in September 1940, he accompanied them to Havana for spring training, according to the book Cuban Baseball.
The book Pete Reiser claims that Rachunok liked "late-hour living".
