Stringer was one of many major leaguers who saw his baseball career interrupted by
World War II. In his case, he served a stint in the
United States Army Air Forces and missed three seasons (1943–1945). He entered the Majors with the Cubs, playing for them three years (1941–42, 1946) before joining the Red Sox (1948–50). His most productive season came in his
rookie year, when he posted career-numbers in games (145),
hits (126),
runs (59),
extra bases (40) and
runs batted in (53), while hitting .246 with a .324
on-base percentage. In 1942 he hit .241 with 41 RBI and a career-high nine
home runs in 121 games. Injuries shortened his career after that, being replaced by
Don Johnson in the Cubs infield. He also appeared in 63 games in parts of three seasons for the Red Sox. In a six-season career, Stringer was a .242 hitter (290–for–1,196) with 19 home runs and 122 RBI in 409 games, including 148 runs, 49
doubles, 10
triples and seven
stolen bases. Stringer's
minor league baseball career lasted for all or parts of 13 years between 1937 and 1957, and included a brief stint as acting manager of the
Hollywood Stars of the
Pacific Coast League in 1948. He died in
Lake Forest, California, at the age of 91. ==References==