Mickey Weintraub

Milton Weintraub

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 10", Weight 170 lb.

• School City College of New York, Columbia University

• Born October 20, 1917 in Brooklyn, NY USA
• Died August 13, 2009 in Mt. Lebanon, PA USA

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Mickey Weintraub had a long career in baseball.

Weintraub hit .249 in 54 games in the 1941 Western League and .130 in 19 contests that year for the Lancaster Red Roses. He then spent World War II serving in the Pacific as a lieutenant in the Army Air Corps. He got malaria while in the Service.

Weintraub returned to the field in 1945, hitting .286 for the Trenton Spartans and also briefly appearing for Hartford. In 1946, he played 33 games for 4 different teams, most notably making it to AAA with the Sacramento Solons and Portland Beavers, going 0 for 4 for those clubs. He also managed the Bloomingdale Troopers during the year.

In '47, Weintraub hit .283/?/.330 for the Stamford Bombers and hit .250 in 25 games for the San Diego Padres, then a AAA club. In 1948, Mickey ended his playing career by batting .386 for the Wytheville Pioneers.

Weintraub was not just a player for Wytheville. He also managed the team for part of the season, owned them and covered them as a journalist for the Wytheville Times, putting his journalism degree to work. He used his writing as a way to boost local players, increasing attendance and thus his revenue as owner.

After his baseball career, Weintraub worked for Prudential Life Insurance for 25 years. He managed the Mickey Weintraub Agency in Pittsburgh. He was married for 59 years and helped found Temple Emanuel of the South Hills. He was active in a Pittsburgh Pirates support organization and local insurance underwriters groups.

Primary Source: "Weintraub told tales of the game he loved" by Lee Chotiner in the August 27, 2009 edition of The Jewish Chronicle (Pittsburgh)