Steve Rachunok

Stephen Stepanovich Rachunok (The Mad Russian)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 4½", 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

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Biographical Information

Steve Rachunok pitched two games for the 1940 Brooklyn Dodgers.

He was in the Detroit Tigers 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 and 1941.

After playing with the Dodgers in September 1940, he accompanied them to Havana for spring training in 1941, according to the book Cuban Baseball.

The book Pete Reiser claims that Rachunok liked "late-hour living".