1939 New York-Penn (aka: PONY) Prospects who played Major League Baseball

I am currently working on a research project, developing a list of all New York-Penn League (Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York or PONY prior to 1957) players who played major league baseball.

Listed below are players from the 1939 season. I have been able to identify 17 players from the league's initial season who played in the majors. The entry for Bunny Roser is not a typo. Roser was a player/manager for the 1939 Bradford Bees and played for the Boston Braves in 1922.

There were six teams in the PONY league in 1939. I could not identify any players from the Niagara Falls Rainbows or the Jamestown Jaguars who played in the major leagues.

This project will take a while. I only have 78 more seasons to go. I'll post each season as they are completed. Next up: 1940. If I missed anyone, please let me know.

Correction/Update on October 12: I missed Walt Chipple who played with Niagara Falls in 1939 and Batavia in 1939-40. Chipple played for the Washington Senators in 1945. The list below will be updated.

Name	PONY-NYPL Team	Year(s)	MLB Team(s) and Year(s)
Frank Colman	Batavia Clippers	1939	Pittsburgh Pirates (1942-46); New York Yankees (1946-47)
Dick Fowler	Batavia Clippers	1939	Philadelphia Athletics (1941-42, 1945-52)
Whitey Platt	Batavia Clippers	1939	Chicago Cubs (’42-’43); Chicago White Sox (’46); St. Louis Browns (’48-’49)
Eddie Turchin	Batavia Clippers	1939	Cleveland Indians (1943)
Joe Cleary	Batavia Clippers	1939	Washington Senators (1945)
Ben Cardoni	Bradford Bees	1939, 1941-‘42	Boston Braves (1943-45)
Skippy Roberge	Bradford Bees	1939	Boston Braves (1941-42, ’46)
Bunny Roser	Bradford Bees	1939	Boston Braves (1922)
Mike Sandlock	Bradford Bees	1939	Boston Braves (’42,’44); Brooklyn Dodgers (’45-’46); Pittsburgh Pirates (’53)
John Dagenhard	Hamilton Red Wings	1939	Boston Braves (1943)
George Dockins	Hamilton Red Wings	1939	St. Louis Cardinals (’45); Brooklyn Dodgers (’47)
Nick Goulish	Hamilton Red Wings	1939	Philadephia Phillies (’44-’45)
Buddy Gremp	Hamilton Red Wings	1939	Boston Bees/Braves (’40-’42)
Don Hurst	Hamilton Red Wings	1939	Philadelphia Phillies (’29-’34); Chicago Cubs (’34)
Glen Moulder	Olean Oilers	1939	Brooklyn Dodgers (’46); St. Louis Browns (’47); Chicago White Sox (’48)
Stan Rojek	Olean Oilers	1939	Dodgers (’42, ’46-’47); Pirates (’48-’51); Cardinals (’51); Browns (’52)
Vince Shupe	Olean Oilers	1939	Boston Braves (1945)

Photo credit (Logo): MiLB.com

NY-Penn League News is not affiliated in any way with Minor League Baseball, the New York-Penn League, or any of its teams.