 He was still with Scranton in 1942, but again had his season cut short by knee problems.Records for his early seasons are incomplete; the available records cover 125 games where he batted 147-for-458 (.321).Later in 1942 he joined the US Navy, where he spent the next three years in military service during World War II – he was stationed, and excelled while playing baseball on military teams, in Oakland and Hawaii.