Compiled from World Book Encyclopedia
Sidney Kohlsachs
August 8, 1924 - January 12, 1959
Sidney Kohlsachs played for the Cincinnati Reds. He played in one game in September 21, 1940. He had one hit at two plate appearances.
After his first and only hit in the major leagues, Sidney Kohlsachs gave up his dream to play baseball, by enlisting in the U.S. Army to fight in WWII. His baseball career was over.
Kohlsachs fought in Germany as a member of the 10th Armored Division and he fought in the Siege of Bastogne.
Kohlsachs was born in Winnipeg, Canada to parents who where both Jewish.