Jack Albright

Harold John Albright (June 30, 1921 – June 22, 1991) was an American Major League Baseball player. Albright played for the Philadelphia Phillies in the season. He batted and threw right-handed. In 41 games, Albright had 23 hits in 99 at-bats, he also had two home runs and eight errors at shortstop.

Biography Albright was born in St. Petersburg, Florida. He went to high school in San Diego, where he also played on a national champion American Legion team. He attended the University of California, Berkeley, and he played shortstop on the baseball team. While at Cal, Albright was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. Professional baseball scouts took an interest in Albright as soon as 1941, his sophomore year at Cal.

In June 1943, Albright was signed by the Boston Red Sox and assigned to one of their minor league teams, the Louisville Colonels. The Boston organization signed him even though he was a naval reservist and was expected to be called into active duty on August 2. The organization praised Albright's work ethic and his alertness on the field.

He died in 1991 in San Diego, California.