His major league career ended prematurely when a hunting accident in 1938 forced doctors to amputate his right leg.

[2] Fitted with a wooden leg, Stratton worked with the White Sox the next two years as a coach and batting practice pitcher.

In 1939, White Sox management sponsored a charity game in Comiskey Park against the Chicago Cubs, the proceeds of which (about $28,000 equal to $632,947 today) went to Stratton.

In 1946, Stratton pitched for the Sherman Twins of the East Texas League (Class C) and compiled a record of 18–8, with a 4.17 earned run average (ERA).

[3] Stratton's comeback attempt was the subject of a 1949 film and Lux Radio Theatre episode as The Stratton Story, both of which starred Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson, with big-leaguers Gene Bearden, Bill Dickey, Merv Shea, and Jimmy Dykes in cameo appearances.

[6] Ethel, who served for many years as a volunteer at Hunt Regional Medical Center in Greenville, died in 2006 in Arlington, Texas at age 90.

In Woody Allen's Radio Days, there's a parody of a short film documentary about a pitcher based on Monty.