He played 26 games that year, primarily for the Indianapolis Athletics, although he was later shifted to the Kansas City Monarchs and Chicago American Giants.

In the Championship Series held against the Chicago American Giants, he batted .400 in four games while driving in three runs as the Monarchs won the pennant.

After he was traded to Kansas City late in the year, he stayed with the team for nearly the rest of his career.

Strong's career was interrupted while he served in World War II from 1943 to 1945, as a Seabee in the Marshall Islands.

He closed his major league career with the Indianapolis Clowns in 1948, batted .389 in twelve games.