 In April 1944, in a stunt during a preseason exhibition game Weintraub caught a baseball dropped from a blimp that was 400 feet above him.In 1944, Weintraub returned to the majors with the Giants after a six-year absence.In 361 at bats he was 5th in the National League in OBP (.412), slugging percentage (.524) and at bats per home run (27.8); 6th in triples (9), 8th in batting average (.316), and 9th in home runs (13).