Veterans in the Baseball Hall of Fame .....God Bless America!

I’m currently on vacation in Central America but didn’t want to pass up an opportunity to salute our Veterans, and especially those Veterans who were named to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.   We know that freedom isn’t free and we’re privileged to honor all Veterans everywhere, on this your special day!Baseball Hall of Fame Veterans Listed below in alphabetical order by conflict are members / inductees (including non-players) of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown who are officially classified as Veterans – each having served in the United States Armed Services during wartime.

“But the mainstay of the big leagues was the reservoir of 4-Fs – males of draft age who had been rejected on physical grounds by the Armed Forces. Not since harem attendants had gone out of style were men’s physical deficiencies so highly prized. Ulcers, hearing defects, and torn cartilages were coveted by team owners.” – Frank Graham, Jr. in Farewell to Heroes (1981)

Hall Of Fame Veterans Members Who Served in the U.S. Armed Forces Name [Link to Stats] Branch of the Service The Civil War Morgan Bulkeley United States Army World War I Grover Alexander (bio) United States Army Happy Chandler United States Army Oscar Charleston United States Army Ty Cobb United States Army Eddie Collins United States Marines Jocko Conlan United States Navy Red Faber United States Navy Warren Giles United States Army Burleigh Grimes United States Navy Harry Heilmann United States Navy Waite Hoyt United States Army George Kelly United States Army Larry MacPhail United States Army Rabbit Maranville United States Navy Rube Marquard United States Navy Christy Mathewson United States Army Herb Pennock United States Navy Sam Rice United States Army Branch Rickey United States Army Eppa Rixey United States Army Bullet Rogan United States Army Joe Sewell United States Army George Sisler United States Army Tris Speaker United States Navy Casey Stengel United States Navy World War II Luke Appling (bio) United States Army Al Barlick United States Coast Guard Yogi Berra United States Navy Nestor Chylak United States Army Mickey Cochrane United States Navy Leon Day United States Army Bill Dickey United States Navy Joe DiMaggio United States Army Larry Doby United States Navy Bobby Doerr United States Army Bob Feller United States Navy Charlie Gehringer United States Navy Hank Greenberg United States Army Billy Herman United States Navy Monte Irvin United States Army Ralph Kiner United States Navy Bob Lemon United States Navy Ted Lyons United States Marines Larry MacPhail United States Army Lee MacPhail United States Navy Johnny Mize United States Navy Stan Musial United States Navy Pee Wee Reese United States Navy Phil Rizzuto United States Navy Robin Roberts United States Army Jackie Robinson United States Army Red Ruffing United States Army Red Schoendienst United States Army Enos Slaughter United States Army Duke Snider United States Navy Warren Spahn United States Army Bill Veeck United States Marines Ted Williams United States Marines Early Wynn United States Army Korean War Ernie Banks United States Army Whitey Ford United States Army Eddie Mathews United States Navy Willie Mays United States Army Ted Williams United States Marines Name [Link to Stats] Branch of the Service