Veterans of Wars who are Baseball Hall of Fame Members

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 Members who are 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
Hall of Fame Veterans

A breakdown by the branch of service each member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame served in during wartime is as follows:

33	United States Army
1	United States Coast Guard
4	United States Marines
25	United States Navy

Inductees in the National Baseball Hall of Fame who served during wartime in more than one conflict were Larry MacPhail (United States Army in World War I and World War II) and Ted Williams (United States Marines in World War II and the Korean War).

Did you know that there have been more than a thousand other Major League players (non-Hall of Famers) who served during wartime? Share your memories and stories about these veterans on our baseball message boards today.

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