Volume 2, Issue 13 Gary Bedingfield’s September 2008 Contact: Baseball in Wartime
[email protected] www.baseballinwartime.com Hall of Famers in World War II elcome to the thirteenth edition Name Position Branch of Service Location Years Served of the Baseball in Wartime Luke Appling Shortstop US Army USA 1944-1945 newsletter - a free, monthly W publication dedicated to the Al Barlick Umpire US Coast Guard USA 1943-1945 military service of baseball players during Yogi Berra Catcher US Navy Europe 1944-1945 World War II with a circulation in excess of Willard Brown Outfield US Army Europe 1944-1945 2,000. Nestor Chylak Umpire US Army Europe 1942-1945 This issue focuses on the WWII military service of players who have been elected to Mickey Cochrane Catcher US Navy Pacific 1942-1945 the Baseball Hall of Fame. Of the 286 Hall of Leon Day Pitcher US Army Europe 1944-1945 Fame inductees, 64 saw military service, Bill Dickey Catcher US Navy Pacific 1944-1945 starting with Morgan Bulkeley who served during the Civil War and concluding with Joe DiMaggio Outfield US Army Air Force Pacific 1943-1945 Ernie Banks, Whitey Ford, Eddie Mathews, Larry Doby Outfield US Navy Pacific 1943-1945 Willie Mays and Ted Williams, who all served Bobby Doerr Second Base US Army USA 1944-1945 their nation during the Korean War. Bob Feller Pitcher US Navy Atlantic/Pacific 1941-1945 This newsletter focuses primarily on the 36 Charlie Gehringer Second Base US Navy USA 1942-1945 Hall of Famers who served in the military during World War II.