Remembering baseball hall of famers who served in the Chemical Corps.

CML Army Chemical Review | July 1, 2005| | Copyright

It is widely known throughout the nostalgic baseball world that New York Giants pitcher Christy Mathewson, "the Big Six," suffered from chlorine gas exposure as a Chemical Corps officer during World War I and later died of tuberculosis. But did you know that other legendary baseball Hall of Fame stars such as Branch Rickey, Ty Cobb, and George Sisler also served in the Chemical Corps (known at that time as the Chemical Warfare Service [CWS]) during World War I? Branch Rickey, the president of the St. Louis Cardinals and the former University of Michigan baseball coach, obtained ...

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