I made my annual trip to Arlington National Cemetery today and did some research beforehand to see what baseball players are buried there.
There are A LOT! Baseball and the military have a lot of links in history so I’m not too surprised. Some names are much bigger than others but it’s cool to have as a resource from Baseball Reference.
Getting to all these names in one visit would be impossible on foot, plus I wanted to visit some other graves of my peers from my service days
So here is who I got to
Jud Wilson (Hall of Fame) - WW1
Spottswood Poles, “the Black Ty Cobb”
Wounded in France in WW1
Lu Blue - .402 career OBP! WW1
Doc Lavan - Navy Doctor in WW1 and WW2
Elmer Gedeon - 500+ big leaguers served in WW2. Only 2 were KIA, Harry O’Neill and Gedeon
A bit surprised that the Sports section of the Arlington site lists Doubleday and not some other names like Gedeon. Poles and Wilson are mentioned at least.
Anyway, this is very military focused, but curious if others visit the graves of baseball figures. I know Walter Johnson is buried close by for those of us in DC, maybe we should start taking pics of some cards at his grave to pay tribute!
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