No, the title is not a typo. When Baseball-Reference.com finds information for a player with a known last name and an unknown first name, they list the player just under his last name. So, you can find "Korach Minor League Statistics and History" on Baseball-Reference.com. Korach was a pitcher who played two seasons in organized baseball, the first of which in 1934 for the Class D Bentonville Officeholders (gotta love that name) and the second in 1936 for the Class D Rogers Lions. Next to nothing is known about Korach (why didn't they look in the Torah?). He pitched and played some other position in 1934, and he hit .303 with 3 homers at the plate while posting an 8-5 record on the mound. In '36, he went 0-1. Korach wasn't anything special at all as a baseball player, and this will probably be the last time you hear of his baseball career. (So that's why he was so frustrated that he wanted to challenge Moshe!)
Korach's brother, Joe (can't confirm that he was his brother, but he has the same last name and he played at about the same time), had a more illustrious career. He was signed by the Yankees in 1935 and was sent to the Class C Joplin (Washington state) Miners. Joe, an outfielder, second baseman, and pitcher, hit .279 in 1935 with 15 doubles, 5 triples, and a homer in 109 games while going 0-3 with a 6.20 ERA in 13 appearances on the mound. Nobody has any idea how old he was, but he seemed like he could have a decent professional career. But after hitting .265 with 6 doubles, 4 triples, and 4 homers in 1936 while going 1-7 with a 5.37 ERA in 13 appearances on the mound, Joe was done with baseball. Maybe he had more important things to do (like help his brother in his protest against Moshe).
It's unfortunate that Korach's protest against Moshe ended both his baseball career and his brother's.
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