Ed Eiteljorg
Ed Eiteljorg had just turned one year old when his family disembarked…
Stefan Wever
Stefan Wever’s “ticket to ride” was a fastball clocked…
Glenn Hubbard
Every successful team should have a player like Glenn Hubbard.…
Tom McCarthy
Thomas Michael McCarthy was a right-handed pitcher who battled…
Dutch Schliebner
The major-league career of Dutch Schliebner can be summed up…
Judge Emil Fuchs
“I felt I’d be happier trying to make a living from baseball…
Fritz Buelow
Fritz Buelow exhibited many positives. A “hard working and…
Elten Schiller
“Combining a career since 1947 in professional baseball with…
Tony Welzer
Being born in Germany and playing major-league baseball is not…
Bill Kuehne
In June 1883, scarcely a month after the expansion Columbus,…
Heinz Becker
Heinz Becker, the only German-born big-leaguer who played during…
Skel Roach
From 1895 through 1905, a pitcher known as Skel Roach racked…
John L. Smith
The headline on John Lawrence Smith’s New York Times obituary…
Barney Dreyfuss
In an issue published a few days after the grand opening of Forbes…
Pep Deininger
The southpaw from Wasseralfingen? The German suburb is now part…
Craig Lefferts
Craig Lefferts battled all his life to make it to the major leagues.…
Pretzels Getzien
In addition to being a pretty good pitcher and the first German-born…