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Gibby Brack

February 17, 2016

In 1937 rookie outfielder Gibby Brack captured the imagination…

Ginger Clark

February 17, 2016

On August 1, 1902, manager Bill Armour of the Cleveland Bronchos…

Pat Duff

February 17, 2016

Pat “Paddy” Duff, one of four native Rhode Islanders to play…

Eddie Lake

February 17, 2016

"Who the heck is Eddie Lake?" That is the title of a booklet…

John LaRose

February 17, 2016

A Pawtucket native, left-hander Henry John LaRose was first called…

George Metkovich

February 17, 2016

America as a land of immigrants sometimes produces unexpected…

Emmett O’Neill

February 17, 2016

It could be difficult to tell parents they misspelled their son's…

Wally Post

February 17, 2016

He never played a game of baseball until he was a freshman in…

July 5, 1924: Babe Ruth hits the wall, and the wall wins

February 17, 2016

Babe Ruth feared the worst when he played right field in Washington’s…

May 25, 1981: Mark Belanger hits rare home run as Palmer, Orioles beat Guidry, Yankees

February 17, 2016

Doug DeCinces clubbed two home runs and drove in five runs as…

This Week in SABR: February 12, 2016

February 12, 2016

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August 29, 1948: Jackie Robinson hits for reverse natural cycle vs. Cardinals

February 11, 2016

On August 29, 1948, before a season record crowd of 33,826 at…

Fred Bruckbauer

February 9, 2016

Eddie Lopat rightly earned the nickname the Junkman. The All-Star…

Billy George

February 9, 2016

Late-1880s pitcher Billy George was a flame-throwing but incurably…

Terry Moore

February 9, 2016

Teammates remembered his hands — “bear claws for hands,”…

Cal Neeman

February 9, 2016

In 1957 The Sporting News selected Philadelphia Phillies pitcher…

Vern Olsen

February 9, 2016

Debuting as a September call-up for the Chicago Cubs in 1939,…

Eddie Pellagrini

February 9, 2016

In 1941, the book on 23-year-old Eddie Pellagrini was as a "good…

Ken Ryan

February 9, 2016

During his 15-year career in professional baseball with four…

Frank Wickware

February 9, 2016

“Cannon Ball Redding and others of days gone by had plenty…

Sandy Koufax

February 9, 2016

“Mystique” is a word often linked with Sandy Koufax. He…

August 27, 1916: Chicago American Giants defeat Indianapolis ABCs on close play at the plate

February 9, 2016

Rube Foster of the Chicago American Giants, J.D. Howard, and…

Larry Corcoran

February 8, 2016

“Flint and Corcoran had funny signals for changes of curves,”…

David Cone

February 8, 2016

"I like to think of the world’s greatest athlete coming up…

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Gibby Brack

Ginger Clark

Pat Duff

Eddie Lake

John LaRose

George Metkovich

Emmett O’Neill

Wally Post

July 5, 1924: Babe Ruth hits the wall, and the wall wins

May 25, 1981: Mark Belanger hits rare home run as Palmer, Orioles beat Guidry, Yankees

This Week in SABR: February 12, 2016

August 29, 1948: Jackie Robinson hits for reverse natural cycle vs. Cardinals

Fred Bruckbauer

Billy George

Terry Moore

Cal Neeman

Vern Olsen

Eddie Pellagrini

Ken Ryan

Frank Wickware

Sandy Koufax

August 27, 1916: Chicago American Giants defeat Indianapolis ABCs on close play at the plate

Larry Corcoran

David Cone

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