Johnny Lucas

Johnny Lucas played for the McCook Generals of the Nebraska State…

Hank Patterson

Fifteen months after the San Francisco earthquake, Henry Joseph…

Gordon Rhodes

Any ballplayer named Rhodes is bound to attract the nickname…

Larry Boerner

Given an opportunity to pitch in the major leagues for a team…

Babe Herman

Throughout baseball history, careers have often been defined…

Howie Storie

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, was the geographic center of Boston…

George Stumpf

Outfielder George Stumpf was a .235 hitter in the major leagues,…

John Tsitouris

From manager Don Heffner’s perspective, hurler John Tsitouris…

This Week in SABR: June 5, 2015

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Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium

From its beginning, as a plank in Ivan Allen’s campaign platform…

Bob Bowman

After Bob Bowman’s rubber-armed 1939 rookie campaign, St. Louis…

Rod Carew

“He has no weakness as a hitter. Pitch him inside, outside,…

Marv Olson

These days, a man coming from Gayville might be taunted in some…

Dan Stearns

When he was 18 years old he was playing major-league baseball…

Bill Wilson

The lifeless body had lain on the floor of a St. Paul, Minnesota,…

1944 Ohio State League

Many minor leagues folded after Pearl Harbor. Most of the rest…

Clay Bryant

Hard-throwing right-hander Clay Bryant went 32-20 in parts of…

Mark DeJohn

Mark DeJohn was never a household name. As of 2015 he was monitoring…

Jimmy Dygert

A smallish spitballer, right-hander Jimmy Dygert joined the Philadelphia…

Paul Foytack

Paul Foytack is most remembered for one game at the end of…

Otto Knabe

A “short, stocky, active, aggressive” second baseman, Otto…

Jimmy Macullar

You would not be expected to play major-league baseball if you…

Harry McCormick

Born into poverty, raised by a single mother, and dead of cholera…

Bill McWilliams

Bill McWilliams appeared in two major-league games for the Boston…
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