Art McKennan

Baseball parks offer a smorgasbord for the senses. Ask some longtime…

Eddie Rommel

Eddie Rommel had two careers in baseball, and created some milestones…

Ted Abernathy

Normally when a pitcher sustains a serious arm injury, it might…

Ollie Marquardt

“When he used to peer through the knotholes in the fences at…

William Matthews

William Matthews is one of those early 20th century players for…

Keith Luuloa

Hawaii has been sending more and more men to the majors in recent…

Johnny Marcum

Johnny Marcum was a farm boy from Eminence, Kentucky, the son…

Dave Nilsson

Dave Nilsson is Australia’s number-one batting hero. In 1992,…

Sue Kidd

Born into a baseball family on September 2, 1933, during the…

Virgil Trucks

The last-place Detroit Tigers went to New York to meet the reigning…

This Week in SABR: February 3, 2012

Here's what we've been up to as of February 3, 2012:Glenn Stout's…

Joseph Gordon

The Hall of Fame second baseman is not the only significant figure…

Little-known players from the Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

From SABR member Gary Ashwill at Agate Type on February 1, 2012:This…

Tom Yawkey

As the owner of the Boston Red Sox for 43 years, few if any…

Wrigley Field (Chicago)

It was built on the site of a former theological seminary (of…

Del Lundgren

He was a relatively slight pitcher, weighing 160 pounds and standing…

Sergio Robles

Sergio Robles was a fine defensive catcher from Mexico. He had…
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Paul Maloy

Biff Maloy was a “new find from the wilds of Michigan” who…

Chris Mahoney

Boston Red Sox owner John I. Taylor seems to have spent more…

Johnny Hudson

Variously referred to as “The Bryan boy,” “Bryanite,”…

Judy Johnson

“Judy Johnson was the smartest baseball player I ever came…
Played a legitimate, if limited, role in the history of baseball, but any claims to the title “father of baseball” only seem legitimate in comparison with the even more specious Doubleday myth.

Alexander Cartwright

Other than Abner Doubleday, perhaps no person associated with…

Larry MacPhail

Flamboyant, visionary, ego — or monomaniacal, tempestuous,…

Pop Kelchner

A college professor who spoke seven languages and taught three…
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