This Week in SABR: January 13, 2012

Here's what we've been up to as of January 13, 2012:SABR Day…

Sam Breadon

In the long and successful history of the St. Louis Cardinals…

George Loepp

Dietrich and Marian Loepp began their family in Germany, and…

Bob Caruthers

The frail young boy was undersized for his age and sickly. His…

Joe Lucey

He was known for “continually battling to bring down maturity…

Roger Connor

Underappreciated in his late-19th-century heyday and largely…

Bob Bailor

A shortstop by trade, Bob Bailor could also play the outfield…
Joe Connor

Joe Connor

Turn-of-the-century catcher-utilityman Joe Connor belongs to…

Dan Casey

Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright,…

Moonlight Graham

On Thursday, June 29, 1905, New York Giants rookie outfielder…

Dick Kinsella

It was a career that included playing minor-league baseball,…

Bill O’Donnell

For 17 seasons Bill O’Donnell covered Baltimore Orioles baseball…
John F. Pardon

John Pardon

When life is over, there are so many places not visited, so many…

John Gordon

He established his “Touch ’Em All” call for home runs in…

Jeanette Bottazzi

During the 2011 baseball season, Jeanette “Jan” Stocker Bottazzi…

Chuck Thompson

For nearly half a century, one man’s voice defined baseball…

William Wheaton

William Rufus Wheaton was born in New York City on May 7, 1814.…

Henry Chadwick

In the fall of 1856, a New York Times cricket journalist spotted…

John L. Smith

The headline on John Lawrence Smith’s New York Times obituary…
Bill Veeck (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

Bill Veeck

Bill Veeck’s one-man carnival came blaring into Chicago on…

Connie Desmond

In the 1940s Red Barber was solidly entrenched as the Brooklyn…
Albert Haywood (Trading Card DB)

Albert Haywood

Albert Elliott Haywood was born in Whaleysville, Virginia, near…
Vin Scully (SABR-Rucker Archive)

Vin Scully

Chances are if one were to poll SABR members about the greatest…

Vivian Anderson

Vivian Sheriffs Anderson played third base for her hometown Milwaukee…

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