John Morrissey

It is hard to reconcile Henry Chadwick’s world of gentleman…

Henry V. Lucas

Born in St. Louis on September 5, 1857, Henry Van Noye Lucas…
S.K. Govern

S. K. Govern

Stanislaus Kostka Govern was Black baseball’s Renaissance man.…

Matthew Killilea

If asked for the name of the man responsible for bringing the…

Edie Perlick

Edythe Perlick (later Keating), the star left fielder for the…

John Ryn

John Ryn’s career was spent in the Midwest, South and West…

George Kihm

George Kihm learned to play ball on the diamonds of the Ohio…
Charlie Grant (SABR-Rucker Archive)

Charlie Grant

Statistics and anecdotes of early black player Charlie Grant…

Eduardo Green

Eduardo Green (1920-1980) never played in the majors. In fact,…

Paddy Bolan

Patrick J. “Paddy” Bolan was probably born in 1869.…

Hiram Waldo

By the end of the nineteenth century, the venerable Cap Anson…
John "Bud" Fowler, SABR's 2020 Overlooked 19th Century Legend who was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2022 (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

Bud Fowler

John Fowler was one of the true pioneers of American baseball,…
Omar Linares (Trading Card Database)

Omar Linares

Omar Linares is widely considered the best third baseman found…

John Anderson

Since 1931 the University of Minnesota baseball program has been…

Mary Pratt

Breaking barriers her entire life, Mary Pratt, an outstanding…
Doris Sams (AAGPBL.org)

Doris Sams

For eight years after World War II, Doris Jane "Sammye" Sams,…

Delores Brumfield

In the spring of my first year on the faculty at Henderson…
Earlene Risinger (Trading Card Database)

Earlene Risinger

At South High Field in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Wednesday,…

Jean Faut

Once upon a time decades ago, girls played professional baseball.…
Goro Mikami (Courtesy of Peter Gorton)

Goro Mikami

Goro Mikami, aka Jap Mikado, was the first known Japanese national…

Robert Cannon

Robert Cannon came to love baseball as a boy growing up in Milwaukee.…

William Eckert

Retired Air Force Lieutenant General William Eckert was named…
Cum Posey

Cum Posey

Although his fame rests with his relationship with the great…
Gus Greenlee (Courtesy of NoirTech Inc.)

Gus Greenlee

Gus Greenlee, famed owner of the Pittsburgh Crawfords, came from…
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