Ernie Harwell (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

Ernie Harwell

Ernie Harwell (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)   For…
Ray Lane (Courtesy of Michigan Sports Hall of Fame)

Ray Lane

Born in Detroit in 1930, some of Ray Lane’s earliest memories…
Larry Osterman (Courtesy of the Detroit Tigers)

Larry Osterman

Larry Osterman’s career as a Detroit Tigers broadcaster spanned…

Mary Shane

Mary Driscoll was born in Milwaukee and was a member of the baby…

Corwin Johns

Circuit Judge William Corwin Johns was a staple of the Decatur,…

William Gray

William Gray was born in Tariffville, Connecticut, in December…

Jim Rantz

Although he went through the University of Minnesota on a hockey…

Alphonso Gerard

One lone ballplayer from the U.S. Virgin Islands played in the…

Marge Schott

Marge Schott was the first woman to own and operate a major league…

Arch McDonald

Arch McDonald was the first radio voice of the New York Yankees,…

Philip Wrigley

Philip Knight Wrigley owned the Chicago Cubs from 1932 until…

Lee Allen

At the time of his death in 1969, Lee Allen had been the historian…
Eddie Bennett (Library of Congress)

Eddie Bennett

Any objective summary of Eddie Bennett’s contributions to baseball…

Charles Pinkney

A decade before the Ray Chapman tragedy, another infielder from…
Eddie Brannick (New York Times)

Eddie Brannick

John Drebinger once wrote of Eddie Brannick, "He has legions…

Christian Meisel

Christian H. Meisel was born in Newark, New Jersey, around 1857,…

Barney Joy

Although long forgotten, Barney Joy was briefly the talk of baseball…

Robert Hedges

The first owner of the St. Louis Browns, Robert Hedges was a…

Bobby Maduro

Cuban entrepreneur Roberto “Bobby” Maduro was a singular…

Bonesetter Reese

American popular culture has always had affection for the medical…

Charlie Finley

He owned and operated the Kansas City and Oakland Athletics for…

Alabama Pitts

Going from convicted felon and star athlete at Sing Sing Prison…

Jake Morse

An influential sportswriter in Boston, Jake Morse helped to shape…
Joe Cambria (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

Joe Cambria

Joe Cambria was one of the most prolific scouts in major-league…

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