Livan Hernandez

This biography is unassigned. To read Peter C. Bjarkman's essay…
Al Lopez (TRADING CARD DB)

Al Lopez

He was equally as adept at coordinating pitchers and throwing…

Osee Schrecongost

If ever there were a battery that was bound together in life…

Paul Carey

For 19 seasons, Detroit Tigers baseball on the radio meant “Ernie…

Tom Monaghan

Tom Monaghan has accomplished a great many things in his yet-unfinished…

Bill Lajoie

A lot of people had a hand in making the Detroit Tigers the World…

Leech Maskrey

After breaking into the American Association in 1882 at the age…

Gene Bennett

In rural counties from the Ohio Valley to the Great Lakes basin,…
Charles Edward Chapman (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

Charles Chapman

Most professional scouts are former players who have spent their…
Joe Devine (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

Joe Devine

Joseph “Joe” Devine was born in Oakland, California, on March…

Tom Greenwade

The Mick Each scout is typically associated with his top signee,…

Howie Haak

Called the “King of the Caribbean” by baseball people and…

Herb Stein

Herb Stein is a baseball rarity in that his whole career was…
Bob Zuk (Courtesy of John Klima)

Bob Zuk

Among the last generation of legendary ivory hunters who covered…

John I. Taylor

John I. Taylor is one of the most controversial figures in Boston…
Rube Foster (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

Rube Foster

“If the talents of Christy Mathewson, John McGraw, Ban Johnson…

1947 Yankees Ownership

What came to be known as the Yankees Dynasty began under the…

Scouting Jack Doyle

Among the top scouts, few have possessed as varied a background…

Jack Buck

On the night of September 17, 2001, a frail white-haired man…

Gussie Busch

For nearly a quarter century, Gussie Busch simultaneously led…

Harry Caray

“The taxi driver, the bartender, the waitress, the man in the…
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