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

Tom Greenwade with Mickey Mantle during the 1952 World Series.…

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…

Dick Jackson

Bob Howsam

Bob Howsam would consider himself one of the last of a breed.…

Russ Hodges

People of a certain age know where they were when the Japanese…

Charley Barrett

“He was a missionary extraordinary for the game itself. ……
Dan Topping, circa 1945 (SABR-RUCKER ARCHIVE)

Dan Topping

Dan Topping enjoyed a “sportsman” lifestyle we seldom see…

Larry Sutton

From program seller to umpire, manager, scout, and owner, Larry…

Del Webb

Del Webb’s father was a native-born Californian who spent his…

Edith Houghton

There is a kind of Holy Trinity of obsessions all serious baseball…
George Weiss (Trading Card DB)

George Weiss

George Weiss presided over the greatest sustained run of excellence…
George Omachi (Courtesy of Janice Yokoyama)

George Omachi

From internment camps to universal respect in the scouting community,…

Roy and Bessie Largent

There have been many famous husband-wife teams who shared a career,…

Bill Clark

This is a man who keeps busy. In 36 years as a major-league scout,…
Rube Foster (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

Rube Foster

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

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…

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