Hal R. Smith (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

Hal Smith

Hal R. Smith’s seven-year major league career (1956-61; 1965)…
George Zuverink (TRADING CARD DB)

George Zuverink

George Zuverink was a side-arming sinker-baller who topped the…
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This Week in SABR: June 4, 2021

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100 years ago: Bill Gatewood throws first no-hitter in Negro National League history

On June 6, 1921, Bill Gatewood, nearing his 40th birthday, took…
Dave Brown (SEAMHEADS.COM)

May 7, 1921: Chicago’s Dave Brown outduels Monarchs’ Rube Curry on Opening Day

Opening Day in 1921 for the Negro National League was a momentous…
Donie Bush (TRADING CARD DB)

May 11, 1921: Donie Bush’s daring baserunning gives Tigers a late win over Yankees

On an overcast Wednesday afternoon, 12,000 fans filed into Detroit’s…
Ted Williams (TRADING CARD DB)

September 10, 1939: ‘Thumping’ Ted Williams goes on a batting binge

The Red Sox and Athletics squared off for the second game of…
Tom Tresh (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

May 18, 1965: Tresh, Yankees tame Boston’s ‘Monster’ with extra-inning win

Time and time again over the decades, the New York Yankees and…
Al Oliver (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

October 2, 1974: Dropped third strike leads Pirates to NL East division title

A divisional title turning on a dropped third strike with two…
Fernando Tatis (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

August 5, 2008: Fernando Tatis hits two home runs to carry Mets past Padres

In 1997 and 1998, Fernando Tatis played in 210 games for the…
Bill Burdick (TRADING CARD DB)

Bill Burdick

Before the time of extensive scouting, there are numerous stories…
Lee Graham (TRADING CARD DB)

Lee Graham

On October 1, 1983, at Fenway Park, in the seventh inning Red…
Oscar Horstmann (BASEBALL-REFERENCE.COM)

Oscar Horstmann

At the close of his maiden season in 1917, right-hander Oscar…
Jimmy Manning (COURTESY OF BILL LAMB)

Jimmy Manning

A competent multi-position defender, a swift and daring baserunner,…
Jeff Musselman (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

Jeff Musselman

Harvard graduate Jeff Musselman pitched parts of five seasons…
Leo Townsend (BASEBALL-REFERENCE.COM)

Leo Townsend

Alabaman Leo “Lefty” Townsend is not the same Leo Townsend…
Babe Ruth (TRADING CARD DB)

June 8, 1921: Yankees’ Babe Ruth goes from jail to the ballpark

When the New York Yankees took the field against the Cleveland…
Dicta Johnson (CHICAGO WHIP, JUNE 11, 1921)

June 13, 1921: Unearned run spoils Dicta Johnson’s gem as Chicago American Giants edge Indianapolis ABCs in 10th

In search of a foothold after losing the first two games of a…

May 30, 1921: Tigers pounce in nightcap to halt Cleveland’s 8-game win streak  

The end of World War I was less than three years in the past…
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