Kent Tekulve (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

June 15, 1975: Kent Tekulve throws a complete game for Charleston

To fans who followed major-league baseball in the 1970s and 1980s,…
Lenny Randle (TRADING CARD DB)

July 9, 1977: Lenny Randle’s homer lifts Mets to 17th-inning win over Expos

In the time it took the Mets and Expos to finish their game on…
Stan Wasiak (TRADING CARD DB)

August 28, 1986: Stan Wasiak, King of the Minors, reaches end of the road

Stan Wasiak’s nearly five-decade bus ride in professional baseball…
Randy Johnson (TRADING CARD DB)

August 2, 1998: Randy Johnson strikes out 12 in Houston Astros debut

The Houston Astros’ deadline deal for Seattle Mariners ace…
Walker Cooper (TRADING CARD DB)

Walker Cooper

In his prime in the 1940s, Walker Cooper was thought to be the…
Leon DeMontreville

Lee DeMontreville

Overshadowed by his more famous big brother Gene DeMontreville…
Steve Macko (TRADING CARD DB)

Steve Macko

Steve Macko died from cancer ten weeks after his 27th birthday,…
Rodney McCray (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

Rodney McCray

Rodney McCray is known as “Crash” for the time he made his…
Dan McGeehan (BASEBALL-REFERENCE.COM)

Dan McGeehan

With two major leaguers, a third brother, Charles, who coached…
Gordon McLendon (COURTESY RADIO HALL OF FAME)

Gordon McLendon

Gordon McLendon made it all up. He made up his radio persona,…
Emil Verban (TRADING CARD DB)

Emil Verban

For decades, Emil Verban was remembered as an obscure minor-league…
Aldon "Lefty" Wilkie, 1948 Signal Gasoline baseball card

Lefty Wilkie

Through the 2019 season, only nine men born in Saskatchewan,…

Watch highlights from SABR 50 at 50 panel discussion with the Pandemic Baseball Book Club

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Newt Allen

Second baseman Newt Allen’s Kansas City Monarchs teammates…
Fred McGriff (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

October 17, 1996: Braves roll over Cardinals, 15-0, to complete NLCS comeback

With a legendary starting pitching staff featuring a trio of…
Already a legendary figure in New York before 1969, he guided the Mets from the depths to their first World Series championship.

April 15, 1972: Mets mourn Gil Hodges, win on Opening Day

On April 15, 1972, New York Mets fans filed into Shea Stadium…
Hideki Matsui (TRADING CARD DB)

October 16, 2004: Yankees obliterate Red Sox, 19-8, to take commanding lead in ALCS

A season of great promise suddenly looked impossible. The Red…
David Ortiz (TRADING CARD DB)

October 18, 2004: David Ortiz’s walk-off single in 14th lifts Red Sox in Game 5

The Red Sox had one win in the books, with their extra-inning…
Curt Schilling's bloody sock, Game 6, 2004 ALCS (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

October 19, 2004: Curt Schilling keeps Red Sox alive in ‘Bloody Sock Game’

Momentum seemed to be on the side of the Red Sox. They had been…
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This Week in SABR: October 16, 2020

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John Fulgham (TRADING CARD DB)

June 19, 1979: John Fulgham pitches complete game in Cardinals debut

Born and raised in the northern St. Louis suburb of Maryland…
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