Dick Ricketts (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

Dick Ricketts

Decades before Michael Jordan stepped away from the National…
Dave Ricketts (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

Dave Ricketts

Dave Ricketts was a bespectacled catcher who looked as much like…
Joe Murphy

Joe Murphy

Joe Murphy was a major league pitcher at 19, a world-class sprinter…
Tim Thompson (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

Tim Thompson

At age 96 in 2020, Tim Thompson was one of the ever-rarer surviving…
TWIS archives

This Week in SABR: July 3, 2020

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Pete Reiser (TRADING CARD DB)

June 4, 1947: Dodgers’ Pete Reiser given last rites but survives collision with wall

As many baseball fans know, Cleveland Indians shortstop Ray Chapman…

June 9, 1980: Whitey Herzog wins first game as Cardinals manager

On the day of Whitey Herzog’s first game as manager of the…

August 10, 1986: Cardinals’ Bob Forsch hits a grand slam and beats Pirates

Bob Forsch spent 15 years as a consistent anchor of the St. Louis…
Mike Boddicker

October 12, 1983: Orioles knot World Series on Mike Boddicker’s gem

Desperately needing a win, the Orioles entered Memorial Stadium…
Mike Flanagan (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

October 14, 1983: Cy Young winners Flanagan, Carlton face off in World Series

With the 1983 World Series knotted after two games, Philadelphia…
Corky Miller (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

September 27, 2001: Birth of a Reds’ folk hero: Corky Miller steals home

By the time Corky Miller had been three weeks in the major leagues,…
Edwin Jackson (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

August 9, 2019: Edwin Jackson returns to Tigers with a win

Edwin Jackson is unlikely to be inducted into the Baseball Hall…

Ohio students win 2020 Lee Allen History of Baseball Award

SABR is pleased to announce the winners of the Lee Allen History…
Frank Leslie Smith (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, BAIN NEWS SERVICE)

Frank L. Smith

During his lifetime, Col. Frank Leslie Smith (1867-1950) adhered…
Dave Schmidt (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

Dave Schmidt

Dave Schmidt was a catcher with the Boston Red Sox in 1981. He…
Billy Gilbert (TRADING CARD DB)

Billy Gilbert

How do you work through tragedy? Billy Gilbert, a man often praised…

Frank Fennelly

If charted, the seven-season American Association career of shortstop…
Bob Burda (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

Bob Burda

Bob Burda appeared in 388 major-league games, spread widely across…
Turkey Stearnes (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

Turkey Stearnes

“Turkey Stearnes — that cat could play and hit. He could’ve…
Wayne LaMaster (BASEBALL-REFERENCE.COM)

Wayne LaMaster

America loves an underdog. It favors stories of players who weren’t…
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