Tony Muser

Tony Muser turned down his first shot at professional baseball,…

Dick Mills

Dick Mills was a 6-foot-3,195-pound right-handed pitcher who…

This Week in SABR: July 13, 2018

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May 18, 1903: Cubs sit alone in first place thanks to Tinker to Evers to … Lowe

If there was one man upon whom manager Frank Selee could depend,…

June 4, 1974: 10-cent beer riot at Cleveland Stadium leads to forfeit

Fans of baseball in the 1970s surely recall the jingle that touted,…

June 11, 1990: Rangers’ Nolan Ryan fires his sixth career no-hitter

“This has a special place right up there with the fifth one…

Win Clark

Tom Hanks made sure we all know “there’s no crying in baseball.”…

Steve Lembo

Catcher Steve Lembo was a lifelong New Yorker. He was born in…

Phil McCullough

Phil McCullough remembered sitting in sleet and freezing rain…

Dike Varney

Dike Varney’s major league career was more than a cup of coffee…

This Week in SABR: July 6, 2018

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Jimmy Ripple

Jimmy Ripple battled injuries and struggled with his weight.…

Pants Rowland

If Pants Rowland had gotten his way, big-league baseball would…
NL President Ford Frick in his office, no date (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

July 10, 1945: MLB All-Star Game canceled during World War II

On February 21, 1945, Monroe Johnson, director of the federal…

July 13, 1943: Depleted AL stars win first night All-Star Game in Philadelphia

The 1943 All-Star Game was the first one significantly affected…

July 6, 1942: Boudreau, York homers lead AL stars to victory

Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field had been scheduled as the site of the…

Rupert Mills

Days after his graduation from college in June 1915, Rupert Mills…
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