
Ty Cobb
Perhaps the most competitive and complex personality ever to…

Jimmie Foxx
As he had done many times in recent years, Jimmie Foxx chose…

Lou Gehrig
On July 4, 1939, between games of a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium,…
Rogers Hornsby
Any conversation about the greatest hitter in baseball history…

Chuck Klein
Charles Herbert Klein was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on October…

Nap Lajoie
The first superstar in American League history, Napoleon Lajoie…

Mickey Mantle
Even before he was born into this world, Mickey Mantle was being…

Joe Medwick
Ten times he was named to the National League All-Star team;…

Tip O'Neill
James Edward O’Neill, the original “Tip,” was one of the…

Frank Robinson
Frank Robinson would not want to be remembered as a racial…

Ted Williams
Any argument as to the greatest hitter of all time always involves…

Carl Yastrzemski
Saddled with the burden of replacing one of baseball's legendary…

Heinie Zimmerman
A versatile fielder who could play second, third, or short, Heinie…