
Heavy Johnson
Oscar “Heavy” Johnson was briefly one of the premier power…

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

Oscar Charleston
“Charleston not only has the speed of a Carey, the arm of a…

Mule Suttles
George “Mule” Suttles emerged from Alabama coal mines to…

Lennie Pearson
Lennie Pearson was one of the mainstays of the Newark Eagles…

Josh Gibson
"There is a catcher that any big league club would like to buy…

Ted Strong
Ted Strong Jr. thrilled baseball fans with a hard-hitting swing…

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

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

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,…

Frank Robinson
Frank Robinson would not want to be remembered as a racial…
Rogers Hornsby
Any conversation about the greatest hitter in baseball history…

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

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

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

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

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

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