Emil Verban
For decades, Emil Verban was remembered as an obscure minor-league…
Dick Wakefield
Failed phenoms are commonplace in baseball, since it is the game…
Ray Starr
The deep and talented farm system developed by General Manager…
Harry Walker
Harry Walker was born to baseball and spent his life in the game.…
Hal Wagner
Catcher Hal Wagner spent 12 years on major-league teams, but…
Dizzy Trout
Consumer alert: Some of the stories repeated here probably are…
Ted Strong
Ted Strong Jr. thrilled baseball fans with a hard-hitting swing…
Luis E. Tiant
Luis Eleuterio Tiant (1906-1976) was one of the finest pitchers…
Lon Warneke
The 1930s Chicago Cubs often fielded outstanding teams. They…
Juan “Tetelo” Vargas
Tetelo Vargas was a player with exceptional skills in nearly…
Johnny Vander Meer
Cincinnati Reds pitcher Johnny Vander Meer was close to achieving…
Virgil Trucks
The last-place Detroit Tigers went to New York to meet the reigning…
Snuffy Stirnweiss
On the morning of September 15, 1958, Central Railroad of New…
Eddie Stanky
One can statistically evaluate with some degree of accuracy…
Birdie Tebbetts
In a 1973 SABR survey, Birdie Tebbetts narrowly missed being…
Eddie Waitkus
Eddie Waitkus was a slick-fielding first baseman who in an…
Mickey Vernon
In the 1940s and well into the 1950s, the premier first baseman…
Dixie Walker
During Dixie Walker’s playing days, he won a batting championship…
Arky Vaughan
Hall of Famer Arky Vaughan spent most of his career playing shortstop…
Cecil Travis
Cecil Howell Travis was a three-time All-Star who played in twelve…
Bucky Walters
For an eight-year period before, during, and after World War…
Vern Stephens
The 1940s witnessed a special group of major league shortstops,…
Bobby Thomson
When New York Giants announcer Russ Hodges uttered the immortal…
Bill Voiselle
He was a 21-game winner as a rookie in 1944 and four years later…