Emil Verban (TRADING CARD DB)

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 (NOIRTECH INC.)

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…