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Marvin Williams
On April 16, 1945, after fierce lobbying by Pittsburgh Courier…
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Wild Bill Wright
This biography is published in SABR’s The Baltimore Elite…
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Jim West
This biography is published in SABR’s The Baltimore Elite…
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Jesse Williams
Jesse "Bill" Williams was one of the premier defensive infielders…
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Dick Wakefield
Failed phenoms are commonplace in baseball, since it is the game…
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John Wright
John Wright was the “owner of a blazing fast ball and a sharp-breaking…
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Jimmy Wilkes
“They used to say Brantford could put its left-fielder five…
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Murray Watkins
Murray “Skeeter” Watkins was a baseball lifer. He was a Negro…
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Harry Walker
Harry Walker was born to baseball and spent his life in the game.…
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Whit Wyatt
Whitlow Wyatt already had strong ties to Atlanta baseball when…
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Lon Warneke
The 1930s Chicago Cubs often fielded outstanding teams. They…
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Rudy York
Early in his career on the baseball diamond he was a man without…
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Vic Wertz
In the biggest baseball game of his life, the opening contest…
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Frankie Zak
When you gaze at the career of wartime Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop…
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Dixie Walker
During Dixie Walker’s playing days, he won a batting championship…
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Early Wynn
Chicago fans were outraged when the White Sox traded their…
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Bucky Walters
For an eight-year period before, during, and after World War…
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Artie Wilson
Artie Wilson’s career makes just the barest impression in the…
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Ted Williams
Any argument as to the greatest hitter of all time always involves…
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Al Zarilla
In what may be a unique event in the annals of baseball history,…