Marvin Williams (SABR-Rucker Archive)

Marvin Williams

On April 16, 1945, after fierce lobbying by Pittsburgh Courier…

Wild Bill Wright

This biography is published in SABR’s The Baltimore Elite…

Jim West

This biography is published in SABR’s The Baltimore Elite…
Jesse Horace "Bill" Williams (SEAMHEADS.COM)

Jesse Williams

Jesse "Bill" Williams was one of the premier defensive infielders…

Dick Wakefield

Failed phenoms are commonplace in baseball, since it is the game…

John Wright

John Wright was the “owner of a blazing fast ball and a sharp-breaking…
Jimmy Wilkes (COURTESY OF JAY DELL-MAH)

Jimmy Wilkes

“They used to say Brantford could put its left-fielder five…

Murray Watkins

Murray “Skeeter” Watkins was a baseball lifer. He was a Negro…

Harry Walker

Harry Walker was born to baseball and spent his life in the game.…

Whit Wyatt

Whitlow Wyatt already had strong ties to Atlanta baseball when…

Lon Warneke

The 1930s Chicago Cubs often fielded outstanding teams. They…

Rudy York

Early in his career on the baseball diamond he was a man without…

Vic Wertz

In the biggest baseball game of his life, the opening contest…

Frankie Zak

When you gaze at the career of wartime Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop…

Dixie Walker

During Dixie Walker’s playing days, he won a batting championship…

Early Wynn

Chicago fans were outraged when the White Sox traded their…

Bucky Walters

For an eight-year period before, during, and after World War…

Artie Wilson

Artie Wilson’s career makes just the barest impression in the…

Ted Williams

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

Al Zarilla

In what may be a unique event in the annals of baseball history,…