Jim Gentile
The Yankees grabbed all the headlines in 1961. Roger Maris set…
Johnny Edwards
“I prided myself on being a good defensive catcher,” three-time…
Chuck Estrada
The elder statesman of the Baby Birds staff that vaulted the…
Whitey Ford
No compilation of baseball’s all-time top left-handed pitchers…
Woodie Fryman
“Let’s face it, I’m more a thrower than a pitcher,”1…
Turk Farrell
A late-inning home run by Willie Mays was the decisive blow in…
Jim Fregosi
Most famous today for being on the wrong end of one of history’s…
Dick Ellsworth
In Candlestick Park on September 2, 1963, the final nine outs…
Tito Francona
After capturing the American League pennant in 1954, the Cleveland…
Bob Friend
Bob Friend was one of baseball’s more consistent starting pitchers…
Mudcat Grant
The 1965 World Series moved to Metropolitan Stadium for Game…
Bill Freehan
Widely regarded as one of the game’s best defensive catchers…
Dick Donovan
Ken Coleman, the legendary broadcaster of the Cleveland Indians,…
Elroy Face
Baseball is a game in which one or two numbers can become burned…
Dick Allen
“The rumors are that [rookie] Allen is not returning with the…
Ryne Duren
With his poor eyesight, and notoriously poor control, flame-throwing…
Andy Etchebarren
Five years after being signed to a minor-league contract by the…
Tommy Davis
What Tommy Davis accomplished as a major leaguer on one good…
Dick Groat
Before Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders made “two-sport athletes”…
Mike Fornieles
One of a long line of Cuban players to pass through the Washington…
Nellie Fox
Nellie Fox was the heart of the 1959 Go-Go White Sox, the team…
Bob Gibson
“Hoot, you’re on your way. Nothing can stop you now.” —…
Curt Flood
Curt Flood was a vital cog in the 1964 Cardinals’ world championship…
Don Drysdale
“Hitters would dig a hole and really get anchored with their…