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Mike Gardiner
Despite growing up in a county that develops far more ice hockey…
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Mel Kerr
Swift Canadian Mel Kerr made just one major-league appearance.…
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Dick Fowler
In the late 1940s, Dick Fowler was one of the American League’s…
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Ken MacKenzie
The adage “You can't win for losing” fits the 1962 New York…
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Ted Giannoulas (San Diego Chicken)
They say the best things come in small packages and this is…
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Arthur Irwin
Even for serious fans of early baseball, it can be difficult…
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Calvin Griffith
When Calvin Griffith sold the Minnesota Twins in 1984, he was…
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Joseph J. Lannin
Joseph J. Lannin owned the Boston Red Sox for less than four…
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Roland Gladu
Roland Gladu was a major sports figure in Quebec for decades.…
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Art McGovern
Art McGovern, the carpenter’s son. He came to America and…
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Oscar Judd
It took Oscar Judd until he was 33 years old to make the big…
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George Korince
This biography was published in One-Win Wonders (2024), edited…
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Larry Landreth
This biography was published in One-Win Wonders (2024), edited…
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Phil Marchildon
This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and…
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Ty LaForest
Third baseman Ty LaForest had one of the best home debuts in…
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John Hiller
When John Hiller retired in 1980 after 15 seasons, all with Detroit,…
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Peter Hoy
Reference sources correctly note that Peter Alexander Hoy was…
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Jack Graney
Today Jack Graney is best remembered as the man of the firsts.…
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Jeff Francis
For those of you have never heard of the Magnus Force, as first…
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Fred Lake
Fred Lovett Lake was born on October 16, 1866, in the Township…
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Fergie Jenkins
Ferguson Arthur Jenkins, Jr. was a dominant right-handed pitcher…
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George Gibson
Over the three-year period from 1908 to 1910, Pittsburgh Pirates…
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Win Kellum
If you were going to launch a whole new baseball franchise, what…
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Jeff Heath
Jeff Heath was 33 years old and in his 13th big-league season…