Mike Gardiner (Trading Card DB)

Mike Gardiner

Despite growing up in a county that develops far more ice hockey…
Mel Kerr (COURTESY OF MEL ROSENBAUM)

Mel Kerr

Swift Canadian Mel Kerr made just one major-league appearance.…
Dick Fowler (CANADIAN BASEBALL HALL OF FAME)

Dick Fowler

In the late 1940s, Dick Fowler was one of the American League’s…

Ken MacKenzie

The adage “You can't win for losing” fits the 1962 New York…

Ted Giannoulas (San Diego Chicken)

They say the best things come in small packages and this is…

Arthur Irwin

Even for serious fans of early baseball, it can be difficult…

Calvin Griffith

When Calvin Griffith sold the Minnesota Twins in 1984, he was…

Joseph J. Lannin

Joseph J. Lannin owned the Boston Red Sox for less than four…

Roland Gladu

Roland Gladu was a major sports figure in Quebec for decades.…
Art McGovern (BASEBALL-REFERENCE.COM)

Art McGovern

Art McGovern, the carpenter’s son. He came to America and…

Oscar Judd

It took Oscar Judd until he was 33 years old to make the big…

George Korince

This biography was published in One-Win Wonders (2024), edited…

Larry Landreth

This biography was published in One-Win Wonders (2024), edited…

Phil Marchildon

This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and…

Ty LaForest

Third baseman Ty LaForest had one of the best home debuts in…

John Hiller

When John Hiller retired in 1980 after 15 seasons, all with Detroit,…

Peter Hoy

Reference sources correctly note that Peter Alexander Hoy was…

Jack Graney

Today Jack Graney is best remembered as the man of the firsts.…

Jeff Francis

For those of you have never heard of the Magnus Force, as first…

Fred Lake

Fred Lovett Lake was born on October 16, 1866, in the Township…

Fergie Jenkins

Ferguson Arthur Jenkins, Jr. was a dominant right-handed pitcher…

George Gibson

Over the three-year period from 1908 to 1910, Pittsburgh Pirates…

Win Kellum

If you were going to launch a whole new baseball franchise, what…

Jeff Heath

Jeff Heath was 33 years old and in his 13th big-league season…