John O’Brien
When John Joseph O’Brien took the field for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms…
Fred Osborne
Fred Osborne was a Canadian pitcher and outfielder who won three…
Harvey Shank
Harvey Shank was a tall right-handed pitcher who appeared in…
Alfred Henry Spink
From left, Sid Mercer of the New York Journal, Al Spink of…
Tip O’Neill
James Edward O’Neill, the original “Tip,” was one of the…
Brian Ostrosser
Canadian shortstop Brian Ostrosser spent two weeks in the major…
Larry Walker
“What if?” It is a perennial question and in baseball, the…
Doc Miller
Tight batting races are usually decided by one or two hits throughout…
Frank O’Rourke
Frank O'Rourke played professional baseball from the age of (perhaps)…
George Selkirk
Babe Ruth is considered by many, if not most, baseball fans,…
Allan Roth
Henry Chadwick, baseball’s first historian, tried to capture…
Terry Puhl
“When I signed with the Astros … I decided I was going to…
Newt Randall
Outfielder Newt Randall was one of many forgettable ballplayers…
John O’Neill
John O’Neill started his major league career with the Boston…
Andy Rudolph
Who was Andy Rudolph? Not much more than an especially rabid…
Larry McLean
At 6-feet-5 and nearly 230 pounds, Larry McLean was a large presence…
Bill Phillips
William B. "Bill," "Silver Bill" Phillips became the first Canadian…
Goody Rosen
One of the most remarkable characteristics of Goodwin "Goody"…
Ernie Quigley
Before the age of television, umpires worked in anonymity, only…
Ron Taylor
A biography may be defined as a “remarkable odyssey through…
Claude Raymond
If it is true that every boy born in the United States comes…
Jean-Pierre Roy
This French-Canadian pitcher roamed widely but played just three…
Ed Pinnance
At the turn of the twentieth century, Native American baseball…
Pop Smith
Charles Marvin "Pop" Smith, a journeyman player who wore the…