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 (COURTESY OF THE PHOENIX SUNS)

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 (TRADING CARD DB)

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 (Baseball-Reference.com)

Ed Pinnance

At the turn of the twentieth century, Native American baseball…

Pop Smith

Charles Marvin "Pop" Smith, a journeyman player who wore the…