
Heinz Becker
Heinz Becker, the only German-born big-leaguer who played during…

Fritz Buelow
Fritz Buelow exhibited many positives. A “hard working and…

Pep Deininger
The southpaw from Wasseralfingen? The German suburb is now…

Barney Dreyfuss
In an issue published a few days after the grand opening of Forbes…

Judge Emil Fuchs
“I felt I’d be happier trying to make a living from baseball…

Pretzels Getzien
In addition to being a pretty good pitcher and the first German-born…

Bill Kuehne
In June 1883, scarcely a month after the expansion Columbus,…

Craig Lefferts
Craig Lefferts battled all his life to make it to the major leagues.…

Tom McCarthy
Thomas Michael McCarthy was a right-handed pitcher who battled…

Skel Roach
From 1895 through 1905, a pitcher known as Skel Roach racked…

Elten Schiller
“Combining a career since 1947 in professional baseball with…

Dutch Schliebner
The major-league career of Dutch Schliebner can be summed up…

John L. Smith
The headline on John Lawrence Smith’s New York Times obituary…

Tony Welzer
Being born in Germany and playing major-league baseball is not…