South End Grounds (Boston)

The End of the Beginning When the Boston Braves left the field…

Bert Whaling

Bert Whaling, a slick-fielding catcher, began the 1914 season…

Herbie Moran

Herbie Moran, a late-season acquisition in the Boston Braves’…

Possum Whitted

Many players spend their entire playing careers hoping for the…

Paul Strand

Paul Strand had a dream season in 1923. Playing for the Salt…

Fred Tyler

It was a small story in a national publication, and it suggested…

Dick Rudolph

Though he stood only 5' 9½" and weighed just 160 lbs., Dick…

Lefty Tyler

Lefty Tyler was the third of the Miracle Braves’ Big Three,…

Jim Murray

The best description of Jim Murray would be marginal major leaguer.…

Butch Schmidt

On March 1, 2012, a businessman named Andrew W. Schmidt III died…

Fred Mitchell

A life in baseball is how one might best describe the life of…

Hub Perdue

Although he answered to a variety of nicknames – Rub-Dub-Hub,…

Red Smith

A mediocre fielder at third base, Red Smith was a good enough…

George Stallings

A dignified, fastidious Southerner who managed in street clothes…