Harry Grabiner
During Harry Grabiner’s four-decade-long tenure as a front-office…

Eddie Bennett
Any objective summary of Eddie Bennett’s contributions to baseball…
Dickey Kerr
Exactly 90 minutes after Chicago White Sox left-hander Dickey1…

Happy Felsch
The Black Sox Scandal shocked the sporting public and led to…

Eddie Collins
An excellent place-hitter, slick fielder, and brainy baserunner,…
Byrd Lynn
Given future Hall of Famer Ray Schalk’s mastery of the catcher’s…

Red Faber
Urban “Red” Faber, one of the last pitchers to legally throw…

Dave Danforth
Dave Danforth (1890-1970) is one of the most fascinating and…

Chick Gandil
Prior to his infamous involvement in the 1919 Black Sox Scandal,…

Charles Comiskey
One of the most influential figures in the history of the sport,…

Joe Benz
Until age and arm miseries precipitated his release in May 1919,…

Fred McMullin
Until his fateful involvement in the plot to fix a World Series,…

Shoeless Joe Jackson
Shoeless Joe Jackson was a country boy from South Carolina who…

Kid Gleason
He is remembered as the manager of the most infamous baseball…
Shano Collins
The names of baseball’s most famous lineups are familiar:…

Erskine Mayer
Erskine Mayer had a most interesting background, one that was…
Eddie Murphy
Hancock, New York, has made numerous contributions to baseball…
Bill James
Big Bill James’s involvement, if any, in the 1919 Black Sox…
Hervey McClellan
“Harvey” McClellan didn’t get much respect — especially…
Nemo Leibold
A scrappy outfielder, Nemo Leibold had a 13-year major-league…
Grover Lowdermilk
Named after one president and toiling in the shadow of another…
Joe Jenkins
In October 1919 Joe Jenkins found himself embroiled in the…

Eddie Cicotte
Though he didn’t invent the pitch, Eddie “Knuckles” Cicotte…
Tom McGuire
Tom McGuire must have found it odd to be on the mound for the…