
Tom Williams
Thomas Williams’s pitching career spanned only eight years,…

Buck Ewing
“Buck Ewing was simply terrific.” — George Lippe1
William…

Schorling Park (Chicago)
South Side Park, later known as Schorling Park, located on…

Rudolph Ash
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John Reese
As his nicknames, Speed Boy and Sparkplug,1 suggest, John Edward…

Jim Brown
When the name Jim Brown is mentioned, most sports fans call…

Jelly Gardner
Floyd “Jelly” Gardner was a prototypical leadoff hitter…

Jack Marshall
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George Dixon
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Frank Warfield
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Eddie Boyd
Eddie Boyd was a little-known player who had brief stints with…

Dink Mothell
“Mothell was the greatest utility man in the game of baseball.…

Dave Malarcher
Dave Malarcher was an erudite, disciplined, and reverent man…

Dave Brown
Baseball has always lent itself to mythmaking. The sport’s…

Bill Riggins
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Leroy Grant
Negro League historian James A. Riley portrays Leroy Grant as…

Judy Gans
As a ballplayer, Judy Gans is a bit of an enigma. On the one…

John Schorling
John Schorling (center in suit and bow tie) was Rube Foster's…

Bobby Williams
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Tom Johnson
The early life of pitcher Tom Johnson, one of the star hurlers…

Bingo DeMoss
He was, by wide acclaim, one of the finest second basemen to…

Frank Wickware
“Cannon Ball Redding and others of days gone by had plenty…

Cristóbal Torriente
"I think I was playing third base at the time, and he hit a ground…

Rube Foster
“If the talents of Christy Mathewson, John McGraw, Ban Johnson…