Tom Angley
Tom Angley was a ballplayer born 50 years too soon. Born in an…
Clyde Beck
Clyde Beck was your prototypical good-field, no-hit utility infielder. …
Footsie Blair
Imagine you’re one of two widget-winders working in the same…
Sheriff Blake
Sheriff Blake, was not really a sheriff, but rather a hard-throwing…
Jimmy Burke
Jimmy Burke, a coach for the 1929 Cubs, was the quintessential…
Ed Burns
Among a lifetime of lively anecdotes, perhaps none better evokes…

Guy Bush
An often overlooked pitcher on successful Chicago Cubs teams…
Hal Carlson
Occasionally, a player is taken out of the lineup due to personal…

Kiki Cuyler
Though contemporary newspaper reports typically referred to…
Mike Cvengros
Considering how dreadful his first full professional season was,…
Margaret Donahue
Baseball fans and historians have doubtless wondered about the…
Mickey Doolin
The prototype good-field, no-hit shortstop, Mickey Doolin was…
Woody English
As the leadoff or number-two batter for some of the highest-scoring…

Mike Gonzalez
Miguel González enjoyed a long and prolific career as a major-league…
Earl Grace
As the 1929 season began, the Chicago Cubs were in trouble. …
Hank Grampp
Henry Grampp Jr. was born in New York City on September 28, 1903,…
Charlie Grimm
Charlie Grimm was a man of many talents. Called “perhaps…

Gabby Hartnett
Recounted and savored over generations, four iconic moments share…
Cliff Heathcote
Cliff Heathcote spent 14 of the 40 years of his life in the…
Trader Horne
The major-league career of Berlyn “Trader” Horne was brief.…
Rogers Hornsby
Any conversation about the greatest hitter in baseball history…
Claude Jonnard
Claude Jonnard, the lesser-known half of the Jonnard brothers…
Grover Land
Like many marginal ballplayers from the Deadball Era, Grover…
Pat Malone
The knock against Pat Malone, a big, hard-throwing right-hander…