Elden Auker
Over a major-league career that lasted 10 seasons, Elden Auker…

Del Baker
Del Baker was born and raised about as far from the big leagues…

Tommy Bridges
Thomas Jefferson Davis Bridges was born on December 28, 1906,…

Flea Clifton
The Great Depression is remembered as a time that ruined many…

Mickey Cochrane
Gordon Stanley "Mickey" Cochrane was one of baseball's greatest…

General Crowder
General Crowder was a durable right-handed pitcher who won more…

Carl Fischer
Orleans County is located in western New York State on the southern…
Pete Fox
He “gripped a bat so tight that when you shook hands with him,…

Charlie Gehringer
You wind him up in the spring and he goes all summer. He hits…

Goose Goslin
Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis called the 1935…

Hank Greenberg
Any list of the greatest sluggers ever to wear a Detroit Tigers…
Clyde Hatter
Clyde Melno Hatter, whose baseball career was ended by his premature…
Ray Hayworth
Ray Hayworth intended to go into the upholstery trade, but was…
Chief Hogsett
His nickname fueled the belief that Elon Hogsett was part Indian.…
Roxie Lawson
“He’s wild, his fast ball isn’t fast, his curve ball is…
Firpo Marberry
Fred Marberry, one of the best pitchers in baseball for a decade,…
Chet Morgan
Chick Morgan could have boasted of playing in the major leagues…

Frank Navin
Known as “Old Stone Face” for his colorless, stoic demeanor,…
Marv Owen
Marv Owen played parts of nine seasons in the big leagues,…
Cy Perkins
Ralph Foster “Cy” Perkins was a baseball lifer, playing…
Frank Reiber
In the summer of 1922, a young Frank Reiber would make trips…
Billy Rogell
During the mid-1930s, the Detroit Tigers fielded one of the…
Schoolboy Rowe
Right-hander Schoolboy Rowe endured chronic, career-threatening…
Heinie Schuble
Henry George “Heinie” Schuble, Jr. was born in Houston,…