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…

Elon 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,…