
Dan Bankhead
Dan Bankhead is best known for two things. He was the first African-American…

Jack Banta
Jack Banta was a hard-throwing right-handed pitcher who threw…

Red Barber
The man who broadcast Jackie Robinson’s first season with the…

Rex Barney
With the possible exception of Sandy Koufax, no Dodger pitcher…

Hank Behrman
Hank Behrman was a minor contributor to the golden age of baseball…

Ray Blades
On April 9, 1947, the New York Post’s back-page headline screamed,…

Bobby Bragan
Bobby Bragan was a backup catcher whose pinch-hit double in Game…

Ralph Branca
Ralph Theodore Joseph Branca was a New York guy. He was born…

Tommy Brown
Tommy Brown was only nineteen years old and recently discharged…

Hugh Casey
On Monday evening, September 22, 1947, the “sizzling steaks…

Ed Chandler
World War II interrupted Ed Chandler’s dream of pitching in…

Connie Desmond
In the 1940s Red Barber was solidly entrenched as the Brooklyn…

George Dockins
George Woodrow Dockins was a soft-tossing, perpetually sore-armed…
Leo Durocher
From his birth in 1905, in West Springfield, Massachusetts,…

Bruce Edwards
The Brooklyn Dodgers had great teams in the immediate post-war…

Carl Furillo
People who saw Carl Furillo play most often talk about his throwing…

Al Gionfriddo
“Running! turning! leaping! like little Al Gionfriddo — a…

Hal Gregg
We often read or hear about pitchers developing arm strength…

Joe Hatten
After four seasons of double-digit victories as a starter for…

Phil Haugstad
Every red-blooded American boy growing up during the Great Depression…

Gene Hermanski
Eugene Victor Hermanski was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts…

Kirby Higbe
Kirby Higbe, a good old boy from South Carolina was a hell-raiser…

Spider Jorgensen
On April 15, 1947, in Brooklyn, New York, an African American…

Clyde King
Clyde Edward King spent more than sixty years in professional…