
Cookie Lavagetto
Harry Arthur “Cookie” Lavagetto is best known for one swing…

Vic Lombardi
At five feet seven and 158 pounds, Vic Lombardi was hardly an…

Don Lund
For most former big leaguers their time as an active player is…

Rube Melton
There was no digging in at home plate when Rube Melton was on…

Eddie Miksis
“Miksis will fix us” Branch Rickey promised Dodgers fans…

Walter O'Malley
Walter Francis O'Malley, the owner who dragged baseball franchises…

Erv Palica
Erv Palica, a laconic Californian, was little more than a bit…

Jake Pitler
Although he was the first-base coach, fans rarely if ever saw…

Marv Rackley
Marvin Eugene Rackley was born on July 25, 1921, in Seneca, South…

Willie Ramsdell
Willie Ramsdell, nicknamed “Willie the Knuck,” mixed a colorful…

Pee Wee Reese
Outside MCU Park in Coney Island, there stands a statue of two…

Pete Reiser
Only a handful of people who saw Pete Reiser in his prime were…

Branch Rickey
Branch Rickey was “a man of strange complexities, not to mention…

Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson is perhaps the most historically significant…

Stan Rojek
Late in the afternoon of September 22, 1942, propelled by a Lew…

Howie Schultz
Howie Schultz combined major-league careers in baseball and basketball…

Burt Shotton
Unlike Leo Durocher, the man he replaced as Brooklyn Dodgers…

John L. Smith
The headline on John Lawrence Smith’s New York Times obituary…

Duke Snider
A strong, accurate throwing arm, grace, and athleticism made…

Eddie Stanky
One can statistically evaluate with some degree of accuracy…

Ed Stevens
Ed Stevens was born in Texas on January 12, 1925, in the town…

Clyde Sukeforth
Clyde Sukeforth was a backup catcher who played parts of ten…

Tommy Tatum
Tommy Tatum played parts of fourteen seasons in professional…

Harry Taylor
Known as “Handsome Harry” for his movie star good looks,…