Eddie Stanky

One can statistically evaluate with some degree of accuracy…

Ed Wright

Midway through the last Saturday afternoon of the 1992 baseball…

Clyde Shoun

Left-hander Clyde Shoun played for the Braves near the end of…

Jim Russell

In August 1948, both the Braves and their centerfielder Jim Russell…

Johnny Sain

First we’ll use Spahn, then we’ll use Sain, Then an off…

Chuck Stobbs

One of baseball’s original bonus babies, Chuck Stobbs was…

Bobby Sturgeon

For Cubs fans of the 1940s and 1950s, Bobby Sturgeon will always…

Birdie Tebbetts

In a 1973 SABR survey, Birdie Tebbetts narrowly missed being…

Billy Southworth

Billy Southworth was like Casey Stengel’s long-lost brother…

Ernie White

More than any other military conflict, World War II took its…

Stan Spence

Stan Spence had the misfortune of being a young outfielder for…

Connie Ryan

Although he had far from the best year of his career in 1948,…

Lou Stringer

A ballplayer turned Hollywood actor and a car dealer who once…

Neill Sheridan

Neill “Wild Horse” Sheridan was a classic “cup of coffee”…

Marv Rickert

Marvin “Twitch” Rickert’s career was typical of that of…

Bill Salkeld

In a time before Super Bowls, when the Final Four was merely…

Tom Wright

Tom Wright, a left-handed hitting outfielder who played major…

Ted Williams

Any argument as to the greatest hitter of all time always involves…

Vern Stephens

The 1940s witnessed a special group of major league shortstops,…

Ray Sanders

Not unlike the lead character in Winston Groom’s 1986 novel…

Earl Torgeson

In a 15-year major-league career filled with great stories and…

Bill Voiselle

He was a 21-game winner as a rookie in 1944 and four years later…

Warren Spahn

The fifth-winningest pitcher of all time, Warren Spahn went 363-245…

Sibby Sisti

The first four men inducted into the Boston Braves Hall of Fame…