
Ernie Harwell
For 55 seasons, baseball fans were able to get a greater enjoyment…

Clint Hartung
In 1947 Clint Hartung, the Hondo Hurricane, was going to be the…

Jack Lohrke
The story of Jack Lohrke is the type of tale that would be rejected…

Jack Kramer
After winning the American League pennant by 12 games in 1946,…

Sheldon Jones
From 1946 through 1951, Sheldon Jones pitched in 199 games…

Red Hardy
A pitcher can be labeled a “.500 pitcher” if he is considered…

Jim Hearn
“I certainly had no idea of ever being a pitcher. I had never…

Larry Jansen
It is largely forgotten that Larry Jansen was the winning pitcher…

Monte Irvin
Of all those who proudly wore the uniform of the Newark Eagles…

Herman Franks
The Dodgers had another chance to stop the Yankees’ World…

Whitey Lockman
Most baseball fans are aware of “The Shot Heard ’Round the…

Al Gettel
Al “Two Gun” Gettel pitched in 184 major-league games over…

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

Alex Konikowski
Alex Konikowski’s pitching career in major-league baseball…

Monty Kennedy
Remembered for his blazing fastball, Monty Kennedy had an abbreviated…

Freddie Fitzsimmons
With his short arms and legs, long torso, and ample midsection,…

George Bamberger
Baltimore left-hander Mike Cuellar pitched a shaky first inning…

Dave Koslo
Hard-throwing southpaw Dave Koslo was touted as Carl Hubbell's…

Al Corwin
Few jobs can match the excitement, adulation, and income that…
Leo Durocher
From his birth in 1905, in West Springfield, Massachusetts,…

Roger Bowman
Roger Bowman was a 16-year-old high-school junior when a wire-service…

Alvin Dark
President John F. Kennedy was said to have correctly answered…

Sal Maglie
"He scares you to death. He's scowling and gnashing his teeth,…

Russ Hodges
People of a certain age know where they were when the Japanese…