Red Thisted

Red Thisted never saw a professional baseball game until he was…

John J. Quinn

John J. Quinn spent 47 years working for major-league baseball…

Lou Perini

He neither slugged like Aaron nor pitched like Spahn, but Lou…

Hawk Taylor

Metropolis, Illinois, is the hometown of Superman, the comic-book…

Carl Sawatski

With his thunderous left-handed home-run stroke, the self-converted…

Mel Roach

Mel Roach was more a spectator than a player for the 1957 world…

Eddie Mathews

Eddie Mathews, the only man to play for the Braves in Boston,…

Johnny Riddle

Catcher Johnny Riddle had one of the more unusual careers in…

Don McMahon

History has not been kind to Don McMahon. Now largely forgotten,…

Red Murff

Just before the start of the 1969 World Series, Baltimore Orioles…

Juan Pizarro

Juan Pizarro was a talented, durable Puerto Rican pitcher. The…

Taylor Phillips

Taylor Phillips had an outstanding career in armed-services baseball,…

Connie Ryan

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

Danny O’Connell

Instead of being the good-hitting second baseman and field leader…

Andy Pafko

He is a permanent part of baseball lore. He played for the Chicago…

Felix Mantilla

Versatility is the best word to describe Felix Mantilla’s 11-year…

Phil Paine

Tucked in the northwest corner of Rhode Island, just 10 miles…

Del Rice

Del Rice was a major-league catcher for 17 years, primarily with…

Ray Shearer

On the last day of the 1957 season, Sunday, September 29, the…

Bobby Thomson

When New York Giants announcer Russ Hodges uttered the immortal…

Charlie Root

Perhaps unfairly, Charlie Root’s name and legacy are indelibly…

Chuck Tanner

Sometimes nice guys finish first. Chuck Tanner, an eternal optimist…

Red Schoendienst

On October 28, 2011, the St. Louis Cardinals won their 11th World…

Warren Spahn

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