
Frank Allen
The high mark of Frank Allen’s six-year major-league career…

Phil Ball
St. Louis Browns owner Phil Ball, second from left, meets with…

Dave Davenport
Among the tallest players of the Deadball Era, Dave Davenport…

Delos Drake
This biography appears in Whales, Terriers, and Terrapins:…

Vern Duncan
This biography appears in Whales, Terriers, and Terrapins:…

Ted Easterly
The tale is familiar to followers of baseball legend: Young boy…

Jimmy Esmond
Ken Burns’s documentary Baseball opens with a line that characterizes…

Happy Finneran
Right-handed pitcher Happy Finneran played major-league baseball…

Max Flack
For much of his post-baseball life, Max Flack’s 12-year major-league…

Grover Gilmore
Grover Cleveland Gilmore was born in Chicago on November 1, 1888.…

James Gilmore
After several years in the military, Long Jim Gilmore spent his…

Charlie Hanford
England has contributed 33 players to major-league baseball.…

Pete Henning
Who’d have thought that almost a decade after Pete Henning’s…

Chief Johnson
Chief Johnson was a strong-armed pitcher who had great beginnings…

Al Kaiser
This biography appears in Whales, Terriers, and Terrapins:…

George Kaiserling
George Kaiserling was born to a German immigrant couple, Frederick…

Duke Kenworthy
Before and after his two years in the major leagues, when he…

Elmer Knetzer
In the final month of the 1909 National League season, Elmer…

Gene Krapp
Gene Krapp, a diminutive right-handed spitballer, holds an…

Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Some said that baseball owners found Judge Kenesaw Mountain…

Ed Lennox
The Pittsburgh Rebels visited Kansas City on May 6,…

Baldy Louden
Several incidental details about William P. “Baldy” Louden…

Dan Marion
Playing his entire major-league career in the Federal League,…

George McConnell
While appearing in only 176 major-league games over six seasons,…