
Bill Galloway
When Jackie Robinson debuted with the Montreal Royals on April…

Joe Page
Long before he died in 1947, Joseph Henry Page was regarded as…

Alfred Henry Spink
The irony is clear to anyone who gives it even the slightest…

Jake Englehart
A certain amount of mystery surrounds Jacob Lewis Englehart,…

Earl Chase
Earl "Flat" Chase, ca. 1947-1954. (Archives and Special…

Brother Matthias: Martin Leo Boutlier
Babe Ruth greets a Civil War veteran under the approving gaze…

Charles Bronfman
Montréal Expos' owner Charles R. Bronfman, wearing…

Arthur Irwin
Even for serious fans of early baseball, it can be difficult…

Allan Roth
Henry Chadwick, baseball’s first historian, tried to capture…

Joseph J. Lannin
Joseph J. Lannin owned the Boston Red Sox for less than four…

Bill Watkins
Prominent in the baseball circles of his time but now forgotten,…

Bob Brown
A dapper Bob Brown surveys his domain from the wooden…

Bob Addy
A celebrated base ball character” was A. G. Spalding’s succinct…

Bob Emslie
Bob Emslie, National League umpire and newlywed in 1893.…

Ernie Quigley
Before the age of television, umpires worked in anonymity, only…

Ed Pinnance
At the turn of the twentieth century, Native American baseball…