
Roland Johnson
“I haven’t worked a day since 1966!” — Roland Johnson,…

Pop Kelchner
A college professor who spoke seven languages and taught three…

Alex Pompez
Alex Pompez, a Cuban American, was among the most influential…

Joe Cambria
Joe Cambria was one of the most prolific scouts in major-league…

Gene McCann
Perhaps the least known member of the high-powered scouting department…

Al LaMacchia
Late in the summer of 1948, Al LaMacchia broke his wrist while…

Paul Krichell
When he was 36 years old Paul Krichell found himself at something…

Dario Lodigiani
Vince DiMaggio, Joe DiMaggio, and Dominic DiMaggio were his sidekicks.…

Jesse Flores
He rose out of the citrus fields of Southern California to…

Bill Essick
After college Bill Essick had to choose between life as a musician…

Deacon Jones
It could be a good question in a serious trivia contest: “Who…

Sam Hairston
Patriarch of a three-generation big-league family, hard-hitting…

George Huff
Baseball scouts have historically thrived on anonymity. …

Epifanio Guerrero
“We still don’t really know how Epy Guerrero signed this…

Gene Bennett
In rural counties from the Ohio Valley to the Great Lakes basin,…

Charles Chapman
Most professional scouts are former players who have spent their…

Joe Devine
Joseph “Joe” Devine was born in Oakland, California, on March…

Tom Greenwade
The Mick
Each scout is typically associated with his top signee,…

Howie Haak
Called the “King of the Caribbean” by baseball people and…

Bill Clark
This is a man who keeps busy. In 36 years as a major-league scout,…

George Omachi
From internment camps to universal respect in the scouting community,…

Edith Houghton
There is a kind of Holy Trinity of obsessions all serious baseball…

Roy and Bessie Largent
There have been many famous husband-wife teams who shared a career,…

Charley Barrett
“He was a missionary extraordinary for the game itself. ……