Frank Warfield
Frank Warfield may be one of the least understood and appreciated…
Patsy Tebeau
Patsy Tebeau was a pugnacious competitor from the mean streets…
Robin Ventura
Robin Mark Ventura was one of the outstanding third basemen of…
Bobby Valentine
Bobby Valentine played in the majors for 10 years. After his…
Harry Walker
Harry Walker was born to baseball and spent his life in the game.…
Quincy Trouppe
Quincy Trouppe’s passion for baseball led to a long career…
John Montgomery Ward
No essay-length biography could possibly do full justice to John…
Joe Torre
Baseball is a game of numbers, so it is fitting to begin this…
Ossie Vitt
Though he played ten years in the majors, when people look back…
Joe Tinker
Baseball’s Sad Lexicon
By Franklin Pierce Adams
These…
Birdie Tebbetts
In a 1973 SABR survey, Birdie Tebbetts narrowly missed being…
Pie Traynor
For one generation of Pittsburghers, Pie Traynor was that tanned,…
Mickey Vernon
In the 1940s and well into the 1950s, the premier first baseman…
John Wathan
John Wathan was a rare catcher that possessed both size and speed,…
Alan Trammell
On a crisp mid-October day in 1984, Alan Trammell played a key…
Bobby Wallace
Perhaps the greatest defensive shortstop of his generation, Bobby…
Bob Unglaub
Robert Alexander "Bob" Unglaub was, at best, an average ball…
Bill Terry
William Harold "Bill" Terry was a superior first baseman in the…
Fred Tenney
When it came to fielding prowess, the consensus was that Fred…
Big Ed Walsh
From 1907 to 1912, "Big Ed” Walsh tested the limits of a pitcher's…
Honus Wagner
“There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer,”…
John Waltz
Several men were given responsibility for managing a major league…
Ted Turner
Anyone who has met a Braves fan in Boise, Idaho, has Ted Turner…
Bill Virdon
From 1955 to 1965 Bill Virdon established his reputation as one…