Bob Allen

Many baseball fans know about the 1894 Philadelphia Phillies…

Buzz Arlett

Many a night, when I should've been doing my homework, I spent…
Ed Ashenbach (COURTESY OF STEPHEN V. RICE)

Ed Ashenbach

Ed Ashenbach was known as the “King of the Minors.” Who else…

Joe Bauman

He played 850 miles from the nearest big league park in a part…

Bud Beasley

Bud Beasley Elementary School in Sparks, Nevada, opened in the…

Steve Bilko

Steve Bilko was a heavy hitter. Baseball encyclopedias list him…

Otto Borchert

Otto Borchert is a legend in Milwaukee. He is remembered as the…

Bunny Brief

Bunny Brief started his professional career in 1910 as a 17-year-old…

Bob Brown

Bob Brown was a sickly old man by the time he died at St. Paul's…

Moose Clabaugh

Before the designated hitter, the major leagues had little use…

Paul Cobb

"I am proud of my two boys. Baseball is a clean, manly sport,"…

Archie Cochrane

Best known as the younger brother of a Hall of Fame catcher,…

Bob Connery

Over the course of three decades in the early 20th century, Robert…

Bob Crues

If Babe Ruth owns the number 60 and Barry Bonds has a lock on…

Nick Cullop (Henry)

There have been two Nick Cullops in major-league baseball; one…

Mario Cuomo

With a passion for problem solving fueled by an unyielding streak…

Willie Delahanty

Like Gummo Marx, Willie Delahanty is the forgotten member of…

John Donahue

John Donahue played 1,176 known minor-league games from 1914…

Rich Dubee

Selected in the third round of the June 1976 amateur draft, 18-year-old…

Ox Eckhardt

Ox Eckhardt has the highest lifetime average in the minor leagues…

Joe Engel

Long before Bill Veeck sent a midget up to bat, Joe Engel sent…

Oliver Faulkner

Orel Hershiser set a major-league record by pitching 59 consecutive…

Richie Ferrell

Several years ago, I picked up a large package of records belonging…

Michael J. Finn

A quintessential sportsman and promoter, Michael J. Finn was…