
Frank Thompson
One of the more colorful aspects of baseball history is the wide,…

Hank Thompson
Hank Thompson, a New York Giants mainstay from 1949 to 1956,…

Bob Thurman
Power-hitting Bob Thurman was nicknamed "Big Swish" because the…

Luis E. Tiant
Luis Eleuterio Tiant (1906-1976) was one of the finest pitchers…

Cristóbal Torriente
"I think I was playing third base at the time, and he hit a ground…

Bob Trice
On a sunny but windy and cool September Sunday afternoon in Philadelphia,…

Quincy Trouppe
Quincy Trouppe’s passion for baseball led to a long career…

Jim Tugerson
While Jackie Robinson and some of the other pioneers who helped…

Tom Turner
Thomas Turner, a Chicago American Giants first baseman, heard…

Juan "Tetelo" Vargas
Tetelo Vargas was a player with exceptional skills in nearly…

Bob Veale
Bob Veale was one of the hardest-throwing and most intimidating…

Edsall Walker
Edsall Elliott Walker learned to love baseball as a child growing…

R. T. Walker
Robert Taylor Walker was born on August 20, 1914, in Arboa, Florida.…

Frank Warfield
This biography appears in The First Negro League Champion:…

Edgar "Blue" Washington
The mere mention of Edgar “Blue” Washington evokes thought…

Murray Watkins
Murray “Skeeter” Watkins was a baseball lifer. He was a Negro…

Sol White
Racial discrimination did not miraculously disappear in 1863…

Frank Wickware
“Cannon Ball Redding and others of days gone by had plenty…

Horace Wilds
Horace Wilds, an African American catcher, excelled on white…

Doc Wiley
Wabishaw Spencer “Doc” Wiley played in the Negro Leagues…

Jimmy Wilkes
“They used to say Brantford could put its left-fielder five…

J.L. Wilkinson
J. Leslie Wilkinson (1878-1964) was one of the most respected…

Bobby Williams
This biography appears in The First Negro League Champion:…

Chester Williams
Over the years, the Pittsburgh Courier, one of the nation’s…