Walter "Dobie" Moore (SABR/The Rucker Archive)

Dobie Moore

Walter “Dobie” Moore was one of the greatest shortstops in…
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Webster McDonald

I was strictly a submarine pitcher, a lot of junk. I had a good…
Dink Mothell (NOIRTECH RESEARCH, INC.)

Dink Mothell

“Mothell was the greatest utility man in the game of baseball.…

Gread McKinnis

“That McKinnis is one of the best pitchers I have ever seen,”…

Booker McDaniel

Over the course of seven seasons, from 1940 through 1946, Booker…

Buck O’Neil

To tell the story of Buck O’Neil, one needs only to retell…

Bill Monroe

One of the most charismatic players of his era, Bill Monroe starred…

Jocko Maxwell

When radio came along in the 1920s, it brought sports, including…
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Spoony Palm

With both Josh Gibson and Bill Perkins, the 1935 Pittsburgh Crawfords…
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Dan McClellan

Although sometimes overshadowed by Andrew “Rube” Foster,…

Lefty Mellix

“I had a slow ball, a slow fastball, a fast fastball, and a…
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Charles Parks

World War II ended when the Axis powers surrendered to the Allied…

Sherman Maxwell

“Believed by many to be the first black sports broadcaster,…

Warren Peace

William Warren Peace was born in Kittrell, North Carolina, on…
Andrew "Pat" Patterson (NOIRTECH INC.)

Andrew Patterson

Andrew Lawrence Patterson was born on December 19, 1911, in Chicago.1…

Tom Parker

Tom Parker, who also answered to the sobriquets of “Big Train”…

Eudie Napier

Euthumn Napier remembered a bus ride north on April 15, 1947,…

Jimmie Newberry

James Lee “Jimmie” Newberry was a starting pitcher for the…

Millito Navarro

Emilio “Millito” Navarro was one of the patriarchs of baseball…

José Méndez

Among numerous icons from Cuba’s somewhat murky pre-revolution…

Satchel Paige

Satchel Paige threw his first pitch in professional baseball…

Don Newcombe

“What I have done after my baseball career and being able to…

Minnie Miñoso

In February of 2006, Orestes "Minnie" Miñoso was preparing himself…

Willie Mays

"If somebody came up and hit .450, stole 100 bases, and performed…