
Joe Cantillon
A good-field, no-hit middle infielder as a player, Joe Cantillon…

Doll Derr
From calling baserunners safe to keeping schoolchildren safe,…

Charlie Abbey
In all of Major League Baseball history, 119 players originated…

William Becannon
Best known as an umpire in the American Association in 1883,…

Joe Battin
Joe Battin, a 19th-century infielder, manager and umpire, was…

Foghorn Bradley
Foghorn Bradley1 joined the Boston Red Stockings near the end…

George Bausewine
While professional baseball played a prominent role in the life…

Charlie Berry
Charles Francis “Charlie” Berry had one of the most extraordinary…

Bill Brennan
“Big Bill” Brennan was a large man, weighing 235 pounds and…

Amanda Clement
“Can you suggest a single reason why all the baseball umpires…

Bill Baker
Bill Baker immersed himself in baseball as a player, coach, umpire,…

Ken Burkhart
Having lost no fewer than nine pitchers to the armed forces during…

Mike Briscese
Mike Briscese was a minor league umpire who had his chance in…

Tommy Connolly
One of the important currents in the history of early 20th-century…

Bill Dinneen
Before Sandy Koufax and Bob Gibson were hurling October masterpieces,…

Nestor Chylak
“Considered by many to be the nonpareil umpire of the Post-War…

Jake Beckley
When Jake Beckley gained election to the National Baseball Hall…

Ted Barrett
During an interview with Ted Barrett and his crew during their…

Kitty Bransfield
A smooth-fielding, hard-hitting first baseman, Kitty Bransfield…

Al Barlick
Al Barlick rose from a Midwestern coal-mining family to a long…

Dick Culler
He is Dick Culler in the baseball encyclopedias, but at home…

Joe Brinkman
A major-league umpire for 35 seasons, Joseph Norbert Brinkman…

Emmett Ashford
He spent 20 years as a professional umpire, baseball's loneliest…

Jocko Conlan
Jocko Conlan always wanted to be a ballplayer. He never dreamed…