Joe Cantillon (Trading Card DB)

Joe Cantillon

A good-field, no-hit middle infielder as a player, Joe Cantillon…
Doll Derr, circa 1922 (Baltimore Sun via Newspapers.com)

Doll Derr

From calling baserunners safe to keeping schoolchildren safe,…
Charlie Abbey (TRADING CARD DB)

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…