Charlie Abbey (TRADING CARD DB)

Charlie Abbey

In all of Major League Baseball history, 119 players originated…
Si Burick (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

Si Burick

Si Burick’s byline adorned the sports pages of the Dayton Daily…

Willa Bea Harmon

During the 1942 baseball season, many of the articles about the…

Dizzy Dismukes

He was a star pitcher, one who not only threw a no-hitter —…
Russ Cowans (NEWSPAPERS.COM)

Russ Cowans

Russell J. “Russ” Cowans was known in Detroit as the “Dean…

Bob Broeg

Bob Broeg (rhymes with “egg”) was a titan of sports writing…

Larry Colton

For Larry Colton, one night in June 1968 seemingly devastated…

Walter Barnes

For 50 years, from 1889 to 1940, Walter Barnes was a sportswriter…

Randy Galloway

Suppose they started a baseball season and nobody came?That was…

Susan Fornoff

Susan Fornoff’s childhood influenced her career choice; the…

Sigfredo Barros

“There is no baseball off-season in Cuba,” declares Sigfredo…

O.P. Caylor

Although most current reference works assign Oliver Hazard Perry…

Ed Burns

Among a lifetime of lively anecdotes, perhaps none better evokes…

Roger Angell

He is, perhaps, the most exquisitely talented writer ever to…

Dick Gordon

Dick Gordon got his start by breaking a national story when he…

Lou Chapman

“Pack a bag.” The speaker was Lloyd Larson, sports editor…

Bob Addie

With his trademark dark glasses and red socks, Bob Addie, the…

Henry Chadwick

In the fall of 1856, a New York Times cricket journalist spotted…

Dan Daniel

Dan Daniel thought he had the best job on the newspaper. Several…

Lee Allen

At the time of his death in 1969, Lee Allen had been the historian…

L. Robert Davids

Bob Davids, a career Federal government employee, never played…

Stan Baumgartner

In baseball history, few major leaguers have turned to sports…

Jim Brosnan

A fine major league pitcher for several years, Jim Brosnan wrote…

Jim Bouton

Although he became a star for the most famous team in baseball,…