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While appearing in only 176 major-league games over six seasons, George McConnell split his time among three leagues (American, Federal, and National) and between two positions requiring different skill sets (first base and pitcher). McConnell’s versatility hampered his development, because he could not focus on pitching until after he had passed his athletic peak. A […]

Left-hander George Brunet pitched professionally in a record 33 consecutive seasons. After his major league career with nine different teams ended in 1971, he pitched in Mexico until he was 54 in 1989.1 He eventually set the minor league record for strikeouts and earned a place in the Mexican League’s hall of fame. Counting winter […]

“Centerfielder George Orme Scores Three Runs Without Time at Bat and Sends Bay City Home Crazy” – so read the headline in the Flint Journal of June 30, 1919. Orme had begun his professional baseball career in 1912 and was about halfway through his tenure when he played for the Flint Halligans in 1919. He […]