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The amateur West End club of Milwaukee was formed in 1875 and played its games at North 19th and Sycamore (now West Michigan) Streets. Becoming semi-professional in 1876, the club built its own park at North 28th and Wells. For the 1877 season the West End club became fully professional, joining the League Alliance. A […]

Dick Whitman’s life was described by his brother-in-law Bob Read as “the kind of story that maybe America was built on.”1 A member of “The Greatest Generation” that survived the Great Depression and fought totalitarianism in World War II, he forged a professional baseball career that began in 1942 and ended in 1957. While the […]

Bill White spent 51 years in a game he didn’t love. The eight-time All-Star became the first Black play-by-play broadcaster for a major-league team and the first Black president of a major sports league. He railed against racism in baseball, though he acknowledged that, even as National League president, he couldn’t do much about it. […]

Mark Clear was a hard-throwing righty pitcher who was released by the Phillies after one year in the minors but became a durable two-time All-Star after converting to a reliever. He played from 1979 through 1990 for the Angels, Red Sox, and Brewers. The 6-foot-4 inch, 200-pound hurler, earned nicknames “The Elongated Man” and “Horse,” […]