Henderson won two World Series during his career, in 1989 with Oakland and in 1993 with Toronto. He spent most of his career ...
Gaylord Perry has always taken joy in exceeding expectations, so it is hardly coincidental that his two Cy Young Award-winning seasons came right after he had been traded. But this shouldn’t come as a ...
Harry M. Stevens was called during his lifetime the “world’s greatest sporting caterer,” “the man who parlayed a bag of peanuts into a million dollars” and “a true pioneer in the field of gastronomy.” ...
His big league playing career consisted of exactly one at-bat – one that ended in a strikeout. But a little more than 46 years after his Sept. 27, 1936 debut for the St. Louis Cardinals, Walter Alston ...
In the 27 years following the first Hall of Fame election in 1936, no first-year candidate had earned a place in Cooperstown. On Jan. 23, 1962, Bob Feller and Jackie Robinson – two men accustomed to ...
As Major League Baseball stars like Robinson Cano and Albert Pujols embarked on a 10-day tour of Japan in 2014, footage of a 1934 journey to the Far East has been digitally preserved at the National ...
Bill Veeck once said, “There are only two seasons – winter and baseball.” For many fans and players alike, there is no truer statement. Winter can be a cold and dark time, with snow and ice, freezing ...