Mickey Welch

Mickey Welch won his 300th game on July 28, 1890 and joined an exclusive club whose only members at the time were Pud Galvin and Tim Keefe.
Read More >Mickey Welch won his 300th game on July 28, 1890 and joined an exclusive club whose only members at the time were Pud Galvin and Tim Keefe.
Read More >In 1920, George Sisler hit .407 and set the single-season record with 257 hits. His mark stood until Ichiro Suzuki amassed 262 knocks in 2004.
Read More >Hilton Smith and Satchel Paige teamed to form the greatest pitching duo in Negro League history. Many regarded Smith as the superior hurler.
Read More >Warren Spahn won 363 games – the most by a left-hander in baseball history. The total also tops every pitcher in the post-1920 live-ball era.
Read More >Albert Spalding was a pitcher, manager and executive in the early days of the game. He was the first well-known player to use a fielding glove.
Read More >A six-time All Star, Bruce Sutter led the NL in saves five times. The 1979 Cy Young Award winner was inducted in 2006, his 13th year of eligibility.
Read More >Don Sutton holds many Dodger franchise marks but recorded his 300th win with the Angels and his 3,000th strikeout with the Brewers.
Read More >A rare two-way player who pitched and played outfield, Joe Rogan is among the Negro League career leaders in wins and batting average.
Read More >A veteran of 22 big league seasons, Red Ruffing has 273 career wins, six World Series rings, six All Star appearances, & a plaque in Monument Park.
Read More >Amos Rusie thew at least 90 mph and has been widely reported as the main reason MLB changed the pitching distance from 50′ to 60’6″ in 1893.
Read More >"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball…"
~Jacques Barzun, 1954