Satchel Paige
Satchel Paige pitched in two MLB All Star games after the age of 45. His last big league appearance came after his 59th birthday.
Read More > Ralph Kiner
The first National League player to twice hit 50 homers in a season, Ralph Kiner was baseball’s preeminent slugger during his ten-year MLB career.
Read More >Nap Lajoie
Nap Lajoie won 5 batting crowns including four in a row from 1901-1904. His .426 average in 1901 capped the 20th century’s first Triple Crown.
Read More >Bob Lemon
From 1948-1956 Bob Lemon averaged 20 wins per season and appeared in seven All Star games. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1976.
Read More >Al Lopez
From 1949-64 the Yankees won the AL pennant every year but two. Al Lopez managed both of those teams, the ’54 Indians and the ’59 White Sox.
Read More >Addie Joss
Addie Joss’s career 1.89 ERA ranks second all time. Of his 160 career wins, 45 were shutouts. Addie Joss died in 1911 at the age of 31.
Read More >Joe Gordon
The 1942 MVP, Joe Gordon was the first AL second baseman to slug 20 homers in a season, a feat he accomplished 7 times in his 11-year MLB career.
Read More >Bob Feller
In 1962 Bob Feller & Jackie Robinson became the first 1st-ballot HoFers since Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Christy Mathewson, Honus Wagner, & Walter Johnson.
Read More >Elmer Flick
Elmer Flick debuted in 1898, led the National League in runs batted in during 1900, and led the American League in batting average in 1905.
Read More >Larry Doby
Seven-time All Star Larry Doby broke the American League’s color barrier when he debuted for the Cleveland Indians on July 5, 1947.
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