Babe Pinelli
The last call for Babe Pinelli as a home plate ump was, “Strike Three!” on the final pitch in Don Larsen’s perfect game in the 1956 World Series.
Read More > Virgil Trucks
Two of Virgil Trucks’ 5 wins in 1952 were no-hitters; the two-time All Star won 177 games, led the AL shutouts twice, and was world champ in ’45.
Read More >Monty Stratton
Jimmy Stewart portrayed Monty Stratton in 1949’s “The Stratton Story” that won the Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story.
Read More >Rocky Colavito
Thanks to 11 straight 20-homer seasons, only 2 AL right-handed batters had more career homers than Rocky Colavito when he retired in 1968.
Read More >Bob Elliott
MLB’s leading RBI man of the 1940’s, Bob Elliott was the ’47 NL MVP and retired #1 among third baseman in MLB history in HR and slugging %.
Read More >Jeff Nelson
Jeff Nelson pitched in 798 big league games. With runners in scoring position and two out he held batters to a .191 batting average.
Read More >Roy Sievers
The first American League Rookie of the Year, Roy Sievers was a five-time All Star who led the junior circuit in homers, RBI and total bases in 1957.
Read More >Bill Melton
In 1971 Beltin’ Bill Melton became the first White Sox player to lead the American League in homers; he was the franchise career leader until 1987.
Read More >Tommy Davis
Tommy Davis won back-to-back batting championships in 1962 & 1963 & remains the only LA Dodger to wear the crown twice.
Read More >Bob Cain
Bob Cain threw the famous 4-pitch walk to Eddie Gaedel in 1951. When Gaedel died 10 years later, Cain was the only baseball man at the funeral.
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