Those 117 gentlemen should have joined Mariano Rivera as unanimous selections to the None of them did. If anything, I undercounted. I do allow for some honest difference of opinion. Nor am I including ...
SPEAKER, TRISTRAM "TRIS" (4 Apr. 1888-8 Dec. 1958), "The Gray Eagle," centerfielder ... His salary of $40,000 was the highest in baseball. In 1919 Speaker became manager; the team finished 2d that ...
On this date in 1936, the U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame elected its first members in Cooperstown, N.Y.: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, ...
1937 — Nap Lajoie, Tris Speaker and Cy Young are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in the second year of voting. 1952 — The Professional Golfers Association approves the participation of blacks in ...
1937 — Nap Lajoie, Tris Speaker and Cy Young are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in the second year of voting. 1952 — The Professional Golfers Association approves the participation of ...