An Allegorical Name to Remember
November 25, 2013 by Matt Nadel · Leave a Comment
Hey baseball fans! There are only 24 pitchers with at least 300 career wins, but there are only two who have won exactly 300. However, I will not be talking about Lefty Grove. Instead, I will be talking about the other exactly 300-game winner: Early Wynn! Just like his name states (and it is the name that […]
The Glory Days: More 1960s Stars Depart
May 22, 2012 by Thad Mumau · 2 Comments
There were other players who retired in the 1960s after having helped the Dodgers and Yankees make regular treks to the World Series in the late 1940s and into the 1950s. The best-known players from that group were Dodgers Carl Furillo, Johnny Podres, Jim “Junior” Gilliam and Clem Labine, and Yankees Bobby Richardson, Gil McDougald, […]
Touring the Bases With…Frank Sullivan
March 28, 2010 by Bob Lazzari · Leave a Comment
One of the tallest pitchers in baseball at 6’7″, Frank Sullivan enjoyed immediate success upon earning a full-time spot with the Boston Red Sox in 1954, winning 15 games in his rookie season. He tied for the league lead in wins with 18 in 1955 and paced the junior circuit in starts, innings, and batters […]
