While major league rosters were ravaged by war, Hall of Fame slugger Jimmie Foxx helped out the last-place Phillies by spending the final months of his career on the mound.

After an 18-year career that propelled him into the same star orbit as Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, it is understandable that Mickey Mantle wasn’t eager to retire.

On April 8, 1974, Aaron’s fourth-inning home run gave him number 715.

Baseball’s royalty makes its way to "America's Most Perfect Village."

Christy Mathewson became the first face of baseball, a college-educated gentleman fans could mythologize. And though his life was filled with personal hardship, the face he presented the public was a smiling one.

In 1963, Duke Snider headed back to the city where it all began.

Museum documents provide a look into history.

The Garry Herrmann collection in Cooperstown is a little-known gold mine that continues to produce nuggets of 19th and early 20th century baseball history.

The Garry Herrmann collection in Cooperstown is a little-known gold mine that continues to produce nuggets of 19th and early 20th century baseball history.