Ted’s pursuit of .400
As summer turned to fall in 1941, the Splendid Splinter made history.
DISCOVER HISTORY
Stories from baseball's rich history are constantly being added to keep you connected to the game you love.
#ShortStops: The Sultan of Southpaw Shutouts
Had Babe Ruth not become the fearsome slugger he did, he could have been known as the “Sultan of Southpaw Shutouts.”
#Shortstops: Dave Winfield still towers over the game
Fifteen years after his August 5, 2001 Hall of Fame induction in Cooperstown, Dave Winfield is still larger than life.
#Shortstops: Waite Hoyt Remembers The Babe
Waite Hoyt loved to talk about Babe Ruth, his teammate for ten years. He recalls some of his favorites in an oral history digitized by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Fast feet, Cool shoes
They are just a simple pair of black baseball spikes, but Cool Papa Bell was so fast, it is certainly possible that they might have been left in the batter’s box.
#Shortstops: Art Pennington: An Equal among Greats
Art “Superman” Pennington was an equal among greats. But he preferred to play in Latin America, where he was judged by his talents instead of by the color of his skin.
Christy Mathewson: The First Face of Baseball
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.
#Shortstops: Letters from Ty Cobb
Leroy Jacobsen of Oak Park, Ill., wrote to Ty Cobb and got a reply from in May 1953, written in his signature green ink. In it, Cobb gives his opinions on the state of baseball at the time.
Sol White helped change the face of baseball
Though he was not permitted to excel on the diamond at the highest levels due to the color of his skin, Sol White’s position in history is secure.
Women’s baseball history continued long after AAGPBL ended
A digitized interview of former AAGPBL members offers new information on the change of public perception on women's baseball.
Jake Daubert: A miner in the majors
In some ways, Jake Daubert never left the mines. Even as he was leading the National League in hitting, even as he captained both Brooklyn and Cincinnati to the World Series, even as he won the Chalmers Award as the most valuable player in the league, the mines left a mark on Daubert, as real as the dark mining scars he carried on his hands.
#Shortstops: Heroes, Hall of Famers and Sept. 11
Mike Schmidt recalls a special visit he and other Hall of Famers paid to Station 26, in New York City's Hell's Kitchen district, shortly after 9/11.
The Voice of Babe Ruth
Hall of Fame umpire Billy Evans provides a rare glimpse of the authentic Babe Ruth.
A ticket fix
A ticket to what may be one of the most infamous scandals in baseball history.
High and Low Draft Roads Lead to Cooperstown
Since 1965, the MLB Draft has produced dozens of Hall of Famers.
