Lent immediate legitimacy to the fledgling American League when he jumped to the Philadelphia A's from the Phillies in 1901 and hit .426, the modern record. He is 14th in career hits (3,242) and ...

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 ...

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 ...