Jeff Torborg, an unassuming baseball lifer who caught three no-hitters, including Sandy Koufax’s perfect game in 1965,...
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The batting team aims to hit the ball and run around the bases to score runs, while the fielding team tries to prevent this. It’s popular in the US and worldwide, with Major League Baseball (MLB) as the top professional league.
Tommy Brown, who became the youngest position player in modern major-league baseball when he made his debut...
Bob Uecker, the clubhouse wit who turned his tales of inferiority as a major league catcher into...
Bob Veale, a towering left-handed pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates who intimidated National League hitters with his...
Willie Mays (conceived May 6, 1931, Westfield, Alabama, U.S. — passed on June 18, 2024, Palo Alto,...
Babe Ruth (conceived February 6, 1895, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. — kicked the bucket August 16, 1948, New...
Orlando Cepeda, the second Puerto Rican-born player to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame and...
As sports fans enjoy the legacy-defining moments of this month’s N.B.A. finals and Stanley Cup finals, Jason...
Octavius Catto’s impact was mostly unknown here at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, amid...
Jerry Grote, who was among the National League’s leading catchers of his time and guided the pitching...
