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 AAldridge, Vic 82, 87, 88, 89, 90, 95, 101

Alexander, Grover Cleveland 41, 135

Alou, Jesus 109



American Legion Magazine 114

Arlett, Buzz 95



Army Air Corps 56



Astros 149, 162



Athletics 23, 34, 157, 166, 170, 175, 238



Atlanta Braves





    See Braves



Attendance 21, 25, 32

Ayers, Doc 35, 47, 48

B



Baer. Bugs  63



Baker  Bowl  24,  25



Baker, Bill 37



Baker, Frank “Home run” 10, 66

Baker, Newton D. 20

Ball, liveliness 11, 26, 29, 31, 103, 115



Ballanfant, Lee 101



Ball Four158, 200, 201



Balls 107



Baltimore News American 241



Baltimore Orioles 188, 241





Baltimore Terrapins 81





Barrow, Ed 24, 49, 50

Baseball Digest 17



Baseball Encyclopedia 56, 66, 184

BaseballLibrary.com 85



Baseball Magazine 26, 27, 79



Baseball Players and Their Times 138

Base on balls 26

Bearden, Gene 101, 125, 127, 130, 143-146



Bender, Chief 66, 70



Benton, Larry 82



Benz, Joe 94

Betting 22



Beverage, Dick 87



Black and white ball 18, 19



Black Sox 93, 94



Black Sox scandal 22, 40, 41, 43, 72, 77



Bluege, Ossie 90



Blue Jays 151

Borowy, Hank 103



Boston Braves





    See Braves

Boston Red Sox 23, 59, 60, 162, 169, 179, 205, 216



Bouton, Jim 158, 162, 164, 200-203

Bowman, Joe 163, 168, 169



Boys of Summer 115, 143



Brain, Dave 10



Braves 37, 57, 65, 172, 198, 203

Bridges, Tommy 88, 89, 90, 101, 124



Brooklyn Dodgers





    see Dodgers



Brown,  Hal 164, 188-190, 241



Brown, Three Fingered 41



Brown University

 146





Burdette, Lew 101, 123-125, 226

Burkett, Jesse “The Crab” 53

Burns, Ed 59



Bush, Donie 168

C

Caldwell, Ray 33, 35, 44, 49, 50, 51, 52

Camilli, Dolf 91

Campanella, Roy 116

Candiotti, Tom 164, 203, 204, 209, 210

Carrigan, Bill “Rough” 60



Carsey, Kid 66

Caster, George 163, 170



Castro, Bill 217

Chance, Frank 49

Chapman, Ray 28

Chesbro, Jack 12, 13, 14, 91, 96, 133

Chicago Cubs, 41, 83, 149, 184, 239



Chicago Whales
(Federal League) 35, 41



Chicago White Sox 14, 22, 52, 77, 81, 93, 167, 180, 206



Cicotte, Eddie 15, 17, 18, 35, 42, 43, 44, 45, 72, 90, 91, 92, 94, 96, 109, 131, 153-155, 158, 225



Cincinnati Reds 45,  57, 58, 162, 169, 194, 219





Clark, Dave 241, 247

Cleveland Indians 51, 99, 144, 175, 191, 192, 209



Cobb, Ty 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 61, 62, 64, 96

Columbus Clippers 111





Combs, Earle 67

Comiskey, Charles A. 15, 81

Comiskey Park

 24







Conley, Snipe 40



Coombs, Jack 70

Cooperstown 
see National Baseball 
Hall of Fame






Corridon, Frank 12, 13, 96, 109

Coveleski, Harry 70



Covelski, John 69

Coveleski, Stan 12, 33, 35, 44, 49, 51, 69, 70, 71, 72, 125, 147, 175, 180



Cox, Billy 116

Cox, James M. 57

Crandall, Doc 95

Cravath, Gaavy 10, 24, 25, 38, 59

Crawford, Sam 10, 23

Cronin, Joe 99, 116

“The Cuban Palmball” 119, 120



Cummings, Candy 221

D



Dark,  Alvin 109





Daniels, Bert 178



Davis, Harry 10



Deadball Era 10, 11, 23, 27, 63, 78

Defaced balls 28



Delviney, Hal 40



Desautels, Gene

Detroit Tigers 61, 89, 132, 155, 218





The Diamond Appraised 156



DiMaggio, Joe 98, 143

Doak, Bill 35, 44, 73, 74, 75, 86



Dodgers 9, 33, 76, 106, 117, 120, 121, 137, 149, 186, 187, 212, 232



Doerr, Bobby 92

Douglas, Phil 35, 49, 52, 53, 54



Drake, Dell 186



Drake, Thomas D. 187

Dreyfuss, Barney 25, 36, 82



Drohan, John 66

Drury, Cutter 155, 156, 165, 237

Drysdale, Don 101, 106, 120-122



Dugan, Joe 51, 67

Durocher, Leo 92, 98, 99, 118, 137, 157, 182, 188



Duquette, Dan 216

E

Ebbets Field 9

Eller, Hod 156



Ellis, Jim 117

Emery ball 16



Estell, Tom 40

Evans, Billy 34, 62, 99

F

Faber, Urban “Red” 29, 30, 31, 35, 44, 45, 49, 75, 77, 78 79, 80, 83, 90, 94, 225

Falcone, Pete 150, 151

Federal League 16, 21, 41, 68, 80, 81



Fedo, Michael 176, 195, 239

Fenway Park

 25





Fernandez, Jared 162, 164, 219



Ferrell, Rick 142, 143, 175, 177, 239

Fillingim, Dana 35, 40, 55, 57, 58

Fisher, Eddie 157, 164, 197, 198

Fisher, Ray 35, 45, 46, 47, 52

Fitzsimmons, Freddie 82, 126, 127, 130, 136- 140, 148, 230, 234



Florida Marlins 214



Forbes Field 19

Ford, Russ 16, 17

Ford, Whitey 18, 85



Four seam fastball 221-223



Fournier, Jack 10



Frankhouse, Fred 85



Frazee, Harry 60

Frazier, George 101, 110



Freeman, Buck 10

French, Larry 126, 127, 130, 139, 140, 230

Frick, Ford 97, 99, 104, 115



Frisch, Frankie 114



Fross, Dave 161

G

Gallia, Bert 35, 38, 39





Gamble, Oscar 110



Gambling 41, 42

Garagiola, Joe 221



Gehrig, Lou 67



Gerlach, Larry R. 71, 101, 192, 223



Gershman, Michael 183, 184



Giants 52-54, 99, 108, 137, 151, 181, 191



Gibson, Bob 106

Giles, Warren 118, 124





Gleason, Kid 92, 93



The Glory of Their Times 23, 71, 76

Goltz, Dave 129, 130, 148, 232, 236

Goodwin, Marv 35, 55, 56, 86



Gordon, Joe 89



Gould, Albert 95

Griffith, Clark “Cal” 17, 20, 21, 34, 62, 157, 176, 180



Grimes, Burleigh 9, 26, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 44, 48, 54, 75, 76, 81, 82, 83, 85, 88, 96, 123, 187



Gutman, Dan 102

H

Haefner, Mickey 153, 157, 162, 164, 174, 179, 180

Haines, Jesse 83, 130, 133-136, 234

Hall of Fame see National 
Baseball Hall of Fame




Haller, Tommy



Hand, Bill 118



Harding, Warren G. 57

Havlicek, John 207

Henderson, Rickey 210



Hendrix, Claude 35, 40, 42



Henrich, Tommy 182

Herrmann, Garry 22, 46, 57



Heydler, John 27



Hickman, Jim 109, 117

Higbe, Kirby 163, 181, 182



The High Hard One, 181

Hildebrand, George 12, 13, 91, 96, 109



Hitting 31



Hoak, Don 123, 124

Hogg, Brad 35, 37, 38



Hogg, Clyde 38



Holmes, Tommy 124



Holt, Goldie 211



Home Run leaders 1901-1930 10



Hooper, Harry 24, 59

Hooton, Burt 129, 130, 149, 150, 232, 233



Hornsby, Rogers 10, 48, 53, 54



Hough, Charlie 80, 157, 160, 164, 211-214



House, Tom 156



Howell, Dixie, 182





Hovlik, Ed 40



Hubbard, Cal





Huggins, Miller 49

Hundley, Randy 118



I



It Ain’t Cheaten If You Don’t Get Caught 102



J

Jackson, “Shoeless” Joe 11, 23, 38



Jacobus, Larry 40



James, “Big Bill” 66

James, Bill 78, 80, 90, 91, 120, 138, 156, 158

Johnson, Byron 
Bancroft “Ban” 39, 61, 81

Johnson, Ken 157, 164, 198-200

Johnson, Walter 49



Jones, Percy 82



Jordan, Tim 10

K



Kahn, Roger 115



Kansas City Athletics





    see Athletics



Kaiser, Ken 110

Karl, Andy 164, 177-179

Keating, Ray 17, 35, 37



Kelly, George 10, 48



Kilduff, Pete 76



Kinnamon, Bill 223



Klein, Chuck 10

The Knucklebook 241

Koufax, Sandy 106, 109, 117





Krause, Harry 71, 95



KY Jelly 113

L



Lajoie, Nap 10



Landis, Kenesaw Mountain 21, 36, 42, 46, 47, 54, 62, 69, 95









Lane, F.C. 27



Lardner, Ring 114

Lasorda, Tommy 211, 212

Lazzeri, Tony 67, 136



Leach,Tommy 10, 23

Lefebvre Bill 175

Lemon, Bob 98

Leonard, Emil John “Dutch” 
(knuckleballer) 59, 142, 153, 157, 159, 162, 163, 165, 172-174, 213, 239

Leonard, Hubert Benjamin 
“Dutch” (spitballer) 35, 55, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62



Leverentz, Walter 95



Lewis, Duffy 59, 60



Lewis, Sam 95



Life Magazine 17, 123



Lolich, Mickey 223



Los Angeles Angels 214, 218





Los Angeles Dodgers





    see Dodgers

Love, Slim 40



Luciano, Ron 153, 206



Lumley, Harry 10

Lyons, Ted 157, 158, 163, 167, 168

M

Mack, Connie 19, 25, 34, 70, 95, 166, 170, 175



McCarthy, Joe 89

McGinnity, Joe 71

McGraw, John 53, 54, 66, 70, 81, 88



McKinley, Bill 120

McLaughlin, Joey 151



MacPhail, Larry 144



Mahl, Terry 226-231



Malaska, Mark 161



Maloney, George 110



Mann, Leslie 54

Maris, Roger 104

Martin, Billy 110



Matthews, Bobby 12

Mathewson, Christy 49

Mauch, Gene 122

Mays, Carl 28



Mays, Willie 108



Meany, Tom 114, 139



Me & The Spitter 108, 114, 116



The Men in Blue 101, 192, 223

Mets  108, 151



Meusel, Bob 10, 48, 67



Mid-Atlantic League 80



Miller, Otto 76, 77



Milwaukee Braves





    See Braves

Milwaukee Brewers 186, 187





Minneapolis Millers 98



Mitchell, Clarence 33, 35, 75, 76, 77, 83



Mitchell, Fred 41

Montefusco, John 151

Mound (height) 100

Murdock, Eugene 138





Murray, Red 10





Mussina, Mike 127, 179



N



Nardinelli, Richard 47



National Baseball 
Hall of Fame 38, 63, 72, 77, 108, 135, 167

The National Pastime 2000 68

Navin, Frank 61



Nettles, Graig 107



The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract 78, 158



New York Giants





    see Giants

New York Highlanders, 
later New York Yankees 14, 16, 31, 49, 50, 67-69, 103, 110, 111





The Neyer/JamesGuide to Pitchers 90, 120

Neyer, Rob 90, 91, 120, 138

Niekro, Joe 17, 160, 162, 164, 165, 207, 208, 216

Niekro, Phil 80, 157, 159, 160, 162, 164, 165, 193, 202-204, 213, 216, 237, 244, 245

Niggeling, Johnny 130, 141-143, 153, 239



Nomo, Hideo 138

O



Oakland Athletics





    see Athletics



O’Brien, James 53



Odwell, Fred 10



O’Neal, Bill 40



One shining Season 176, 195, 239



Ott, Mel 139, 140

P

Pacific Coast

 League 37, 61, 70, 71, 77, 80, 81, 87, 89, 94, 95, 144, 145







Pacific Coast

 League Historical Society 87







Pacific Coast

 League: A Statistical History, 1903-1957 188







Palmer, Pete 183, 184



Paraffin ball 18, 153



Peary, Danny 119, 120, 121, 123



Pelekoudas, Chris 118



Penner, Ken 95



Pennock, Herb 70, 179

Perry, Gaylord 80, 97, 101, 105-111, 116, 118, 123, 128, 226



Philadelphia Athletics





    see Athletics

Philadelphia Phillies 37, 119, 166,177, 213



Pipp, Wally 10

Pitcher’s mound 100

Pittsburgh Pirates 9, 87, 171, 181, 214, 215





Plank, Eddie 70



Planet of the Umps 110

Platt, George 42

Potter, Nelson 101, 103

Pressnell, Tot 64, 163, 183-188



Providence Grays 13





Puff ball 112

Purkey, Bob 157, 164, 193, 237, 242, 243

Q



Quigley, Martin 181



Quinn, Jack Piscus 35, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 83

R



Raimondi, Bill 145



Ramos, Pedro 101, 119, 120

Ramsey, Thomas “Toad” 129, 130



Rath, Morrie 44



Rawlings 74

Reach, A.J.  baseballs 11



Reagan, Ronald 136



Reese, Pee Wee 116

Regan, Phil 101, 116-118



Remembrances of Swings Past 153



Renko, Steve 127



Richards, Gene 203

Richards, Paul 192



Rickert, Bob 134

Rickey, Branch 40, 46, 54, 56, 73, 135, 181, 194



Ritter, Lawrence 71, 76

Roe, Preacher 97, 99, 101, 102, 104, 114-116

Rommel, Eddie 134, 155-158, 163, 165, 237, 238

Roosevelt, Franklin D. 21, 57



Roth, Braggo 10

Rowland, Pants 43



Rucker, Nap 154

Rudolph, Dick 35, 65, 66, 67



Rue, Joe 71



Rule 8.02  112, 113, 124



Rules Committee 25, 26

Russell, Allan 35, 55, 62, 63



Ruth, Babe 10, 12, 10, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 31, 51, 60, 67, 96, 103



Ryan, Nolan 160









SABR (Society for American 
Baseball Research) 156, 247

St. Louis Browns 39, 63, 103, 141, 170



St Louis Cardinals 40, 55, 73, 85, 133-136, 176, 196





St. Louis Post Dispatch 134



Sadowski, Bob 204



Salsinger, H.G. 17



San Francisco Giants





    see Giants

Saturday Evening Post 98, 114, 139



Savage, Ted 117



Schalk, Ray 15

Schneider, Russ 143



Schorr, Ernie 95



Schulte, Wildfire 10

Schultz, Barney 157, 164, 195-197



Selter, Ron 23



Seybold, Socks 10, 24

Shaw, Bob 97, 101, 105, 109, 110, 113-114, 224-229



Shawkey, Bob 66



Sheckard, Jimmy

Shellenback, Frank 91-99, 102, 105, 109, 116, 156, 157, 162, 182, 224-229

Sherdel, Bill “Wee Willie” 64, 85, 90, 101



Sherdel, John 86



Sheridan, John B. 25



Shibe Park

 19







Shineball 18, 153

Shocker, Urban 35, 44, 49, 67, 68, 69



Shore, Ernie 60



Shott0n, Burt 181

Slippery Elm 77, 226



Smith, Charlie 109



Smith, Sherrod 58



Snelling, Dennis 188

Sothoron, Alan 35, 39, 63, 64



South Atlantic League 154



Spalding, A.G. 
(Albert Goodwill) 11



Spangler, Al 118

Sparks, Steve 162, 164, 216-218

Speaker, Tris 51, 72



Spence, Stan 89, 90



Spink, J.G. Taylor, 42, 178, 179

Spitball,



    efforts to ban 25-29, 112, 113

    efforts to legalize 104,  107



    origins 12,

Spitball pitchers, 
exempt lists of 1920 32, 33, 34



Spitting on Diamonds 38



Split-fingered fastball 107

The Sporting News 11, 22, 25, 33, 34, 38, 40, 42, 48, 51, 55, 65, 66, 68, 73, 79, 99, 113, 116, 145, 154, 155, 168, 178, 203



Sports Collectors Digest 186, 187

Sports Illustrated 99, 102, 104, 115, 123, 124, 201

Springer, Dennis 164, 213



Stahl, Jake 10

Steinberg, Steve 49, 68

Stengel, Casey 29, 144, 145

Stenhouse, Dave 128, 130, 146-148

Stolen bases 27



Stoneham, Horace 99

Strike zone 104, 105, 106

Stricklett, Elmer 12, 13, 91, 96, 109



Strunk, Amos 66

Susce, George “Sweet Sue” 187

Summers, Ed 128, 130-133, 154, 155



Summers, Bill 90



Sutter, Bruce 107, 129



Sutton, Don 85



Sweeney, Jeff 16

T



Tebbetts, Birdie, 89, 124



Texas League 40, 58, 187



Texas Rangers 212





Thomas, Claude 95



Thorn, John 183, 184

Tiant, Luis Jr. 138

Tiefenauer, Bob 157, 164



Tinker, Joe 41

Tobin, Jim 163, 171, 172



Torre, Joe 199



Total Baseball 183, 184, 188

Triandos, Gus 192



Trick pitches 12

Tuero, Oscar 35, 40, 86



Tyler, George 66

U



The Umpire Strikes Back  206



University of Akron

 161





University of Michigan 45, 46







 





V



Veeck, Bill 41



Veeck, Bill “Trader” 41, 144



Veeck As In Wreck 144









W



Wachtel, Paul 40

Wakefield, Tim 162, 164, 189, 214-216, 238, 246, 247





Walker, Tilly 23, 48

Walsh, “Big Ed” 13, 14, 15, 22, 52, 90, 91, 92, 96, 109, 206, 225



Wambsganss, Bill 76



Washington Senators 17, 20, 34, 47, 62, 63, 153, 159, 162, 173, 175, 180





The Way to Better Baseball 182



Weegham, Charles 41



We Played the Game119, 120, 123



Western League 187

Wilhelm, Hoyt 80, 104, 157, 158, 159, 161, 162, 164, 188-194, 197, 198, 205, 206, 212, 239, 241



Williams, Cy 10



Williams, Harry A. 37



Williams, Ken 10, 48



Williams, Lefty 44, 94

Williams, Stan 85, 101, 120

Williams, Ted 89, 92, 121



Wilson, Hack 10



The Winning Team 136



Wichita State

, 42





Wolff, Roger 153, 157, 159, 163, 174-177, 181, 239



Wood, Joe 61

Wood, Wilbur 158, 159, 164, 165, 193, 204-207

World Series



    1915 59



    1920 33

Worth, Muriel 60



Wright, Craig 156, 157, 159, 160, 162



Wright, Marshall D. 40



Wrigley Field 25, 83



 





Y



Yankees 144



Young, Dick 115





 





Z



Zimmerman, Heinie 10





 

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