Over the course of his 18 years in the major leagues, Wade Boggs had many successes. That’s why he’s in the Baseball Hall of Fame. The line-drive
In which year were the greatest “baseball babies” produced?
Of the third basemen who were standouts in baseball history for a stretch of time, Clift may be the most unrecognized. But, for about ten seasons, toiling at the bottom of the American League standings, Clift was a valuable player, with no glaring weakness.
Why the Hall of Fame shouldn’t change Andre Dawson’s plaque.
Let’s get something out of the way: Luis Arráez is not going to hit .400 this season. Not because he’s not a good hitter. Arráez definitely is. But, hitting .400 is extremely difficult, and nearly impossible. In today’s game of 100 mile-per-hour sliders and efficient defensive alignments, it is impossible.
Who was the greatest Red Sox second baseman: Dustin Pedroia or Bobby Doerr?
On Tuesday, former All-Star third baseman Scott Rolen, the only player at his position to win a Gold Glove Award with three different teams, was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Tony Oliva was hampered by injury often in the late part of his career, but it didn’t stop him from doing what he did best: hit a baseball.
We pick the best baseball player born every year since 1861.
These five players who failed to get into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022, will be elected eventually.
In the history of baseball, since they began tossing a ball to a plate and someone with a stick was swinging at it, maybe no more than
The Green Monster is one of the most famous pieces of real estate in sports. It looms over the playing field at Fenway Park, a marvelous attraction,
A list of the living members (elected as players) of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
When his name first appeared on a Hall of Fame ballot in 2003, Ryne Sandberg received 244 votes, or just below 50%. In 2004, the former Cubs’
If there’s a baseball bat around it’s hard to resist picking it up and taking a stance. We’ve all done it. Some of us who played baseball
Sadly, we lost Hall of Fame outfielder Tony Gwynn this week to cancer. Gwynn was without question the best pure hitter in the game of baseball in
In one of the the worst cases of Hall of Fame voting in the history of that wonderful organization, Ron Santo failed to earn induction despite his obvious qualifications. It was puzzling to many who saw him in his prime. His detractors, whom apparently numbered enough to keep the Baseball Writers and Hall of Fame Veterans Committee from electing him, claimed his career was too short to have reached major statistical milestones, he never played on a winner, or that his career batting average was too unimpressive.
Todd Helton’s batting accomplishments, in Denver AND away from Colorado, are more than enough to make him a Hall of Famer
Where Miguel Cabrera fits in the group of 3,000-hit members.
Eight pitchers have managed to win 100 games for TWO teams. All but two of them are in the Hall of Fame. All of them were great hurlers.