Niekro, Phil, 117
O’Brien, Thomas (Buck), 144
O’Connell, Jimmy, 334, 335
O’Connor, Jack, 89
O’Day, Hank, 107, 108, 136, 238
O’Doul, Frank J. (Lefty), 271–78, 277
O’Farrell, Robert A., 250, 251–58
Oldring, Rube, 199
O’Neill, Steve, 235, 243
Ott, Mel, 256, 279, 327
Overall, Orvie, 153, 191, 192
Owen, Marv, 314, 315
Owens, Jesse, 38
Paskert, George (Dode), 79, 80, 81, 82, 189, 192
Pearson, Albie, 52
Peckinpaugh, Roger, 285
Peitz, Heinie, 71, 72
Pennock, Herb, 121, 151, 198, 202, 208, 245, 252
Perry, Gaylord, 117
Perry, Jim, 117
Pfiester, Jack, 106, 133
Phair, George E., 241, 271
Phillippe, Charles (Deacon), 26, 73
Picinich, Val, 213
Pipgras, George, 245
Plank, Eddie, 121, 153, 180, 198, 200, 201, 208, 224, 241
Potter, Nelson, 324
Powell, Jack, 56
Powell, Jake, 316
Quinn, Robert, 126, 128
Rafferty, Joe, 210, 211
Rath, Maury, 301
Raymond, Arthur (Bugs), 15, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
Reulbach, Ed, 153
Rhodes, Gordon (Dusty), 330, 331
Rice, Edgar (Sam), 284
Rickey, Branch, 86, 125, 126, 265, 267, 327
Ring, Jimmy, 253, 301
Ritchey, Claude, 72
Rixey, Eppa Jeptha, 208, 256, 301
Robertson, Charlie, 147
Robinson, Brooks, 125
Robinson, Jackie, 306, 329
Robinson, Wilbert (Uncle Robbie), 16, 17, 179, 210, 211, 213, 214, 215
Rogell, Billy, 312, 314, 315, 317
Rossman, Claude, 43
Roth, Robert (Braggo), 145
Roush, Edd, 139, 203, 218–30, 223, 228, 256, 301
Roush, William C., 224, 225
Rowe, Lynwood (Schoolboy), 280, 311, 314, 316
Rucker, Nap, 14, 179
Ruel, Harold (Muddy), 285
Ruether, Walter (Dutch), 301
Rusie, Amos, 124
Ruth, George Herman (Babe), iii, 59, 61, 89, 90, 125, 144, 145, 146, 150, 151, 159, 205, 206, 214, 243, 245, 246, 248, 253, 256, 275, 276, 283, 288, 289, 303, 308, 317, 327, 329, 341, 342
St. Vrain, Jimmy, 46
Sallee, Harry (Slim), 301
Salsinger, H.G., 47
Sandburg, Carl, 259
Santayana, George, 48
Schaefer, Herman (Germany), iii, 35, 36, 37, 43, 45, 46, 195
Schalk, Ray, 218, 224
Schang, Wally, 151, 199, 245
Schlei, George, 174
Schmidt, Charlie, 43
Schulte, Frank, 99
Scott, Everett, 144, 245
Seeley, Blossom, 16
Selbach, Al, 69
Selee, Frank, 40, 46
Sewell, Joe, 236
Seymour, John (Cy), 94, 95, 189, 192
Shannon, William (Spike), 94, 95
Shawkey, Bob, 199, 202, 245
Sheckard, Jimmy, 26
Sheehan, Tom, 202
Shibe, John, 312
Shocker, Urban, 245
Shore, Ernie, iii, 144, 147, 151
Simmons, Al, 214, 279, 329
Sisler, George, 86, 87, 204, 283, 339
Smith, Governor Alfred E., 178
Smith, Elmer, 237
Snodgrass, Fred Carlisle, 15, 91–116, 115, 146, 147, 149, 164, 180, 181, 262, 299, 301
Somers, Charles W., 8, 11
Speaker, Tris, 59, 110, 111, 139, 142, 143, 144, 146, 149, 150, 158, 159, 160, 166, 167, 195, 236, 243, 261, 279
Stahl, Jake, 42, 144, 152, 159, 166, 168
Stallings, George, 82, 83, 199
Steinfeldt, Harry, 69, 107, 128, 129, 185, 189
Stengel, Casey, 179, 180, 249, 345
Stovall, George, 10, 11, 45, 84
Street, Charles (Gabby), 62, 214
Strunk, Amos, 199
Stultz, Miss Rosie, 271
Suhr, Gus, 343
Sullivan, Billy, 256
Swanson, Bill, 263
Sweeney, Bill, iii
Swift, Bill, 343
Tannehill, Jesse, 26
Taylor, John I., 140, 141, 144
Taylor, Luther (Dummy), 101
Tenney, Fred, 106, 124, 129, 130, 132, 153
Terry, Bill, 214, 256
Tesreau, Charles (Jeff), 14, 95, 124, 179
Thomas, Chet, iii
Thomas, Fred, 243
Thomson, Bobby, 269
Thorpe, Jim, 38, 182, 183, 184, 227, 300
Tinker, Joe, 99, 107, 131, 185, 224
Toney, Fred, 299, 300
Toporcer, George (Specs), 259–70, 264, 269
Toporcer, Mabel, 269, 270
Traynor, Harold (Pie), 338, 340, 343
Trosky, Hal, 319
Turner, Terry, 2, 10, 235, 236, 243
Tyler, George, 115, 116
Vance, Clarence Arthur (Dazzy), 206, 207, 208, 216, 256
Vaughan, Joseph (Arkie), 343
Vaughn, James (Hippo), 299
Veach, Bobby, 60
Veeck, Bill, 327, 328, 330
Waddell, George (Rube), 12, 24, 25, 35, 49, 50, 51, 69, 87, 89
Wagner, Al, 21
Wagner, Charles (Heinie), iii, 144
Wagner, John (Honus), 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 33, 46, 59, 61, 65, 72, 73, 74, 89, 105, 125, 187, 188, 189, 279, 332, 339, 340, 346
Wakefield, Howard, 2, 3, 6
Walker, Gerald (Gee), 316
Wallace, Bobby, 84
Walsh, Ed, 56, 58
Wambsganss, William A., 231–40, 233, 238
Waner, Lloyd J., 305, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345
Waner, Paul G., 256, 305, 332–45, 336, 344
Weaver, George (Buck), 222, 224
Welch, Smiling Mickey, 124
Wertz, Vic, 319
Wheat, Zack, 179
Wheelock, Eleazer, 171
White, Guy (Doc), 35, 36
White, Joyner (Jo-Jo), 316
Williams, Claude (Lefty), 218
Williams, Dick, 333, 334
Williams, Ted, 328
Wills, Maury, 125
Wilson, Art, 14
Wilson, Jimmie, 322
Wilson, Lewis (Hack), 317
Wiltse, George (Hooks), 95
Wingo, Ivy, 203, 301
Wolfe, Thomas, 251
Wood, Joseph (Smoky Joe), iii, 12, 110, 144, 147, 148, 149, 150, 154–69, 156, 160, 163, 165, 168, 261, 268
Wykoff, Weldon, 199
Yerkes, Steve, 110, 111, 144, 149, 150
York, Rudy, 319, 320, 321, 322
Young, Denton True (Cy), 40, 56, 132, 332
Youngs, Ross, 124
Zanuck, Darryl F., 66
Zeller, Jack, 320, 321
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LAWRENCE S. RITTER(1922-2004) was chairman of the Department of Finance at the Graduate School of Business Administration of New York University. He collaborated with fellow baseball historian Donald Honig on The Image of Their Greatness and The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time but is best known for The Glory of Their Times, one of the most famous sports books ever published.
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* There is still considerable dispute over the total number of hits accumulated by Wahoo Sam. Some insist that the correct total should be 3,051. The case for the latter figure was best stated by H. G. Salsinger (in the Detroit News of May 20, 1957) upon the occasion of Sam Crawford’s induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame:
“According to the official records, Crawford is credited with a lifetime total of 2,964 hits, but he should rightfully be credited with 3,051. When Crawford began his career, records were kept in a careless and haphazard manner. Crawford made his professional debut with Chatham in the Canadian League in 1899, but after 43 games he advanced to Grand Rapids in the Western League, where he made 87 hits and batted .334.
“Ban Johnson was president of the Western League in 1899. At the same time he was organizing the American League, which he launched in the spring of 1900. The National Commission ruled that any player from the Western League entering either the old National League or the new American League would be credited with all hits he made in the Western League.
“Crawford joined Cincinnati and was therefore entitled to the 87 hits he made for Grand Rapids. In compiling his lifetime record the statistician overlooked these 87 hits and gave him credit for 2,964 instead of his rightful 3,051.”0
* Since this book was originally published, in 1966, both the Perry brothers (Gaylord and Jim) and the Niekro brothers (Phil and Joe) have outdistanced the Coveleski brothers in number of games won.
* Letter received by Willie Kamm in 1922 after being sold by the San Francisco Seals to the Chicago White Sox for $100,000.
* Numbers in italics indicate that a photograph appears on that page.
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