A Aldridge, 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