Baseball was in his blood,” said his great-nephew, Ray Mackey III. “He and his siblings grew up playing ball on the sandlots ...

Seeing the number featured in the ballpark with the rest of the retired numbers is cool and it's always an opportunity to ...

As manager of the Newark Eagles, he mentored Larry Doby, Don Newcombe and Monte Irvin — three players who would go on to make history in Major League Baseball. Despite his accomplishments ...

Baseball donated $1 million to the American ... The conversations — with Bob Feller and Warren Spahn, Larry Doby and Monte Irvin, Ralph Branca and Ted “Double Duty” Radcliffe and many ...

BBWAA: Elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America ... VC: Billy Evans, George Kelly, Mickey Welch. NL: Monte Irvin. 1972 — BBWAA: Yogi Berra, Sandy Koufax, Early Wynn.

BBWAA: Elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America; TGE: Today’s Game Era (1998-present) committee; VC: Elected by the Veterans Committee; NL: Elected by the Veterans Committee based on ...

Year-by-year inductees to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame ... VC: Billy Evans, George Kelly, Mickey Welch. NL: Monte Irvin. 1972 — BBWAA: Yogi Berra, Sandy Koufax, Early Wynn.

Cunningham, who was Métis from Slave Lake, Alta, left high school to play semi-professional baseball ... to bunk with Monte,'" said Dave. That other player was Monte Irvin, one of the first ...