The History Of Baseball⚾️

Bringing you history of America’s Past Time.

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Roy Campanella, Pee Wee Reese & Gil Hodges.

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Chuck Connors(The Rifleman) with the 1950 Brooklyn Dodgers.

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October 7, 1915, World Series Boston Red Sox Pitching Staff L-R Rube Foster, Carl Mays, Ernie Shore, Babe Ruth & Dutch Leonard.

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Tris Speaker, Bosox, 1907-1915. Was a naturally gifted player and a hall of famer who played for the Boston Red Sox then got traded.

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Bob Feller & Satchel Paige (1948) Cleveland Indians.

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Boston Braves (1950) program.

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Ted Williams (1956)

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Ted Williams walking inside the stadium🏟⚾️

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Jackie Robinson slides into Yogi Berra (1955) painting by Graig Kreindler

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“A man has to have goals — for a day, for a lifetime — and that was mine, to have people say, "There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived."- Ted Williams

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Ossee Freeman Schreckengost, born F. Osee Schrecongost, was an American professional baseball catcher and first baseman. He played for seven Major League Baseball teams between 1897 and 1908. Played only a single season for the Boston Americans (1901) he played 7 years with the Philadelphia Athletics. An original “Utility Player” at the catcher and first base, he had a .271 lifetime batting average. He may be best remembered for being Rube Waddell’s primary catcher and roommate for the duration of Waddell’s Philadelphia Athletic years.

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Frank Robinson, the first player to win MVP awards in both leagues and the first African-American manager in MLB, passed away a few weeks ago.

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Harold Peter Henry aka "Pee Wee" Reese was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1940 to 1958. He was also a Dodger All Star,1942,46,54.

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Babe Ruth New York Yankees (1929)

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Some of the #MLB players who served in WW1 - Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, Eddie Grant, Hank Gowdy. By Baseball In Color.

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Babe Ruth unconscious after he ran into a wall at Griffith Stadium, while trying to catch a foul ball - Jul 5 1924. By Baseball In Color

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Duffy Lewis, Ed Burns, Dutch Leonard, Gavvy Cravath, Harry Hooper - Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies, 1915. By Baseball In color