This Rube Waddell history is the result of nearly two decades of research gleaned from the archives of newspapers that mentioned the name of Rube Waddell over a century ago.  It is the early story of Rube Waddell when he played baseball in western Pennsylvania and scores of other towns across the Unzited States. It is an accurate account of Rube Waddell from 1895 to early summer 1902, chronicling the events leading up to Rube Waddell’s brilliant — and well-documented — baseball pitching career with the Philadelphia Athletics. Of all the players who donned uniforms for the small towns in which Rube Waddell pitched, he remains for many of those communities their most famous and talented athlete. The reputation of Rube Waddell has not been surpassed. — William C. Anderson

King Carl Hubbell

King Carl Hubbell
as told to
John P. Carmichael

"King Carl" Hubbell was one of the most efficient lefthanders
in the majors, and to prove it the records show he won 253 and lost 154 in sixteen years with the New York Giants. Born at Carthage, Missouri, on June 22, 1903, he started his baseball career with Cushing, Oklahoma, in 1923. Hubbell mastered the screwball to the point where it was compared to the fadeaway of the immortal Christy Mathewson.

This page is dedicated to my friend Eric Phillips, the Grandson of Jack Dorn (stretch) Phillips. Eric, my friend, Merry Christmas!

Lets all celebrate Jack Dorn Phillips Birthday  on September 6th at the East End Grill and Tap Room in  East Aurora New York.

Hans Wagner as told to Chet Smith

Career Highlights:

John Henry "Hans" Wagner, whose name is written large in golden baseball letters, was rated the greatest shortstop of all time, and once was called "the best ball player that ever trod in spiked shoes" by John J. McGraw. Wagner was born February 24, 1874, at Mansfield, Pa., and at the age of 12 was toiling in the Pennsylvania coal mines. He got his first job in baseball with
Mansfield of the Ohio State League when he was 21 and joined Louisville, then of the National League in 1897. He was sold, with 14 other players, to Pittsburgh in 1900 and helped win three straight pennants..

Grover Cleveland Alexander

Grover Cleveland Alexander, �Old Pete� to two generations of baseball fans, spent twenty years in the National League with Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Chicago. He was born at Elba, Nebraska, February 26, 1887, and was one of the game�s finest righthanded pitchers. He made his big league debut with Philadelphia�s Phillies in 1911 and wound up with 373 victories and 208 defeats while pitching in 686 games. After his retirement from baseball in 1930, he was employed as an airplane plant guard in Cincinnati.