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Sam Chapman was an All American football player for Cal who was drafted by the Washington Redskins but he chose a baseball career instead. In an 11-season major league career spent mostly with the Athletics, Chapman posted a .266 batting … Continue reading →

John Babich only won 30 games in a big league career that spanned from 1934 through 1941, but he had some interesting highlights along the way.

Nels Potter, also nicknamed “Clint” and “Popcorn” played part of 12 seasons in the majors, mostly for pretty weak teams.

Born just up the road from me in Sparta, Virginia, Clarence Campbell was nicknamed “Soup,” just as almost everyone with the surname Campbell has been. He starred in both baseball and football at Hampden-Sydney College.

Rollie Hemsley was a good enough catcher to stay on a big league roster but a bad enough drunk to always be plucking on his manager’s last nerve.

Gerald Walker

John Rucker‘s career spanned six seasons. While it wasn’t a particularly

Nicknamed “Snooker,” Morris Arnovich was a line drive hitting outfielder for the Reds, Phillies and Giants.

Some guys are just winners.

The master of the knuckle curve and the owner of a most unflattering nickname “Fat Freddie” Fitzsimmons notched an impressive 217 wins in a career that spanned form 1925 through 1943.