How the Triple Crown Became Baseball's Rarest Feat
Leading a league in batting average, home runs and runs batted in during the same season is the Triple Crown, and it is one of the hardest feats in baseball. It demands that a hitt
Welcome to the Dugout
The unofficial website for any and all baseball fans. Player tributes, baseball stories and record lists written by Todd Newville, who chased down the game's greats for interviews, autographs and grip-and-grin photos.
Player Tributes
Gus Zernial - Philadelphia Athletics
Roy Sievers - Slugging First Baseman
Randy "Handsome Ransom" Jackson - Brooklyn Dodgers
Fergie Jenkins
Tom Tresh and Mike Tresh
Ron Hansen - Tall Cool One!
Johnny Grubb
Bobby Morgan - Brooklyn Dodgers
Harry Brecheen Dead At 89
Oscar Gamble - Dream Weaver!
Gene Stephens - One Inning Wonder
Cecil Travis - Super Senator!
Tom Tresh - Yankees - 1962 AL Rookie of the Year
Warren Spahn
Where Have You Gone Fred Beene?
Lloyd And Paul Waner
Walter Smith Baseball Photos
"Beeney!" - Fred Beene, Former Major League Baseball Pitcher
Willie Stargell Dies At 61
Frank Thomas - "The Original"
Phil Bradley, Former Major Leaguer, Seattle Mariners, Missouri Tigers
Mel Parnell - Boston Red Sox Southpaw - Finesse Inside Fenway
Dennis Bennett - Against The Odds
Stan Lopata - Former Phillies Catcher
Stories & Lists
Baseball's All-Time Leaderboards
Rookies of the Year
Lloyd Waner's Statistics
Box Score - June 18, 1953
Award Winners By Year
Hickok Award Winners
Lloyd Waner's Statistics
Box Score - June 18, 1953
Award Winners By Year
Hickok Award Winners
From the Dugout Blog
Warren Spahn and the Lost Art of the Complete Game
Warren Spahn won 363 games, the most by any left-hander in history, and he finished what he started. He threw 382 complete games and 63 shutouts, numbers that read like a misprint
The 500 Home Run Club, Explained
The 500 home run club is baseball's most famous power milestone. For decades, reaching 500 career home runs was treated as an automatic Hall of Fame credential, a sign that a hitte