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Carl Erskine is one of the last stars left from a golden age of baseball. He offered insights into what it was like to face some of the greats, and [...]

The Birmingham, Ala., stadium was home to Willie Mays in his Negro leagues days. It will host a game between Mays's Giants and the Cardinals in 2024. Rickwood Field in [...]

The bright lights would come soon enough. On that May night in 1970, at the old ballpark at the confluence of the Des Moines and the Raccoon Rivers, they were [...]

TOKYO -- Over a span of nearly 100 years, Meiji Jingu Stadium in central Tokyo has been the scene of numerous important events. Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig played there [...]

In baseball, the Holliday season started in July, when the Baltimore Orioles took a high school infielder named Jackson Holliday with the first pick in the amateur draft. He played [...]

With Jim Kaat and Tony Oliva set for Hall of Fame induction, the Minnesota Twins of the 1960s and '70s will shine in Cooperstown despite no World Series titles. COOPERSTOWN, [...]

Baseball's Hall of Famers all have plaques in Cooperstown, but only some of them have been honored with statues. And they won't let Dave Winfield forget that. COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- [...]

The Mets finally gave the ultimate honor to their franchise icon, creating a statue worthy of the Hall of Fame pitcher. A statue of Tom Seaver finally made its debut [...]

Honoring Paul O'Neill's No. 21 elevates him in Monument Park but removes him from an odd fraternity of players whose numbers are out of circulation but have not been officially [...]

The retirement of Keith Hernandez's No. 17 continues a recent trend of recognizing the players most crucial to the team's glory years. It's a feel thing, the notion of retiring [...]

J.J. Guinn was a police officer and a part-time scout when he signed Rickey Henderson. Their bond, and Guinn's connection with many other players, goes far beyond baseball. At about [...]

Known for home runs and longevity, Aaron is the career leader in R.B.I. and total bases. He is third on the career hits list. Hank Aaron, whose death at 86 [...]

Teammates, Hall of Famers and former presidents mourned the loss of Hank Aaron, a player so terrific he could be taken for granted. The baseball world and the nation at [...]

It was another day of mourning for Reggie Jackson and the rest of the greatest baseball players who ever lived. Another of their brethren had died, this one, perhaps, the [...]

When Seaver was on the mound for the Mets, at least, he seemed immune to whatever the crisis du jour in Queens was at the time. In early April 1983, [...]

Seaver, who died Monday at age 75, was recalled as a masterly pitcher who defined the Mets for a generation and belongs in the pantheon of the game's giants. The [...]

On July 15, 1996, the Baltimore Orioles' Cal Ripken, having played 2,216 consecutive games as a shortstop, started at third base against the Toronto Blue Jays. Ripken finished his career [...]

On July 17, 1941, Yankees center fielder Joe DiMaggio went 0 for 3 against the Indians in Cleveland, ending his 56-game hitting streak. DiMaggio, 26, batted .408 (91 for 223) [...]

On the same day in 1999 that Jean Van de Velde collapsed at the British Open, David Cone pitched the Yankees' second perfect game in a little over a year, [...]

Lou Gehrig's statistics leap off the page, 81 years after his last game. He played 2,130 consecutive games (second in history to Cal Ripken Jr.'s 2,632). He scored more than [...]

''It brings energy, and we need that to help make a championship team here,'' Parra, the former Nationals player, said of the children's song that was the soundtrack to the [...]

The hardware won't be handed out until after the postseason, but as the regular season wraps up this weekend, here are the players and managers who deserve baseball's top honors. [...]

At Citi Field on Tuesday, nine hours before Todd Frazier was scheduled to take the field against the Chicago Cubs, a group of about 100 Little League players took to [...]

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- A new exhibit at the National Baseball Hall of Fame, on the history of baseball cards, is called Shoebox Treasures. After spending a few days in Cooperstown, [...]

MOBILE, Ala. -- ''Hey Cleon! Thanks for the roof!'' Cleon Jones leans out the window of his van and frowns at the woman who has called to him from her [...]

From being ranked the Most Charitable City in the country to the Best City for Foodies, once-overlooked Houston has won its fair share of prizes in the last couple of [...]

Mets Pay Tribute to Buckner This is not right. My former major leaguers and teammates are slowly moving off into the sunset. I am really upset about Bill Buckner's passing. [...]

Eddie Rosario, the Minnesota Twins left fielder, can't remember the exact year, but he was a youth baseball player in his native Puerto Rico when he was given the choice [...]

With the Vietnam War dragging on, 1969 was not a good year for discussing the character-building value of the military. From a distance of half a century, however, it seems [...]

To the Sports Editor:Re ''For Jackie Robinson's Centennial, a Display of Rarely Seen Photographs,'' Jan. 31: In my 80s now. The special section about Jackie Robinson is a forever treasure.In [...]

The SubplotBeginning in 1947, Jackie Robinson would play in six World Series and every one of them would be against the Yankees. It was, in some ways, a David vs. [...]

Someone to Lean OnAs Robinson began his daunting entry into organized baseball, he had someone by his side -- his wife, Rachel. They had met in 1940, when she was [...]

Not Much Fit Into PrintPerhaps it was because some baseball writers were distracted by the fact that Dodgers Manager Leo Durocher had been suspended for his alleged association with gamblers.Or [...]

A Football Barrier Falls, TooProfessional baseball did have a number of black players in the latter part of the 1800s but none at all at the onset of the 20th [...]

'Painful Joy on His Face'From the start of Jackie Robinson's debut season, African-American fans everywhere were determined to see him play and, as a result, the Dodgers became the biggest [...]

Jan. 31, 1919 Born in Cairo, Ga.10 Seasons in major leagues(1947-1956 from ages 28-37).311 Career batting average1949 Won N.L. M.V.P., led N.L. in batting average (.342), steals (37), sacrifice hits [...]

Final Hit Travels Full CircleThe final base hit of Jackie Robinson's career was a line drive that sailed over Yankees left fielder Enos Slaughter in the bottom of the 10th [...]

Forever on the Front LineAt the end of the 1956 season, Jackie Robinson was traded to the rival New York Giants. But he had other ideas. His knew that his [...]

Nobody gives it a second thought when it happens now, but 60 years ago tomorrow organized baseball had its first black-white home run handshake.Jackie Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers' [...]

A Rescue in a Desperate MomentIn the 1951 season, the Dodgers built a 13-game lead over the Giants in the National League pennant race and then famously saw all of [...]

As indomitable as he had shown himself to be in his rookie 1947 season, Jackie Robinson was also human. Which probably explains why he showed up for spring training in [...]

As an African-American woman who has written about baseball for decades, the question I am most asked about my career choice is: ''Why?''The answer is really as succinct as the [...]

When Jackie Robinson was on the Hall of Fame ballot in 1962, he requested that the voters among the Baseball Writers Association of America judge him only as a player. [...]

A One-Word Signature: Safe!At his height on the basepaths, Jackie Robinson unnerved pitchers and catchers and even the infielders who were in his vicinity. He also, over the course of [...]

Appropriately, Jackie Robinson started and ended his career at Ebbets Field. It was there, in his first at-bat in the major leagues, in the bottom of the first inning on [...]

In 1954, Jackie Robinson played fewer games (124) than he had in any previous season. He was 35, and finding it harder to keep the weight off. Gray hairs were [...]

The 1947 season would be Jackie Robinson's first in the major leagues and, tellingly, the preparation for it took place outside the United States. Robinson and the Montreal Royals encountered [...]

Jackie Robinson was born in Georgia, the son of a sharecropper and the youngest of five children. He was only 16 months old when his mother, fed up with her [...]

On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson took his place at first base and broke baseball's color line, wearing a Brooklyn Dodgers jersey. This section captures all sides of that tumultuous [...]

Jackie Robinson left U.C.L.A. in 1941 and then, a year later, moved into the front line of history.It began with his involvement in World War II. Drafted in April 1942, [...]