Player Biographies

Postby ADRIANGABRIEL » Mon Sep 13, 2010 12:28 pm

Obituaries at Baseball Almanac--taken, mostly, from the New York Times:

[url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/cap_anson_obituary.shtml]Cap Anson[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/roy_campanella_obituary.shtml]Roy Campanella[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/norm_cash_obituary.shtml]Norm Cash[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/fred_clarke_obituary.shtml]Fred Clarke[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/mickey_cochrane_obituary.shtml]Mickey Cochrane[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/ed_delahanty_obituary.shtml]Ed Delahanty[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/ray_fisher_obituary.shtml]Ray Fisher[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/dee_fondy_obituary.shtml]Dee Fondy[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/nellie_fox_obituary.shtml]Nellie Fox[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/jimmie_foxx_obituary.shtml]Jimmie Foxx[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/carl_furillo_obituary.shtml]Carl Furillo[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/mule_haas_obituary.shtml]Mule Haas[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/addie_joss_obituary.shtml]Addie Joss[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/nap_lajoie_obituary.shtml]Nap Lajoie[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/tony_lazzeri_obituary.shtml]Tony Lazzeri[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/tony_lupien_obituary.shtml]Tony Lupien[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/mickey_mantle_obituary.shtml]Mickey Mantle[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/roger_maris_obituary.shtml]Roger Maris[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/eddie_mathews_obituary.shtml]Eddie Mathews[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/joe_medwick_obituary.shtml]Joe Medwick[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/fred_merkle_obituary.shtml]Fred Merkle[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/pee_wee_reese_obituary.shtml]Pee Wee Reese[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/george_sisler_obituary.shtml]George Sisler[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/tris_speaker_obituary.shtml]Tris Speaker[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/snuffy_stirnweiss_obituary.shtml]Snuffy Stirnweiss[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/honus_wagner_obituary.shtml]Honus Wagner[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/leon_wagner_obituary.shtml]Leon Wagner[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/smoky_joe_wood_obituary.shtml]Smoky Joe Wood[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/cy_young_obituary.shtml]Cy Young[/url]
[url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/ross_youngs_obituary.shtml]Ross Youngs[/url]
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Postby ADRIANGABRIEL » Mon Sep 13, 2010 12:38 pm

[url=http://www.kclibrary.org/?q=blog/week-kansas-city-history/greatest-pitcher-ever]The Greatest Pitcher Ever[/url]--a short biographical sketch of Satchel Paige with links to books and articles about Paige.
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Postby ADRIANGABRIEL » Tue Sep 14, 2010 5:06 pm

SABR's baseball biography project:
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1809&pid=12352]Babe Ruth[/url] by Allan Wood
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1738&pid=13405]Tris Speaker[/url] by Don Jensen
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=229&pid=4658]Jimmie Foxx[/url] by John Bennett
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=2584&pid=4996]Lou Gehrig[/url] by James Lincoln Ray
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1721&pid=2593]Ty Cobb[/url] by Daniel Ginsburg
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=388&pid=9039]Willie Mays[/url] by John Saccoman
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=902&pid=14692]Honus Wagner[/url] by Jan Finkel
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1757&pid=2674]Eddie Collins[/url] by Paul Mittermeyer
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=816&pid=10216]Stan Musial[/url] by Jan Finkel
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1747&pid=13102]George Sisler[/url] by Bill Lamberty
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1066&pid=7516]Ralph Kiner[/url] by Warren Corbett
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1743&pid=7874]Nap Lajoie[/url] by David Jones and Steve Constantelos
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=2652&pid=13056]Al Simmons[/url] by Fred Stein
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=2393&pid=15607]Carl Yastrzemski[/url] by Herb Crehan and Bill Nowlin
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1770&pid=3447]Ed Delahanty[/url] by John Saccoman
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=871&pid=10766]Mel Ott[/url] by Fred Stein
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=2464&pid=14814]Paul Waner[/url] by Joseph Wancho
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=702&pid=5439]Hank Greenberg[/url] by Ralph Berger

[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=945&pid=140]Pete Alexander[/url] by Jan Finkel
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1779&pid=14785]Ed Walsh[/url] by Stuart Schimler
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=101&pid=1684]Three Finger Brown[/url] by Cindy Thomson
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1782&pid=7202]Addie Joss[/url] by Alex Semchuck
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1702&pid=7068]Walter Johnson[/url] by Charles Carey
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=981&pid=8958]Christy Mathewson[/url] by Eddie Frierson
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=915&pid=11173]Jack Pfiester[/url] by Stuart Schimler
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=2069&pid=913]Chief Bender[/url] by Tom Swift
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1749&pid=2925]Stan Coveleski[/url] by Dan Levitt
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1239&pid=2039]Howie Camnitz[/url] by Irv Goldfarb
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1776&pid=2443]Eddie Cicotte[/url] by Jim Sandoval
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=2438&pid=6649]Carl Hubbell[/url] by Fred Stein
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=2308&pid=9345]Denny McLain[/url] by Mark Armour
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1792&pid=15650]Cy Young[/url] by David Southwick
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=2129&pid=5545]Lefty Grove[/url] by Jim Kaplan
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1764&pid=14672]Rube Waddell[/url] by Dan O'Brien
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1641&pid=9266]Joe McGinnity[/url] by Michael Wells
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=888&pid=48]Babe Adams[/url] by Brian Stevens

There's a bunch more, but I started with the players over $9M.
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Postby ADRIANGABRIEL » Tue Sep 14, 2010 5:22 pm

More SABR biographies (A):
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=40&pid=45]Jerry Adair[/url] by Royse Parr
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1598&pid=176]Gene Alley[/url] by Todd Newville
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=988&pid=235]Red Ames[/url] by R. J. Lesch
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1811&pid=262]John Anderson[/url] by John Stahl
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1634&pid=289]Mike Andrews[/url] by Saul Wisnia
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1257&pid=305]Cap Anson[/url] by David Fleitz
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1439&pid=309]Johnny Antonelli[/url] by Alexander Edelman
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=53&pid=318]Luke Appling[/url] by Ralph Berger
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=918&pid=325]Jimmy Archer[/url] by Bill Bishop
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1250&pid=360]Morrie Arnovich[/url] by Ralph Berger
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1574&pid=408]Elden Auker[/url] by Robert H. Schaefer
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1755&pid=418]Jimmy Austin[/url] by John McMurray
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=2323&pid=435]Doc Ayers[/url] by Charles Faber
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Postby ADRIANGABRIEL » Tue Sep 14, 2010 5:30 pm

SABR biographies (E):
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1192&pid=3950]George Earnshaw[/url] by Warren Corbett
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1784&pid=4047]Kid Elberfeld[/url] by Terry Simpkins
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1445&pid=4060]Bob Elliott[/url] by John McMurray
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1188&pid=4148]Carl Erskine[/url] by Bob Hurte
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1310&pid=4206]Dwight Evans[/url] by Bill Nowlin
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1868&pid=4217]Hoot Evers[/url] by Adam Ulrey
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=907&pid=4219]Johnny Evers[/url] by David Shiner
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=973&pid=4223]Bob Ewing[/url] by Mike Lackey
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Postby ADRIANGABRIEL » Tue Sep 14, 2010 5:32 pm

SABR biographies (I):
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1799&pid=6822]Frank Isbell[/url] by Trey Strecker
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Postby ADRIANGABRIEL » Tue Sep 14, 2010 5:41 pm

SABR biographies (O):
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=2674&pid=10559]Lefty O'Doul[/url] by Brian McKenna
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1699&pid=10651]Rube Oldring[/url] by Bill Bishop
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=934&pid=10681]Ivy Olson[/url] by Brian Stevens
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1730&pid=10715]Al Orth[/url] by Chris Hauser
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1610&pid=10740]Dan Osinksi[/url] by Ron Anderson
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1133&pid=10749]Fritz Ostermueller[/url] by John Green
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=914&pid=10775]Orval Overall[/url] by Brian Marshall
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1845&pid=10797]Ray Oyler[/url] by Richard Newhouse
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Postby ADRIANGABRIEL » Tue Sep 14, 2010 5:44 pm

SABR biographies (U):
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=2974&pid=14440]George Uhle[/url] by Joseph Wancho
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=16&pid=14457]Bob Unglaub[/url] by Marty Payne
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Postby ADRIANGABRIEL » Tue Sep 14, 2010 5:46 pm

SABR biographies (Y):
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=3394&pid=15663]Irv Young[/url] by Will Anderson
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Postby ADRIANGABRIEL » Tue Sep 14, 2010 5:48 pm

SABR biographies (Z):
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=917&pid=15737]Heinie Zimmerman[/url] by David Jones
[url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1208&pid=15754]Bill Zuber[/url] by John Henshell
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