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Dick Allen (1942–2020)
aka: Richard Anthony Allen
Richard Anthony (Dick) Allen—or Richie Allen, as the media called...
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Arkansas Travelers [Baseball Team]
For parts of three centuries, the Arkansas Travelers baseball team has used only one nickname, played on only ...
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Arkansas-Missouri League
aka: Arkansas State League
The Arkansas State League/Arkansas-Missouri League was a profession...
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Major League Baseball Players
The game of baseball developed in the nineteenth century and became, along with hot dogs and apple pie, a clas...
Gene Bearden (1920–2004)
Gene Bearden was a major league baseball player in the late 1940s and early 1950s. After serving in World War ...
African-American man in St. Louis Cardinals uniform
Lou Brock (1939–2020)
aka: Louis Clark Brock
Louis Clark (Lou) Brock, a member of the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fa...
African-American men in uniforms labeled "Claybrook Tigers" pose for a group photograph with bats and gloves laid out in front of them
Claybrook Tigers Baseball Team
An African American semi-professional baseball team located in eastern Arkansas during the 1930s, the Claybroo...
Group of young white men in baseball uniforms posing on field
Cotton States League
The Cotton States League was founded at Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1902 and comprised teams from Louisiana, Mi...
African-American man with baseball bat in uniform on card
William Henry (Willie) Davis (1940–2010)
William Henry (Willie) Davis was a professional baseball player who spent eighteen years in the major leagues...
Clyde "Pea Ridge" Day (1899–1934)
Known as the “hog-calling pitcher” in a baseball career spanning the 1920s and early 1930s, Clyde Henry ...
Man in St. Louis Cardinal uniform throwing a pitch in crowded stadium
"Dizzy" Dean (1910–1974)
aka: Jay Hanna Dean
Jay Hanna “Dizzy” Dean was a professional baseball player and r...
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Paul Dean (1913–1981)
aka: Paul Dee "Daffy" Dean
Like his brother, Jay Hanna “Dizzy” Dean, Paul Dee “Daffy” ...
Looking up at brick clock tower and arched entrance way to baseball stadium with hanging light fixtures
Dickey-Stephens Park
Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock (Pulaski County) is the home of the Arkansas Travelers baseball team...
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Bill Dickey (1907–1993)
aka: William Malcolm Dickey
William Malcolm (Bill) Dickey is considered by baseball historians ...
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Solomon Louis "Solly" Drake Jr. (1930–2021)
Solomon “Solly” Drake was a major league baseball utility outfielder during the 1950s. He and his brother ...
Jim Elder (1924–1998)
aka: James Albert Elder
James Albert (Jim) Elder was a sports announcer and analyst whose d...
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Torii Kedar Hunter (1975–)
Torii Hunter was considered one of major league baseball’s biggest stars during his career. An elite center ...
White man on baseball card "Randy Jackson"
Ransom Joseph (Randy) Jackson (1926–2019)
Randy Jackson was a talented multi-sport athlete who played approximately ten years with three different major...
African-American man with mustache in Chicago Cubs baseball uniform throwing a pitch above round portrait and text on card
Ferguson Arthur (Fergie) Jenkins (1942–)
Fergie Jenkins was a major league pitcher in the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s. Over his nineteen-year major l...
White man holding a bat in Detroit Tigers uniform with empty stadium in background
George Clyde Kell (1922–2009)
George Clyde Kell was a professional baseball player, announcer, and businessman and is a member of the Arkans...
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Donald Euleon (Don) Kessinger (1942–)
Donald Eulon Kessinger played major league baseball for sixteen years in the 1960s and 1970s, mostly for the C...
Young white woman in baseball uniform with cap and glove inside red border with text and shield logo signed "Sue Kidd"
Sue Kidd (1933–2017)
Sue Kidd was a female baseball star who gained local fame for the athletic prowess she displayed while playing...
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Ellis Raymond Kinder (1914–1968)
Ellis Kinder was a major league baseball pitcher. A right-hander who spent most of his career with the Boston ...
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Ryan Kurosaki (1952–)
Ryan Yoshimoto Kurosaki, the first American of Japanese descent to play in the major leagues, is a former prof...
Clifton Phifer (Cliff) Lee (1978–)
Arkansas native Cliff Lee is a major league baseball pitcher. He has pitched in both the National and American...
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John Sherman Lollar Jr. (1924–1977)
Sherman Lollar was a major league baseball player who was considered one of the best catchers in baseball duri...
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Majestic Park
Located at Carson and Belding Streets in Hot Springs (Garland County), Majestic Park is a five-field baseball ...
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Major League Spring Training in Hot Springs
In the early days of baseball, major league baseball teams conducted spring training, but it was limited. Sinc...
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Mel McGaha (1926–2002)
Described as “extremely quiet off the athletic field and a fiery demon on it,” Mel McGaha was a three-spor...
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Kevin McReynolds (1959–)
Kevin McReynolds, who grew up in Sherwood (Pulaski County), became a collegiate all-star baseball player at th...
Los Angeles Dodgers white male player portrait with handwritten note "To Mike, best always and take care! Rick Monday."
Rick Monday (1945–)
Rick Monday was an All-Star major league baseball player who played for nineteen seasons. He had his longest s...
White man with cap swinging a bat in crowded stadium signed "To Mike Best Wishes Wally Moon"
Wallace Wade (Wally) Moon (1930–2018)
Wallace Wade (Wally) Moon, named for one of the most prominent football coaches of the era, played twelve seas...