Baseball

Dick Allen (1942–2020)
aka: Richard Anthony Allen
Richard Anthony “Dick” Allen—or “Richie” Allen, as the me...
Arkansas Travelers [Baseball Team]
For parts of three centuries, the Arkansas Travelers baseball team has used only one nickname, played on only ...
Arkansas-Missouri League
aka: Arkansas State League
The Arkansas State League/Arkansas-Missouri League was a profession...
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 ...
Lou Brock (1939–2020)
aka: Louis Clark Brock
Louis Clark (Lou) Brock, a member of the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fa...
Claybrook Tigers Baseball Team
An African American semi-professional baseball team located in eastern Arkansas during the 1930s, the Claybroo...
Cotton States League
The Cotton States League was founded at Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1902 and comprised teams from Louisiana, Mi...
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 ...
"Dizzy" Dean (1910–1974)
aka: Jay Hanna Dean
Jay Hanna “Dizzy” Dean was a professional baseball player and r...
Paul Dean (1913–1981)
aka: Paul Dee "Daffy" Dean
Like his brother, Jay Hanna “Dizzy” Dean, Paul Dee “Daffy” ...
Dickey-Stephens Park
Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock (Pulaski County) is the home of the Arkansas Travelers baseball team...
Bill Dickey (1907–1993)
aka: William Malcolm Dickey
William Malcolm (Bill) Dickey is considered by baseball historians ...
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...
Ken Hatfield (1943–)
Ken Hatfield was a football coach whose tenure included stints at the Air Force Academy, the University of Ark...
Torii Kedar Hunter (1975–)
Torii Hunter was considered one of major league baseball’s biggest stars during his career. An elite center ...
Ransom Joseph (Randy) Jackson (1926–2019)
Randy Jackson was a talented multi-sport athlete who played approximately ten years with three different major...
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...
George Clyde Kell (1922–2009)
George Clyde Kell was a professional baseball player, announcer, and businessman and is a member of the Arkans...
Donald Euleon (Don) Kessinger (1942–)
Donald Eulon Kessinger played major league baseball for sixteen years in the 1960s and 1970s, mostly for the C...
Sue Kidd (1933–2017)
Sue Kidd was a female baseball star who gained local fame for the athletic prowess she displayed while playing...
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 ...
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...
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...
Majestic Park
Located at Carson and Belding Streets in Hot Springs (Garland County), Majestic Park is a five-field baseball ...
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...
Kevin McReynolds (1959–)
Kevin McReynolds, who grew up in Sherwood (Pulaski County), became a collegiate all-star baseball player at th...
Rick Monday (1945–)
Rick Monday was an All-Star major league baseball player who played for nineteen seasons. He had his longest s...
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...