Wednesday, May 20, 2020

SPORTS--Baseball--SABR Biography Updates

May 20: On May 20, 2020, The Society of American Baseball Research (SABR) biography project added 4 biographies. There are now 5,204 biographies (Players, Ballparks, Broadcasters, Executives, Games, Managers, Scouts, Spouses, Umpires, and people who were Famous Outside Baseball).

Willie Gisentaner: the "3 Finger Brown" of the Negro Leagues

George Scales: Played in the Negro Leagues from 1919-1946.  .323 career batting average.

Ted Sullivan: Late 19th and Early 20th Century baseball scout, manager, umpire, and entrepreneur. Had a hand in the founding of 17 different leagues, including 2 Major Leagues (the Union Association and American Association). He also had a hand in the founding of many teams,  the most well known of which is the present day St. Louis Cardinals.

Edward Bennett Williams: Long time owner of the Baltimore Orioles.

SABR Biography Project