BioProject
The Bio Project is an ambitious undertaking by members of SABR, the Society for American Baseball Research. The goal is to assemble a database of biographies of every player and manager in baseball history, as well as other significant baseball personalities.
The Bio Project web site is accessible to non-members of SABR. It is http://bioproj.sabr.org
Steve currently has five bios on the web site:
The colorful spitball pitcher of the 'teens, mainly with the New York Yankees, whose love of alcohol and nightlife prevented him from realizing his immense potential. "His escapades were legendary," wrote The Sporting News in his obit.
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The spitball pitcher of the 'teens and 1920s who is best known for the revolutionary glove with his name that Rawlings developed in 1920 and sold for decades.
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A dangerous pure hitter of the 'teens and early 1920s who was probably the second best second baseman of the second decade of the 20 th century (after Eddie Collins). His feistiness led The New York Times' John Kieran to call him "the greatest clubhouse lawyer baseball ever knew."
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The original owner of the St. Louis Browns (1902-1915) was an innovative owner who played a key role in settling baseball’s two great wars of the early 20th century, the AL-NL War (1901-1902) and the Federal League War (1914-1915). He gave the legendary Branch Rickey his first management position in baseball and envisioned the farm system that Rickey later brought to fruition with the St. Louis Cardinals.
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One of the most controversial figures in the history of baseball, the early 20th-century pitcher was accused of throwing virtually every trick pitch known to baseball. Over a career that spanned more than two decades, he was also involved with many important baseball events, a Forrest Gump of baseball.
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