Branch Rickey knew that signing Jackie Robinson as the first Black player in Major League Baseball’s modern era was a ...

Jackie Robinson’s accomplishments transcend statistics, so much so that the numbers he did accumulate -- which happen to be ...

The Cardinals host the Phillies for three games beginning Friday at 7:15 p.m. in the Redbirds' first game of the season vs a ...

For the third time in the past six years, Major League Baseball adopted a stricter steroids policy. 2011 Sam Fuld had four extra-base hits and drove in three runs to help Tampa Bay bust out of an ...

Jim Thome holds the MLB record with 13 career walk-off homers. The former slugger, who played 22 seasons in the majors with ...

1996 — Greg Maddux’s major league record of road victories ended at 18 in a row with a 2-1 loss to the San Diego Padres. He had been 18-0 with an 0.99 ERA in 20 regular-season road starts since losing ...

1907 — New York catcher Roger Bresnahan appeared wearing shin guards for the first time in a major league game. 1912 — Rube Marquard of the New York Giants began a 19-game winning streak with an 18-3 ...

Brought in to pitch the 13th inning, Cardinals reliever Chris Roycroft walked the first two batters he faced to load the ...

There is a decades-old comic book from Japan that freelance journalist and baseball writer Brad Lefton carries with him and ...

In 1954 the Bronx Bombers were smashing and bashing. And Willie was Willie, on his way to leading the league in hitting with ...

YOU MIGHT not know the name Gerry Davis, but if you were a Red Sox fan in 2004, he played a key role in one of the happiest moments of your life. Standing behind first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz as ...

YOU MIGHT not know the name Gerry Davis, but if you were a Red Sox fan in 2004, he played a key role in one of the happiest moments of your life. Standing behind first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz as ...