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An outstanding fielder though never an All-Star, he broke that barrier with the Giants in 1956 and later became the Tigers' first Black player. Ozzie Virgil Sr., who became the [...]

July 14, 1970 An All-Star Collision at Home Plate A violent collision at home plate on the final and deciding play; the enthusiastic attendance of the President of the United [...]

Byline: Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY Pete Rose, Major League Baseball's all-time hits leader who earned a lifetime ban from the sport after he gambled on Cincinnati Reds games he managed, [...]

One of the sport's greatest players, he set a record with 4,256 career hits. But his gambling led to a lifetime ban and kept him out of the Hall of [...]

Byline: Michael S. Rosenwald Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly reported the year that âHustle: The Myth, Life, and Lies of Pete Roseâ was published. It was 1990. [...]

''Steady Eddie'' joined the team at 17, played in more games than any Met and in 1969 helped a once-woeful franchise pull off a ''miracle'' -- a World Series title. [...]

Billy Bean, who became the second former Major League Baseball player to come out as gay in 1999 before becoming the sports senior vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, [...]

Byline: Matt Schudel Billy Bean, a onetime big-league outfielder who came out as gay after he retired, then later became a Major League Baseball executive and its first 'ambassador for [...]

Byline: CHRIS BENSON Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Billy Bean, the second openly gay Major League Baseball player and the league's senior vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion, died Tuesday [...]

Only the second Puerto Rican native elected to the Hall of Fame, he hit 379 home runs but later served time in prison on a drug-smuggling charge. Orlando Cepeda, the [...]

Byline: Staff and wire reports SAN FRANCISCO Orlando Cepeda, the slugging Hall of Fame first baseman nicknamed Baby Bull, has died. He was 86. Cepeda played four seasons with the [...]

Byline: Matt Schudel Orlando Cepeda, one of baseball's most feared hitters in the 1950s and 1960s, who played in three World Series but whose path to the Hall of Fame [...]

WILLIE MAYS, who has died aged 93, was one of the best baseball players in the history of his sport; alongside his fellow black players, Jackie Robinson and Hank Aaron, [...]

Major League Baseball is in Birmingham to honor the legacy of the Negro Leagues. With Mays's death, the celebration at ancient Rickwood Field takes on new meaning. In the late [...]

Mays, who died on Tuesday at 93, had been perfect for so long that the shock of seeing baseball get the best of him was the shock of seeing a [...]

Willie Mays, the spirited center fielder whose brilliance at the plate, in the field and on the basepaths for the Giants led many to call him the greatest all-around player [...]

Byline: Paul Duggan Willie Mays, a perennial all-star center fielder for the New York and San Francisco Giants in the 1950s and '60s whose powerful bat, superb athletic grace and [...]

Byline: Paul Duggan Willie Mays, a perennial all-star center fielder for the New York and San Francisco Giants in the 1950s and '60s whose powerful bat, superb athletic grace and [...]

Byline: Andrew Golden BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Before the eighth inning of Tuesday night's minor league game between the Montgomery Biscuits and Birmingham Barons, the public address announcer at historic Rickwood [...]

Byline: By, Alex West & Harry Rutter Tom Bower, the actor best known for his roles in Die Hard 2 and The Whartons, has sadly passed away at the age [...]

Byline: Scott Allen Sean Burroughs, a former Little League World Series hero and first-round MLB draft pick who played seven big league seasons, died Thursday at 43. Burroughs's death was [...]

Byline: Scott Allen Sean Burroughs, a former Little League World Series hero and first-round MLB draft pick who played seven big league seasons, died Thursday at 43. Burroughs's death was [...]

Byline: Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, USA TODAY Network Carl Erskine, a fierce fighter for human rights and All-Star for the Brooklyn Dodgers who pitched one of the greatest [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK -- Whitey Herzog, the gruff and ingenious Hall of Fame manager who guided the St. Louis Cardinals to three pennants and a World Series [...]

He won three pennants and a World Series as the St. Louis skipper, promoting what was called ''Whiteyball,'' combining speed, defense and pitching. Whitey Herzog, the Hall of Fame manager [...]

Byline: Andrew Tredinnick, NorthJersey.com Jerry Grote, the starting catcher during the Mets' first World Series title in 1969, died Sunday afternoon at the Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute in Austin, Texas, at [...]

Byline: Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) -- (CNN) — Whitey Herzog, the Baseball Hall of Famer who managed the St. Louis Cardinals to the 1982 World Series title with a style [...]

Byline: Andrew Tredinnick, NorthJersey.com Mets Hall of Famer Buddy Harrelson died Wednesday night in East Northport, N.Y., after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. He was 79. Harrelson was the [...]

An outstanding fielder, he helped the team win the World Series that year and reach another in 1973. He stayed with the Mets as a coach and, briefly, manager. Bud [...]

Over 16 seasons in the major leagues, he won two World Series titles in the 1970s and had a reliable bat. He was revered in his native country. Vic Davalillo, [...]

Ryan Minor, the Baltimore Orioles infielder who became part of baseball history when he replaced Cal Ripken at the end of his record-setting consecutive games streak in 1998, has died. [...]