SABR BioProject
Roger Maris is probably the most well known North Dakotan to play in the major leagues. But dozens of ex-big league players have ties to North Dakota. The Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) Biography Project is an effort to write a full-life biography of every major league player. At the left is Floyd Stromme, a native of Cooperstown, North Dakota while a member of the Cleveland Indians, Follow this link to the biography I did for Stromme. See my author's page for other biographies of players with North Dakota connections. |
Finding Mystery Men
Baseball-Reference.com is a comprehensive on-line database with records of everyone known to have played professional baseball, both in the major and minor leagues, from the 1800s to the present. Information from the Negro Leagues has recently been added. The identity of many of the minor league players, particularly before 1920, is not completely known. May are known by only a last name, nickname, or first name initial and because of the lack of information, are often confused with other known players. Several efforts are underway through SABR to identify these players more fully, including compiling birth and death dates and locations, complete playing histories, and other biographical data. Below are examples of research I have done on some of these players.
The Howe/Keefe Battery
Traveling Down Winding Rhoades
Baseball-Reference.com is a comprehensive on-line database with records of everyone known to have played professional baseball, both in the major and minor leagues, from the 1800s to the present. Information from the Negro Leagues has recently been added. The identity of many of the minor league players, particularly before 1920, is not completely known. May are known by only a last name, nickname, or first name initial and because of the lack of information, are often confused with other known players. Several efforts are underway through SABR to identify these players more fully, including compiling birth and death dates and locations, complete playing histories, and other biographical data. Below are examples of research I have done on some of these players.
The Howe/Keefe Battery
Traveling Down Winding Rhoades