SABR Research Guide No. 1 (Bibliography Committee)

BASEBALL FIGURES IN CURRENT BIOGRAPHY

by JOSEPH LAWLER

Current Biography is a reference service of the H. W. Wilson Company of New York, publishers of numerous indexes including the popular Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature.

Begun in 1940, CB offers topical, informative profiles of contemporary figures from the worlds of national and international affairs, science, government, the arts, and sports.

As stated by the publisher, CB presents "...objective rather than authorized biographies." Each entry contains a photograph, the subject's full name and pronunciation where appropriate along with any nicknames or pseudonyms. Birth date, occupation, and mailing address are other key elements of the articles which run between three and four columns in length. Sources consulted are newspapers, books, and magazines. A bibliography follows each entry.

CB is published monthly, except December. At year's end the entries are collected into one alphabetical hardcover volume entitled Current Biography Yearbook. Libraries will discard monthly issues once the annual appears. Each year approximately 400 subjects are featured in CB.

Each issue contains a cumulative index to date. An annual index is included in the Yearbook. A listing by occupation is a part of both the monthly issues and the Yearbook.

The first thirty year's worth of biographies are indexed in a separate volume entitled Current Biography Cumulative Index, 1940-1970. Cumulative indexes for the periods 1971-1980 and 1981-1984 are found in the 1980 and 1984 Yearbooks respectively. Current Biography Cumulated Index 1940-1985 is now available.

Short obituaries of persons who may or may not have been subjects of CB can be found in each issue.

Researchers are reminded that the emphasis is on the word "current". Subject's lives are covered up to the date of their biography's publication. The detailed and highly readable articles make CB a valuable research tool. Current Biography can be found in most public and academic libraries.

This reference guide lists persons from CB who were, or are, associated with baseball is some significant way. Included are players, managers, owners, executives, and broadcasters. Every baseball commissioner, with the exception of William Eckert, is covered in CB.

Except for Mexican League executive Jorge Pasquel and minor league overseer George Trautman, all subjects are from major league baseball. Leo Durocher (1940 and 1950), Joe DiMaggio (1941 and 1951), and Willie Mays (1955 and 1966) are the only subjects who have appeared more than once. There was one year, 1963, when no baseball personalities were featured. Fifty members of the Baseball Hall of Fame are profiled in CB.

ALPHABETICAL LIST WITH YEAR OF PUBLICATION

Aaron, Henry - 1958*Garagiola, Joe - 1976
Allen, Dick - 1973Gibson, Bob - 1968*
Allen, Ethan - 1954Gossage, Goose - 1984
Allen, Mel - 1954Greenberg, Hank - 1947*
Alston, Walter - 1954*Griffith, Clark - 1950*
Anderson, Sparky - 1977Groat, Dick - 1961
Guidry, Ron - 1979
Banks, Ernie - 1959*
Barber, Red - 1943Haney, Fred - 1967
Bauer, Hank - 1967Harrelson, Ken- 1970
Bench, Johnny - 1971Harridge, Will - 1949*
Berra, Yogi - 1952*Harris, Bucky - 1948*
Blue, Vida - 1972Hodges, Gil - 1962
Boudreau, Lou - 1942*Hornsby, Rogers - 1952*
Bouton, Jim - 1971Houk, Ralph - 1962
Boyer, KenHoward, Elston - 1964
Brett, George - 1981Howard, Frank - 1972
Brock, Lou - 1975*Hunter, Catfish - 1975
Brosnan, Jim - 1964
Burke, Mike - 1972Jackson, Reggie - 1974
Jensen, Jackie - 1959
Campanella, Roy - 1953*John, Tommy - 1981
Carew, Rod - 1978Johnson, Arnold M. - 1955
Cepeda, Orlando - 1968
Chance, Dean - 1969Kaline, A1 – 1970*
Chandler, Happy - 1956*Killibrew, Harmon - 1966*
Clemente, Roberto - 1972*Kiner, Ralph - 1954*
Cobb, Ty - 1951*Kingman, Dave - 1982
Conigliaro, Tony - 1971Konstanty, Jim - 1951
Cronin, Joe - 1965*Koufax, Sandy - 1964*
Kuhn, Bowie - 1970
Dark, Alvin - 1975
Dean, Dizzy - 1951*Landis, K. M. - 1944*
DiMaggio, Joe - 1941, 1951*Law, Vernon - 1961
Dressen, Charlie - 1951Lopez, A1 - 1960*
Drysdale, Don - 1965*Lyle, Sparky - 1978
Durocher, Leo - 1940, 1950
Mack, Connie - 1944*
Feller, Bob - 1941*McPhail, Larry - 1945
Fidrych, Mark - 1978Maglie, Sal - 1953
Finley, Charley - 1974Mantle, Mickey - 1953*
Ford, Whitey - 1962*Maris, Roger - 1961
Fox, Nellie - 1960Martin, Billy - 1976
Frick, Ford - 1945*Mauch, Gene - 1974
Mays, Willie - 1955, 1966*

* Hall of Fame

McCarthy, Joe - 1948* Sawyer, Eddie - 1950
McCovey, Willie - 1970Schacht, A1 - 1946
McLain, Denny - 1969Schoendienst, Red - 1964
Miller, Marvin - 1973Seaver, Tom
Morgan, Joe - 1984Sewell, Luke - 1944
Munson, Thurman - 1977Shantz, Bobby - 1953
Murtaugh, Danny - 1961Shea, William A. - 1965
Musial, Stan - 1948*Shotton, Burt - 1949
Snider, Duke - 1956*
Nettles, Graig - 1984Southworth, Billy - 1944
Newcombe, Don - 1957Spahn, Warren - 1962*
Stanky, Eddie - 1951
O'Malley, Walter - 1954Stargell, Willie - 1980
Ott, Mel - 1941*Steinbrenner, George - 1979
Stengel, Casey - 1949*
Page, Joe - 1950Stirnweiss, George - 1946
Paige, Satchel - 1952*Strawberry, Darryl - 1984
Palmer, Jim- 1980
Pasquel, Jorge - 1946Tiant, Luis - 1977
Payson, Joan W. - 1972Torre, Joe - 1972
Pepitone, Joe - 1973Trautman, George - 1951
Perry, Gaylord - 1982Turner, Ted - 1979

Reese, Pee Wee - 1950*Ueberroth, Peter - 1985
Reynolds, Allie - 1952
Rice, Jim - 1979Valenzuela, Fernando - 1982
Richardson, Bobby - 1966Veeck, Bill - 1948
Rickey, Branch - 1945*
Rizzuto, Phil - 1950Weaver, Earl - 1983
Roberts, Robin - 1953*Wilhelm, Hoyt - 1971*
Robinson, Brooks - 1973*Williams, Dick - 1973
Robinson, Frank - 1971*Williams, Ted - 1947*
Robinson, Jackie - 1947*Wills, Maury - 1966
Rose, Pete - 1975Winfield, Dave - 1984
Rosen, A1 - 1954Wrigley, Philip - 1975
Ruffing, Red - 1941*Wyatt, Whit - 1941
Ruth, Babe - 1944*
Ryan, Nolan - 1970Yastrzemski, Carl - 1968

YEAR-BY-YEAR LIST______

1940 / Leo Durocher / 1952 / Yogi Berra
Rogers Hornsby
1941 / Joe DiMaggio / Satchel Paige
Bob Feller / Allie Reynolds
Mel Ott
Red Ruffing / 1953 / Roy Campanella
Whit Wyatt / Sal Maglie
Mickey Mantle
1942 / Lou Boudreau / Robin Roberts
Bobby Shantz
1943 / Red Barber
1954 / Ethan Allen
1944 / Kenesaw M. Landis / Walter Alston
Connie Mack / Ralph Kiner
Babe Ruth / Walter O’Malley
Luke Sewell / Al Rosen
Billy Southworth
1955 / Arnold M. Johnson
1945 / Ford Frick / Willie Mays
Larry MacPhail
Branch Rickey / 1956 / Happy Chandler
Duke Snider
1946 / Jorge Pasquel
Al Schacht / 1957 / Don Newcombe
George Stirnweiss
1958 / Henry Aaron
1947 / Hank Greenberg
Jackie Robinson / 1959 / Ernie Banks
Ted Williams / Jackie Jensen
1948 / Bucky Harris / 1960 / Nellie Fox
Joe McCarthy / Al Lopez
Stan Musial
Bill Veeck / 1961 / Dick Groat
Vernon Law
1949 / Will Harridge / Roger Maris
Burt Shotton / Danny Murtaugh
Casey Stengel
1962 / Whitey Ford
1950 / Mel Allen / Gil Hodges
Leo Durocher / Ralph Houk
Clark Griffith / Warren Spahn
Joe Page
Pee Wee Reese / 1963
Phil Rizzuto
Eddie Sawyer / 1964 / Jim Brosnan
Elston Howard
1951 / Ty Cobb / Sandy Koufax
Dizzy Dean / Red Schoendienst
Joe DiMaggio
Charlie Dressen / 1965 / Joe Cronin
Jim Konstanty / Don Drysdale
Eddie Stanky / William A. Shea
George Trautman
1966 / Ken Boyer / 1976 / Joe Garagiola
Harmon Killebrew / Billy Martin
Willie Mays
Bobby Richardson / 1977 / Sparky Anderson
Maury Wills / Thurman Munson
Luis Tiant
1967 / Hank Bauer
Fred Haney / 1978 / Rod Carew
Mark Fidrych
1968 / Orlando Cepeda / Sparky Lyle
Bob Gibson
Carl Yastrzemski / 1979 / Ron Guidry
Jim Rice
1969 / Dean Chance / George Steinbrenner
Denny McLain / Ted Turner
1970 / Ken Harrelson / 1980 / Jim Palmer
Al Kaline / Willie Stargell
Bowie Kuhn
Willie McCovey / 1981 / George Brett
Nolan Ryan / Tommy John
Tom Seaver
1982 / Dave Kingman
1971 / Johnny Bench / Gaylord Perry
Jim Bouton / Fernando Valenzuela
Tony Conigliaro
Frank Robinson / 1983 / Earl Weaver
Hoyt Wilhelm
1984 / Goose Gossage
1972 / Vida Blue / Joe Morgan
Mike Burke / Graig Nettles
Roberto Clemente / Darryl Strawberry
Frank Howard / Dave Winfield
Joan Whitney Payson
Joe Torre / 1985 / Peter Ueberroth
1973 / Dick Allen
Marvin Miller
Joe Pepitone
Brooks Robinson
Dick Williams
1974 / Charley Finley
Reggie Jackson
Gene Mauch
1975 / Lou Brock
Al Dark
Catfish Hunter
Pete Rose
Phil Wrigley

Special mention players who, while not noted especially for their baseball careers, had some connection with the game.

1944 Amos Alonzo Stagg

1950 Jim Thorpe

1973 Dave Debusschere

HALL OF FAME MEMBERS______

Aaron, Henry - 1958Kiner, Ralph - 1954
Alston, Walter - 1954Koufax, Sandy - 1964
Banks, Ernie - 1959Landis, Kenesaw M. - 1944
Berra, Yogi - 1952Lopez, A1 - 1960
Boudreau, Lou - 1942Mack, Connie - 1944
Brock, Lou - 1975MacPhail, Larry - 1945
Campanella, Roy - 1953Mantle, Mickey - 1953
Chandler, Happy - 1956Mays, Willie - 1955, 1966
Clemente, Roberto - 1971McCarthy, Joe - 1948
Cobb, Ty - 1951Musial, Stan - 1948
Cronin, Joe - 1965Ott, Mel - 1941
Dean, Dizzy - 1951Paige, Satchel - 1952
DiMaggio, Joe - 1941, 1951Reese, Pee Wee - 1950
Drysdale, Don - 1965Rickey, Branch - 1945
Feller, Bob - 1941Roberts, Robin - 1953
Ford, Whitey - 1962Robinson, Brooks - 1973
Frick, Ford - 1945Robinson, Frank - 1971
Gibson, Bob - 1968Robinson, Jackie - 1947
Greenberg, Hank - 1947Ruffing, Red - 1941
Griffith, Clark - 1950Ruth, Babe - 1944
Harridge, Will - 1949Snider, Duke - 1956
Harris, Bucky - 1948Spahn, Warren - 1962
Hornsby, Rogers - 1952Stengel, Casey - 1949
Kaline, A1 - 1970Wilhelm, Hoyt - 1971
Killibrew, Harmon - 1966Williams, Ted - 1947

SABR Research Guide No. 1 (Bibliography Committee)

June, 1986

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