Tris Speaker

SAN DIEGO -- The game of baseball has provided some great fan memories and one of its biggest fans, Andy Strasberg, has turned fans’ memories into a book. “I love baseball,” said author Andy Strasberg. “I'm obsessed with it. I'm...

He is Mr. November, and every other month in which Major League Baseball is played. He has more hits than Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, a higher career batting average than Mickey Mantle and a higher postseason average than Joe DiMaggio. And it won't be...

TV SPORTS Women's College Basketball-Michigan at Purdue, 5:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Penn State at Northwestern, 7:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Idaho at Nevada, 10 p.m. (ESPNU) Men's College Basketball-Xavier at Cincinnati, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); Villanova at...

Seattle closer David Aardsma is a lot like the rest of the Mariners. He wasn't expected to do a lot this season. Chris Woodward's bases-loaded pop up in the ninth inning dropped behind a partially draw-in infield to score the go-ahead run, lifting...

It was a sensation I'd experienced while touring plantations in South Carolina and walking the Forum in Rome, that feeling that because I was standing in a certain place, I was linked intimately with the span of human history. I stared at the bronzed...

The White Sox's offense is beginning to thaw. A.J. Pierzynski and Rob Mackowiak supplied the power Thursday night and Joe Crede took a big step toward breaking out of his slump with a tie-breaking single in the eighth inning as the Sox pulled away to a...

(BBWAA: Elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America; VC: Elected by the Veterans Committee; NL: Elected by the Veterans Committee based on Negro league career): 1936 -- BBWAA: Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth, Honus...

Player (x-active) Hits 1. Pete Rose 4,256 2. Ty Cobb 4,191 3. Hank Aaron 3,771 4. Stan Musial 3,630 5. Tris Speaker 3,515 6. Honus Wagner 3,430 7. Carl Yastrzemski 3,419 8. Paul Molitor 3,319 9. Eddie Collins 3,309 10. Willie Mays 3,283 11....