How the Triple Crown Became Baseball's Rarest Feat
Leading a league in average, home runs and RBIs in one season is the Triple Crown, and it has happened only a handful of times in the modern era. Here is why it is so hard, and who
Welcome to the Dugout
The unofficial website for any and all baseball fans. Player tributes, baseball stories and record lists written by Todd Newville, who chased down the game's greats for interviews, autographs and grip-and-grin photos.
Player Tributes
"Beeney!" - Fred Beene, Former Major League Baseball Pitcher
Oscar Gamble - Dream Weaver!
Danny Walton - Dandy Danny!
Cecil Travis - Super Senator!
Stu Miller - Relief Pitcher Extraordinaire!
Randy "Handsome Ransom" Jackson - Brooklyn Dodgers
Johnny Grubb
Bobby Morgan - Brooklyn Dodgers
Roy Sievers - Slugging First Baseman
Cecil Travis
Solly Hemus - Former Cardinal - A Rare Bird!
Harry Brecheen Dead At 89
Randy Jones - Recipe For Success
Warren Spahn Award
Walter Johnson and Christy Mathewson
Dennis Bennett - Against The Odds
Tom "Snake" Sturdivant - Former Yankees Pitcher
Harry Brecheen - Deceased Cardinals Pitcher - One Cool Cat
Where Have You Gone Fred Beene?
Darrell Porter Dies At 50
Tom "Wimpy" Paciorek - Seattle Mariners And Chicago White Sox Player
Max Alvis - Maximum Overdrive!
Eddie Fisher
Tom Tresh and Mike Tresh
Stories & Lists
1933 American League All-Star Team
Baseball Todd's Award Picks
Award Winners By Year
Baseball Todd's Statistical Analyses And Archives
Baseball's All-Time Leaderboards
In Memory - Bill Teegins
Baseball Todd's Award Picks
Award Winners By Year
Baseball Todd's Statistical Analyses And Archives
Baseball's All-Time Leaderboards
In Memory - Bill Teegins
From the Dugout Blog
Warren Spahn and the Lost Art of the Complete Game
Warren Spahn won 363 games and finished what he started. The complete game, once routine, is now almost extinct. We trace how bullpen usage reshaped pitching from Spahn's era to to
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