Carl Mays could do it all. By all accounts, the right-handed submariner who spent time with four Major League clubs was mixture of Cy Young, Gaylord Perry and Dan Quisenberry. Add in a little Ty Cobb and you’ve got a pretty good idea of what you were facing when Mays took the mound. Born November… Read more »
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Gene McArtor
In 20 years of coaching baseball at the University of Missouri, Gene McArtor coached the Tigers to two Big 8 Conference titles and took six different teams to NCAA regional play. He also served as the Chairman of the NCAA Baseball Committee from 1987-1992, Vice President of the American Baseball Coach’s Association in 1987, President… Read more »
Tim McCarver
Regarded by many as baseball’s premier television analyst, Tim McCarver serves as MLB on FOX lead game analyst, teaming with play-by-play announcer Joe Buck. Familiar to all fans that watch baseball’s jewel events, McCarver won three straight Emmy Awards for “Outstanding Sports Event Analyst” and in total has received 12 Emmy nominations during his 15… Read more »
Nolan McCaulley
In the early 1960s, while attending Drury University in Springfield, Nolan McCaulley walked into a sports officiating class and found his calling. In order to pass the class, students were required to join the Missouri State High School Activities Association and the local association for umpiring and refereeing. That semester, classmate Emry Dilday (MSHOF 2019)… Read more »
Dr. Glenn McElroy
Dr. Glenn McElroy began working with the University of Missouri Tigers as an orthopedic consultant to team physician Dr. James Baker in 1951, then succeeded him in 1977. In 1991 he took on the title of emeritus team physician. He was a charter member of the Missouri Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame, received the… Read more »
Willie McGee
Originally from Richmond, California, McGee spent four years in the New York Yankee minor leagues before he came to the Cardinals in a trade for pitcher Bob Sykes. He played for three other organizations in his 18-year career, but McGee will always be remembered as Cardinal. As an all-time great centerfielder, “Number 51” won three Gold Gloves, earned… Read more »
Joe McGuff
McGuff was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and attended Marquette University. He briefly served in the United States Army before being discharged due to asthma. After first working for the Tulsa World, he joined the staff of The Kansas City Star in 1948. He became sports editor in 1966 and was named editor of the Star… Read more »
McQueary Brothers Drug Company
McQueary Brothers Drug company was started in Springfield, MO in 1924 by brothers Les and Fred McQueary. A wholesale drug company, McQueary Brothers expanded from serving retail pharmacies in Missouri and Arkansas early in the company’s existence to serving pharmacies in 7 states across the Midwest. Les and Fred were avid sports fans and actively… Read more »
Hal McRae
Kansas City Royals Hall of Famer Hal McRae was born in 1945 and raised in Avon Park, FL. He was a standout baseball player at Florida A&M University and was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in 1966. An outfielder, McRae’s playing career spanned 23 years, including 19 major league seasons with the Reds and Royals.… Read more »
Joe Medwick
Years ago, Joe “Ducky” Medwick once said, “I’ll stack my 1937 season with anybody.” He could have said that about his incredible career, too. After all, Medwick was one of the most aggressive St. Louis Cardinals ever to wear the “Birds on the Bat” jersey, becoming well-known during the “Gas House Gang” era and leaving… Read more »
Ernie Mehl
Ernie Mehl worked at the Kansas City Star for nearly 50 years, serving from 1950 to 1965 as sports editor. It was partially due to Mehl’s efforts that Kansas City got its first major league baseball team, the Kansas City Athletics. Later, in 1967, when the Athletics moved to Oakland, California, Mehl led the effort… Read more »
Bruce Melin
Melin received both his bachelor’s (1944) and master’s (1948) degrees from the University of Minnesota. He joined the faculty and athletic staff of Washington University in 1949 and served for 28 years before retiring in 1977. He continued working as an athletic trainer for some time after his retirement. In 1986, Melin received the Washington… Read more »
Mercy
Mercy is the 2012 John Q. Hammons Founder Award Recipient. As part of an integrated health system with more than 500 physicians and 10,000 co-workers, Mercy has been caring for the people of the Ozarks since 1891. Mercy is home to the region’s only Level I Trauma Center, a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit,… Read more »
Ken Meyer
For more than 35 years, one of Ken Meyer’s radio stations has delivered St. Louis Cardinals broadcasts to the Ozarks. Several other stations have carried a combination of the Kansas City Royals and the sports teams of Missouri State, Missouri Tigers, Drury, Evangel and Southwest Baptist universities as well as local high schools and the… Read more »
Dr. Paul Meyer
Dr. Paul Meyer was an orthopedic surgeon and team physician for the Kansas City Athletics and the Kansas City Royals. He also was a clinical Associate Professor of Orthopedics at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine. He authored, or co-authored, several publications about various subjects in orthopedics, including one entitled “Baseball Shoulders.” Meyer was… Read more »
Dr. Harvey Michael
Dr. Harvey Michael was the team physician for Missouri State University for 18 years. He graduated from the Oklahoma School of Medicine in Oklahoma City in 1962, then moved to Springfield, Missouri in 1967 to set up his private practice at the Smith-Glynn-Callaway Clinic. He was also a member of the Green County Medical Society.… Read more »