A fan favorite during the 1980’s, Tom Herr starred for the St. Louis Cardinals in 3 World Series’. During the ’85 season, he set career highs in nearly every statistical category, including an amazing 110 RBI’s, which came along with only 8 home runs. Tom was selected to the 1985 All Star team for his… Read more »
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Dorrel “Whitey” Herzog
Whitey Herzog managed four different major league teams, five years with the Kansas City Royals from 1975-’79 and over 10 years with the St. Louis Cardinals from 1980-’90. His 1,281 victories rank 25th on the all-time list for managers in the big leagues. Herzog logged eight years in the majors as a player, including stints… Read more »
Denny Higgins
Dennis “Denny” Higgins was born and raised in Jefferson City, Missouri. He spent seven years in the minor leagues before breaking into the majors with the Chicago White Sox in 1966. The right hander would later spend time with the Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians and St. Louis Cardinals. For his career, he compiled a 22-23… Read more »
Terry Higgins
In the early 1980s, when he first began teaching at Carl Junction High School, Terry Higgins was asked to be the public address announcer for junior varsity and freshmen football games. He still remembers that first contest – a 6-0 JV Bulldog victory against East Newton – but little did he know that press boxes… Read more »
Hillcrest High School and American Legion Baseball
Hillcrest High School opened its doors in 1958. That means 55 high school baseball seasons and 54 American Legion seasons. Those 109 seasons have produced 2,432 wins in 3,797 contests, a .641 winning percentage. Multiple generations of families have played on these teams but only four men have coached them. Dick Birmingham started it all, coaching… Read more »
Julius Hochman
He earned a scholarship to Utah State University in basketball. He returned to St. Joseph to start his family and begin his lifelong journey in youth baseball. In 1954, he founded the first Youth Baseball League in St. Joseph. Within a few years, his league covered the entire city. He led the efforts to raise… Read more »
Matt Holliday
He grew up on the frontier plains of Oklahoma, where the game of football pulls on the back of all letter jackets and where he himself emerged as a big-time quarterback recruit. It seemed as if every college football coach in America wanted Matt Holliday and, at one point, then-Kansas City Chiefs General Manager Carl… Read more »
Myron Holtzman
Like any sports writer, Myron Holtzman enjoys telling stories. The funny ones are the best, of course. Even his. “I went to the University of Missouri to be a business major,” Holtzman said, “and figured out I couldn’t add 2 plus 2, so I found another major.” Well, he not only found sports journalism but… Read more »
Rogers Hornsby
Off the field, Rogers Hornsby was tough, uncompromising, and outspoken. On it, he was the greatest right-handed batter in baseball history. Hornsby, whose season-record .424 average and .358 lifetime mark for 23 big league campaigns established him as the standard for right-handed batters, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1942. He led… Read more »
Rick Horton
Drafted by the Cardinals in 1980 out of the University of Virginia, Horton pitched parts of 6 seasons with St. Louis. He won 32 games in his career, including a career best 9 during his rookie season in 1984. Rick pitched for the Cardinals in the 1985 and 1987 World Series and was an integral… Read more »
Eric Hosmer
He’ll forever live in Kansas City Royals lore for his “Mad Dash” to the plate in Game 5 of the 2015 World Series, his sprint from third base forging a tie and helping the club ultimately win its first championship in 30 years. Top of the ninth. Down 2-1 with one out. A Salvador Perez… Read more »
Ryan Howard
He was the longshot who didn’t just make it but made it big. Who drew only mild interest from an NCAA Division I Power 5 school. Who ended up being a scholarship-less walk-on at Missouri State University. And yet who smashed his way straight to the top of the big leagues. Of course sports fans,… Read more »
Dick Howser
Leading with a quiet confidence and professionalism that understated his fierce determination, Dick Howser took the Royals to the top of baseball. He will always be remembered for leading Kansas City to its first World Series Championship in 1985. In just over five full seasons, he managed the Royals into postseason play three times. Howser… Read more »
Al Hrabosky
Known as “The Mad Hungarian” during his professional baseball career, Al Hrabosky is one of the most recognized and respected Missouri sports personalities. The #1 draft pick of the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1969 draft, Hrabosky was promoted to the major leagues one year later. He played for the Cardinals through the 1977 season,… Read more »
Carl Hubbell
Born in Carthage in southwest Missouri, Carl Hubbell is best known for his standout single-game performances, the most memorable one being during the three innings he spent on the mound in the 1934 All-Star Game. But Hubbell’s career featured more than just electric moments. His consistent excellence during one of the game’s most prolific offensive… Read more »
Jerry Hughes
These days, there is nothing small about so-called small college athletics, and Jerry Hughes – the longtime athletic director of the University of Central Missouri – has been among its champions. Just walk across the Warrensburg campus. A $6 million fundraising effort has led to the football team’s new locker room, strength and conditioning center… Read more »