A long-time resident of Kansas City, Hank Bauer spent more than 18 years as an outstanding outfielder in the American League, predominantly with the New York Yankees. He joined the Kansas City Athletics in 1959 and was named the team’s manager in 1961. In 1963, Bauer joined the Baltimore Orioles as manager, leading them to… Read more »
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Dave Duncan
Dave Duncan, who retired after the 2011 campaign, began his career with the Kansas City Athletics in 1963. He made his major league debut on May 6, 1964 at the age of 18, becoming the youngest player in the American League at the time. Duncan’s biggest contribution to baseball came as a pitching coach, the last 16… Read more »
Bill Grigsby
Bill Grigsby has a lengthy background in broadcasting sporting events. He is in his 31st year as color commentator for the Kansas City Chiefs – a longevity record in the National Football League. He began his broadcasting career in Joplin as a play-by-play announcer for the New York Yankee farm club, the Joplin Miners. He… Read more »
Jason Hart
Being a big-bopper seemed pretty cool to Jason Hart. Well, until his freshman year of college when one afternoon Missouri State University coach Keith Guttin (MSHOF 2015) decided to throw him batting practice. He’s still laughing about it. “He didn’t throw BP that often. But the next thing I knew, he whizzes one over my… Read more »
Darold Knowles
A veteran of 52 seasons in Major League Baseball, Darold Knowles has pitched for the Baltimore Orioles, the Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators, Oakland A’s, Chicago Cubs, Montreal Expos and the St. Louis Cardinals. His southpaw curve was always in demand. Darold’s claim to fame came as a member of the three time World Champion A’s,… Read more »
Jerry Lumpe
Jerry Lumpe was born in Lincoln, MO and grew up in nearby Warsaw, where the local baseball field is named after him. He attended high school in Warsaw where he excelled in basketball and American Legion Baseball. In 1950-’51, Lumpe played baseball for the Sedalia Chiefs in the Central Missouri Ban Johnson League. Lumpe signed… 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 »
George Toma
At age 10, he went to work on a vegetable farm, but not by choice. The family needed the money after his dad, a coal miner in eastern Pennsylvania, passed away. Fortunately for George Toma, the minor leagues rescued him as a teenager in the 1940s. But not because he could hit or pitch. Instead,… Read more »