Bob Feller, with a 266-162 record and 2,581 strikeouts ... featured player in 1940s newsreels demonstrating that a thrown baseball could travel faster than a motorcycle and could be made to ...
Grover Cleveland Alexander is elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA. 1947: The Tigers sell first baseman Hank Greenberg to ...
1962 — Bob Feller and Jackie Robinson are elected into baseball’s Hall of Fame. Robinson, the first black to play in the majors, is also the first to enter the Hall. 1968 — The NBA awards expansion ...