His name is Roy Campanella. Campanella’s journey to Cooperstown began in high school. The baseball coach held tryouts and told the prospective players to run to the position they wanted to play.
He went to Dodgers spring training in Havana, Cuba, in 1947, playing alongside future Hall of Famers Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella. After a few years starring for the Dodgers’ minor league ...
Fellow St. Louis Cardinals great, Stan Musial (1943, '46, '48), and Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella (1951, '53, '55) made this list generations ago. Jimmie Fox (1932, '33, '38 ...