Satchel Paige was 59 years old – or something close to it – when he walked off a Major League mound for the last time. Pitching for the Kansas City A’s on Sept. 25, 1965, the legendary Negro Leagues s ...

In early 1965, I paid 95 cents for a paperback titled “Major League Baseball Up-to-Date 1965” by Jack Zanger. I still h ...

ALTUS, Okla. (AP) — Eddie Fisher, the right-hander whose 15-year major league career included an All-Star selection for the Chicago White Sox and a World Series title with Baltimore, has died.

Primarily a reliever over the course of his career, Fisher was an All-Star in 1965, when he went 15-7 with a 2.40 ERA and made what was then an American League record of 82 appearances. He was with ...