TGG They Were There Archive

Our Ed Attanasio, who splits his time between This Great Game as President of the Oral History Committee for SABR (the Society for American Baseball Research) has interviewed numerous ex-ballplayers who give first-hand accounts of the players, places and events that have shaped over a century of baseball history. Below is the list of excerpted interviews that appear on This Great Game, with more certainly on the way.

1929: Lefty O'Doul
1938: Lester Rodney
1944: Freddy Schmidt
1945: Hobie Landrith
1947: Wally Westlake
1949: Charlie Silvera
1952: Duane Pillette
1953: Gus Zernial
1954: Connie Marrero
1955: Jim Gentile
1957: Ed Mayer
1958: Jim Davenport
1962: Maury Wills
1963: Jesse Gonder
1964: Ernie Broglio
1965: Nate Oliver
1966: Ernie Fazio
1967: Dick Williams
1971: Bob Locker
1982: Stefan Wever