Pete Gray
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Peter James Gray was an American professional baseball outfielder who played for the St. Louis Browns of Major League Baseball for one season in 1945. He was notable for playing despite having lost his right arm in a childhood accident.
Gray (right) with his father Peter Wyshner (left) and mother Antoinette Wyshner (center) at Yankee Stadium during the 1945 baseball season.
Gray during his tenure with the Memphis Chicks, circa 1944.
Gray (far right) demonstrates his technique for catching a baseball with one arm for United States armed forces amputees at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
Major League Baseball
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Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league and the highest level of organized baseball in the United States and Canada. One of the big four major leagues, MLB comprises 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. Formed in 1876 and 1901, respectively, the NL and AL cemented their cooperation with the National Agreement in 1903, making MLB the oldest major professional sports league in the world. They remained legally separate entities until 2000, when they merged into a single organization led by the Commissioner of Baseball. MLB is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan.
National League Baltimore Orioles, 1896
Cy Young, 1911 baseball card
Jackie Robinson comic book, 1951
1959 World Series action at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum