Bob Feller

On December 15 Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller passed away at age 92. Long before sports television regularly monitored the speed of major league pitches the Iowa-born right hander had a fastball once clocked at 104 miles per hour. It enabled Feller to win 266 games all with the Cleveland Indians, lead the American League in strikeouts seven times and be the first pitcher to win twenty games before the age of 21. Feller's three no hitters included the only one ever thrown on opening day (1940), and his twelve one-hitters still astound baseball fans even after more than half a century. Bob Feller was also the first major leaguer to enlist after Pearl Harbor, eventually serving with distinction as a Navy gun captain throughout World War Two.
On June 4 the Merrick Blog reviewed "Satch, Dizzy and Rapid Robert: The Wild Saga of Interracial Baseball Before Jackie Robinson" by Timothy Gay, recalling the off-season "barnstorming" of star performers including Bob Feller. The Library also has these titles telling of baseball's history:

Golenbock, Peter. Amazin': The Miraculous History of New York's Most Beloved Baseball Team
Smith, Curt. Storied Stadiums: Baseball History Through Its Ballparks
Vincent, Fay. The Only Game In Town: Baseball Stars of the 1930s and 1940s Talk About the Game They Loved
Schlossberg, Dan. The New Baseball Catalog