At 5-foot-6, 139 pounds, lefty Bobby Shantz wasn’t the most imposing figure standing on the mound. His 16-year career ...

Pottstown held its annual Bobby Shantz Day ceremonies Monday afternoon on the field named after the 1943 Pottstown High graduate and Major League Baseball legend. Shantz, now 92 years old, signed ...

POTTSTOWN, Pa. - Former Major League Baseball pitcher Bobby Shantz threw out the first pitch on the field named after him at Pottstown High School on a day known as "Bobby Shantz Day." "I think it's ...

Editor’s note: this story was updated May 10, 2022, to clarify where Shantz started his career. POTTSTOWN >> Bobby Shantz got a call from the Philadelphia Phillies before the start of the Major League ...

POTTSTOWN >> If there’s any quality that was highlighted by the man of the hour on Bobby Shantz Day, it was his reliability. While he can still drive at 97 years old, Shantz wasn’t behind the wheel ...

The South Jersey Baseball Oldtimers will be sponsoring Opening Night at this year’s Bridgeton Invitational Tournament - Spring Classic scheduled for May 25. The tournament will be played on Alden ...

To a baseball scout, the ideal pitcher is a rangy, muscular six-footer who can rear back and burn the ball across the plate all afternoon. Such a man was Lefty (“Old Mose”) Grove (6 ft. 1½in., 170 Ibs ...

Hall of Fame standard: 40.6 Career WAR / 28.2 Peak WAR / 34.4 JAWS Shantz: 34.8 Career WAR / 25.1 Peak WAR / 29.9 JAWS Until Mariano Rivera(57.1 career WAR / 28.9 Peak WAR /43.0 JAWS, second among ...