ELLWOOD CITY ― One by one they took their turn at bat Aug. 25. The mayor, a state legislator, local historical society officials and an esteemed baseball researcher stood at the podium on the grass ...

Aug. 11—A ceremony will be held this month for an Ellwood City legend and Major League Baseball Hall of Famer receiving a state historical marker in his honor. The Ellwood City Area Historical Society ...

ELLWOOD CITY ― Friday is Hack Wilson Day, a time to honor an Ellwood City native Hall-of-Famer who slugged his way into Cooperstown with his prodigious power hitting. At 11 a.m. at the Lincoln High ...

Wilson is a Hall of Famer who spent 12 years in the big leagues with the Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants and Philadelphia Phillies. He was a .307 lifetime hitter with 244 home runs. He ...

With an 18-inch neck and dainty size-six feet, Hack Wilson should have been too top-heavy to walk, much less play baseball. But he spent 12 seasons in the majors, 6 of them with the Cubs, and in 1930 ...

Squat little Outfielder Lewis Robert (“Hack”) Wilson, with the smallest feet and the dirtiest uniform in baseball, got his first big league job with the New York Giants in 1923. When his hitting ...

The Chicago Cubs offense hasn’t started a season this strong since Hack Wilson, Rogers Hornsby and Kiki Cuyler were mashing the ball at Wrigley Field. The Cubs came into Saturday’s game with 137 runs ...

Editor's Note: Our Towns is a series looking at the people and places that are part of the communities of Beaver County, many of which often don't get a lot of attention from those outside their ...