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Mo'ne Davis
Mo'ne Davis (born 2001) is an American baseball player who in 2014 became the first girl to win and pitch a shutout at the Little League World Series for Philadelphia's Taney Dragons, later playing Hampton softball and joining WPBL Los Angeles in 2026.
Moe Berg
Moe Berg (Morris Berg, 1902-1972), MLB catcher and shortstop for 15 seasons (.243, 6 HR), Princeton and Columbia Law graduate who spied for the OSS in World War II, including the 1944 Heisenberg mission in Zurich.
Moisés Alou
Moisés Alou (Moises Rojas Alou), Dominican MLB outfielder 1990-2008, son of Felipe Alou; .303 average, 332 HR, 1997 World Series champion, 6-time All-Star, 30-game hitting streak in 2007.
Moisés Ballesteros
Moisés Ballesteros (born 2003, Los Teques, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan catcher/DH, signed by the Cubs in 2021, MLB debut May 13, 2025, traded to the Angels August 3, 2026 for Ryan Zeferjahn.
Monica Abbott
Monica Abbott is an American softball pitcher who holds major NCAA records, won two silver medals, and became the first woman to sign a million-dollar U.S. team sport contract.
Montgomery Biscuits
Montgomery Biscuits, Double-A Southern League (South Division) team in Montgomery, Alabama, Tampa Bay Rays affiliate since 2004; plays at Riverwalk Stadium, won league titles 2006 and 2007, owned by OnDeck Partners since December 2025.
Montreal Expos
Montreal Expos (Les Expos de Montréal), National League expansion team 1969-2004, Canada's first MLB club, homes Jarry Park and Olympic Stadium, 1981 NLCS Blue Monday, 1994 strike, relocated to Washington as the Nationals in 2005.
Mookie Betts
Mookie Betts, also known as Marcus Lynn Betts, is an American professional baseball player and shortstop who won the 2018 AL MVP and four World Series championships.
Moonlight Graham
Moonlight Graham (Archibald Wright Graham, 1879-1965), American outfielder who played one 1905 New York Giants game without batting, then served 44 years as Chisholm, Minnesota school doctor; immortalized in Shoeless Joe and Field of Dreams.
Morganna
Morganna, also known as Morganna the Kissing Bandit, was the stage name of Morganna Roberts, an entertainer who kissed baseball players on the field from 1969 to 1999.
Moses Fleetwood Walker
Moses Fleetwood Walker (Fleet Walker), 1856-1924, American catcher who became the first openly Black major league baseball player with the 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings, batting .263 in 42 games, and the last Black major leaguer until Jackie Robinson in 1947.
Mr. 3000
Mr. 3000 is a 2004 Touchstone/Spyglass sports comedy directed by Charles Stone III, starring Bernie Mac as Brewers star Stan Ross, who returns at 47 after a clerical error leaves him three hits short of 3,000; Angela Bassett co-stars.
Munenori Kawasaki (川崎宗則)
Munenori Kawasaki (川崎宗則), born 1981 in Kagoshima, Japanese infielder; Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks star, 8-time NPB All-Star, two-time WBC champion, 2016 Cubs World Series winner, and beloved Blue Jays utility infielder.
Munetaka Murakami
Munetaka Murakami (村上 宗隆), Japanese first baseman born 2000 in Kumamoto; NPB home run record holder with the Yakult Swallows, Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medalist, and Chicago White Sox All-Star rookie.
Municipal Stadium (Kansas City, Missouri)
Municipal Stadium (Muehlebach Field, Ruppert Stadium, Blues Stadium) was Kansas City's ballpark at 22nd and Brooklyn from 1923 to 1976, home of the Blues, Monarchs, Athletics, Royals, and Chiefs.
Murderers' Row
Murderers' Row: nickname of the 1927 New York Yankees batting order (Combs, Koenig, Ruth, Gehrig, Meusel, Lazzeri), first applied to the club in 1918, from the Tombs prison term; the 110-44 team swept the 1927 World Series.
Nap Lajoie
Nap Lajoie (Napoleon Lajoie, 1874-1959), American Hall of Fame second baseman, 1901 AL Triple Crown winner with a .426 average, 3,243 career hits, Cleveland's "Naps" named for him, inducted 1937.
Nashville Sounds
Nashville Sounds, Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers at First Horizon Park in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded 1978 as a Double-A Southern League expansion club; won 2005 PCL championship and 2022 MiLB Organization of the Year.
Natasha Watley
Natasha Watley (born 1981, Canoga Park, California), American softball shortstop; two-time Olympian (2004 gold, 2008 silver), first Black player for Team USA softball, UCLA 2003 NCAA champion, USA Softball Hall of Fame 2020.
Nathan Church
Nathan Michael Church (born 2000) is an American MLB centerfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals; drafted 11th round 2022 from UC Irvine, debuted August 17, 2025, career .239 average with 11 home runs through 2026.
Nathan Eovaldi
Nathan Eovaldi (born 1990) is an MLB right-handed pitcher for the Texas Rangers, formerly Dodgers, Marlins, Yankees, Rays, and Red Sox; two-time World Series champion (2018, 2023) and first pitcher to win five starts in one postseason.
National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (NA) was the first all-professional baseball league, playing 1871–1875 before its clubs left to form the National League in 1876; its major-league status remains disputed.
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Cooperstown, NY; nonprofit museum opened June 12, 1939 during baseball's centennial; honors inductees elected by BBWAA (75 percent threshold) and Era Committees; holds 40,000-plus artifacts.
National League
National League (NL), founded February 2, 1876 by William A. Hulbert with eight charter clubs, the older of MLB's two leagues; adopted the designated hitter in 2022 after the American League did so in 1973.
National League Championship Series
National League Championship Series (NLCS), MLB's best-of-seven playoff deciding the NL pennant since 1985 (best-of-five 1969-1984); winner advances to the World Series; 2026 champion Milwaukee Brewers swept the Dodgers 4-0.
National Pro Fastpitch
National Pro Fastpitch (NPF), formerly the Women's Pro Softball League, was a US professional women's fastpitch softball league playing 2004-2019; its Cowles Cup went mostly to the USSSA Pride and Chicago Bandits before operations suspended in 2021.
Nationals Park
Nationals Park, the Washington Nationals' MLB ballpark in Southeast Washington, D.C., opened March 30, 2008; cost over $611 million; first LEED Silver-certified MLB stadium; 41,565 seats.
Nayu Kiyohara
Nayu Kiyohara (清原奈侑, born 1991, Osaka) is a Japanese softball catcher for Hitachi Sundeyva who won gold in women's softball at Tokyo 2020, wearing number 21 and appearing in two games as catcher and pinch hitter.
Ned Yost
Ned Yost (born 1954, Eureka, CA) is a former MLB catcher and manager who led the Milwaukee Brewers (2003-08) and Kansas City Royals (2010-19), winning the 2015 World Series with a record 22-9 postseason mark and 746 Royals wins.
Negro American League
Negro American League (NAL), Black professional baseball league founded 1937 under Dr. J.B. Martin as successor to Rube Foster's Negro National League; Midwest-based, home of the Kansas City Monarchs and East-West All-Star Game; MLB-recognized major league 1937-1948, operated into the early 1960s.