In 2020 baseball lost not one but a remarkable six Hall of Famers: Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, Joe Morgan, Tom Seaver, Whitey Ford and Al Kaline. This issue of LIFE remembers those great players in all the glory of their times with unmatched photography as well as extraordinary, moving narratives by a cadre of leading writers. Brock on the basepaths. Gibson throwing high and tight. Morgan revving the engine of the Big Red Machine. Seaver saving a franchise. Ford winning like no others. Kaline modeling pure excellence. Includes inside stories from the field and from the Hall of Fame.