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1990 in baseball
The following are the baseball events of the year 1990 • • Jeff Torborg, Chicago White Sox (AL)
throughout the world. • Jim Leyland, Pittsburgh Pirates (NL)
Champions MLB statistical leaders
Major League Baseball American League National
League
• World Series: Cincinnati Reds over Oakland Athletics
(4-0); José Rijo, MVP Type Name Stat Name Stat
League Championship World Series AVG George Brett .329 Willie McGee .335
Series CBS KCR STL
CBS HR Cecil Fielder 51 Ryne Sandberg 40
DET CHC
East Boston Red 0 RBI Cecil Fielder 132 Matt Williams 122
Sox DET SFG
West Oakland Ath- 4 Wins Bob Welch 27 Doug Drabek 22
letics OAK PIT
AL Oakland Ath- 0 ERA Roger Clemens 1.93 Danny Darwin 2.21
letics BOS HOU
NL Cincinnati 4
Ks Nolan Ryan 232 David Cone 233
Reds
TEX NYM
East Pittsburgh Pi- 2
rates
West Cincinnati 4 Major league baseball final
Reds
• American League Championship Series MVP Dave
standings
Stewart American League
• National League Championship Series co-MVPs: Rob
Rank Club Wins Losses Win % GB
Dibble and Randy Myers
• All-Star Game, July 10 at Wrigley Field: American East Division
League, 2–0; Julio Franco, MVP 1st Boston Red Sox 88 74 .543 --
2nd Toronto Blue Jays 86 76 .531 2.0
Other champions
3rd Detroit Tigers 79 83 .488 9.0
• Caribbean World Series: Leones del Escogido
4th Cleveland Indians 77 85 .475 11.0
(Dominican Republic)
• College World Series: Georgia 5th Baltimore Orioles 76 85 .472 11.5
• Japan Series: Seibu Lions over Yomiuri Giants (4–0) 6th Milwaukee Brew- 74 88 .457 14.0
• Little League World Series: San-Hua, Tainan County, ers
Taiwan 7th New York Yankees 67 95 .414 21.0
West Division
Awards and honors 1st Oakland Athletics 103 59 .636 --
• • Rickey Henderson, Oakland Athletics (AL) 2nd Chicago White Sox 94 68 .580 9.0
• Barry Bonds, Pittsburgh Pirates (NL)
3rd Texas Rangers 83 79 .512 20.0
• • Bob Welch, Oakland Athletics (AL)
• Doug Drabek, Pittsburgh Pirates (NL) 4th California Angels 80 82 .494 23.0
• • Sandy Alomar, Jr., Cleveland Indians (AL) 5th Seattle Mariners 77 85 .475 26.0
• David Justice, Atlanta Braves (NL)
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Team Manager Comments
Baltimore Orioles Frank Robinson
Boston Red Sox Joe Morgan
California Angels Doug Rader
Chicago White Sox Jeff Torborg
Cleveland Indians John McNamara
Detroit Tigers Sparky Anderson
Kansas City Royals John Wathan
Milwaukee Brewers Tom Trebelhorn
Minnesota Twins Tom Kelly
New York Yankees Bucky Dent Replaced during the season by Stump Merrill
Oakland Athletics Tony La Russa Won AL Pennant
Seattle Mariners Jim Lefebvre
Texas Rangers Bobby Valentine
Toronto Blue Jays Cito Gaston
6th Kansas City Royals 75 86 .466 27.5 Managers
7th Minnesota Twins 74 88 .457 29.0
National League American League
Rank Club Wins Losses Win % GB
National League
East Division
1st Pittsburgh Pirates 95 67 .586 --
2nd New York Mets 91 71 .562 4.0
Events
3rd Montréal Expos 85 77 .525 10.0 January–April
4th Chicago Cubs 77 85 .475 18.0 • January 9: Jim Palmer, a three-time American League
4th Philadelphia 77 85 .475 18.0 Cy Young Award winner, and Joe Morgan, a two-time
Phillies National League MVP, are elected to the Hall of Fame
6th St. Louis Cardinals 70 92 .432 25.0 by the Baseball Writers Association of America in
their first year of eligibility.
West Division • February 15 - A thirty-two day lockout begins as
1st Cincinnati Reds 91 71 .562 -- Major League Baseball owners refuse to open spring
2nd Los Angeles 86 76 .531 5.0 training camp without reaching a new Basic
Dodgers Agreement with the players. The regular season will
be delayed one week due to the lock-out.
3rd San Francisco 85 77 .525 6.0
• April 11 - At Anaheim Stadium, California Angels
Giants
pitchers Mark Langston (seven innings) and Mike
4th Houston Astros 75 87 .463 16.0 Witt (two innings) combine to no-hit the Seattle
4th San Diego Padres 75 87 .463 16.0 Mariners, 1–0, for the first combined no-hitter in the
6th Atlanta Braves 65 97 .401 26.0 major leagues since 1976. It is Langston’s first start
for the Angels since signing as a free agent in the off-
season. Angels first baseman Wally Joyner makes an
error in the fitth inning when he overthrows
Langston on Pete O’Brien’s grounder. O’Brien tries
for second base‚ not realizing that catcher Lance
Parrish backed up the play, and he is out.
• April 20
• Pete Rose pleads guilty to two charges of filing
false income tax returns not showing income he
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Team Manager Comments
Atlanta Braves Russ Nixon Replaced during the season by Bobby Cox
Chicago Cubs Don Zimmer
Cincinnati Reds Lou Piniella Won the World Series
Houston Astros Art Howe
Los Angeles Dodgers Tommy Lasorda
Montreal Expos Buck Rodgers
New York Mets Davey Johnson Replaced during the season by Bud Harrelson
Philadelphia Phillies Nick Leyva
Pittsburgh Pirates Jim Leyland
St. Louis Cardinals Whitey Herzog Replaced during the season by Joe Torre
San Diego Padres Jack McKeon Replaced during the season by Greg Riddoch
San Francisco Giants Roger Craig
received from selling autographs, memorabilia, pitched only 8 innings since there was no bottom of
and from horse racing winnings. the 9th.
• After retiring the first 26 Oakland Athletics • July 5 - Whitey Herzog quits as manager of the St.
batters, Brian Holman loses a perfect game when Louis Cardinals. He has a 1,281-1,125 (.532) record in
Ken Phelps hits a home run in an eventual 6–1 11 years as their manager.
Seattle Mariners win. • July 10 - Six American League pitchers combine for a
two-hitter and a 2–0 victory over the National
May–August League in a rain-delayed All-Star Game at Wrigley
• May 22 - Andre Dawson of the Chicago Cubs is Field. Texas Rangers second baseman Julio Franco
intentionally walked by Cincinnati Reds’ pitching drives in both runs in the 7th inning and is named
five times; the first player to do so in Major League MVP.
history. • July 12 - Barry Bonds hits his 100th career home run.
• June 2 - At the Kingdome, Randy Johnson of the • July 12 - Mélido Pérez of the Chicago White Sox no-
Seattle Mariners no-hits the Detroit Tigers 2-0. The hits the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium 8-0.
no-hitter is the first in both Mariner and Kingdome However, the game is called after six innings by rain.
history. Perez’s no-hitter avenged Andy Hawkins no-no back
• June 6 – In a strange twist in the Yankees – Red Sox on July 1; coincidentally, Hawkins was the losing
rivalry, the Yankees fire manager Bucky Dent before pitcher for New York in Perez’s game.
a game against the Red Sox at Fenway Park. • July 17 - The Minnesota Twins turn two triple plays
• June 11 - Nolan Ryan pitches the sixth no hitter of in a single game against the Boston Red Sox, yet still
his career by defeating the Oakland Athletics in lose the game 1–0 on an unearned run.
Oakland, 5-0. • July 19 - Pete Rose is sentenced to five months in the
• June 14 - It is announced that the National League medium security Prison Camp at the United States
will be expanding by two teams for the 1993 season. Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois and fined $50,000.
• June 29: For the first time in major league history, Rose pleaded guilty to two charges of filing false
two no-hitters were thrown on the same day in both income tax returns not showing income he received
leagues. Dave Stewart for the Oakland Athletics, from selling autographs, memorabilia, and from
pitched a no-hitter against his future team, the horse racing winnings on April 20.[1]
Toronto Blue Jays, at SkyDome. Hours later, Dodger • July 31 - Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers earns his
pitcher Fernando Valenzuela no-hit the St. Louis 300th career win, against the Milwaukee Brewers.
Cardinals at Dodger Stadium. • August 15 - At Veterans Stadium, Terry Mulholland
• July 1 - While no longer recognized as such, the New of the Philadelphia Phillies no-hits the San Francisco
York Yankees’ Andy Hawkins pitches a no hitter at Giants 6-0.
old Comiskey Park. However, walks and errors lead • August 25 - In the fourth inning of a 14-4 victory
to four unearned runs as the Chicago White Sox win over the Oakland Athletics at Tiger Stadium, Cecil
4-0. Hawkins was pitching for the visiting team, and Fielder of the Detroit Tigers, batting against Dave
Stewart, hits a home run that clears the left-field
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roof. The home run is the third overall, and the first • October 20: The talk of an Oakland Athletics dynasty
by a Tiger, to clear the left-field roof. Harmon is proven premature, as the Cincinnati Reds beat
Killebrew had homered over the roof in 1962 and Oakland 2–1 to complete one of the most stunning
Frank Howard in 1968. sweeps in World Series history. Series MVP José Rijo
• August 27 - At Cleveland Stadium, Boston Red Sox (2–0, 0.59 ERA) retires the last 20 batters he faces to
outfielder Ellis Burks hit two home runs in an eight- give the Reds their first World Championship since
run 4th inning of a 12–4 victory over the Indians. It is 1976. Not joining the celebration at the end is Eric
only the second time a Red Sox hitter has homered Davis, who ruptures his kidney diving for a ball
twice in an inning. Bill Regan was the first, on June during the game and is taken to the hospital. It will
16, 1928. take Davis several years to fully recover.
• August 31 - Ken Griffey and his son Ken Griffey, Jr. • November 23 - Former Philadelphia Phillies and
start for the Seattle Mariners in a game against the Cincinnati Reds catcher Baudilio (Bo) Díaz, 37, is
Kansas City Royals. It marks the first time a father crushed to death when a rooftop satellite dish
and son have ever played in the same Major League topples over at his home in Venezuela.
game. • December 5 - In a blockbuster deal, the Toronto Blue
Jays send Tony Fernandez & Fred McGriff to the San
September–December Diego Padres for Roberto Alomar & Joe Carter.
• September 2 - After coming close on numerous • December 6: At Herman Darvick Autograph Auctions
occasions, Dave Stieb of the Toronto Blue Jays hurls in New York City, Shoeless Joe Jackson’s signature is
his team’s first (and so far only) no-hitter, blanking sold for $23,100, the most money ever paid for a
the Cleveland Indians 3-0 at Cleveland Stadium. 19th- or 20th-century signature. Jackson, who could
• September 3 - Reliever Bobby Thigpen sets a major not read or write, copied the signature from one
league record with his 47th save in a 4–2 Chicago written out by his wife. The signature, which is
White Sox victory over the Kansas City Royals. The resold within hours, was cut from a legal document.
previous record was set by Dave Righetti of the New • December 18: The National League announces the six
York Yankees in 1986. finalist cities for the two expansion clubs that will
• September 14 - Ken Griffey and Ken Griffey, Jr. hit join the league in 1993: Buffalo, Denver, Miami,
back-to-back home runs in a 7-5 loss to the California Orlando, Tampa-St. Petersburg and Washington, D.C.
Angels. Pitcher Kirk McCaskill gives up the historic
home runs. Births
• September 15 - Bobby Thigpen of the Chicago White
Sox saves his fiftieth game, becoming the first • January 5 - José Iglesias
pitcher to reach that mark. The White Sox defeat the • January 18 - Brett Lawrie
Boston Red Sox 7-5. • February 9 - Randall Delgado
• September 22 - Andre Dawson of the Chicago Cubs • February 13 - Nathan Eovaldi
steals his 300th base in an 11–5 loss to the New York • March 20 - Brad Hand
Mets, becoming only the second player in major • March 24 - Starlin Castro
league history with 300 home runs, 300 steals and • April 18 - Henderson Álvarez
2,000 hits; Willie Mays is the first, though they will • May 6 - José Altuve
later be joined by Barry Bonds. • May 10 - Salvador Pérez
• September 29 - While waiting through a rain delay, • August 17 - Mike Trout
the Cincinnati Reds watch the Los Angeles Dodgers • October 19 - Jordan Lyles
lose to the San Francisco Giants 4-3, which clinches • November 13 - Arodys Vizcaíno
the National League West Division for the Reds. The
Reds are the first National League team to lead their Deaths
division wire-to-wire since the inception of the
162-game season. January
• September 30 - Harold Reynolds of the Seattle
• January 1 - Carmen Hill, 94, pitcher for three
Mariners grounds out; shortstop Scott Fletcher to
National League teams from 1915 through 1930, who
first baseman Steve Lyons, giving the Chicago White
won 22 games in 1927 for the league champions
Sox a 2-1 victory in the final game to ever be played
Pittsburgh Pirates
at historic Comiskey Park. Bobby Thigpen is on the
• January 2 - Bill Beckmann, 82, pitcher who posted a
mound to earn his 57th save, establishing a Major
21-25 record with a 4.79 ERA in 90 games for the
League record for saves in a season.
Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals from
1939 through 1942
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• January 4 - Bobby Balcena, 74, outfielder for the March
Cincinnati Reds, who during the 1956 season became
• March 1 - Creepy Crespi, 72, second baseman for the
the first player of Filipino ancestry to appear in a
St. Louis Cardinals during four seasons, including the
major league game.
1942 World Champion team.
• January 4 - Bonnie Hollingsworth, 94, pitcher who
• March 6 - Joe Sewell, 91, Hall of Fame shortstop for
posted a 4-9 record with a 4.91 ERA in 36 games for
the Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees who
the Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators,
batted .312 lifetime and struck out only 114 times in
Brooklyn Robins and Boston Braves from 1922 to
more than 8,300 plate appearances; led AL in doubles
1928
in 1924, and in putouts and assists four times each.
• January 6 - Walter Anderson, 92, relief pitcher for
• March 9 - Lou Vedder, 92, relief pitcher who
the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1917 and 1919
appeared in one game for the 1920 Detroit Tigers.
seasons
• March 11 - Roy Schalk, 81, second baseman for the
• January 7 - Horace Stoneham, 86, owner of the Giants
Chicago White Sox from 1944 to 1945.
from 1936 to 1976 who moved the team from New
• March 23 - Margaret Holgerson, 63, All-American
York City to San Francisco for the 1958 season; the
Girls Professional Baseball League picher who posted
team won five NL pennants and the 1954 World
a 76-69 record and a 1.94 ERA in seven seasons and
Series during his tenure.
hurled a postseason no-hitter.
• January 7 - Shag Thompson, 92, backup outfielder
• March 26 - Chet Brewer, 83, All-Star pitcher of the
who hit .203 in 48 games for the Philadelphia
Negro Leagues, later a scout for the Pirates.
Athletics from 1914 to 1916
• March 28 - Johnny Neun, 89, first baseman for the
• January 9 - Spud Chandler, 82, All-Star pitcher for
Detroit Tigers and Boston Braves from 1925 to 1931,
the New York Yankees who was the AL’s MVP in a
who in 1927 completed the seventh unassisted triple
20-4 season in 1943; owned career .717 winning
play in major league history.
percentage.
• March 29 - Phil Masi, 74, a four-time All-Star catcher
• January 13 - Roy Jarvis, 63, catcher who played for
who played for the Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates
the Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates
and Chicago White Sox between 1939 and 1952.
between 1944 and 1947
• January 16 - Earl Naylor, 70, backup outfielder for the
Philadelphia Phillies (1942–43) and Brooklyn Dodgers
April
(1946) • April 8 - Bill Kelly, 91, first baseman who led the
International League in RBI three times (1924–26)
February and in home runs twice (1924, 1926); played briefly
for the Philadelphia Athletics and Philadelphia
• February 3 - Erv Kantlehner, 97, pitcher who posted
Phillies in the 1920, and later managed and umpired
a 13-29 record with a 2.84 in 87 games for the
in the minors
Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies from
• April 12 - Johnny Reder, 80, Polish sportsman who
1914 to 1916
was a goalkeeper for several American Soccer League
• February 10 - Tony Solaita, 43, first baseman
teams; played at first base for the 1932 Boston Red
regarded as the only native Samoan ever to play in
Sox, and also was named the New York - Penn
the majors, who hit .255 with 50 home runs and 203
League MVP in 1935 while playing with the
RBI in 525 games for the Yankees, Royals, Angels and
Williamsport Grays
Expos between 1968 and 1979
• April 18 - John Antonelli, 74, who spent 70 years in
• February 17 - Larry Cox, 42, backup catcher who hit
baseball, debuting in 1935 as player/manager in
.221 in 382 games with the Phillies, Mariners, Cubs
minor leagues at age of 16, appearing at third base in
and Rangers (1973–81); later a minor league manager
133 games with the Cardinals and Phillies from 1944
(1983–87) and bullpen coach for the Cubs (1988–89)
to 1945, and later playing, managing, coaching and
• February 20 - Cecil Garriott, 73, pinch-hitter for the
instructing in the minors through 1985
1946 Chicago Cubs
• April 29 - Ray Poat, 72, pitcher who posted a 22-30
• February 24 - Tony Conigliaro, 45, All-Star right
record with a 4.55 ERA in 116 games for the
fielder for the Boston Red Sox who at age 20 became
Cleveland Indians, New York Giants and Pittsburgh
the youngest player ever to win a home run title, but
Pirates from 1942 through 1949
never fully recovered from being hit in the face by a
• April 21 - Johnny Beazley, 71, who went 21–6 with a
pitch two years later.
2.13 ERA in his 1942 rookie season for the Cardinals
• February 27 - Vern Freiburger, 66, first baseman for
and pitched two complete-game wins in the team’s
the 1941 Cleveland Indians
World Series over the Yankees.
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May August
• May 4 - Jim Schelle, 73, pitcher for the 1939 • August 3 - Bob Brown, 79, pitcher who posted a 16-21
Philadelphia Athletics record with a 4.48 ERA in 79 appearances with the
• May 16 - Pretzel Pezzullo, 79, relief pitcher who Boston Braves/Bees from 1930 to 1936
posted a 3-5 record with a 6.36 ERA and one save in • August 10 - Cookie Lavagetto, 77, All-Star third
42 games for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1935 to baseman who, with the Brooklyn Dodgers, spoiled a
1936 Yankee no-hitter with two out in the ninth inning of
• May 23 - Charlie Keller, 73, five-time All-Star left Game Four in the 1947 World Series, hitting a game-
fielder for the New York Yankees who hit 30 home winning double; later managed the Senators and
runs three times. Twins.
• May 24 - Augie Donatelli, 75, National League umpire • August 12 - Fay Thomas, 86, pitcher for the New York
from 1950 to 1973 who initiated that league’s trend Giants, Cleveland Indians, Brooklyn Dodgers and St.
toward a low strike zone, and spearheaded the Louis Browns between 1927 and 1935, who also
formation of the first umpires’ union. appeared in the 1942 film The Pride of the Yankees as
• May 31 - Charlie Shoemaker, 50, backup infielder Christy Mathewson
who hit .258 in 28 games for the Kansas City Athletics • August 15 - Bob Garbark, 80, backup catcher who hit
between 1961 and 1964 .248 in 145 games with the Indians, Cubs, Athletics
and Red Sox between 1934 and 1945
June • August 21 - Bill Lasley, 88, relief pitcher who
• June 8 - Neb Stewart, 72, backup outfielder who hit appeared in two games for the 1924 St. Louis Browns
.129 in 10 games for the 1940 Philadelphia Phillies • August 21 - Bob Uhl, 76, relief pitcher who played for
• June 12 - Glen Gorbous, 59, Canadian outfielder who the Chicago White Sox (1938) and Detroit Tigers
hit .238 in 117 games with the Cincinnati Redsd and (1940)
Philadelphia Philllies from 1955 to 1957 • August 24 - Mickey Witek, 74, second baseman who
• June 12 - George McNamara, backup outfielder who hit .277 with 22 home runs and 196 RBI in 580 games
hit .273 in three games with the 1922 Washington for the New York Giants from 1940 to 1949
Senators • August 28 - Larry Jackson, 59, All-Star pitcher who
• June 12 - Jim Walkup, 94, relief pitcher for the 1927 won 194 games for the Cardinals, Cubs and Phillies;
Detroit Tigers led NL in wins in 1964.
• June 15 - Bucky Jacobs, 77, relief pitcher who posted • August 30 - Lou Garland, 85, pitcher who posted a 0-2
a 1-2 record with a 4.91 ERA in 22 games for the record for the 1931 Chicago White Sox
Washington Senators between 1937 and 1940
• June 27 - Joe O’Rourke, 85, pinch-hitter for the 1929 September
Philadelphia Phillies • September 1 - Buster Adams, 75, backup outfielder
• June 29 - Boyd Perry, 76, backup infielder who hit who hit .266 with 50 home runs and 249 RBI in 576
.181 in 36 games for the 1941 Detroit Tigers games for the Cardinals and Phillies from 1939
through 1947
July • September 2 - Mark Mauldin, 75, backup third
• July 7 - Don Bessent, 59, relief pitcher who posted a baseman who hit .263 with one home run and thrre
14-7 record with a 4.08 ERA and 12 saves in 108 RBI in 10 games for the 1934 Chicago White Sox
games for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from • September 3 - Marshall Bridges, 59, relief pitcher
1955 through 1958 who posted a 23-15 record with a 3.75 ERA and 25
• July 10 - Henry Coppola, 77, middle-relief pitcher saves in 206 games with the Cardinals, Reds, Yankees
who was 3-4 with a 5.65 ERA and one save for the and Senators from 1959 to 1965, who during the 1962
Washington Senators from 1935 to 1936 World Series became the first American League
• July 24 - Andy Woehr, 94, backup third baseman who pitcher to cough up a grand slam in Series history
hit .274 in 63 games with the Philadelphia Phillies • September 6 - Al Veach, 81, pitcher who posted a 0-2
from 1923 to 1924 record for the 1935 Philadelphia Athletics
• July 28 - Red Barrett, 75, All-Star pitcher for three NL • September 8 - Joe Gleason, 81, pitcher who posted a
teams who set a major league record for the fewest 2-2 record in 11 games for the Washington Senators
pitches (58) in a nine-inning game in 1944; led NL in in 1920 and 1922
wins in 1945. • September 9 - Doc Cramer, 85, five-time All-Star
center fielder for four AL teams who collected 2,705
hits and was a defensive standout; the only AL player
to twice go 6-for-6 in a nine-inning game.
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• September 12 - Jim Romano, 63, pitcher who November
appeared in three games for the 1950 Brooklyn
• November 3 - Jack Russell, 85, All-Star relief pitcher
Dodgers
who won 85 games for six teams from 1926 to 1940;
• September 20 - Dick Gyselman, 82, backup infielder
twice led American League in saves (1933–34), and
who hit .225 in 82 games for the Boston Braves from
later became instrumental in raising money to build
1933 to 1934
a baseball stadium, Jack Russell Memorial Stadium,
• September 24 - Johnny Werts, 92, pitcher who posted
which became the spring training home of the
a 15-21 record with a 4.29 ERA in 88 games for the
Phillies in 1955
Boston Braves from 1926 through 1929
• November 8 - Earl Torgeson, 66, first baseman who
• September 29 - Al McLean, 78, relief pitcher for the
hit .389 in 1948 World Series with Boston Braves, led
Washington Senators during the 1935 season
NL in runs in 1950.
• September 30 - Nels Potter, 79, pitcher who posted a
• November 10 - Aurelio Monteagudo, 46, Cuban
92-97 record with a 3.99 ERA in 349 appearances for
pitcher with five teams who also gained renown for
the Cardinals, Athletics, Red Sox, Browns and Braves
pitching in the Venezuelan and Mexican leagues.
from 1936 to 1949
• November 12 - Junior Walsh, 71, middle-relief
pitcher who posted a 4-10 record with a 5.88 ERA and
October two saves for the Pittsburgh Pirates between the
• October 2 - Heinie Schuble, 83, backup infielder who 1946 and 1951 seasons
hit .251 with 11 home runs and 116 RBI in 332 games • November 22 - Joe Bowman, 80, pitcher for the
for the Cardinals and Tigers between 1927 and 1936 Athletics, Giants, Phillies, Pirates, Red Sox, and Reds
• October 4 - Vance Dinges, 75, backup first baseman/ between 1932 and 1945.
outfielder who hit .291 with two home runs and 46 • November 23 - Baudilio "Bo" Díaz, 37, All-Star
RBI in 159 games for the Philadelphia Phillies from catcher, most notably with the Phillies and Reds,
1945 to 1946 who batted .333 in the 1983 World Series.
• October 5 - Dixie Howell, 70, utility catcher for the • November 28 - Tommy Hughes, 71, pitcher who
Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds and Brooklyn posted a 31-56 record with a .392 ERA in 144 games
Dodgers between 1947 and 1956 with the Phillies and Reds between 1941 and 1948
• October 7 - Walt Ripley, 73, relief pitcher who played
briefly for the 1935 Boston Red Sox December
• October 10 - George Barnicle, 73, pitcher who posted
• December 2 - Paddy Smith, 96, backup catcher who
a 3-3 record with a 6.55 ERA in 20 games with the
played for the 1920 Boston Red Sox
Boston Bees/Braves from 1939 to 1941
• December 7 - Lew Flick, 75, backup outfielder who
• October 10 - Wally Moses, 80, All-Star right fielder
hit .175 in 20 games for the Philadelphia Athletics
for the Athletics, White Sox and Red Sox who hit .300
from 1943 to 1944
in his first seven seasons, led AL in doubles and
• December 15 - Bill Otis, 100, backup outfielder who
triples once each.
appeared in four games with the 1912 New York
• October 13 - Lino Donoso, 78, Cuban pitcher who
Highlanders
posted a 4-6 record with a 5.21 ERA in 28 games for
• December 16 - Wally Flager, 69, shortstop who hit
the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1955 to 1956
.241 with two home runs and 21 RBI in 70 games for
• October 18 - Nick Etten, 77, All-Star first baseman
the Reds and Phillies during the 1945 season
who hit .277 with 89 home runs and 526 RBI in 937
• December 18 - Charlie Gibson, 91, backup catcher
games with three teams from 1938 to 1946; led
who hit .133 in 12 games for the 1924 Philadelphia
American League in home runs (1944) and RBI (1945),
Athletics
and also was a member of the 1943 World Champion
New York Yankees
• October 21 - Frank Waddey, 85, outfielder who hit References
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• October 24 - Jim Clark, 63, backup infielder who hit
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