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1976 in baseball
American League National League
AVG George Brett KCR .333 Bill Madlock CHC .339
HR Graig Nettles NYY 32 Mike Schmidt PHI 38
RBI Lee May BAL 109 George Foster CIN 121
Wins Jim Palmer BAL 22 Randy Jones SDP 22
ERA Mark Fidrych DET 2.34 John Denny STL 2.52
Ks Nolan Ryan CAL 327 Tom Seaver NYM 235
The following are the baseball events of the year 1976
throughout the world.
Awards and honors
• • Thurman Munson, New York Yankees, C (AL)
• Joe Morgan, Cincinnati Reds, 2B (NL)
Champions • • Jim Palmer, Baltimore Orioles (AL)
• Randy Jones, San Diego Padres (NL)
Major League Baseball • • Mark Fidrych, Detroit Tigers, P (AL)
• World Series: Cincinnati Reds over New York • Butch Metzger, San Diego Padres, P and Pat
Yankees (4-0); Johnny Bench, MVP Zachry, Cincinnati Reds, P (NL)
League Championship World Series
Series
ABC
NBC
Statistical leaders
East New York Yan- 3 Major league baseball final
kees
standings
West Kansas City 2
Royals American League
AL New York Yan- 0 Rank Club Wins Losses Win % GB
kees
East Division
NL Cincinnati 4
1st New York Yan- 97 62 .610 --
Reds
kees
East Philadelphia 0
Phillies 2nd Baltimore Ori- 88 74 .543 10.5
oles
West Cincinnati 3
Reds 3rd Boston Red Sox 83 79 .512 15.5
• All-Star Game, July 13 at Veterans Stadium: National 4th Cleveland Indi- 81 78 .509 16.0
League, 7-1; George Foster, MVP ans
5th Detroit Tigers 74 87 .460 24.0
Other champions
6th Milwaukee 66 95 .410 32.0
• Caribbean World Series: Naranjeros de Hermosillo Brewers
(Mexico)
West Division
• College World Series: Arizona
• Japan Series: Hankyu Braves over Yomiuri Giants 1st Kansas City Roy- 90 72 .556 --
(4-3) als
• Little League World Series: Chofu, Tokyo, Japan 2nd Oakland Athlet- 87 74 .540 2.5
ics
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• February 3 - The Special Veterans Committee selects
3rd Minnesota 85 77 .525 5.0
players Roger Connor and Freddie Lindstrom, and
Twins
umpire Cal Hubbard, for the Hall of Fame. Hubbard
4th Texas Rangers 76 86 .469 14.0 becomes the first man elected to both the Pro
4th California An- 76 86 .469 14.0 Football and Baseball Halls of Fame.
gels • February 9 - Oscar Charleston is selected for the Hall
6th Chicago White 64 97 .398 25.5 of Fame by the Special Committee on the Negro
Sox Leagues.
• February 17 - Mike Scott of Pepperdine pitches a
National League perfect game against California Lutheran University.
Rank Club Wins Losses Win % GB He will be selected in the 2nd round of the June
draft.
East Division
• March 20 - Leo Durocher, hired to manage Japan’s
1st Philadelphia 101 61 .623 -- Yokohama Taiyō Whales of the Central League, is
Phillies sick with hepatitis and asks for a five-week delay in
2nd Pittsburgh Pi- 92 70 .568 9.0 reporting. Durocher receives a telegram from the
rates Whales stating: "Since the championship starts in 20
3rd New York Mets 86 76 .531 15.0 days, it’s better if you stay home and take care of
yourself for the remainder of the season."
4th Chicago Cubs 75 87 .463 26.0
• March 26 - The American League approves the
5th St. Louis Cardi- 72 90 .444 29.0 purchase of the new Toronto franchise by the
nals LaBatt’s Brewing Company for $7 million.
6th Montreal Expos 55 107 .340 46.0
West Division
April-June
• April 2 - The Oakland Athletics trade prospective
1st Cincinnati Reds 102 60 .630 --
free agents Reggie Jackson and Ken Holtzman,
2nd Los Angeles 92 70 .568 10.0 together with a minor league pitcher, to the Orioles
Dodgers for outfielder Don Baylor and pitchers Mike Torrez
3rd Houston Astros 80 82 .494 22.0 and Paul Mitchell.
4th San Francisco 74 88 .457 28.0 • April 9 - In a classic Opening Day pitchers’ duel
Giants between future Hall of Famers Jim Palmer of the
Baltimore Orioles and Ferguson Jenkins of the
5th San Diego 73 89 .451 29.0
Boston Red Sox, who would combine for 552 major
Padres
league wins, Palmer prevails 1–0.
6th Atlanta Braves 70 92 .432 32.0 • April 10 - The Atlanta Braves sign free agent pitcher
Andy Messersmith to a "lifetime contract" worth $1
million.
Events • April 14 - At Wrigley Field, Dave Kingman of the New
York Mets launches a home run estimated at 550 feet
January-March that plunks a house some 530 feet from home plate,
• In January 1976, San Francisco Giants owner Horace but the Chicago Cubs survive to win 6–5.
Stoneham agreed to sell the team for $13.25 million • April 15 - Newly remodeled Yankee Stadium is
to a Toronto group consisting of Labatt’s Breweries jammed with 52,613 fans for Opening Day
of Canada, Ltd., Vulcan Assets Ltd., and Canadian ceremonies. The 1923 Yankees are honored, and Bob
Imperial Bank of Commerce. The team would begin Shawkey, winner of the 1923 Stadium opener, throws
play with the 1976 season at Exhibition Stadium and out the first ball. The Yankees beat the Minnesota
be called the Giants.[1] Twins 11–4 on 14 hits, but the only home run is hit
• January 14 - Ted Turner completes the purchase of by Minnesota’s Dan Ford.
100 percent of the Atlanta Braves. • April 17 - With the wind blowing out at Wrigley
• January 15 - Seattle is awarded with the American Field, Mike Schmidt leads the Philadelphia Phillies
League’s 13th franchise, to begin play in 1977. assault with a single, four consecutive home runs,
• January 2 - Pitchers Robin Roberts and Bob Lemon and eight RBI to overcome a 12–1 deficit after three
are voted into the Hall of Fame by the Baseball innings and beat the Chicago Cubs in 10 innings,
Writers Association of America. 18–16. Schmidt becomes the tenth player in Major
League history to hit four home runs in a game.
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• April 21 - At Wrigley Field, Tim Foli of the Montreal • June 4 - Tom Seaver and the New York Mets defeat
Expos hits for the cycle, but it takes him two days to the Dodgers 11-0 in Los Angeles on a three home run
do it. Foli has a single, double and triple against the performance by Dave Kingman.
Cubs, but with the Expos ahead 11–3, the game is • June 15 - The Houston Astros are “rained out” of
suspended on account of darkness. When play their scheduled home game against the Pittsburgh
resumes the next day, Foli will add a home run in the Pirates at the Astrodome. Massive flooding in the
8th inning. Houston area prevents the umpires and all but a few
• April 25: fans from reaching the stadium. Despite both teams
• Chicago Cubs outfielder Rick Monday snatches an having taken pre-game practice, the absence of the
American flag from two fans who are about to set umpiring crew forces the game to be called off.
it on fire in the outfield during a game at Dodger • June 22 - Randy Jones pitches the San Diego Padres
Stadium. The Dodgers win 5–4 in 10 innings. The to a 4–2 win over the San Francisco Giants, and ties
next day, the Illinois legislature unanimously Christy Mathewson’s 63-year-old National League
approves May 4 as Rick Monday Day. record by going 68 innings without a base on balls.
• The Atlanta Braves top the Philadelphia Phillies Jones receives a standing ovation from the home
3–2, as Darrell Evans draws a walk in his 13th crowd after striking out Darrell Evans to end the
consecutive game to set a new National League seventh inning. His streak ends when he walks Marc
record. He’ll draw passes in two more games, Hill leading off the 8th.
until April 27, before being shut out. Evans has 19 • June 25 - The Texas Rangers’ Toby Harrah becomes
walks in the 15 games. the only shortstop in major league history to go
• May 1 - In the first game of a double-header, Mike through an entire doubleheader without a fielding
Schmidt hits a home run, number 12 for the season. chance. At bat, Harrah makes up for the inactivity,
It was the Phillies 15th game of the season, setting a collecting six hits including a grand slam in the
record for the most homers in a teams first 15 games. opener, and another home run in game 2. The
• May 15 - Mark Fidrych wins his first major league Rangers beat the Chicago White Sox in the first game
start, a complete game two-hit 2–1 victory over the 8–4, but lose the nightcap 14–9.
Cleveland Indians. Fidrych holds the Indians hitless • June 28 - With a national television audience looking
for six innings, talks to the ball, and tamps down the on, Detroit’s Mark Fidrych, known as "the Bird",
mound before toeing the rubber each inning. beats the New York Yankees 5-1 at Tiger Stadium.
• May 19 - At Detroit, Carl Yastrzemski hits three
home runs and goes 4-for-4 as the Boston Red Sox Oakland fire sale
win 9–2 over the host Detroit Tigers. Yesterday, Yaz • Before the June 15, 1976 trading deadline, Charlie
passed Ted Williams as having played the most Finley contacted the New York Yankees and the
games for Boston. Boston Red Sox. He had proposed a trade to the
• May 20 - At Yankee Stadium, the Boston Red Sox and Boston Red Sox that would have involved Joe Rudi,
the New York Yankees are involved in one of the Rollie Fingers, Vida Blue, Gene Tenace and Sal Bando
ugliest on-field brawls in sports history. Carlton Fisk for Fred Lynn, Carlton Fisk and prospects.[2] In trade
stabbs Lou Piniella with a baseball in an attempt to talks with the Yankees, Finley proposed Vida Blue
score in the bottom of the 6th inning. Piniella and for Thurman Munson along with either Roy White or
Fisk brawl at home plate and the benches clear. After Elliott Maddox. Finley also offered Joe Rudi for
the fighting appears to have died down, Bill Lee and Thurman Munson.[3]
Graig Nettles begin exchanging words and another • On June 14, 1976, Finley was unable to make any
fight breaks out. Lee suffers a separated shoulder trades. He had started contacting other teams about
from the tilt and misses a significant portion of the the possibility of selling his player’s contracts. Joe
1976 baseball season. He kept pitching until 1982, but Rudi, Vida Blue, Don Baylor, and Gene Tenace were
he was never the same pitcher after the brawl. The worth $1 million each, while Sal Bando could be
Red Sox won the game 8-2. acquired for $500,000. Boston Red Sox General
• May 24 - Bert Campaneris of the Oakland Athletics manager Dick O’Connell was in Oakland as the Red
steals five bases in an 12-7 win over the Minnesota Sox would play the Athletics on June 15. Field
Twins. manager Darrell Johnson had declared that he was
• May 29 - The only home run hit by pitcher Joe interested in Joe Rudi and Rollie Fingers. The Red
Niekro in his 22-year career comes at the expense of Sox had agreed to purchase both contracts for one
brother Phil Niekro as the Houston Astros tie the million dollars each.
Atlanta Braves in the seventh inning, then win 4–3. • Dick O’Connell had contacted Detroit Tigers General
manager Jim Campbell to purchase Vida Blue for one
million dollars so that the New York Yankees could
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not get him.[4] Gabe Paul of the New York Yankees Candelaria’s no-hitter came at Three Rivers Stadium.
advised that he would pay $1.5 million dollars for the No Pirate ever threw a no-hitter at Forbes Field.
opportunity to acquire Vida Blue. Finley offered Blue • September 3 - At Shea Stadium, Tom Seaver fans
a three year extension worth $485,000 per season to Tommy Hutton of the Phillies in the 7th inning of
make the sale more attractive to the Yankees.[5] the Mets 1-0 victory. Hutton is Seaver’s 200th
With the extension, the Yankees agreed to purchase strikeout victim of the season - the 9th straight year
Blue. the Mets’ right-handed has reached that mark.
• Finley had then proceeded to contact Bill Veeck of • September 6 - Dodgers catcher Steve Yeager is
the Chicago White Sox about purchasing Sal Bando. seriously injured when the jagged end of a broken
He then contacted the Texas Rangers, as they were bat strikes him in the throat while he is waiting in
interested in acquiring Don Baylor for the one the on-deck circle.
million dollar asking price.[6] Three days later, Bowie • September 10 - California’s Nolan Ryan strikes out 18
Kuhn voided the transactions in the "best interests White Sox hiiters in a 9-inning 3-2 victory at
of baseball." Amid the turmoil, the A’s still finished Chicago.
second in the A.L. West, 2.5 games behind the Royals. • September 11 - Orestes "Minnie" Miñoso comes out
of his twelve year retirement. Playing at home for
July-September the White Sox, he goes 0-for-3 against Frank Tanana.
• July 8 - At Wrigley Field, Randy Jones wins his 16th The next day, he will single, becoming the oldest
game of the year for the San Diego Padres, a National player to hit safely in a Major League game.
League record for wins at the All-Star break. He beats • September 18 - Player-Manager Frank Robinson of
the Chicago Cubs 6–3. In the second half of the the Cleveland Indians inserts himself into the lineup
season, Jones will lose seven games by one run, two as a pinch hitter in the eight inning of a game
of them by 1–0 scores. against the Baltimore Orioles. He singles in what will
• July 9 - In Montreal, the Houston Astros’ Larry be his final at-bat as a player. His influence as a
Dierker no-hits the host Montreal Expos, 6–0. He manager and executive will continue for decades to
strikes out eight batters, including the first two in come.
the ninth inning. Dierker had previously thrown two • September 21 - In Los Angeles, the Cincinnati Reds
one-hitters. clinch the National League West title with a 9-1
• July 13 - The National League emerges victorious in pasting of the Dodgers.
the annual All-Star Game by a score of 7–1. George • September 25 - The yankees put an end to a 6-game
Foster, one of seven Cincinnati Reds position players losing streak with a 10-6 win over the Tigers to wrap
on the squad, hits a home run with three RBI, and is up the Al East, the Yankees first visit to the
named the MVP. Rookie pitcher Mark Fidrych gives postseason since the 1964 World Series. Doyle
up two runs and takes the loss. It is the NL’s 13th win Alexander gets the victory.
over the American League in the last 14 games. • September 26 - In the last big league games at
• July 20 - Hank Aaron hits the 755th and last home Montreal’s Jarry Park, the Philadelphia Phillies beat
run of his career, connecting off Dick Drago of the the Montreal Expos 4-1 in the first game of a
California Angels. doubleheader to clinch the National League East
• July 23 - In a game against the Taiyō Whales, title. Philly takes the nightcap, 2-1. Following the
Sadaharu Oh of the Yomiuri Giants hits his 700th 2nd game, Dick Allen jumps the team in protest of
home run, the first player in Nippon Professional the fact that veteran Tony Taylor is not listed on the
Baseball to do so. post-season roster.
• July 28 - Blue Moon Odom and Francisco Barrios • September 28 - The Dodgers’ Walter Alston, after 23
combine on a no-hitter as the Chicago White Sox top seasons and 2,040 victories, steps down as manager.
the Oakland Athletics 2–1. For Odom, this is his last Third base coach Tommy Lasorda is promoted to the
major league victory. post.
• August 8 - The first game of today’s Royals-White • September 29 - John Montefusco of the San Francisco
Sox double header at Comiskey Park sees the White Giants no-hits the Atlanta Braves 9-0 at Atlanta-
Sox appear on the field in shorts. The Sox return to Fulton County Stadium.
long pants for the second game, after stealing five
bases and defeating the Royals, 5-2. October-December
• August 9 - John Candelaria became the first Pirates • October 3:
pitcher in 69 years to throw a no-hitter in Pittsburgh • George Brett edges Kansas City Royals teammate
by blanking the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-0. Hal McRae for the American League batting title,
.333 to .332, when his blooper drops in front of
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Minnesota Twins outfielder Steve Brye and skips • November 9 - The Oakland Athletics release Billy
over his head for an inside-the-park home run. Williams, ending his career with 2,711 hits, 426 home
McRae believes the misplay is deliberate, and runs, 1,475 RBI and a .290 average.
charges the Twins with racism. • November 24 - Joe Morgan outdistances Cincinnati
• The Chicago Cubs’ Bill Madlock wrests the Reds teammate George Foster to win his second
National League batting crown from Ken Griffey straight National League MVP Award. Morgan
by collecting four singles in an 8-2 win over the finished with a .320 average, 27 home runs, 111 RBI,
Montreal Expos. The hits raise Madlock from .333 113 runs, 60 stolen bases, and led the NL in slugging
to .339, one point ahead of the idle Griffey, who percentage (.576) and OPS (1.020). Foster finished
belatedly joins the Reds 11-1 win over the Atlanta with 29 home runs and led the league with 121 RBI.
Braves and goes 0-for-2, dipping his average to • November 29 - Free agent Reggie Jackson signs with
.336. the New York Yankees for $3.5 million.
• Hank Aaron singles in his last major league at bat • December 4 - Aurelio Rodríguez of the Detroit Tigers
and drives in his 2,297th run as the sixth-place becomes the first American League third baseman
Milwaukee Brewers lose to the Detroit Tigers, since 1959 to beat out Brooks Robinson for the Gold
5-2. Glove Award. Other Newcomers on TSN fielding team
• October 7 - Judge Roy Hofheinz sells the Houston include third baseman Mike Schmidt, outfielder
Astros to General Electric and Ford Motor Credit Dwight Evans and catcher Jim Sundberg, who would
Companies. combine to win 24 awards.
• October 11 - In the last of the eighth inning, leading • December 6 - The Boston Red Sox trade Cecil Cooper
the Hanshin Tigers 4-1 with two out and a full count, to the Milwaukee Brewers for George Scott and
Sadaharu Oh hits his 715th home run to pass Babe Bernie Carbo.
Ruth’s mark. He finishes the season with 716 HRs and • December 9 - The Texas Rangers trade Jeff Burroughs
takes aim at Hank Aaron’s record. to the Atlanta Braves for five players and an
• October 14 - In Game 5 of the American League estimated $250,000.
Championship Series, the New York Yankees take a
6-3 lead before Kansas City’s George Brett connects
for a 3-run home run. In the bottom of the 9th, New
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October 17 - The first-ever weekend night game in
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World Series history took place in Cincinnati as the
Reds defeated the New York Yankees, 4-3.
January-March
• October 21 - In the World Series, the Cincinnati Reds • January 4 - Ted Lilly
beat the New York Yankees 7-2, completing a four- • January 7 - Éric Gagné
game sweep. Series MVP Johnny Bench has two • January 7 - Alfonso Soriano
home runs and five RBI in the Series, and demolishes • January 8 - Carl Pavano
the Yankees with .533 hitting. Opposing catcher • January 10 - Adam Kennedy
Thurman Munson had six straight singles to tie a • January 22 - Jimmy Anderson
World Series mark. The Reds become the first team • January 23 - Brandon Duckworth
since the 1969 playoff expansion to go through an • February 8 - Jim Parque
entire postseason without a defeat. It is the last • February 8 - Adam Piatt
World Series to end in a sweep until 1989. • February 10 - Lance Berkman
• November 2 - San Diego Padres pitcher Randy Jones • February 16 - Eric Byrnes
beats out Jerry Koosman of the New York Mets for • February 17 - Scott Williamson
the National League Cy Young Award. Jones led the • February 23 - Scott Elarton
league with 315 innings pitched and posted a 22-14 • February 29 - Terrence Long
record for the fifth-place Padres. • March 1 - Ramón Castro
• November 5 - New American League franchises in • March 5 - Paul Konerko
Seattle and Toronto fill up their rosters by selecting • March 8 - Juan Encarnación
30 players apiece from unprotected players on other • March 8 - Ryan Freel
AL rosters. Outfielder Ruppert Jones (Seattle) and • March 16 - Abraham Núñez
infielder Bob Bailor (Toronto) are the first choices. • March 17 - Scott Downs
• March 18 - Corky Miller
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• March 18 - Tomokazu Ohka • October 19 - Michael Young
• March 18 - Scott Podsednik • October 22 - Michael Barrett
• March 29 - Kevin Nicholson • October 23 - David Riske
• November 2 - Sidney Ponson
April-June • November 5 - Alex Herrera
• April 5 - Ryan Drese • November 5 - Liu Rodríguez
• April 11 - Kelvim Escobar • November 24 - Mike Edwards
• April 14 - Kyle Farnsworth • November 26 - Brian Schneider
• April 29 - Erasmo Ramirez • November 28 - Adam Bernero
• May 4 - Ben Grieve • November 30 - Craig Wilson
• May 4 - Jason Michaels • December 13 - Josh Fogg
• May 6 - Earl Snyder • December 15 - Aaron Miles
• May 15 - Eric DuBose • December 15 - Todd Tichenor
• May 15 - Tyler Walker • December 16 - Matt Kinney
• May 17 - José Guillén • December 20 - Aubrey Huff
• May 20 - Ramón Hernández • December 22 - Jason Lane
• May 21 - Travis Harper • December 23 - Brad Lidge
• May 24 - Jason Grabowski • December 30 - A. J. Pierzynski
• May 25 - Miguel Tejada
• May 29 - Jerry Hairston, Jr. Deaths
• June 4 - J.C. Romero
• June 8 - Kenji Johjima January-March
• June 19 - Dustan Mohr
• June 19 - Alex Prieto • January 16 - Chick Autry, 91, utility first baseman/
• June 20 - Carlos Lee outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds and Boston Doves
• June 20 - Rob Mackowiak in the late 1900s
• June 27 - Johnny Estrada • February 11 - Johnny Miljus, 80, pitcher for the
• June 27 - Chris Woodward Pittsburgh Rebels, Brooklyn Robins, Pittsburgh
Pirates, and Cleveland Indians between 1915 and
July-September 1929
• February 16 - Eusebio González, 83, Cuban shortstop
• July 24 - Nate Bump for the 1918 Boston Red Sox
• July 25 - Javier Vázquez • March 11 - Larry Gardner, 89, third baseman for
• August 3 - Troy Glaus three Red Sox champions who batted .300 five times;
• August 5 - Bobby Kielty longtime coach at University of Vermont
• August 11 - Bubba Crosby • March 18 - Paul Maloy, 83, pitcher for the 1913
• August 12 - Lew Ford Boston Red Sox
• August 21 - Ramón Vázquez • March 23 - Walter Murphy, 65, pitcher for the 1931
• August 22 - Jeff Weaver Boston Red Sox
• August 22 - Randy Wolf
• August 26 - Geoff Geary April-June
• August 26 - Alex Sánchez
• August 30 - Mike Koplove • April 15 - George Scales, 75, second baseman in the
• September 4 - Ron Calloway Negro Leagues, also a manager in the Puerto Rican
• September 6 - Mike Nakamura winter league
• September 13 - Wade Miller • April 26 - Alex Ferguson, 79, pitcher for the Yankees,
• September 15 - Matt Thornton Red Sox, Senators, Phillies and Robins from 1918 to
• September 24 - Ben Broussard 1929
• September 27 - Jason Phillips • April 27 - Ed Durham, 72, pitcher for the Boston Red
• September 29 - Calvin Pickering Sox and Chicago White Sox between 1929 and 1933
• May 2 - Dan Bankhead, 55, first black pitcher in
October-December major league history (Brooklyn Dodgers, 1947,
1950-51); also homered in first major league at-bat
• October 2 - Víctor Santos • May 3 - Ernie Nevers, 73, who excelled in several
• October 10 - Pat Burrell sports, including American football, basketball and
• October 14 - Henry Mateo baseball
• October 18 - Michael Tejera
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• May 30 - Max Carey, 86, Hall of Fame center fielder, October-December
mainly with the Pittsburgh Pirates, who led NL in
• October 9 - Bob Moose, 29, pitcher for the Pittsburgh
steals ten times, holding league career record of 738
Pirates from 1967-76, who threw a no-hitter in the
until 1974; set NL records for career games, putouts,
1969 season against the Mets, died in an automobile
chances and double plays in outfield, and batted .458
accident on his birthday date
in 1925 World Series
• October 20 - Freddie Muller, 65, infielder who played
• June 11 - Jim Konstanty, 59, All-Star pitcher who
from 1933 to 1934 for the Boston Red Sox
became the first reliever to win the MVP award, with
• November 2 - Regis Leheny, 68, pitcher for the 1932
the 1950 "Whiz Kid" Phillies
Boston Red Sox
• June 15 - Jimmy Dykes, 79, All-Star third baseman for
• November 2 - Dee Miles, 67, outfielder who played
the Athletics and White Sox who went on to become
from 1935 to 1943 for the Washington Senators,
the winningest manager in White Sox history; also
Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox
managed five other teams
• November 19 - Frank Kellert, 52, first baseman for
• June 16 - George Dickey, 60, catcher for the Boston
the St. Louis Browns, Baltimore Orioles, Brooklyn
Red Sox and Chicago White Sox between 1935 and
Dodgers and Chicago Cubs from 1953 to 1956
1947
• December 1 - George Earnshaw, 76, pitcher who had
• June 23 - Lon Warneke, 67, 5-time All-Star pitcher
three 20-win seasons for 1929-30-31 AL champion
had three 20-win seasons for Cubs, led NL in wins
Athletics; later a scout and coach
and ERA in 1932; later an NL umpire for seven years
• December 2 - Danny Murtaugh, 59, manager who in
• June 30 - Firpo Marberry, 77, pitcher for the
four stints with the Pittsburgh Pirates won two
Washington Senators who established single-season
World Series (1960, 1971) and three division titles;
and career records for both saves and relief
led NL in steals as rookie in 1941
appearances, led majors in saves a record five times;
• December 7 - Duke Maas, 47, pitcher who won 45
also 94-52 as a starter
games for the Tigers, Athletics and Yankees
• December 9 - Wes Ferrell, 68, All-Star pitcher who
July-September had six 20-win seasons for the Indians and Red Sox,
• July 9 - Tom Yawkey, 73, owner and president of the 193 career wins included a no-hitter; also a career
Boston Red Sox since 1933, and vice president of the .280 hitter, and caught by brother Rick for five
American League from 1956 to 1973 seasons
• July 21 - Earle Combs, 77, Hall of Fame center fielder • December 10 - Danny Thompson, 29, infielder,
for the New York Yankees who batted .325 lifetime mainly with the Minnesota Twins, who played four
and led the AL in triples three times; batting leadoff, seasons after being diagnosed with leukemia
he had eight seasons of 100 runs, and batted .350 • December 26 - Walt Lynch, 79, catcher for the 1922
over four World Series Boston Red Sox
• August 3 - Homer Ezzell, 80, third baseman for the St. • December 27 - Press Cruthers, 86, Philadelphia
Louis Browns and Boston Red Sox between 1923 and Athletics second baseman from 1913 to 1914, who
1925 later managed in the All-American Girls Professional
• August 15 - Jim Henry, 66, pitched from 1936 through Baseball League
1939 for the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies
• September 1 - Mike Meola, 70, pitcher for the Boston
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