Official Baseball In Memoriam Thread

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Probably only a name who will be familiar to our Vintage Drafters, but George Zuverink passed away last week at age 90.

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Former Tigers and Orioles pitcher Jeff Robinson passed away today at age 52. RIP.

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Former Yankee/D'Back/A's starting pitcher Brad Halsey died in a climbing accident at age 33. He was included in the Yankee/D'Back trade that brought Randy Johnson to NY. RIP.

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A couple of recent passings of players from the late 70s/early 80s:

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Former player/manager Alvin Dark died today at age 92.

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Ray Sadecki, a pitcher who had an 18-year career with 8 teams, died yesterday at age 73. He went 20-11 for the '64 Cardinals, but I think I best remember his 1977 Brewers card. RIP.

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Oriole fans get a double whammy with the passings of former GM Hank Peters and mid-60s closer Stu Miller.

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Bill Monbouquette, a Medford native who pitched eight seasons for the Red Sox and threw a no-hitter in 1962, died on Sunday. He was 78. Monbouquette was 114-112 with a 3.68 earned run average over 11 major-league seasons from 1958-68. He broke in with the Red Sox as a 21-year-old and was with the team until 1965 when he was traded to the Detroit Tigers. Monbouquette was 96-91 with the Sox and in 2000 was elected to the team’s Hall of Fame. He is seventh in team history in innings pitched with 1,622 and 10th in strikeouts with 969.

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Dave Bergman, a 17-year vet who had a lengthy tenure as 1B of the Tigers from 1984 to 1992, died today of cancer at age 61. RIP.

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Dave Bergman, a 17-year vet who had a lengthy tenure as 1B of the Tigers from 1984 to 1992, died today of cancer at age 61. RIP.

One of the first players I owned in a fantasy league. I wish he came up for another reason.

J

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Charlie Williams, who the Mets traded straight up for Willie Mays in 1972 and had a decent 8-year career as a bullpenner for the Giants, died at age 67. RIP.

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Former White Sox player Minnie Minoso died Sunday. There is some discrepancy with Minoso's age, but the White Sox say he was 92, reports USA Today.

His family is awaiting autopsy results, but believes he died from a heart condition, reports the Chicago Tribune.

Minoso played 13 full seasons in the major leagues and also played a part of four others from 1949 to 1980. He was a nine-time All-Star and became the first black player to play for the White Sox in 1951.




Chicago White Sox scout and former Cubs outfielder Gary Woods passed away at his home in Solvang, Calif.

Woods, 60, spent the final four of his nine major league seasons with the Cubs. Woods was traded from the Houston Astros for Jim Tracy and didn't commit an error in 117 games in 1982.

Woods batted .252 with the Cubs. He batted .243 with the Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, Astros and Cubs. Woods batted .348 (16-for-46) lifetime against Hall of Fame left-hander Steve Carlton.

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Minnie Minosa came back in 1976 at age 50 (or older?) and became the oldest player ever to record a hit while going 1-8 in 3 games. Then came back again to play two more games in 1980 (no hits) and became the first player to play in five different decades.

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Jeff McKnight, 52, a versatile player who spent six seasons with the New York Mets and Baltimore Orioles, has died. He was probably best remembered for wearing five different uniform numbers in four seasons with the Mets: 5, 7, 15, 17 and 18. McKnight’s family told the Mets that McKnight died Sunday after having leukemia for 10 years.

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Alex Johnson, the 1970 American League batting champion, died Tuesday in Detroit, the Angels announced. He was 72.

Johnson played with eight teams over 13 seasons in the 1960s and '70s, but the left fielder's best season in the majors came during his first season with the Angels, when he batted .329 with 86 RBIs and 14 home runs en route to capturing the AL batting title. He won the honor by the slimmest of margins, beating out Boston's Carl Yastrzemski with two hits on the final day of the season.

Johnson remains the only batting champion in Angels history.