Joey Russ 7,268 Posted August 14, 2018 Leonys Martin of the Cleveland Indians was battling a life threatening bacteria, but he appears to be recovering. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,072 Posted August 16, 2018 No runs, no hits, no Aaron.Aaron Cox, the 24-year-old brother-in-law of Angels star Mike Trout and until recently a pitching prospect in the team’s minor league system, died Wednesday, the Angels announced. A cause of death was not given. SC (Edit: Tough crowd...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted August 21, 2018 Joe Landrum, a former Major League pitcher and the father of a former Big Leaguer, has died. He was 89. Landrum played 16 games for the Brooklyn Dodgers over two years in the early 1950s. https://www.fresnobee.com/sports/article217049975.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,072 Posted August 21, 2018 11 hours ago, alt obits guy said: Joe Landrum, a former Major League pitcher and the father of a former Big Leaguer, has died. He was 89. Landrum played 16 games for the Brooklyn Dodgers over two years in the early 1950s. https://www.fresnobee.com/sports/article217049975.html 16 total games, but was actually had a baseball card made in two different seasons. Not bad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,072 Posted August 21, 2018 Horace "Doc" Edwards died in San Antonio, Texas. He was 81. He was a backup catcher for most his major league playing career. Born in Red Jacket, W.Va. in 1936, Edwards earned his nickname after service time as a medic in the Navy. He played in 317 games in the major leagues from 1962-70 with a. 238 batting average 15 home runs and 87 RBIs for Cleveland, Kansas City, Philadelphia and New York Yankees. Edwards managed the Cleveland Indians from 1987 to '89 and compiled a record of 173-207 in three years, including the strike-shortened 1987 season. He would later managed the minor league Buffalo Bisons for two seasons (1993-94). Interestingly, despite playing in 300 more games than Joe Landrum (above), I can not find a baseball card for him as a player. Hmmm. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted September 20, 2018 Don Welke, the San Diego Padres VP of scouting, has died. He was 75. http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/padres/sd-sp-padres-don-welke-died-20180920-story.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,072 Posted September 25, 2018 Former major league pitcher Lee Stange, who won a career-high 12 games for the Twins in 1963, died Friday. He was 81. Stange pitched for the Twins from 1961-64, Cleveland from 1964-66, Boston from 1966-70 and the Chicago White Sox in 1970. He was traded from the Twins to the Indians in a deal where the Twins got future 20-game winner Jim “Mudcat” Grant. Stange was later a Red Sox pitching coach and was with the Boston organization for 23 years. He was 8-10 for the 1967 “Impossible Dream” Red Sox. His career record was 62-61 with 21 saves and a 3.56 ERA. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted October 4, 2018 Marty Pattin, who won over 100 games in his career and pitched in the 1971 all-star game, has died. He was 75. Pattin was on the 1969 Seattle Pilots for their lone major league season but spent the bulk of his career with Kansas City. https://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/kansas-city-royals/article219466410.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,072 Posted October 4, 2018 12 hours ago, alt obits guy said: Marty Pattin, who won over 100 games in his career and pitched in the 1971 all-star game, has died. He was 75. Pattin was on the 1969 Seattle Pilots for their lone major league season but spent the bulk of his career with Kansas City. https://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/kansas-city-royals/article219466410.html Can't be many Seattle Pilots left. I was but 7 years old but I attended the 1971 All Star Game in Detroit. So I guess I saw Pattin play in it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted October 17, 2018 Wayne Krenchicki, a backup infielder for several teams from 1979 to 1986, minor league coach and University of Miami Hall of Fame member, has died. He was 64. https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/mlb/reds/2018/10/17/wayne-krenchicki-ex-reds-infielder-minor-league-manager-dies-64/1667749002/ http://www.umsportshalloffame.com/wayne-krenchicki.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted October 23, 2018 Hank Greenwald, a long-time broadcaster for the San Francisco Giants, has died. He was 83. https://www.sfchronicle.com/giants/article/Longtime-Giants-broadcaster-Hank-Greenwald-dies-13330066.php Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,093 Posted October 28, 2018 Bill Freehan, great catcher for the Detroit Tigers, now in hospice care: https://eu.freep.com/story/sports/columnists/jeff-seidel/2018/10/28/bill-freehan-dementia-wife-detroit-tigers/1739616002/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deadsox 894 Posted October 29, 2018 Boston Red Sox World Series champs!!!!! Between that and my first moose, October was pretty good in New England! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,910 Posted October 29, 2018 Former Pirates / Braves player Dick Cole has died at 92 according to this tweet. Posted 4 days ago but no confirmation yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,072 Posted October 29, 2018 28 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: Former Pirates / Braves player Dick Cole has died at 92 according to this tweet. Posted 4 days ago but no confirmation yet. Same name as the last of the Doolittle Raiders.....is there kismet and happenstance about to kick in?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,072 Posted October 31, 2018 Bill Fischer’s life in professional baseball spanned 71 years and included time with two big-league franchises in Kansas City, a major-league record and a World Series ring. Fischer, who died Tuesday at the age of 88, was the Royals’ pitching coordinator from 2007-10, then became the team’s senior pitching advisor, a job he held for the previous eight seasons. Fischer was 17 years old when he signed with the Chicago White Sox in 1948, just two weeks after graduating from high school in Wisconsin. He pitched for the White Sox minor-league system in 1954 and made his major-league debut two years later. After pitching parts of three seasons with the White Sox, Fischer bounced between the Tigers and Washington Nationals, who would later move to Minnesota. In 1961, Fischer joined the Kansas City A’s. A year later, he set a major-league record by pitching 84 1/3 consecutive innings without issuing a walk, breaking the mark of 68 set by Christy Mathewson. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted November 1, 2018 Willie McCovey, a Hall of Famer long associated with the San Francisco Giants, has died. He was 80. https://www.sfchronicle.com/giants/article/Willie-McCovey-Giants-legend-dead-at-80-13352886.php 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,072 Posted November 2, 2018 Damn great ballplayer, Mr. McCovey was. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted November 10, 2018 Ken Howell, who pitched for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies from the mid 1980s to the early 1990s, has died. He was 57. https://dodgers.mlblogs.com/influential-former-dodger-reliever-and-coach-ken-howell-passes-away-d99c042c979c 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,910 Posted November 30, 2018 On 29/10/2018 at 13:35, Ulitzer95 said: Former Pirates / Braves player Dick Cole has died at 92 according to this tweet. Posted 4 days ago but no confirmation yet. Finally confirmed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dwadingindeath 5 Posted December 7, 2018 Luis Valbuena, 33, and Jose Castillo, 37, both ex-players, died in a car crash in Venezuela. https://www.foxnews.com/sports/former-mlb-players-luis-valbuena-and-jose-castillo-killed-in-car-accident-in-venezuela Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,072 Posted December 30, 2018 Seattle Mariners general manager Jerry Dipoto said that doctors discovered blood clots in his lungs. A pulmonary embolism like that can be fatal. “Doing better, doing better,” Dipoto said a few days after being released from the hospital and returning to Seattle. The former reliever and frequent jogger is probably in better shape than most 50-year-olds. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Torva Messor 282 Posted December 31, 2018 2 hours ago, Sir Creep said: Seattle Mariners general manager Jerry Dipoto said that doctors discovered blood clots in his lungs. A pulmonary embolism like that can be fatal. “Doing better, doing better,” Dipoto said a few days after being released from the hospital and returning to Seattle. The former reliever and frequent jogger is probably in better shape than most 50-year-olds. SC The doctors discovering the clots while the person still has a pulse can greatly reduce the risk of a fatal pulmonary embolism. Some doctors at Panasonic Hospital (yes, really) in Japan diagnosed my brother (younger than Jerry Dipoto) with asthma, three days before he died of a pulmonary embolism from blood clots in his lungs. Physical activity has no bearing on survival: my brother ran, lifted weights, swam, bicycled, did martial arts... lots of physical activity. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted January 4, 2019 Walt McKeel, a catcher who had cups of coffee in the Major Leagues with the Boston Red Sox in 1996 & 1997 and Colorado Rockies in 2002 totaling 11 games, has died. He was 46. http://www.wilsontimes.com/stories/walt-mckeel,155738 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted January 6, 2019 Lenny Green, who played over 1,100 games with a cross-section of teams, has died. He was 86. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2019/01/06/former-detroit-tigers-outfielder-lenny-green-dies-age-86/2497327002/ 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
