Sir Creep 7,070 Posted October 29, 2019 As of 2019, there were no living major leaguers who broke in during 1941 or before. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,727 Posted October 30, 2019 Ron Fairly dead at 81 years. He was part of the 1959 World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers. https://komonews.com/sports/mariners/former-seattle-mariners-broadcaster-ron-fairly-dies-at-81 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted October 30, 2019 10 minutes ago, TomTomTelekom said: Ron Fairly dead at 81 years. He was part of the 1959 World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers. https://komonews.com/sports/mariners/former-seattle-mariners-broadcaster-ron-fairly-dies-at-81 as a huge Montreal Expos fan in the day, this sucks. RIP. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted October 30, 2019 39 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: as a huge Montreal Expos fan in the day, this sucks. RIP. SC I concur. My Expo-loving days were a couple of years later, but I very much recognize the name. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted November 22, 2019 Val Heim, who played 13 games for the Chicago White Sox in 1942 and was the oldest living Major League Baseball player at the time of his death, has died. He was 99. https://www.wmsfh.com/notices/Val-Heim 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,411 Posted January 2, 2020 Don Larsen, MLB pitcher for St. Louis Browns (1953-1954), New York Yankees (1955-1959), Kansas City Athletics (1960-1961), San Francisco Giants (1962-1964), amongst others, has died aged 90. The only person to pitch a perfect game in World Series history. Obituaries: Daily Mail, The Sun 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Thatcher said: Don Larsen, MLB pitcher for St. Louis Browns (1953-1954), New York Yankees (1955-1959), Kansas City Athletics (1960-1961), San Francisco Giants (1962-1964), amongst others, has died aged 90. The only person to pitch a perfect game in World Series history. I met him and got an autograph on some such memorabilia about 25 years ago. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted January 9, 2020 Andy Hassler, whose career spanned from 1971 to 1985, much of it with the California Angels but also with stints in Kansas, Boston, New York and Pittsburgh, died December 25th. He was 68. https://www.wickenburgfuneralhome.com/obituary/andrew-hassler Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted January 11, 2020 Ed Sprague Sr., an original Oakland Athletic who pitched in nearly 200 games between 1968 and 1976, has died. He was 74. He was the father of Ed Sprague, who played over 1,200 games between 1991 and 2001 and the father-in-law of Olympic synchronized swimming gold medalist Kristen Babb-Sprague. https://www.sfchronicle.com/athletics/article/Ed-Sprague-Sr-an-original-Oakland-Athletic-14965834.php 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted January 16, 2020 George Nicolau, who arbitrated two cases in the 1980s where he found collusion among Major League baseball owners against free agents, died January 2nd. He was 94. The cases were settled for $280 million in 1990. https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/george-nicolau-arbitrator-major-league-baseball-collusion-cases-dead-94/EDQVH6FHBJHHHJ3URWKWUHJRBY/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HDS 235 Posted January 18, 2020 David Glass, former owner of the Kansas City Royals, dead at 84. First reported January 17, but he died the week before. Recall his selling the team a few months back and wondered if he thought he would go in the next couple of years. https://www.mlb.com/news/former-royals-owner-david-glass-dies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted January 29, 2020 Narciso Elvira, who played four games with the Milwaukee Brewers in 1990, has been shot and killed in Mexico. He was 52. Elvira's 20-year-old son suffered the same fate. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-51293965 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted January 29, 2020 Ramon Aviles, who played all but one of his 117 Major League games with the Philadelphia Phillies between 1979 and 1981, has died. He was 68. https://www.citizensvoice.com/sports/mickey-jeter-joe-d-among-railriders-2020-bobbleheads-1.2588749 (Obituary is after the link's main story. Only current English language obit) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skinny kiltrunner 553 Posted February 2, 2020 Tony Fernandez, retired all-star player for the Toronto Blue Jays, is in a bad way with kidney disease complications. In an induced coma while they try to figure out how to treat him. 1 day too late for The Cup. https://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/report-blue-jays-icon-tony-fernandez-critical-condition/sn-amp/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 2, 2020 Phil Rizzo, a long-time Washigton Nationals senior advisor and the father of the team's general manager Mike Rizzo, has died. He was 90. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28614672/phil-rizzo-ace-scout-nationals-senior-adviser-dies-90 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 7, 2020 Gil Coan, the third-oldest living Major League Baseball player at the time of his death, has died. He was 97. Coan played 918 games in the majors, mostly with the Washington Senators. Coan died three months after his wife, to whom he'd been married for 78 years. https://www.blueridgenow.com/news/20200205/brevard-baseball-legend-gil-coan-passes-away Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 7, 2020 5 minutes ago, alt obits guy said: Gil Coan, the third-oldest living Major League Baseball player at the time of his death, has died. He was 97. Coan played 918 games in the majors, mostly with the Washington Senators. Coan died three months after his wife, to whom he'd been married for 78 years. https://www.blueridgenow.com/news/20200205/brevard-baseball-legend-gil-coan-passes-away I used to have about 100 1951 Bowman cards... including this one 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 7, 2020 1 minute ago, Sir Creep said: I used to have about 100 1951 Bowman cards... including this one My collection only starts in the mid-1970s. Nice picture. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 7, 2020 1 hour ago, alt obits guy said: My collection only starts in the mid-1970s. Nice picture. yeah I started 1973 maybe as a kid. As a young adult I got a Mickey Vernon 1951 Bowman and went from there. Don’t know the full story but my mum was fond of Mr Vernon. SirC damn near offspring of a baseball All Star! Lmao. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 8, 2020 Angel Echevarria, who played 328 games in the Major Leagues from 1996 to 2002, mostly with the Colorado Rockies, has died. He was 48. Echevarria had fallen ill...and then had fallen physically, the latter being the causal factor in his death. http://connecticut.news12.com/story/41676316/exmlb-player-and-bridgeport-native-angel-echevarria-dies-at-48 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,982 Posted February 11, 2020 Katsuya Nomura https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2020021100286/japanese-baseball-legend-katsuya-nomura-dies-at-84.html One of Japan's biggest baseball legends is dead at 84 He spent 23 Seasons as Catcher with Nankai Hawks from 1954-77, and was the first Japanese player to record a triple crown in 1965. Post playing career he managed the Yakult Swallows to 3 Japanese titles in the 1990's Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,226 Posted February 16, 2020 On 01/02/2020 at 22:40, Skinny kiltrunner said: Tony Fernandez, retired all-star player for the Toronto Blue Jays, is in a bad way with kidney disease complications. In an induced coma while they try to figure out how to treat him. 1 day too late for The Cup. https://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/report-blue-jays-icon-tony-fernandez-critical-condition/sn-amp/ In case anyone had Tony Fernandez in their March cup team, you don’t have to worry about him because he’s dead 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrWonderful 481 Posted February 16, 2020 49 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: In case anyone had Tony Fernandez in their March cup team, you don’t have to worry about him because he’s dead Damn shame. He was a hell of a player, with a better 7-year peak WAR than that of Omar Vizquel, who very well could end up the Hall Of Fame in the next couple of years. RIP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,727 Posted March 27, 2020 MLB outfielder Jimmy Wynn who played for the Houston Astros for most of his career and was one of the stars during the franchise's early years died at 78 years: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/legendary-astros-outfielder-jimmy-wynn-dies-at-age-78/ 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted April 2, 2020 Ed Farmer, who played 11 years in the major leagues, including a two-and-a-half year stint with the Chicago White Sox, a team whose broadcast crew he would later join and spend 30 years with, has died. He was 70. https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/white-sox/ct-ed-farmer-chicago-white-sox-dies-20200402-7rjvytltyfccddlnrcchs57rvi-story.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
