alt obits guy 3,371 Posted May 8, 2023 Deacon Jones, who played 40 games over three seasons with the Chicago White Sox in the 1960s, later becoming a hitting coach with the Houston Astros, has died. He was 89. Not to be confused with the NFL great who died in 2013. https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/deacon-jones-passes-away-at-89/n-5957968 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted May 13, 2023 Don Denkinger, who umpired nearly 4,000 games between 1969 and 1998, but whose blown call during the 1985 World Series ended up proving costly for the St. Louis Cardinals, has died. He was 86. https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/longtime-mlb-umpire-don-denkinger-dies-at-age-86/ 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted May 18, 2023 Futoshi Nakanishi, Nishinetsu player and manager, Japanese Hall-of-famer who once appeared with Willie Mays*, dead at 90. * On a postage stamp. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 742 Posted May 27, 2023 David Hess, who last pitched for the Tampa Bay Rays in 2021, is now suffering from a return bout of cancer. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/37741125/former-mlb-right-hander-david-hess-says-cancer-returned Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 742 Posted May 29, 2023 Mike Young, an outfielder with the Baltimore Orioles in the 1980’s is dead at 63. https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/former-orioles-outfielder-mike-young-passes-away/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 29, 2023 9 minutes ago, Captain Hemlock said: Mike Young, an outfielder with the Baltimore Orioles in the 1980’s is dead at 63. https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/former-orioles-outfielder-mike-young-passes-away/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted June 5, 2023 Roger Craig, who played for a decade between 1955 and 1966 combined with the Dodgers (Brooklyn and LA), Mets, Cardinals, Reds and Phillies, then found success as a manager with the Padres in the late 1970s and San Francisco Giants from 1985 through 1992, has died. He was 93. https://www.kron4.com/sports/former-sf-giants-manager-roger-craig-dies-at-93/ 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted June 8, 2023 Former closing relief pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies Jack Baldschun death notice: https://www.malcorefuneralhome.com/obituaries/jack-baldschun 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,984 Posted June 15, 2023 Danny Young was born in Woodbury, Tennessee and died at age 31 in Dowelltown, Tennessee on June 11, 2023. He appeared in four Major League Baseball games for the Chicago Cubs in 2000. Young was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 83rd round of the 1990 Major League Baseball draft. https://www.woodburyfuneralhome.net/obituary/DanielDanny-Young 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,984 Posted June 16, 2023 Manabu Kitabeppu died aged 65 in Hiroshima, was a Japanese baseball pitcher born in Kagoshima, first round pick of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in 1975 and one of the most famous Japanese right wingers, won many titles in his country https://www.sponichi.co.jp/baseball/news/2023/06/16/kiji/20230616s00001173414000c.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,727 Posted June 17, 2023 Left-handed pitcher Don Hood, who spent time as both a starter and reliever, died at 73 years: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/06/don-hood-passes-away.html He made his MLB debut in 1973 with the Baltimore Orioles and compiled a 3.79 lifetime MLB ERA. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted June 17, 2023 7 hours ago, TomTomTelekom said: Left-handed pitcher Don Hood, who spent time as both a starter and reliever, died at 73 years: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/06/don-hood-passes-away.html He made his MLB debut in 1973 with the Baltimore Orioles and compiled a 3.79 lifetime MLB ERA. a-hem… Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted June 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Sir Creep said: a-hem… Had no idea Burt Reynolds ever did baseball 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,984 Posted June 19, 2023 Shigeru Sugishita was born in Tokyo and died there aged 97, he was a Japanese professional baseball pitcher and coach. Famed for his forkball, Sugishita dominated the Central League from 1950 to 1955, winning more than 30 games twice (winning at least 23 games each season) and winning three Eiji Sawamura Awards. Sugishita usually splits his time between starting games and pitching in relief. Played 11 seasons, ten of them for Chunichi / Nagoya Dragons, also played for Daimai Orions, died of pneumonia on 12/jun/23 https://www.sponichi.co.jp/baseball/news/2023/06/16/kiji/20230616s00001173473000c.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted June 20, 2023 George Frazier, a relief pitcher who played 415 games cumulatively with St. Louis, the New York Yankees, Cleveland, the Chicago Cubs, and Minnesota between 1978 and 1987, has died. He was 68. https://www.si.com/fannation/mlb/fastball/news/former-colorado-rockies-broadcaster-george-frazier-passes-away 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chilean way 1,898 Posted July 1, 2023 Chris Haughey who played one game in MLB for the Brooklyn Dodgers died off the radar on 24 April 2022 at 96 according Baseball-Almanac https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=haughch01 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 1, 2023 3 hours ago, chilean way said: Chris Haughey who played one game in MLB for the Brooklyn Dodgers died off the radar on 24 April 2022 at 96 according Baseball-Almanac https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=haughch01 This obit led me to a very interesting link for baseball players who only appeared in 1 game in their career. It’s a sortable list too. https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/Cups_of_Coffee.php 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 742 Posted July 1, 2023 The May 18, 1912 game for the Detroit Tigers consisted of all one gamers except for Billy Maharg. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 2, 2023 8 hours ago, Captain Hemlock said: The May 18, 1912 game for the Detroit Tigers consisted of all one gamers except for Billy Maharg. Wow that’s crazy. I wonder what caused that (time to research Detroit history 1912). I know Johnny VanderMeer famously threw back-to-back no-hitters way back when, but the second of those games was against the Boston Bees which I believe was made up of a few pros and college kids or summat. You’d think a few of them were 1-gamers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 742 Posted July 2, 2023 @Sir Creep It had something to do with a one game players strike by the Tigers so the team hired a bunch of collegiate and sandlot players. Maharg stuck around the league and played one more game for the Phillies a few years later. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 2, 2023 3 hours ago, Captain Hemlock said: @Sir Creep It had something to do with a one game players strike by the Tigers so the team hired a bunch of collegiate and sandlot players. Maharg stuck around the league and played one more game for the Phillies a few years later. I also noticed there were dozens and dozens of one-timers throughout baseball’s beginnings through the late 1950s (and one would expect WWI and WWII and Korea may have had a part in needing replacements). But after that the trend stopped. There were only like 14 for the entire decade of the 1960s, and less than 20 each decade since. Again, I’d like to know what changed. Free agency etc didn’t really arrive until 1980-ish. But that doesn’t explain the 1960s/1970s. I did see that the only person to hit a triple in his one and only at-bat in 1958 is alive and well in Chicago. He’s got to be deadpool useful doesn’t he? lol 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,984 Posted July 3, 2023 Mario Guerrero died at age 73 on July 2. He was a Dominican professional baseball player who was a shortstop in Major League Baseball (MLB) for four teams (Boston Red Sox, St Louis Cardinals, California Angels, Oakland Athletics in an eight-year career from 1973 to 1980 https://nationworldnews.com/former-major-league-baseball-player-mario-guerrero-passes-away-process/ 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,715 Posted July 11, 2023 On 07/09/2022 at 09:31, drol said: Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima hospitalised with cerebral hemorrhage. Has a long and complex health history, having suffered a serious stroke in 2004 and been in and out of hospital in recent years. Still "his condition is not serious". Of course. On 24/03/2023 at 23:46, arghton said: (from the other martial arts thread) 1926 - Tsuneo Watanabe (Major newspaper executive, political influencer, baseball club owner who's in Japan called "Dictator of the world of baseball". Was a member of the Yokozuna Deliberation Council 1991-2005 and President/Chair 2001-2003.) Some concern on both the health of Shigeo Nagashima and Tsuneo Watanabe. From what I understand Shigeo Nagashima is currently hospitalised but doing well and to be discharged soon. Tsuneo Watanabe (who has looked very frail for years, broke his neck in 2018 and is now 97) "isn't suffering from a specific illness". 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,586 Posted July 18, 2023 New York Times article with new photo of former Brooklyn/LA Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine (wiki), who is 97 this year. Being honoured for his charity work with the Special Olympics. Carl is the 8th oldest living former MLB player. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaDeathGuy 202 Posted July 18, 2023 Chris Haughey died way back in April 2022 according to Baseball Almanac. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
