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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

 

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Futoshi Nakanishi, Nishinetsu player and manager, Japanese Hall-of-famer who once appeared with Willie Mays*, dead at 90.

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* On a postage stamp.

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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/

 

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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

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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.


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1 hour ago, Sir Creep said:


a-hem…

 

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Had no idea Burt Reynolds ever did baseball

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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

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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

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The May 18, 1912 game for the Detroit Tigers consisted of all one gamers except for Billy Maharg.

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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.

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@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.

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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 

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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/

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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".

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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.

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Carl is the 8th oldest living former MLB player.

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