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Re: Pale Hose History
DIR By: AndyMacFAIL
Date: July 8, 2011, 6:14 am
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This Date In White Sox History - July 8th
Ninety years ago today . . .
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July 8, 1921 - In Chicago‚ White Sox pitcher Dickie Kerr beats
the Yankees 4-1 and steals home in the 7th inning on the front
end of a double steal.
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Re: Pale Hose History
DIR By: AndyMacFAIL
Date: July 8, 2011, 6:56 am
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Today In White Sox History - July 8th
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July 8, 1943 - At Comiskey Park in Chicago, White Sox pitcher
Orval Grove almost gets himself a no hitter and against the
Yankees to boot. Joe Gordon’s bloop double with two out in the
9th spoils it, but Grove does win the game 1 - 0.
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Re: Pale Hose History
DIR By: Fury
Date: July 8, 2011, 8:43 am
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I've always thought that the Dickey Kerr story, with him being
the lone honest starting pitcher on the 1919 Sox in that year's
Series, and then his later connection to Stan Musial, is all
quite interesting. But Kerr, even though he won 21 games for
the woulda-coulda-shoulda 1920 Sox and then 19 games in 1921 for
a decimated, 7th-place team, was yet another player that
Comiskey nickel-and-dimed. The Old Roman denied Kerr a raise,
so the pitcher decided to jump to semi-pro ball for the 1922
season. Commissioner Landis said Kerr had violated baseball's
contract "reserve clause" and banned him from major league
baseball before allowing him a brief return in 1925.
The "Eight Men Out" movie portrayed Kerr as a righty, when he
was in fact a lefty.
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Re: Pale Hose History
DIR By: AndyMacFAIL
Date: July 10, 2011, 4:15 am
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On July 9 in Baseball History...
1946 - With seven Red Sox teammates on the A.L. squad, Ted
Williams stages a power show with two home runs, two singles, a
walk, four runs scored, and four RBI to lead the A.L. to a 12-0
laugher over the N.L. at Fenway Park. The highlight of the
All-Star Game is Williams's homer off a Rip Sewell blooper
pitch.
1957 - At Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, the A.L. nips the N.L.
6-5 in the 24th All-Star Game. Both teams score three in the
ninth inning, but Minnie Minoso's running catch with the bases
loaded chokes off the N.L.'s last rally.
1962 - At a meeting held in conjunction with the All-Star Game,
the major league players request a reduced schedule for the 1963
season. They also vote unanimously to continue playing two
All-Star Games each year.
1963 - Willie Mays is held to a single, but dominates a 5-3 N.L.
win in the All-Star Game. He also walks, steals twice, scores
twice, bats in a pair, and makes a great catch. It is Stan
Musial's 24th All-Star appearance, a record.
1965 - Senators left fielder Frank Howard ties a major-league
record with seven strikeouts in Washington's twin-bill split
with the Red Sox.
1968 - Appropriately for 1968, pitching dominates the All-Star
Game. Willie Mays, playing in place of injured Pete Rose,
tallies an unearned run in the first inning against A.L. starter
Luis Tiant to complete the scoring for the day. It is the first
All-Star effort to end 1-0. Don Drysdale, Juan Marichal, Steve
Carlton, Tom Seaver, Ron Reed, and Jerry Koosman hold the A.L.
to three hits.
1976 - Astros pitcher Larry Dierker no-hits the Expos 6-0 and
evens his record at 8-8. Houston is fourth in the West.
1986 - Atlanta's Dale Murphy does not play in the Braves 7-3 win
over the Phillies, ending his consecutive-game streak at 740.
Murphy hadn't missed a game since September 1981.
1988 - Chris Speier hits for the cycle and Ernest Riles hits the
10,000th home run in Giants history to lead San Francisco to a
21-2 rout of the Cardinals. The 21 runs are a San Francisco
record.
1988 - Nolan Ryan wins his 100th game as an Astro 6-3 over the
Mets, becoming the seventh pitcher in Major League history to
win 100 for two different clubs. Ryan won 138 games for the
Angels in the 1970s.
1991 - At Toronto's SkyDome, the A.L. wins the All-Star Game 4-2
on Cal Ripken, Jr.'s three-run home run off Montreal's Dennis
Martinez. The Baltimore shortstop earns MVP honors.
1996 - The N.L. blanks the AL 6-0 in the All-Star Game at
Veterans Stadium. Pennsylvania native Mike Piazza is MVP in his
hometown return, Cal Ripken, Jr. plays despite having his nose
accidentally broken prior to the game, and the N.L. blanks the
powerful A.L. bats. However, the TV ratings are the worst since
Nielson began tracking the All-Star Game in 1967.
1997 - Kansas City's Bob Boone becomes the first managerial
casualty of the year when he is fired during the All-Star break.
The Royals, losers of eight straight games, hire Tony Muser as
their new skipper and lose four more in a row before finally
ending the skid.
Baseball Birthdays on July 9...
1851 - Woodhead, Red
1859 - Tenney, Fred
1865 - Cooney, Jimmy
1865 - Hyndman, Jim
1868 - Stafford, General
1871 - Egan, Rip
1874 - Powell, Jack
1875 - McBride, Pete
1876 - Heidrick, Emmet
1879 - Kerwin, Dan
1881 - Dolan, Biddy
1883 - Shean, Dave
1885 - Herzog, Buck
1887 - McCorry, Bill
1889 - Boyle, Jack
1893 - Faeth, Tony
1893 - Barber, Turner
1893 - Eccles, Harry
1895 - Gleason, Joe
1896 - Holling, Carl
1897 - Myatt, Glenn
1899 - Johnston, Fred
1901 - Polli, Lou
1904 - Daney, Art
1906 - Vergez, Johnny
1909 - Shevlin, Jimmy
1910 - Thomas, Ray
1915 - Criscola, Tony
1916 - Harris, Ned
1929 - Post, Wally
1929 - Lopez, Hector
1931 - Fodge, Gene
1932 - Veal, Coot
1932 - Black, Bud
1932 - Clevenger, Tex
1933 - Rippelmeyer, Ray
1937 - Mackenzie, Gordon
1943 - Andrews, Mike
1944 - Haydel, Hal
1944 - Jackson, Sonny
1946 - Stone, George
1949 - Luebber, Steve
1955 - Wilson, Willie
1956 - Hoffman, Guy
1963 - Higgins, Mark
1974 - Evans, Tom
Baseball Deaths on July 9...
1893 - Terrell, Tom
1914 - Schreckengost, Ossee
1919 - Smith, Aleck
1924 - McCloskey, Bill
1929 - Cassidy, Pete
1938 - Dickerson, George
1951 - Heilmann, Harry
1956 - Ryan, Buddy
1962 - McCormick, Moose
1968 - Collard, Hap
1971 - Konnick, Mike
1974 - Mangum, Leo
1984 - Uhlir, Charlie
1986 - Lucas, Red
1997 - Rojek, Stan
2004 - Lupien, Tony
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Re: Pale Hose History
DIR By: AndyMacFAIL
Date: July 10, 2011, 4:43 am
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This Date In White Sox History - July 9th
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July 9, 2006 - Tadahito Iguchi’s single in the last of the 19th
inning gave the White Sox a dramatic 6 - 5 win over Boston at
U.S. Cellular Field. Jermaine Dye’s two out, 9th inning home run
tied the game at three. Both teams scored two runs in the 11th
and the score stayed that way until the 19th. Cliff Politte
picked up the win with one scoreless inning of relief. The game
took 6:19 minutes.
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Re: Pale Hose History
DIR By: AndyMacFAIL
Date: July 10, 2011, 4:47 am
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On July 10 in Baseball History...
1911 - With just one punch, Sherry Magee KOs home plate umpire
Bill Finneran after he is ejected for disputing a called third
strike. The star Phillies flychaser, who is suspended for the
rest of the season, will be reinstated after 36 games due to an
appeal.
1911 - When umpire Bill Klem stops the Phillies-Cardinal game to
have an unruly fan removed from the Baker Bowl, it is believed
to be the first time a patron has been escorted from a ballpark.
The common practice at the time was to use bodyguards after the
contest to protect the arbitrators rather than risk the crowd's
ire by ousting one of their own.
1917 - Thanks to Ray Caldwell's nine and two-thirds innings of
no-hit relief, the Yankees beat the Browns in St. Louis, 7-5 in
a 17 inning game. The hard-living right-hander, one of the 17
hurlers allowed to continue throwing the spitball after the
pitch was outlawed in 1920, will no-hit hit his former team
playing for Tris Speaker's Indians in 1919.
1919 - Cleveland manager Lee Fohl brings in little-used southpaw
Fritz Coumbe to pitch to Babe Ruth with the bases loaded and a
7-4 lead in the ninth inning. Ruth's subsequent grand slam gives
Boston an 8-7 win and gives the Indians a new manager. Center
fielder Tris Speaker brings the Tribe home in second place and
stays as skipper for seven years.
1920 - After banging out 11 straight hits, Tris Speaker is
stopped by Tom Zachary of Washington. It's the record until
Pinky Higgins of the Red Sox racks up 12 in a row in 1938.
1928 - Although the Indians bang out 14 hits, the Tribe fails to
score a run in a 9-0 night cap loss to the Senators in a
Griffith Stadium twin bill. It is only the second time a team
has been shut out after collecting that many hits.
1929 - The Pirates rout the Phillies 15-9 at the Baker Bowl in a
game which features one homer hit in each inning. Pittsburgh
goes deep five time with Philadelphia adding four more.
1932 - To save train fare for the single-date appearance, Connie
Mack takes along just two A's pitchers to Cleveland. Lew Krausse
the A's starting pitcher, gives up four hits in the first inning
and his replacement, Eddie Rommel pitches 17 innings in relief,
giving up a record 29 hits, but wins 18-17. Cleveland's Johnny
Burnett sets a major-league record by collecting nine hits in 11
at bats, while the A's Jimmie Foxx strokes six hits, including
three home runs for a record-tying 16 total bases.
1934 - The second annual All-Star Game produces Carl Hubbell's
amazing feat of striking out five future Hall of Famers in a
row. After two batters reach in the first, he strikes out Babe
Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Jimmie Foxx. He adds Al Simmons and Joe
Cronin to start the second. He leaves with the N.L. ahead 4-0,
but the A.L. rallies for a 9-7 victory.
1935 - Beating the Tulsa Oilers, 1-0, Galveston Buccaneers
hurler Ed Cole throws the first perfect game in Texas League
history. The decisive hit is an inside-the-park home run with
two outs in the bottom of the ninth.
1936 - At Forbes Field, Chuck Klein becomes the first National
League player to hit four home runs in one game in this century.
The Phillies' 36-year old outfielder's offensive outburst, which
includes his final round-tripper on the first pitch in the tenth
inning, powers Philadelphia's 9-6 victory over Pittsburgh.
1945 - The All-Star Game at Fenway Park is canceled because of
travel restrictions enforced by World War II.
1947 - During the first game of a twin bill in front of a crowd
47‚871, Don Black retires the final ten A's batters he faces to
record the first no-hitter in the history of Cleveland's
Municipal Stadium. The largest crowd ever to watch a no-hitter
endures the rain and six walks as the right-hander completes the
3-0 victory, the eighth no-no in franchise history.
1951 - Exploding for four home runs, the N.L. trounces the A.L.
8-3 at the annual All-Star Game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit.
Pittsburgh slugger Ralph Kiner hits a home run for the third
year in a row.
1953 - With Roy Campanella's home run off Giants hurler Sal
Maglie, the Dodgers establish a National League record homering
in their 24th consecutive game. Campy's homer is the only run
Brooklyn scores as the Giants extend their winning streak to
seven with the 6-1 victory.
1956 - In the All-Star Game, Ken Boyer of the Cardinals makes
three sparkling plays at third base and gets three hits as the
N.L. defeats the A.L. 7-3. Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Ted
Williams, and Stan Musial all homer. Mays' pinch-hit two-run
home run off Whitey Ford is his seventh straight hit against the
Yankee lefty.
1962 - John F. Kennedy returns to D.C. Stadium and becomes the
first president to throw the ceremonial first pitch at an
All-Star Game. Earlier in the season, JFK had also thrown the
ceremonial first pitch at the Senators' home opener in the first
game played in Washington's new $23-million ballpark. Roberto
Clemente has three hits as the N.L. wins 3-1 in the first of two
All-Star Games of 1962 at Washington's D.C. Stadium.
1964 - Jesus Alou gets six hits against six different pitchers
as the Giants beat the Cubs 10-3.
1968 - The N.L. announces plans to break into two divisions for
1969. The Eastern Division will feature New York, Philadelphia,
Pittsburgh, Montreal, Chicago, and St. Louis. In the Western
will be Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, Cincinnati, San
Diego, and Atlanta.
1979 - Trailing the Padres 5-3 in the bottom of the ninth with
two outs at Veterans Stadium, pinch hitter Del Unser hits a
three-run walk off home run giving the Phillies a 6-5 comeback
victory. The dramatic dinger makes Del Unser only the second
player in major league history to hit a homer in three
consecutive at bats as a pinch hitter, a feat also accomplished
by Lee Lacy of the Dodgers last season.
1982 - Rangers slugger Larry Parrish hits his third grand slam
of the week in a 6-5 win over the Tigers, tying the major-league
record set by Detroit's Jim Northrup in 1968. Parrish also hit
grand slams July 4 against Oakland and July 7 against Boston.
1984 - On the 50th anniversary of Carl Hubbell's legendary five
consecutive strikeouts in the 1934 All-Star Game, N.L. pitchers
Fernando Valenzuela and Dwight Gooden combine to fan six batters
in a row for a new All-Star Game record in the N.L.'s 3-1
triumph. After Valenzuela whiffs Dave Winfield, Reggie Jackson,
and George Brett in the fourth inning, Gooden, the youngest
All-Star ever at age 19, fans Lance Parrish, Chet Lemon, and
Alvin Davis in the fifth.
1997 - Hideki Irabu wins his much-anticipated major league
debut, striking out nine in 6 2/3 innings as the Yankees defeat
Detroit 10-3. The Japanese-born pitcher receives a standing
ovation from the sellout crowd of 51,901 at Yankee Stadium.
1999 - At Leland's ‘Hero's Auction’ of sports memorabilia held
in New York, the ball batted by Carlton Fisk in the 12th inning,
which hit the Fenway foul pole ending one of the most dramatic
games in World Series history, is sold for $113,273. George
Foster, the Reds’ left fielder who retrieved and kept the 1975
historic home run ball, decided to sell the souvenir after
realizing its potential value after Mark McGwire's 70th home run
ball sold for almost $3 million.
2001 - In his final All-Star appearance, Cal Ripken is named the
MVP of the game. His home run along with consecutive dingers
from Derek Jeter and Magglio Ordonez power the AL to its fifth
victory in a row beating the National League at Seattle’s Safeco
Field, 4-1.
2001 - Derek Jeter becomes the first Yankee to homer in an
All-Star game in 42 years when he goes deep leading off the
sixth inning off Jon Lieber at Safeco Field. Yogi Berra was the
last Bronx Bomber to accomplish the feat, homering off Don
Drysdale in 1959.
2009 - Beating the Padres 8-0 at A&T Park, Giants' southpaw
Jonathan Sanchez throws the first no-hitter in franchise history
since John "The Count" Montefusco accomplished the feat in 1976.
The 22-year old, a replacement for an injured Randy Johnson,
sees his bid for a perfect game end when third baseman Juan
Uribe makes an error in the eighth inning.
Baseball Birthdays on July 10...
1855 - Weaver, Sam
1859 - Dundon, Ed
1864 - Conley, Ed
1864 - McAleer, Jimmy
1867 - Allen, Bob
1868 - Lowe, Bobby
1874 - Dundon, Gus
1877 - Cushman, Harvey
1882 - Rudolph, Dutch
1887 - Spratt, Harry
1894 - Walsh, Jim
1896 - Schindler, Bill
1899 - Kopf, Wally
1903 - Niggeling, Johnny
1906 - McKain, Hal
1906 - Liska, Ad
1907 - Michaels, John
1915 - Dickey, George
1917 - Alexander, Hugh
1918 - Stevens, Chuck
1919 - Clay, Dain
1926 - Macpherson, Harry
1928 - Glenn, John
1937 - Burright, Larry
1938 - Brumley, Mike
1940 - Alley, Gene
1940 - Craig, Pete
1945 - McRae, Hal
1948 - Hand, Rich
1951 - Bailor, Bob
1954 - Dawson, Andre
1956 - McHenry, Vance
1965 - Groom, Buddy
1967 - Stevens, Lee
1969 - Cordova, Marty
1978 - Marsonek, Sam
1979 - Godwin, Tyrell
1980 - Froppert, Jesse
1987 - Curtis, Jermaine
1987 - Giavotrlla, Johnny
1987 - Infante, Gregory
1988 - Wheeler, Ryan
1989 - Smith, Will
Baseball Deaths on July 10...
1897 - Baldwin, Kid
1922 - Bailey, Harvey
1923 - Stabell, Joe
1935 - Hines, Paul
1944 - Walker, Tom
1945 - Butler, Frank
1949 - Downey, Red
1951 - Messenger, Bobby
1956 - Giard, Joe
1960 - Redmond, Harry
1967 - Graham, Skinny
1968 - Moulton, Allie
1986 - Maggert, Harl
1988 - Nevel, Ernie
1990 - Coppola, Henry
1992 - Masters, Walt
1997 - Lowry, Dwight
2001 - Criscola, Tony
2001 - Lary, Al
2004 - Rebel, Art
2006 - Fleitas, Angel
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Re: Pale Hose History
DIR By: AndyMacFAIL
Date: July 10, 2011, 4:57 am
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Today In White Sox History - July 10th
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July 10, 1912 - Looking for more pitching, White Sox owner
Charles Comiskey acquires Eddie Cicotte from the Red Sox after
the pitcher argues with his manager and owner John Taylor.
Cicotte of course would pitch well for the White Sox but then
would be banned from baseball in 1919 because of his involvement
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Re: Pale Hose History
DIR By: aka Loveland
Date: July 10, 2011, 9:24 am
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Cool Check. I love the siggy.
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Re: Pale Hose History
DIR By: Fury
Date: July 10, 2011, 10:12 am
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Cicotte looks like a pleasant character, the kind of guy you'd
go have a beer with. From photos I've seen, Gandil and Risberg
looked downright nasty.
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Re: Pale Hose History
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On July 11 in Baseball History...
1914 - Babe Ruth breaks in with Boston, pitching a 4-3 win
over Cleveland. In his first Major League at-bat, Ruth strikes
out. He will be 2-1 with Boston, spending most of the year in
the International League at Providence.
1939 - With another Yankees-dominated lineup, the American
League defeats the National League 3-1 in the seventh All-Star
Game, at Yankee Stadium. Cincinnati outfielder Ival Goodman
fractures his shoulder diving for a ball.
1944 - Phil Cavarretta of the Cubs sets an All-Star Game
record by reaching base five successive times on a triple,
single, and three walks in a 7-1 National League romp.
1950 - Making a leaping, off-the-wall catch of a Ralph Kiner
drive, Ted Williams fractures his left elbow in the All-Star
game at Chicago. Remaining in the game, he puts the American
League ahead, 3-2, with an RBI single. Kiner's ninth-innving
home run ties the game, and Red Schoendienst's blast in the
fourteenth inning wins it.
1960 - Home runs by Ernie Banks and Del Crandall pace the
National League to a 5-4 win over the American League at Kansas
City's Municipal Stadium in the first of two All-Star Games. Bob
Friend notches his second All-Star win.
1961 - Strong winds dominate the first All-Star Game of
1961. A capacity crowd sees pitcher Stu Miller blown off the
mound in the ninth inning at Candlestick Park. A balk is called,
and it enables the American League to forge a 3-3 tie before
losing 5-4 in ten innings.
1962 - For the first time since 1938, when the Waner
brothers pulled the trick, brothers Hank and Tommie Aaron homer
in the same inning. Both were hit in the last of the ninth, and
Hank's grand slam provides the winning margin in a 8-6 Braves
win over the Cards.
1968 - Earl Weaver, who never played in the Majors, replaces
Hank Bauer as manager of the Orioles. Weaver will become famous
for his boisterous temper and run-ins with umpires, but his
1,480 wins and .583 winning percentage in Baltimore will land
him in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
1976 - In a pre-game promotion at Atlanta-Fulton County
Stadium, thirty-four couples are married at home plate. The
nuptials are then followed by Championship Wrestling in an
evening billed as 'Headlocks and Wedlocks.' The Braves then pin
a 9-8 loss on the Mets.
1978 - At San Diego, the National League wins the All-Star
Game 7-3. Steve Garvey singles and triples to earn the game's
MVP trophy. Vida Blue starts for the National League, becoming
the first pitcher to start for both leagues. Blue also started
in 1971 and 1975 for the American League.
1985 - Nolan Ryan becomes the first pitcher to record 4,000
strikeouts, fanning Danny Heep in the sixth inning of Houston's
4-3 win over the Mets. Ryan finishes with eleven strikeouts in
seven innings, but gets no decision.
1987 - Billy Ripken, 22, joins his brother Cal in the
Orioles starting lineup in Baltimore's 2-1 loss to the Twins.
Orioles manager Cal Ripken, Sr., is the first to manage two sons
in the Majors.
1989 - Bo Jackson and Wade Boggs lead off the bottom of the
first inning with back-to-back home runs off Rick Reuschel to
spark the American League to a 5-3 win in the All-Star Game at
Anaheim Stadium. Jackson earns MVP honors.
Baseball Birthdays on July 11...
1865 - Meakim, George
1865 - Schriver, Pop
1872 - Maupin, Harry
1873 - Slagle, Jimmy
1884 - Wolter, Harry
1886 - Griffin, Hank
1889 - Burke, Billy
1893 - Blethen, Clarence
1893 - Stock, Milt
1898 - Batchelder, Joe
1899 - Jones, Binky
1911 - Tamulis, Vito
1916 - Binks, George
1921 - Gregg, Hal
1924 - Federoff, Al
1931 - Gray, Dick
1934 - Allison, Bob
1937 - Tiefenthaler, Verle
1938 - Schreiber, Ted
1942 - Sevcik, John
1947 - Cook, Ron
1949 - Thomas, Stan
1949 - Heidemann, Jack
1951 - Ott, Ed
1953 - Hinds, Sam
1956 - McLaughlin, Joey
1958 - Fuentes, Mike
1959 - Pena, Bert
1962 - Brady, Brian
1966 - Valdez, Efrain
1967 - Wall, Donne
1967 - Ashby, Andy
1970 - Ashley, Billy
1972 - Little, Mark
Baseball Deaths on July 11...
1881 - Dignan, Steve
1884 - Smiley, Bill
1886 - Driscoll, Denny
1901 - McKeough, Dave
1952 - Leonard, Dutch
1953 - Wendell, Lew
1959 - Gilhooley, Frank
1972 - Tyler, Johnnie
1973 - Edmondson, George
1982 - Nichols, Chet
1984 - Clabaugh, Moose
1984 - Luttrell, Lyle
1987 - Bennett, Joe
1997 - Hauser, Joe
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