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William John Posedel (August 2, 1906 – November 28, 1989), nicknamed "Barnacle Bill", [1] was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Bees/Braves in 1938–1941 and in 1946. Posedel was born in San Francisco, California.
Michael Joseph Sullivan (October 23, 1870 – June 14, 1906) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher from 1886 to 1899 for the Washington Nationals (1889), Chicago Colts (1890), Philadelphia Athletics (1891), New York Giants (1891 and 1896–97), Cincinnati Reds (1892–93), Washington Senators (1894), Cleveland Spiders (1894 ...
Repeated studies have shown that contemporary Major League Baseball players have a greater life expectancy than males in the general U.S. population — about five years more, on average, which is attributed to their superior fitness and healthy lifestyles. The longer the active career, the longer the player lives, on average.
Harvey Willos "Hub" Walker (August 17, 1906 – November 26, 1982) was an American baseball outfielder.He played professional baseball from 1929 to 1945, including five seasons in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers (1931, 1935, 1945) and Cincinnati Reds (1936–1937).
Uecker, a baseball icon, television and movie funnyman and Hall of Fame Milwaukee Brewers radio announcer, died Thursday at the age of 90, following a "private battle with small cell lung cancer ...
In the 1906 World Series (ultimately won in six games by the Chicago White Sox), Reulbach shone in Game 2 at South Side Park, giving up only one hit, a seventh-inning single to Jiggs Donahue. This rare World Series low-hit game was matched by fellow Cubs pitcher Claude Passeau in 1945 when he threw just the second one-hitter in Series history ...
Willie Mays, one of the greatest baseball players who ever lived, died on Tuesday at the age of 93. He ended his storied career with the Mets.
October 20 – Buck Ewing, 47, catcher, most notably for the New York Giants, who batted .303 lifetime and led NL in home runs and triples once each; captain of 1888–1889 NL champions batted .346 in 1888. championship series; in 1883 was one of the first two players to hit 10 home runs in a season; led NL in assists three times and double ...