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Delmar Wesley Crandall (March 5, 1930 – May 5, 2021) was an American professional baseball player and manager. [1] Crandall played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1949 to 1966, most prominently as a member of the Boston / Milwaukee Braves where, he was an eleven-time All-Star player and was a member of the 1957 World Series winning team.
The trade re-united Aaron with former teammate Del Crandall, who was now managing the Brewers. [66] He signed a two-year contract with the Brewers for $240,000 per year. [ 68 ] Playing in the American League allowed Aaron to serve as a designated hitter rather than play in the field.
Del Crandall, 91, American baseball player (Boston/Milwaukee Braves) and manager (Milwaukee Brewers). [ 148 ] Konstantinas Dobrovolskis , 81, Lithuanian radiologist, minister of health (2001–2003).
Del Crandall, a star catcher for the Milwaukee Braves for a decade and the manager who gave teenage Robin Yount a shot, has died at age 91.
Charlotte Brontë's death in 1855 was stated at the time as having been due to tuberculosis, but there is some controversy over this today. Clarissa Brooks, poet, died of tuberculosis in 1927; Charles Brockden Brown; Charles Farrar Browne; Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet, died of tuberculosis in 1861; Jean de Brunhoff
Joseph Wilbur Adcock (October 30, 1927 – May 3, 1999) was an American professional baseball player and manager.He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman from 1950 to 1966, most prominently as a member of the Milwaukee Braves teams that won two consecutive National League pennants and the 1957 World Series.
Selva Lewis Burdette, Jr. (November 22, 1926 – February 6, 2007) was an American right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played primarily for the Boston / Milwaukee Braves. [1]
In the middle of the 1955 season, the 32-year-old Rice was traded to the Milwaukee Braves, who were in need of a backup catcher for their perennial All-Star, Del Crandall. [14] He became pitcher Bob Buhl's personal catcher, as Buhl did not like having Crandall calling his pitches. [15]