BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1859 Tom Forster
1860 Bill White
1863 Frank (Monkey) Foreman
1865 Charlie Reynolds
1868 Pete Allen
1876 Larry Battam
1885 George McQuillan
1886 Billy Kelly
1889 Dave Howard
1894 Paul Carter
1896 Heinie Meine
1903 Fritz Knothe
1905 Harry Henderson
1909 Bill Dunlap
1915 Bob Harris
1917 Johnny Berardino
1917 Tommy Nelson
1918 Johnny Williams
1919 Al Zarilla
1921 Frank Carswell
1930 Stan Palys
1932 Felix Torres
1948 Von Joshua
1950 Rich Troedson
1951 Rudy Meoli
1952 Bob Allietta
1954 Roy Lee Jackson
1955 Steve Lubratich
1955 Ray Searage
1957 Allan Ramirez
1960 Charlie O’Brien
1964 Dan Gakeler
1964 Jose Lind
1966 Armando Reynoso
1969 Phil Hiatt
1972 Fausto Cruz
1972 Bobby Chouinard
1973 Rich Butler
1974 Steve Randolph
1979 Brandon Claussen
1979 Joe Hietpas
1981 Manny Acosta
1987 Ivan De Jesus, Jr.
1989 Maikel Cleto
1990 Scooter Gennett
1990 A.J. Jimenez
1991 Marcus Stroman
1991 Zach Vincej
1994 Dillon Tate
1995 Lucas Erceg
1995 Jose Urquidy
1996 Tommy Doyle
1996 Andre Jackson
1997 Casey Mize
1998 Miguel Yajure
1998 Anderson Tejada
OBITUARIES:
1920 Joe Leonard
1926 Ed Conwell
1928 Bull Smith
1933 Bobby Mitchell
1937 David Jones
1941 Roxy Snipes
Wyatt Eure Snipes got a single plate appearance with the White Sox on July 15, 1923, pinch hitting for Red Faber. Facing Philadelphia’s Eddie Rommel, he made the last out of the eighth inning via the “aerial route.” He had just arrived with the White Sox and manager Kid Gleason decided to give him a shot upon arrival. It only took a month for the White Sox to see he’d make a better lawyer than baseball player and released him back to the minors.
Snipes died of pneumonia in a North Carolina veterans hospital.
1947 Kitty Bransfield
1952 Ernie Johnson
1959 Fritz Henrich
1959 Branch Russell
1960 Lou Schettler
1961 Jim Hanley
1965 Frank Barberich
1965 Hi Myers
1969 Gary Wilson
1973 Bobby Reis
Jack of many positions…
1974 Hal Anderson
1976 Luther McDonald
1978 Claude Corbitt
1980 George Woodend
1986 Ed Wells
1987 Bobo Holloman
1992 Justin Stein
1992 Celerino Sanchez
1996 Jim Gleeson
1998 Heinie Heltzel
2014 Mel Clark
2017 Sam Mele
2020 Matt Keough
2023 Dick Burwell
Richard Matthew Burwell was a September call up for the Cubs in both 1960 and 1961 – a sharp kid with a live arm but not necessarily great control.
Born in Alton, Illinois, the Cubs took him out of Illinois Wesleyan University (he pitched only during his freshman year) by offering him a $50,000 bonus. One wonders, of course, if Burwell dreamed that he would leave his small, river city Illinois life for bigger things… I’m betting he did. He pitched all over the country, making it to Crosley Field, Wrigley Field, Dodger Stadium and Candlestick Park. In 1961, when he entered in relief to face the Giants, there were six Hall of Famers on that field (Ashburn, Banks, Santo, Williams, Mays, Cepeda – not to mention Don Zimmer and Felipe Alou). Those are some great memories to share with friends and family.
And, his life after baseball was more successful. He got involved with Coors and eventually owned and operated a distribution company in Idaho before retiring to Arizona, where he died at 83.
“Dick Burwell, Signed for $50,000 Bonus, Allows Two Runs,” Freeport Journal Standard, June 10, 1959: 13.
2024 Joe Shipley
Shipley was eight days shy of his 89th birthday when he passed away in St. Charles, Missouri. Taken by the White Sox out of high school, he was shipped to the Giants where he would pitch for a few years. He also spent time with the Cardinals before returning to the White Sox in 1963. As a pitcher he was known for throwing side-armed with an explosive fast ball. According to his obituary he met his wife, Tammy Bahr, while volunteering with the Special Olympics…
After his major league career ended, he would coach some landing as the head coach at Eastern Tennessee State University for a decade. After that, he worked at General Motors and, for a while, as a security guard at a St. Louis area casino.
YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE!!!
1884 Moses Fleetwood Walker catches for Toledo in the American Association in a game against Louisville, making him the first African-American to appear in a major league game.
1906 Johnny Lush fires a no-hitter as the Phillies top Brooklyn , 6 – 0. Lush fans 11.
1920 Joe Oeschger of Boston and Leon Cadore of Brooklyn go the distance in a 1 – 1 tie – all 26 innings – before it’s called for darkness. Charlie Pick has the worst of it – oh for eleven!!!
1969 Don Wilson throws his second no-hitter, this a 4 – 0 win over the Reds.
1991 Nolan Ryan fires his seventh no-hitter, a 3 – 0 win over the Blue Jays. Andy Finch and I played catch in the parking lot of his friend’s apartment listening to the game on the radio, which was blasting out of Andy’s car.
TRANSACTION WIRE:
1957 The Cubs send Dee Fondy and Gene Baker to Pittsburgh for Dale Long and Lee Walls.
1987 After scheming (and colluding) to hold down the salaries paid to free agents, teams are allowed to sign their outstanding and unsigned free agents, incluing Tim Raines, Ron Guidry and Bob Boone.
2006 Boston sends Josh Bard and Cla Meredith (and money) to San Diego for Doug Mirabelli.
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