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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1856 Jimmy Knowles
1856 Tug Thompson
1859 Gene Vadeboncoeur

The first player from Quebec to appear in a major league game.

1861 James (Jumbo) Davis
1864 Billy Palmer
1869 Ed Stein
1872 Al Orth
1873 Bill Carrick
1874 Nap Lajoie
1876 Pete LePine
1882 Jul Kustus
1883 Lefty Leifield
1888 Bill Chambers
1888 Ody Abbott
1889 Bingo DeMoss
1892 Cap Crowell
1893 Don Rader
1895 Ted Jourdan
1896 Gil Gallagher
1898 Admiral Walker
1899 Max Bishop
1900 Merv Shea
1900 Ike Kamp
1905 Danny Musser
1908 Bill McGhee
1911 Buddy Hassett
1914 Bad News Hall
1915 Leon Stewart
1915 Bob Maier
1916 Ernie White
1919 Ray Goolsby
1919 Tom Jordan
1919 Andrew Buford
1920 Gene Bearden
1921 Vince Shupe
1930 Wayne Belardi
1935 Tom Patton
1936 Bill Mazeroski
1937 Karl Kuehl

Kuehl was the Montreal Expo manager for most of the 1976 season, but they really struggled that year and Kuehl, a baseball lifer, was let go. That said, Kuehl was a longtime coach and scout and is given a lot of credit for developing the players who pushed the Oakland As to three Word Series in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Kuehl was a co-author of a book (frequently updated) focused on the mental side of baseball.

His obituary says Kuehl died of pulmonary fibrosis.

1942 Dave Morehead
1955 Gil Patterson
1959 Jamie Nelson
1960 Candy Maldonado
1960 Tim Birtsas
1960 Chris Green
1961 Tom Dozier
1963 Jeff Brantley
1964 Ron Rightnowar
1965 Jeff Baldwin
1965 Rob Richie
1970 Mike Potts
1971 Brian Bevil
1972 Jimmy Haynes
1973 Justin Atchley
1974 Calvin Maduro
1975 Randy Choate
1975 Rod Barajas
1977 Jason Hart
1978 Matt Watson
1979 Ryan Spilborghs
1979 Cliff Bartosh
1983 Chris Young
1983 Jeff Stevens
1985 Tyler Colvin
1987 Scott Barnes
1989 Nick Maronde

Florida Gator drafted by the Angels – made his way quickly to the majors because he had great command and solid K/BB ratios. In fact, he struck out the first four batters he ever faced in the big leagues in 2012.  His ERAs in the majors climbed from 1.50 to 6.75 to 12.79. After a lat injury, he never seemed like the same guy.

Trivia: He pitched for New Zealand in the World Baseball Classic in 2014.

1989 Zach Walters

University of San Diego grad, taken by Arizona but has been moved around a lot… Came up with Washington in 2013, played for Cleveland and the Dodgers – mostly in a utility role as he can play virtually anywhere. He has power – in 2014, 10 of his 23 hits were for homers… He’s moved from the Dodgers to Cincinnati and Kansas City, and during 2017 and 2018 he spent time playing independent baseball in KC and St. Paul.

1993 Blake Trahan
1993 Pablo Reyes
1995 Jason Martin
1995 Jarren Duran
1997 Steven Kwan
1998 Blake Dunn
1998 Logan Allen
1999 Randy Rodriguez
2000 Rece Hines

OBITUARIES:

1909 Bill Popp
1912 Tug Arundel

Strokes took Arundel to the next league. He was a fascinating story.

1920 Jerry Turbidy
1923 Dots Miller
1925 Emil Huhn
1933 Tom Finley
1943 Cecil Ferguson
1947 Bill Ludwig
1951 Jim Keesey
1954 Maurice Archdeacon
1962 John Potts
1964 Fred Stem
1966 Frank Withrow
1967 Jack Tising
1969 Harry O’Neill
1973 Chick Davies
1973 Jack Fournier
1976 Jim O’Neill
1982 Tom Hurd
1983 Sam Woods
1991 Loyd Christopher
1992 Ron Davis
1992 Billy Herman
1994 Hank Aguirre
2003 Harley Grossman
2009 Buddy Blattner
2017 Tom Wright
2018 Dick Lane
2019 Tom Phoebus
2019 Wally Westlake
2022 Mark Littell
2025 Davey Johnson

YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE!!!

1908 Brooklyn’s Nap Rucker tosses a no-hitter – three errors in the field prevents a perfect game – to beat Boston.

1922 Philadelphia’s Win Noyes has a rough day – he allows 22 hits and 15 runs in seven innings before finally getting a little relief help. Among those beating him up included Babe Ruth, who went 5 for 6 with four RBI and a third inning homer.

1971 J. R Richard beat San Francisco in his MLB debut, striking out a record-tying 15 batters.

1998 Barry Bonds reaches base for the fifteenth consecutive time: nine hits and six walks.

TRANSACTION WIRE:

1890 Cincinnati signs Billy Clingman – Clingman was Jim Presley with less power.

1934 The Phillies release Hack Wilson. Wilson’s demise was REALLY fast.

1961 Baltimore signs everybody’s favorite reliever of the 1969 team – Eddie Watt.

1963 The Mets sign amateur free agent Ron Swoboda.

1964 The Yankees send cash and two players to be named later to Cleveland for Pedro Ramos. Ralph Terry and Bud Daley would be sent in October and November.