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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1865 George Cobb
1872 Dick Harley
1872 Fred Odwell
1881 Clarence Carr (Tad) Quinn
1885 George Hogan
1888 Arnold Hauser
1888 Matt Zieser
1889 Dave Robertson
1893 Ed Chaplin
1893 Carl Rolling
1897 Walter Anderson
1897 Robert Poindexter
1899 Harry Hallworth (Hoge) Workman
1900 Dewitt Owens
1902 Pierce Leigh (Pat) Malone
1904 Paul Hopkins
1905 Greg Mulleavy
1907 Lincoln Jackson
1911 Bill Atwood
1915 Buck Felder
1916 Norm Schlueter
1917 Phil Rizzuto
1917 Johnny Sain

Rizzuto played for the Yankees, had one really good year…  Then he was on the radio forever.  He’s in the Hall of Fame, but really – isn’t Sain a better choice?  Spahn and Sain and Pray for Rain and all those years as a pitching coach.  Did you know he was the pitching coach on five of the ten AL pennant winners in the 1960s?  Not enough coaches are in the Hall.

1924 Mario Arencibia
1924 Samuel Henry (Red) Webb
1945 Bill Hepler
1945 Steve Arlin
1948 Ray Busse
1952 Mike Stanton
1952 Sal Butera
1953 Ed Putman
1953 Dick Davis
1955 Jim Wessinger
1957 Glenn Hubbard
1958 Ron Mathis
1959 Geno Petralli
1960 Dave Walsh
1963 Eric Hetzel
1965 Steve Wapnick
1968 Reggie Jefferson
1969 David Weathers
1969 Tony Womack
1969 Oscar Munoz
1970 Ray Holbert
1974 Rich Hunter
1976 Juan Cerros
1977 Chris Piersoll
1977 Wil Nieves
1978 Joel Pineiro
1981 Rocco Baldelli
1981 Jason Bergmann
1982 Argenis Reyes
1983 Miguel Perez
1984 Victor Garate
1984 Michael Crotta
1985 Patrick Bowen (Bo) Schultz
1985 Brad Bergesen
1987 Lars Anderson
1987 Vance Worley
1989 Tyler Wilson
1991 Kyle Ryan
1991 Eric Stamets
1993 Vimael Machin
1993 Matt Swarmer
1995 Javy Guarra
1997 Ben Rortvedt
1998 Nic Loftin

OBITUARIES:

1888 John Bass

Diagnosed with tuberculosis, Bass left Brooklyn for Denver in hopes of staving off the disease, but that failed and within weeks he had died there.  Depending on which source you believe, he was anywhere from 37 to 40 years old.  His FindaGrave site and Baseball-Reference.com page says he died on September 25, 1888 in Denver, but the obituary in the Brooklyn Eagle says he died on Monday, September 24, 1888.

“John Elias Bass,” Brooklyn Eagle, September 28, 1888: 1.

1909 William Johnson

Played a year with Cleveland, but was a very successful banker there. Later in life, he left for Albuquerque to take over the American Lumber company and helped make his business a worldwide one. Bright’s Disease took him to the next league at 61.

“W.P. Johnson Dies After Lingering Illness,” Albuquerque Journal, September 26, 1909: 5.

1924 Anthony Mahoney

Negro League pitcher and manager… Mahoney was serving in Europe during World War I when he was severely gassed, earning his honorable discharge.  A natural leader (he was promoted to Sergeant quickly); eventually (like Christy Mathewson) the damage caused by the gas killed him, dying at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, DC with his wife by his side.  Mahoney rests at Arlington National Cemetery, while his soul looks to pitch in the next league.

1929 Valentin Dreke

1929 Miller Huggins

He got an infection in his face (Erysipelas), then some sort of a flu, and the infection spread quickly, turning whatever he had into pneumonia and blood poisoning. He died in five days after the rash appeared on his face.

1930 Joe Wilhoit
1939 Frank LaPorte
1940 Mike Jordan
1950 Pep Deininger
1951 Nolen Richardson
1956 John McMakin
1957 Marty Becker
1966 Jim Stevens
1967 Phil Geier
1968 Ken Holloway
1971 Lefty Wolf
1972 Jerry Lynn
1974 Cliff Brady
1976 Red Faber
1978 Pepper Daniels
1991 Bob Prichard
1997 Bill Donovan
2001 John Powers
2002 Ray Hayworth
2008 Larry File
2013 Bill Stewart
2015 Tom Kelley
2016 Jose Fernandez

Horsing around with friends (and doing drugs) led to a late night boat trip where he wrecked his boat on the rocks.  He might be the best pitcher the Marlins will ever have – just a fun personality and wicked skills – and a lot of flair.  That he’s not around still saddens me and a lot of other people down in South Florida.

YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE!!!

1956 Sal Maglie tosses a no-hitter as the Dodgers top the Phillies, 5 – 0.

1965 Satchel Paige pitches three innings for the Athletics against the Red Sox without allowing a run – just a single to Yaz. Your guess is as good as anyone’s as to how old Paige was that day.

1974 Dr. Frank Jobe performs Tommy John surgery (ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction) on, well, Tommy John.

2003 Carlos Delgado crushes four homers in a Blue Jays victory.

TRANSACTION WIRE:

1946 Pittsburgh pays $35,000 and a player to be named later (Johnny Hutchings) for Oakland Oaks star Wally Westlake.

1960 San Francisco signs amateur free agent outfielder Jose Cardenal.

1970 Minnesota signs amateur free agent pitcher Bill Campbell.