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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1824 Henry Chadwick
1858 John Reilly
1859 Guerdon Whiteley
1860 Wally Fessenden
1871 Jack Fifield
1871 Roger Denzer
1873 Claude Ritchey
1875 Davey Crockett
1880 Ed Hughes
1881 Tom Raftery
1886 Harry Otis
1886 Bill Steele
1887 Clare Patterson
1887 Felix Chouinard
1889 Jim Bagby
1890 Rollin Cook
1893 William Ross
1893 Paul Speraw
1895 Norm McMillan
1896 Danny Silva
1896 Charlie Pechous
1901 Scottie Slayback
1904 Sam West
1906 Si Johnson
1907 Frank Doljack
1922 Fred McKelvin
1925 Bobby Hofman
1927 Al Heist
1939 Dennis Bennett
1941 Andy Kosco
1949 Danny Fife
1957 Onix Concepcion
1958 Brent Gaff
1958 Randy Bush
1959 Rod Allen
1960 Randy Bockus
1962 Tracy Woodson
1964 Terry Mathews
1967 Rey Sanchez
1968 Alex Diaz
1972 Aaron Guiel
1972 Yamil Benitez
1973 Luis Lopez
1973 Brett Laxton
1975 Brandon Puffer
1982 Mike Hinckley
1983 Felipe Paulino
1983 Alexi Ogando
1986 Tanner Roark
1986 Jeff Bianchi
1987 Marc Krauss
1993 Tyler Ferguson
1994 Victor Reyes
1995 Zack Littell
1998 Buddy Kennedy

OBITUARIES:

1892 Dickie Flowers
1898 John Richmond

His FindAGrave.com note says he died of heart disease at 43 years old.

1918 Eddie Grant

Captain Grant was among the American soldiers who rescued “The Lost Battalion” in the Argonne Forest during World War I; shot by a German soldier while trying to hail an ambulatory crew to assist another fallen soldier.

Alex Sullivan, “Eddie Grant, First ‘Pro’ Player to Die Fighting,” Los Angeles Evening Express, November 11, 1918: 10.

1926 Al Burch

Burch was on a business trip in New Jersey when he had a heart attack while driving.  Witnesses said that Burch was able to bring his car to a stop before he died.

“Al Burch, Star Outfielder of Old Brooklyn Team, Dies Suddenly,” Brooklyn Citizen, October 6, 1926: 8.

1926 Howard Murphy

Murphy, who retired from baseball and went into the sand and gravel business, died in his Fort Worth home.

“Ex-Ball Player Dies,” Wichita Falls Record News, October 6, 1926: 1.

1940 Crazy Schmit
1953 Rags Faircloth

Faircloth died of complications associated with emphysema.

1954 Oscar Charleston (The link tells you how to find his grave…)

Charleston, whose biography I am reading, died soon after suffering a paralytic stroke.

W. Rollo Wilson, “Oscar Charleston’s Death Shocks Baseball World,” Pittsburgh Courier, October 16, 1954: 12.

1955 Lyman Lamb

Lamb once hit 102 doubles for the Tulsa Oilers.  (Baseball-Reference.com says it was 100 – and 239 over three consecutive seasons.  That must have been a short fence or something…)

After baseball, Lamb ran a billiards parlor and then worked for a local creamery.  He fell ill in the summer of 1955 and by September had been moved to a local VA hospital where he died.

“Death of Lyman Lamb,” Carthage Evening Press, October 6, 1955: 7A

1962 Jack Cummings

His Pittsburgh Press obit says he died suddenly, but leaves no other details.

1963 George Curry

Curry, retired from a local steel company, died at a nearby VA hospital.

“‘Scoop’ Curry Dies, Ex-Browns Pitcher,” Bridgeport (CT) Post, October 6, 1963: D8.

1965 Wid Matthews

Matthews had a brief MLB career (about three years), but a LONG career as a scout and executive.  Matthews was probably Branch Rickey’s top scout when Rickey built the Dodgers in the 1940s and 1950s.

He died in a Hollywood area hotel room.

“Death Claims Wid Matthews,” Abilene Reporter-News, October 6, 1965: 9.

1966 John Reese
1966 Harry Hanson
1968 Hal Bevan
1970 Reuben Ewing
1974 Ed Grimes
1976 Bill Bagwell
1982 Dickie Flowers
1983 George Turbeville
1990 Dixie Howell
1994 Lee Gamble
1996 Joe Walsh
2001 Woody Jensen
2009 Brian Powell
2019 Andy Etchebarren
2022 Tommy Boggs

YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE!!!

1888 Pud Galvin wins his 300th game – the first pitcher to reach that plateau.

1908 Ed Walsh finishes his season with 40 wins after beating Detroit and moving the White Sox to a half game out with a game to play.

1941 Mickey Owens drops the final strike, allowing Tommy Heinrich to reach base. The Yankees rallied with two outs to beat the Cardinals, 7 – 4.

1947 Al Gionfriddo’s catch to rob Joe DiMaggio of extra bases helps the Dodgers win Game Six of the World Series. For Gionfriddo, it was his last major league game.

1949 Tommy Heinrich is the hero – the first game ending home run in a World Series game – when he homers off of Don Newcombe to give the Yankees a 1 – 0 win over Brooklyn in Game One.

TRANSACTION WIRE:

1907 Washington acquires Ollie Pickering from the Browns for the disgruntled Charlie Jones.

1937 Among the Rule 5 draft picks, Washington takes Dutch Leonard from Atlanta of the Southern Association.

1961 Washington sends Dick Donovan, Gene Green, and Jim Mahoney to Cleveland for outfielder Jim Piersall.

1970 St. Louis gets Ted Sizemore and Bob Stinson from Los Angeles for Dick Allen.

1971 Cleveland sends Vada Pinson, Alan Foster and Frank Baker to California for Alex Johnson and Jerry Moses.