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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1857 Bill Morgan
1859 William (Buck) Ewing
1861 Dan Stearns
1863 Charles Columbus (Count) Campau
1870 George Nicol
1873 Frank Edward (Pop) Dillon
1877 Ed Kenna
1886 Bert Maxwell
1887 Harry Kirsch
1892 Frank Madden
1892 Ted Welch
1895 Alex Evans
1898 Clint Blume
1900 Ernie Wingard
1906 Paul Derringer
1908 Robert Abial (Red) Rolfe
1911 Joe Greene
1912 Doc Wingo
1915 Mike Sandlock
1917 Johnny Ostrowski
1918 Howie Moss
1919 Charlie Cozart
1921 Bill Blair
1921 Ken Brondell
1925 Weedy Edwards
1927 Johnny Klippstein
1928 Jim Gilliam
1929 Hardy Peterson
1931 Dan Porter
1933 Bob Powell
1942 Pete Cimino
1945 Bob Christian
1946 Rich Folkers
1947 Jim Hutto
1957 Kelly Paris
1960 Ken Dixon
1961 Dan Pasqua
1962 Glenn Braggs
1963 Ravelo Manzanillo
1965 Charlie Montoyo
1967 Mark Johnson
1969 Chris Tremie
1970 John Mabry
1974 John Rocker
1974 Curt Lyons
1974 Luis Pineda
1975 Hector Almonte
1976 Seth Etherton
1976 Jason Jones
1979 Gil Velazquez
1979 John Ennis
1981 Brett Campbell
1981 Edwin Maysonet
1982 Abe Alvarez
1983 Mitch Talbot
1985 Jose De La Torre
1985 Carlos Gonzalez
1986 Dan Butler
1988 Stefen Romero
1989 Chris Mazza
1990 Rafael Montero
1992 Hanser Alberto
1993 Brody Koerner
1994 Myles Straw
1994 Adam Oller
1995 Ha-Seong Kim
2000 Carson Palmquist

OBITUARIES:

1905 John Otten

Michael Tow’s excellent SABR bio tells us that Otten died of pneumonia two months after his 30th birthday at his Chicago home.  It’s odd that his obit in the Chicago Tribune lists his mother and brother, but not his wife of two years…

1937 Clyde Hatter

Hatter asked his father to drive him to Danville to send a few telegrams, but at some point in the evening, Hatter had a heart attack and died in the back seat.  He was 29.

“Clyde Hatter Dies in Auto on Trip Home from Danville,” Louisville Courier-Journal, October 18, 1937: Section 5, Page 1.

1939 George Bristow

Bristow was actually born George Gates Howlett, which makes him the player to be named later, no?  He played three games with the 129-loss 1899 Cleveland Spiders – which couldn’t have been fun.  He also served during the Spanish-American War, serving with the First Arkansas Infantry in 1898.  Which was harder on him – playing for the Spiders or marching with the Infantry?

From what I gather, Bristow played one season of professional ball at 20 and then left the professional game to be a banker for the next few years.  He was signed by Cleveland as a utility player – because in the previous five seasons, he had pitched, played a mean shortstop, and could cover the outfield (which he did in his three games with the Spiders).  Bristow navigated his way from St. Joseph in the Western League to Galveston in the Texas League to Newark in the Eastern League (among other stops) before signing with the Spiders.  He got nine trips to the plate – one hit (a double) and was hit by a pitch.  And then he was back in the minors.  He took a second leave of absense, then came back for a few more seasons before calling it a baseball career in Washington.  He’d stay in Bellingham and revert back to his real name for the remainder of his life.

Specific to his days with the Spiders, Bristow’s last game appearance came when Lave Cross was ejected from the game for arguing with the umpire.  He was hit by a pitch, but thrown out at the plate to end the seventh inning.  Then, he drove in two runs with his double to give Cleveland a 7 – 5 lead over Chicago in the top of the eighth.  Unfortunately, pitcher Willie Sudhoff misplayed a grounder to him at the mound, walked a batter, and then served up a three-run homer to Harry Wolverton to lose the game in the bottom of the ninth.

According to Howlett’s Washington Death Certificate, he died of heart failure.

“A Recruit for Brother Stanley,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 6, 1899: 8.
“Chicago 9, Cleveland 8,” Cleveland Leader, May 9, 1899: 6.

1940 George Davis
1944 Jack Powell
1950 Tom Tuckey
1951 Al Clancy
1952 Vince Shields
1953 Jim Delahanty
1961 Harry Felix
1961 Abe Atkins
1962 Olaf Henriksen
1964 Carson Bigbee
1966 Bob Swift
1971 Mike Massey
1977 Cal Hubbard
1981 Johnny Peacock
1982 Hank McDonald
1985 Bud Sheely
1987 Pete Cote
1989 John Mackinson
1992 John O’Connell
1996 Bob Adams
2004 Ray Boone
2007 Mickey Rutner
2010 Joe Lis
2017 Ed Barnowski
2024 Jim Campbell

YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE!!!

1960 National League owners agree to expand, awarding franchises to New York (Mets) and Houston (Colt 45’s).

1971 Roberto Clemente homers and Steve Blass tops the Orioles in Game Seven to give the Pirates a World Series championship.

1979 Willie Stargell homers and the Pirates beat the Orioles in Game Seven to give the Pirates a World Series Championship.

1989 An earthquake prior to Game Three halts the World Series between Oakland and San Francisco.

2025 Shohei Ohtani not only gets the win, throwing six shutout innings with 10Ks, but he hits three homers – the second a massive 469 ft. shot – to lead the Dodgers to a win and sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers.

TRANSACTION WIRE:

1929 Cincinnati purchases outfielder Bob Meusel from the Yankees.

1962 St. Louis sends Larry Jackson, Lindy McDaniel, and Jimmy Schaffer to the Cubs for George Altman, Don Cardwell, and Moe Thacker.