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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1863 George Rooks
1864 Pete Lohman
1877 Charlie Harris
1880 Jack Hayden
1884 Bill Lelivelt
1885 Gus Fisher
1887 Roy Corhan
1887 Finners Quinlan

Thomas A. (Finners) Quinlan (was a Scranton man – born and died in that Pennsylvania town – and served his community in various civic roles until his death from pneumonia (complicated by diabetes) at 78 on February 17, 1966.

Finners played for the Cardinals in 1913 and the White Sox in 1915, plus four seasons in the PCL.

His professional career ended when he was hit with shrapnel and bullets in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive of World War I – two days before the armistice ending that war was signed.

1897 William Evans
1909 Bill Lee
1913 Mark Christman
1916 Eddie Carnett
1916 Bill Bevens
1917 Frank Papish
1917 Bob Prichard
1918 Ralph McCabe
1922 Stan Partenheimer
1925 Valmy Thomas
1928 Whitey Ford
1933 Johnny Goryl
1939 Ted Uhlaender
1941 Ron Davis
1948 Bill Russell
1949 Skip James
1951 Ron Pruitt
1953 Juan Eichelberger
1954 Keith Drumright
1955 Jerry Garvin
1959 George Bell
1960 Franklin Stubbs
1966 Kevin Batiste
1967 John Flaherty
1969 Chuck Smith
1970 Marc Wilkins
1973 Bryan Corey
1975 Toby Hall
1979 Khalil Greene
1979 Tim Spooneybarger
1979 Steve Holm
1979 Gabe Gross
1980 Jon Coutlangus
1980 Troy Cate
1982 Jim Henderson
1983 Casey Fien
1983 Zack Greinke
1983 Andy Marte
1984 Danny Herrera
1984 Jose Lobaton
1986 C. C. Lee
1987 Justin De Fratus
1989 Danny Barnes
1994 Ben Bowden
1994 Jose Ruiz
1994 Matt Krook
1996 Kolton Ingram
2000 Luis Curvelo
2002 Christian Moore

OBITUARIES:

1891 Ed Daily

Daily was still pitching, but his health failed him and Washington let him go.  Daily bought a saloon, but tuberculosis is a mean disease and so he retired to his bed until he transferred to the next league.

“Ed Daily Dead,” Louisville Courier-Journal, October 24, 1891: 2.

1912 Charlie Waitt

Born in Hallowell, Maine – when he passed he was entirely on the other side of the United States.  Waitt’s major league career started as the National Association was waning; he also played in the National League and American Association.

In San Francisco, he was working as a window washer when he fell some 15′ feet to the ground – landing on his head.  He suffered what appeared to be a cracked skull amongst other injuries; he lived maybe ten days until called to the next league at the local hospital.  The state records his death date as October 21, but the local obituaries note it as October 20.

“Windowwasher Falls on Head,” San Francisco Examiner, October 12, 1912: 10.
Obit, San Francisco Call, October 23, 1912: 21.

1918 Harry Chapman

Chapman, a catcher, was the victim of what is known as the Spanish Flu.

“Atlanta Catcher Dies,” Memphis Commercial Appeal, November 6, 1918: 12.

1923 Biff Sheehan

Sheehan’s baseball career took a break in 1898; he joined the US Army and served with Company L of the 39th US Infantry during the Spanish American War.  When Sheehan died, members of the Spanish American War veterans association participated in his funeral.  According to his FindAGrave.com note, he died of pneumonia.

Trivia?  At some point, he lost the pinky of his left hand.

“Funeral of Timothy J. Sheehan,” Hartford Courant, October 25, 1923: 2.
1917 Connecticut Military Census

1925 Marv Goodwin

Goodwin was piloting a plane when it fell some 200 feet and crashed on Sunday, October 18.  Lieutenant Goodwin was doing a stint with the US Army Reserve at the time.  (In previous years, he was a flying instructor during World War I.)  After a handful of seasons with Houston, where he both pitched and managed, Goodwin finished the 1925 season with Cincinnati.

Goodwin holds the morbid distinction – the first MLB player to die from injuries sustained in a plane crash. For details, read his bio (link above).

“Goodwin Hurt as Plane Falls; Legs of Reds Pitcher Broken; Skill Breaks Force of Crash,” Cincinnati Enquirer, October 19, 1925: 1.
“Marv. Goodwin Dies From Injuries,” Toronto Star, October 21, 1925: 13.

1936 Charlie Mason
1954 Art Gardiner
1958 Lep Long
1959 Jesse Barber
1959 Elmer Rieger
1960 Oscar Tuero

Tuero was an old spitballer and has a cameo in the bio of Snipe Conley…

1961 Harry Gleason
1965 Henry Kincannon
1968 Jack Killilay
1969 Ray Richmond
1981 Hubert Wilson
1981 Gene Robertson
1984 Johnny Rigney
1988 Reggie Otero
1990 Frank Waddey
1991 Jim Hamby
1991 Bobby Coombs
1992 Joe Dwyer
1993 Gabby Kemp
1993 Wayne Belardi
1995 Vada Pinson
1997 Dolph Camilli
1998 Phil Haugstad
2004 Jim Bucher
2008 Jake Crawford
2015 Jim Robertson
2017 Chuck Churn
2021 Billy Moran
2023 Rob Gardner

YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE!!!

1975 Carlton Fisk’s 12th inning homer gives the Red Sox a win in game six over the Reds. Bernie Carbo’s pinch hit homer in the 8th inning made this moment possible.

1980 For the first time, the Philadelphia Phillies win the championship, taking down the Royals in six games.

TRANSACTION WIRE:

1968 Montreal purchases Bob Bailey from the Dodgers.

1969 Pittsburgh sends Carl Taylor and Frank Vanzin to the Cardinals for Dave Giusti and Dave Ricketts.

1981 The Yankees sent outfielder Willie McGe to the Cardinals for pitcher Bob Sykes. McGee would have several good to great seasons in St. Louis – Sykes would never pitch in a game for New York.

1983 Brett Butler and Brook Jacoby were the players to be named later in the trade that sent Len Barker from Cleveland to Atlanta…

Also, San Diego signed amateur free agent catcher Sandy Alomar.