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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1852 Charles Wilson (Dory) Dean
1860 Steve Behel
1861 Sam Childs
1865 Billy Crowell
1867 Tim Shinnick
1876 (Daredevil) Dave Altizer
1876 Danny Green
1887 Walter Johnson
1891 Walter Anthony (Red) Torphy
1891 Jeff McCleskey
1893 Dana Fillingim
1898 Charles Julius (Chick) Tolson
1899 Joe Munson
1907 Earl Clark
1910 Chet Covington
1911 Frank Gabler
1913 Willie Ferrell
1917 Bob Repass
1919 Frank Carswell
1922 John Joseph (Buddy) Kerr
1925 Bob Addis
1926 Harley Hisner
1928 Bill Wilson
1930 Bob Darnell
1932 John Oldham
1938 Mack Jones
1942 Jim Gosger
1947 Chris Arnold
1947 Lee Patrick Thomas (Skip) Pitlock
1953 John Candelaria
1953 Brock Pemberton
1959 Leo Hernandez
1960 Ron Romanick
1962 Leo Garcia
1965 Brian Givens
1965 Ever Magallanes
1968 Chad Curtis
1969 Don Wengert
1970 Chris Petersen
1971 Bubba Trammell
1972 Matt Skrmetta
1972 Deivi Cruz
1973 Justin Speier
1973 Carlos Almanzar
1979 Adam LaRoche
1980 Mike Thompson
1983 Justin Maxwell
1984 Ricky Romero
1984 Atahualpa Severino
1987 Cory Rasmus
1987 Caleb Cotham
1988 James Paxton
1992 Alex Blandino
1996 Gus Varland
1997 Fraser Ellard
1997 Riley Pint
1998 Alejandro Kirk
1999 Matthew Liberatore
2001 Matt Shaw

OBITUARIES:

1922 Morgan Bulkeley

President of Hartford’s professional team when the NL started, then named National League president.  Later a mayor, governor, and senator from Hartford, and the president of Aetna for four decades.  Bulkeley caught a cold that never left; three weeks later he was gone.

1924 Emil Leber

For two games in 1905, Emil Bohemial Leber played for his hometown Cleveland nine in two September games against the White Sox.  The regular third baseman, Bill Bradley, was home sick and Nap Lajoie was dealing with a lame leg, so Cleveland signed the local amateur with a good reputation to cover the hot corner.  According to Chris Rainey’s SABR bio, the second game was sloppily played by the amateur and, when Bradley returned, Leber returned to the amateur lots he knew well.  19 years later, the mail carrier, husband of the former Emma Svee, and member of the Knights of Pythias was gone, pneumonia doing the deed.  He was 43.

“New Man at Third Base,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 2, 1905: 8.
Obit, Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 8, 1924: 24.
Notification, Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 8, 1924: 18.

1925 Sam Kimber

Kimber, the author of a 10-inning no-hitter for Brooklyn in 1884, died after a short illness.

“The Dope,” Lebanon (PA) Daily News, November 7, 1925: 8.

1925 Hervey McClellan

McClellan, who had been the regular shortstop for the White Sox, was still active in 1924 when he suffered some kind of a stomach ailment that required surgery.  Whatever problem he had was never solved – he required surgery again in 1925 and died a few weeks shy of his 31st birthday.  The Cynthiana, KY native left behind a wife, Laura Grace Milam, and a son (Hervey, Jr.) as well as his job with a tobacco producer.

“Hervey McClellan Scores His Last Run,” Cynthiana (KY) Democrat, November 12, 1925: 1.

1928 Bill Cooney

William C. (Cush) Cooney died suddenly while leaving his sister’s home in Roxbury, Massachusetts.  After baseball, he umpired for a while.  Then, he worked as a city sewer inspector for the city of Boston.

“William C. Cooney,” Boston Globe, November 7, 1928: 19.

1931 Jack Chesbro

Chesbro died on his chicken farm in Conway, Massachusetts of a heart attack.

“Heart Attack Fatal to Jack Chesbro, Former Major League Pitcher,” Dayton Daily News, November 7, 1931: 10.

1935 Billy Sunday

Sunday was a hard drinking baseball player when he stumbled into a church after a particularly long night of drinking in Chicago.  He studied and became one of the greatest evangelists the United States ever knew – delivering sermons and converting many thousands to Christianity.  A heart attack took the good Reverand to the next league.

“Rev. W. A. Sunday, Famous Orator, Evangelist, Dies,” Buffalo Evening News, November 8, 1935: 1, 8.

1949 Bill Richardson
1950 Martin Glendon
1951 Carl Husta
1953 Tom Dougherty
1958 Al Mattern
1958 Ernie Diehl
1961 Roy Hartzell
1963 Clarence Mitchell
1964 Buz Phillips
1968 Earl Gurley
1980 Leroy Morney
1982 Al Baker
1983 Bob Lawrence
1993 Ed Sadowski
1994 Erv Dusak
2003 Spider Jorgensen
2009 Bob Roselli
2009 Tommy Reis
2010 Jay Van Noy

Bacterial endocarditis took Van Noy, who snuck in six games with the Cardinals and, after his baseball career ended, became a successful baseball coach at BYU.

2013 Ace Parker
2017 Rick Stelmaszek

A bullpen coach (among other roles) with the Twins for more than three decades, pancreatic cancer took the former catcher.

2020 Ray Daviault
2020 Les Rohr
2022 Mike Beard

YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE!!!

1950 Branch Rickey signs a contract to be the executive vice president for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

2001 Owners vote nearly unanimously to allow Bud Selig to look into contracting two teams from the major leagues.

2007 Baseball votes (25 – 5) to allow limited use of instant replays to review home runs.

TRANSACTION WIRE:

1930 Pittsburgh sends Dick Bartell to the Phillies for Tommy Thevenow and Claude Willoughby.

1972 Montreal sends Tim McCarver back to the Cardinals for Jorge Roque.

Also, San Francisco signs amateur pitcher John Montefusco.

1976 Montreal sends Steve Dunning, Tony Scott, and Pat Scanlon to the Cardinals for Bill Grief, Sam Mejias, and Angel Torres.

1987 Cincinnati sends Ted Power and Kurt Stillwell to the Royals for Danny Jackson and Angel Salazar.

Also, Atlanta signs amateur free agent catcher Javy Lopez.