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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1852 George Taylor

Taylor makes this list because he is listed as the manager of Brooklyn’s 1884 entry in the American Association, finishing ninth in a ten-team league with a 40-64-5 record. In truth, he wasn’t the field manager but rather the business manager. In 1883 the team operated as the Brooklyn Grays, but not as a major league franchise. It was the first season for a Brooklyn franchise in a major league since the Hartfords of Brooklyn were members of the National League in 1877. Taylor eventually turned over management of the franchise to owner Charles Byrne in 1885. In a few years that franchise became a champion under Bill McGunnigle’s on field managing – then jumped from the Association to the National League in 1890. (Yep – the Dodgers franchise originally played in the American Association.)

Getting back to Taylor… After graduating from St. Francis Xavier with a Master of Arts, he became a member of the New York press. Most of his life was spent in the newspaper business, where he was the longtime news editor of the New York Herald for more than three decades. He died on October 28, 1911 in his hometown of New York.

“George J. Taylor,” New York Times, October 29, 1911: 15.

1866 Dennis O’Neill
1866 Charlie Hamburg
1869 Linwood Clifton (King) Bailey
1890 Jack Roche
1892 Pi Schwert
1896 Bill Hollahan
1901 Harry Rice
1901 Walt Tauscher
1907 Dick Bartell
1912 Ted Cieslak
1912 Fred Bankhead
1912 Dozier Hood
1914 Alex Pitko
1924 Earl Richardson
1926 Lew Burdette
1931 Neal Hertweck
1936 Joe Gaines
1943 Wade Blasingame
1945 Denny Riddleberger
1946 Rich McKinney
1946 Cecilio (Cy) Acosta
1947 John Morlan
1949 Rich Chiles
1950 Lyman Bostock
1950 Greg Luzinski
1953 Rick Matula
1955 Wayne Tolleson
1955 Kevin Rhomberg
1958 Lee Guetterman
1958 Ricky Wright
1960 Gene Walter
1960 Colin Ward
1965 Mike Benjamin
1972 Jay Payton
1972 Luis Andujar
1973 Ricky Ledee
1974 Joe Nathan
1980 Jonny Gomes
1981 Oscar Villarreal
1984 Yusmeiro Petit
1985 Adam Ottavino
1986 Chris Dominguez
1988 Drew Pomeranz
1988 Austin Romine
1991 Justin Nicolino
1992 Jayson Aquino
1994 Griffin Jax
1995 Stone Garrett
1995 Parker Mushinski
1999 Kumar Rocker

OBITUARIES:

1906 Tom Cotter
1911 Ed Cermak
1927 John McGlone
1934 Pop Swett
1942 Ben Caffyn
1945 Dick Carroll
1947 Bob Scott
1948 Bob Emmerich
1949 Erv Brame
1954 Charlie Gibson
1955 Danny Murphy
1956 Roy Carlyle
1964 Willis Flournoy
1973 T. J. Brown
1982 Marcellus Thomas
1983 Dave Short
1987 Sammy Burton
1990 Joe Bowman
1991 Roy Zimmerman
1995 Art Smith
2001 Judge Owens
2003 Joe Just
2006 Pat Dobson
2007 Ken Wood
2010 Tom Underwood
2012 Ken Rowe
2014 Art Quirk
2014 Don Grate
2021 Doug Jones

YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE!!!

1890 The old Philadelphia Athletics were kicked out of the American Association, and replaced by the Philadelphia Quakers of the Players’ League.

2016 Vin Scully is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor bestowed upon a civilian, by President Barack Obama.

TRANSACTION WIRE:

1901 Washington signs infielder Bones Ely.

1920 Philadelphia sends Eppa Rixey to Cincinnati for Greasy Neale and Jimmy Ring.

1934 Pittsburgh sends Freddie Lindstrom and Larry French to the Cubs for Guy Bush, Babe Herman, and Jim Weaver.

1954 In the Rule 5 Draft, Pittsburgh took Roberto Clemente from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

1975 The Yankees sent Pat Dobson to the Indians for Oscar Gamble.

1977 The White Sox lose two relief aces to free agency as the Dodgers sign Terry Forster and the Yankees sign Rich (Goose) Gossage.