General Baseball Image Discussion

[SPORTSMEM817]

"Michael Robert McQueen, 67, passed away October 9th, 2017. He was born August 30th, 1950 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was a member of the MLB Alumni Association and was a pitcher for the Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds baseball teams during the 1970s. He enjoyed to go bowling and was a friend to everyone".

https://obittree.com/obituary/us/ark...queen/3206778/

[SPORTSMEM817]

"Stan loved baseball. In 1963, he was signed as a free agent by Cincinnati Reds and in 1971 Stan, better known as "Swany" by his teammates, was traded to the Montreal Expos. In 1972, Stan quit baseball and bought the Lochsa Lodge, with Phil and Sharon Siegel. He loved the woods and he spent a lot of his time plotting a way to escape to the wilderness for hunting and fishing"


http://missoulian.com/news/local/obi...015d3d75f.html

[dennis_keith]

Hall Of Fame Left-handed Pitcher, Whitey Ford is the most recent addition to Wikipedia's
100 oldest living players list at #100. He turned 89 on Oct. 21.
Now, for the first time since Wikipedia began its 100 oldest living MLB players list,
all 100 players on the main list are at least 89 years of age.

[SPORTSMEM817]

Way to young RIP. Photos were all from Goggle




http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports...y.html?src=rss

[rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com]

(P's)-40-Jerry Bell, 24-Ken Brett, 48-Jim Colborn, 36, Lloyd Gladden, 51- Steve Harvey, 42- Skip Lockwood, 29-Jim Lonborg, 38- Marcelino Lopez, 28-Auerilo Monteagudo, 52-Bill Parsons, 25- Bob Reynolds, 20-Ken Sanders, 41- Jim Slaton. (NRI P's)-47- Gene Amman, 46-Dick Estelle, 27-Mike Herson, 61-Kevin Kobel, 64-Bill Leinheiser, 65-Gary Ryerson, 66-Wes Scott, 35-Earl Sphenson, 60-Dennis Yard. (C's)-14-John Felske, 39-Don Pavletich, 15-Darrell Porter, 17-Paul Ratliff, 8-Ellie Rodriguez. (INF's) 19-Rick Auerbach, 12-John Briggs, 33- Mike Ferraro, 37 Pedro Garcia, 2-Bob Heise, 59-Dave Lindsey, 5-George Scott, 7-Frank Tepedino. (NRI INF's)-1-Dick Schofield, 34-Tommy Bianco. (OF's)-55-Jose Alcaide, 53-Bob Coluccio, 9-Bily Conigliaro, 22-Brock Davis, 8-Rob Ellis, 54-Wilbur Howard, 3-Joe Lahoud, 11-Dave May, 21-Curt Motton, 56-Gorman Thomas, 43-Chico Vaughns, 32-Bill Voss. (NRI OF's) 10-Tommie Reynolds, 23-Al Yates. (Extra Coaches) 50-Del Crandall, 57-Al Widmar, 63-Mike Roarke. (Mgr) 4-Dave Bristol. (Coaches) 31-Harvey Kuehne, 26-Roy McMillion, 30-Jackie Moore, 18-Wes Stock

[SPORTSMEM817]

"Barnowski’s major league career was cut short when he blew out his shoulder at 27.


“At that time, pitchers with shoulder problems just didn’t come back. It would have taken me too long to recover, if I ever did,” he said in 2013. “I had gotten my masters degree and was teaching in Guilderland, making $11,000 a year. I was only making $7,000 playing for the Orioles. That was the era before free agency, and you just didn’t make that much money.”

https://dailygazette.com/article/201...nt-legend-dies

[dennis_keith]

It is Whitey Ford's 89th birthday today and Ford is ranked #100 on the Wikipedia oldest living major leaguers list. For the first time since Wikipedia started its list all players in the top 100 in age are at least 89 years old. #101 - Bob Ross - (1950 & 1951 Washington Senators and 1956 Philadelphia Phillies) is 12 days away from his 89th birthday on November 2. 77 players are now at least 90 years old with Jim Greengrass about to turn 90 in three days (Oct. 24). That's a near-record as one time last year there was for a brief period of time where 80 players were 90 years old or more (still the record) while at the same time 99 players were at least 89 (the previous record, just broken).

[SPORTSMEM817]

The first link is a site that showed Mcdonald in the 1972 Expos image the 2nd is a link to his obit

http://whentoppshadballs.blogspot.com/2017/01/This was over 5 months ago but had not seen it reported before.


http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nep...e-6d59a4b6ed27

[SDL]

Originally Posted by SPORTSMEM817

The first link is a site that showed Mcdonald in the 1972 Expos image the 2nd is a link to his obit

http://whentoppshadballs.blogspot.com/2017/01/This was over 5 months ago but had not seen it reported before.


http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nep...e-6d59a4b6ed27

We were both FAU alums...

[dennis_keith]

Jim Greengrass, an outfielder with the Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies from 1952 to 1956, reaches his 90th birthday today to become the 78th currently living major leaguer who is at least 90 years of age (according to Wikipedia);.He put up some nice numbers in his peak years with the Reds, with 20 HR, 100 RBI and a .285 batting average in 1953 and 27 HR,95 RBI and a .280 batting average in 1954.

[dennis_keith]

MLB's Newest nonagenarian, Jim Greengrass who turned 90 today..
Pictured are his Topps 1956 baseball card (with the Phillies) and his Topps 1954 card (with the Reds.)
(Photos are a Re-post of my own previous post on this website. - dennis_keith).

[banosd]

Yankees pitcher 41-42

[SPORTSMEM817]

Journeyman pitcher for three clubs he was a professional baseball player and manager, and a farmer. He was a United States Army Korean War Veteran, member of Delmarva Baseball Hall of Fame, and the Professional Baseball Players Association. Chuck had time to get in six outings in 1951 with the Charleston Rebels of the class A South Atlantic League,and had a 1-1 record going before being called by the United States Military Service for duty during the Korean War. Churn returned to baseball in 1953 in time to get in 25 appearances with Charleston again and the New Orleans Pelicans of the Southern Association, going 6-7 with a 1.97 ERA. Chuck established himself as a man to watch when he went 11-3 for the Denver Bears in 1954, helping them to the Western League pennant. Chuck kept right on mowing them down, going 13-8 for New Orleans in 1955 and 9-8 again with the Pelicans in 1956, pitching over 180 innings both years.
It was finally show time for the tall pitcher and he started the 1957 season with the Pittsburgh Pirates, working in five games out of the bullpen with no decisions; he finished out the year with the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League with a 9-7 record and a 2.78 ERA. This caught the Boston Red Sox's eye, and on December 2nd they drafted Chuck in the 1957 Rule V Draft. He never took the mound for the Red Sox, being claimed off waivers by the Cleveland Indians on March 26, 1958. Churn was with the Indians just long enough to appear in six games and was sold to the Cincinnati Redlegs on May 5th. He was sent to the Pacific Coast League and went 9-11 for the Seattle Rainiers in 1958. On May 6, 1959, the Redlegs traded him to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Clarence Nottingham Churn earned a World Championship ring as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1959, his final season. Chuck, who made it into one game against the Chicago White Sox in the World Series, contributed a 3-2 record plus a save in 14 games towards the Dodgers' National League pennant. Chuck earned a victory on September 11th in relief of Sandy Koufax. The victory was at the expense of Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Elroy Face. It was Face's only loss in his 18-1 season. That season finished out Chuck's major league time. He had spent parts of three seasons in the show, finishing up with a 3-2 record and a 5.10 ERA while appearing in 25 games.... plus he had a ring! He also had the distinction of being the last pitcher to face future Hall of Famer Enos Slaughter, who popped up in his last at major league bat.
For whatever reason Chuck wasn't quite ready to quit baseball just yet and spent the next eight years, all in the minors, from Class A to AAA, with nine different teams, finally hanging it up in 1967 at the age of 37 with a 111-82 record and a 3.90 ERA while pitching 1,781 innings


http://www.doughtyfuneralhome.com/m/...ial&id=2028860

[SPORTSMEM817]

49 is way too young. So tragic for his family. Prayers and may he RIPhttps://www.dallasnews.com/news/coll...overcome-fumes

[dennis_keith]

Yes, being the winning pitcher in the only game that Elroy Face lost in 1959, when Face went 18-1, was something that Churn was definitely known for. Churn was beating an ex-teammate too, when he and the Dodgers' hitters prevented Face from going undefeated..

[rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com]

Here is 1961 Minnesota Twins Spring Roster. from worthpoint

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Here is 1962 Twins Spring Roster from worthpoint

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Here is 1963 Minnesota Twins Spring Roster from worthpoint

[rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com]

Listed on ebay 1974 Cincinnati Reds Oscar Del Busto. Del Busto was a NRI on The 1974, 75 and 76 Cincinnati Reds Spring Training

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Listed on ebay 1974 Cincinnati Reds Phil Gagliano