1956 – Dale Berra is born in Ridgewood, NJ. Yogi’s son doesn’t have his father’s talents but closes his eleven-year big league career with 19 games as an Astro in 1987 where he bats .178.
VINTAGE BASEBALL MEMORABILIA Vintage Baseball Memorabilia Dale Berra Positions: Shortstop and Third BasemanBats: Right • Throws: Right6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)Born: December 13, 1956 in Ridgewood, NJ usDraft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (20th) of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from Montclair HS (Montclair, NJ).High School: Montclair HS (Montclair, NJ)Debut: August 22, 1977 (13,942nd in major league history)vs. SDP 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SBLast Game: October…
1956 – The Dodgers trade Jackie Robinson to the cross-town rivals, the Giants, for pitcher Dick Littlefield and $35,000. Jackie, according to some accounts had already decided privately to leave the game to work for Chock Full of Nuts, publicly retires from baseball rather than accept the trade.
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