Joe Hoerner Positions: Relief PitcherBats: R Throws: LHeight: 73 Weight: 200Born: Thursday, November 12, 1936 in Dubuque, IA USADied: 10 4 1996 in Hermann, MO USADebut: 9/27/1963Last Game: 8/5/1977Full Name: Joseph Walter Hoerner Notable Events and Chronology for his Career Biography A clubhouse prankster and top short reliever, Hoerner blossomed…
1936 – Joe Hoerner is born in Dubuque, IA. The lefthander makes his major league debut at the end of the 1963 season with the Colt .45s and gets into seven more games the next year. He resurfaces in St. Louis in 1966 and pitches in the bigs for another 12 seasons. He died on October 4th, 1996 at age 59 in Hermann, MO after a farming accident.
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Bill Mazeroski Position: Second BasemanBats: Right • Throws: Right5-11, 183lb (180cm, 83kg)Born: September 5, 1936 in Wheeling, WVHigh School: Warren Consolidated HS (Tiltonsville, OH)Debut: July 7, 1956 (11,387th in major league history)vs. NYG 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SBLast Game: October 4, 1972 vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SBHall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2001. (Voted by Veteran’s Committee)View Bill Mazeroski’s…
Frank Howard Positions: Firstbase/Outfield Bats: R Throws: R Height: 6′-7″ Weight: 255 Born: Saturday, August 08, 1936 in Columbus, OH USA Debut: September 10, 1958 Last Game: September 30, 1973 Full Name: Frank Oliver Howard Notable Events and Chronology for Frank Howard Career Biography In Los Angeles, where he had to fight for playing time in…
Don Drysdale Essentials Position: PitcherBats: Right • Throws: Right6-5, 190lb (196cm, 86kg)Born: July 23, 1936 in Van Nuys, CADied: July 3, 1993 in Montreal, CanadaBuried: CrematedHigh School: Van Nuys HS (Van Nuys, CA)Debut: April 17, 1956 (8,925th in MLB history)vs. PHI 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ERLast Game: August 5, 1969 vs. PIT 6.0 IP, 8 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 2 ERHall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1984….
On July 7 1936 – The National League, having lost the first three All-Star Games, wins the 1936 All-Star Game, 4 – 3 at Braves Field, Boston’s National League Park with four different Cub players (Augie Galan, Billy Herman, Gabby Hartnett and Frank Demaree) scoring runs. After Dizzy Dean and Carl Hubbell each pitch scoreless…
After the first batter is thrown out trying to bunt, Bob Feller, a 17 year-old farm boy from Van Meter, Iowa, strikes out 8 consecutive batters in three innings during an All-Star break exhibition game against the Cardinals’ Gashouse Gang. It is the Indian rookie’s first appearance in a major league uniform.
San Diego minor leaguer Ted Williams, pinch-hitting for the pitcher in the seventh inning in a game against the Angels, gets his first professional hit, a long single off the right-field fence at LA’s Wrigley Field off Glen Babler. The 17 year-old Padres player stays in the PCL contest to replace the hurler he batted for, retiring the side in order, but will be removed from the mound in the next frame when he gives up two home runs.
Powel Crosley, Jr. exercises his 2-year option and buys controlling interest in the Cincinnati Reds.
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