October 9, 2020 -(From MLB) Whitey Ford, the Yankees’ all-time wins leader, Hall of Famer and six-time World Series champion, has died at the age of 91. The Yankees announced Ford’s passing on Friday, 12 days shy of what would have been Ford’s birthday. They said he died on Thursday night, surrounded by family while…
Sunday, September 6, 2020 at the age of 81A 6 time All-Star, 8 time Stolen base leader, 2 time World Series Champion, Hall of Fame Outfielder and color analyst on White Sox TV broadcasts in 1981, Lou Brock passed away this afternoon at the age of 81. Lou was suffering from multiple ailments at the…
On May 27, 2019 Bill Buckner passes away at age 69 from Lewy Body Dementia. He played 22 years in the majors for five different teams. He was with the Los Angeles Dodgers, who drafted him in the second round of the 1968 amateur draft, and the Chicago Cubs for eight seasons each before joining…
Hall of Famer Frank Robinson, a member of the 500 Home Run Club, a Triple Crown winner, the first player to win the MVP Award in both leagues, and the first African-American manager in major league history, passes away in hospice care in Los Angeles, CA at the age of 83. He was also a senior executive for Major League Baseball and was still serving as the honorary President of the American League.
Mel Stottlemyre Sr., the Astros’ pitching coach from 1994-95, passes away from cancer at age 77. In an 11-year career with the Yankees, the righthander won 164 games and was a five-time All-Star. He owned another footnote in Houston history as the opposing starting pitcher for the first game in the Astrodome.
Hall of Famer Willie McCovey, one of the greatest stars in the history of the San Francisco Giants, dies at age 80. He won the Rookie of the Year Award in 1959 and the MVP Award in 1969.
2018 – Hall of Famer Red Schoendienst, a Cardinals icon who won World Series titles as both a player and a manager, passes away at the age of 95. He was the oldest living Hall of Famer, a title which now passes to Tom Lasorda.
On january 19 2018 The results from the autopsy of Roy Halladay, who died on November 7th in the crash of the single-passenger plane he was piloting, indicate that the former pitcher died from blunt force trauma, with drowning as a contributing factor, but also that his body contained traces of morphine and other drugs….
Hall of Famer Bobby Doerr passes away in Junction City, OR at the age of 99. He was the Oldest Living MLB Player and also the last surviving player to have played in the 1930s.
Hall of Famer Jim Bunning, who won over 100 games in both leagues, pitched a perfect game, and later served in Congress as both a Representative and Senator from Kentucky, passes away at the age of 85.