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Ron Fairly

Positions: First Baseman and Rightfielder
Bats: Left  •  Throws: Left
5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)
Born: July 12, 1938 in Macon, GA
Died: October 30, 2019 in Palm Desert, CA
High School: David Starr Jordan HS (Long Beach, CA)
School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Debut: September 9, 1958
Last Game: September 23, 1978
Full Name: Ronald Ray Fairly
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Notable Events and Chronology for Ron Fairly Career

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October 2, 1962

Dodgers walkoff with a game 2 Playoff Game win over Giants

October 5, 1963

Don Drysdale dominates Yankees in Game 3 1-0 Victory 1963 World Series Full Radio Broadcast

October 6, 1965

Sandy Koufax declines to pitch the first game of the World Series against the Twins because the scheduled game occurs Yom Kippur, Dodgers lose 8-2

October 13, 1965

Mudcat Grant does it all himself, hitting a three-run home run and pitching a 5 – 1 win at Minnesota to knot the World Series with the Dodgers after six games.

April 14, 1968

Jim Bunning first pitcher since cy young to record 1000 strikeouts in both leagues

June 11, 1969

Los Angeles Dodgers reacquire former star Maury Wills in a four-player trade with the Montreal Expos

March 28, 1970

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial All-Star Baseball Classicformer New York Yankees great Joe DiMaggio manages the East, and ex-Dodger Roy Campanella directs the fortunes of the West

February 24, 1977

Oakland A’s trade Ron Fairly to the Toronto Blue Jays for minor leaguer Mike Weathers and cash

September 10, 1977

Roy Howell of the Toronto Blue Jays drives in nine runs against the New York Yankees

Biography

Ron Fairly – 21 years in the bigs(1958-1978) with the Dodgers, Expos, Cardinals, A’s, Blue Jays, and Angels. Considered by many to be the finest defensive first baseman of his era. He then became a broadcaster and worked at that until 2006. If you combine his two careers, Fairly was involved in over 7000 major league games over a 48 year span.

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