Donald J. Gunnet, who played in the Boston Braves organization, died on May 28,
2009, at York, PA.

http://tinyurl.com/mut4xn

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=gunnet001don

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

Russell Edward Henegar, who played three seasons in the minors sandwiched around
service in the Korean War, died on May 27, 2009 at Largo, FL.

http://tinyurl.com/lxya75

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=henega001rus

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

David William Clark, who umpired in the Sooner State and Midwest Leagues in the
1950s, died on June 1, 2009 at Holyoke, MA.

http://tinyurl.com/m7n6sm

http://retrosheet.org/TSNUmpireCards/Clark-David.jpg

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

Richard A. "Dick" Kelly, who played in the Boston/Milwaukee Braves organization
for eight seasond, died on June 1, 2009.

http://tinyurl.com/q4oteb

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=kelly-001ric

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

Jack Parr, who played three seasons in the Brooklyn Dodgers organization, died
on June 2, 2009 at Uniontown, PA.

http://tinyurl.com/pnk2fn

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=parr--001jac

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

Gene Carlson, who played in the New York Yankees organization in the 1950s, died
on June 1, 2009, in Pasco, WA.

http://tinyurl.com/ph4jj8

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=carlso001loy

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

Henry B. "Hank" Justice, who played three seasons in the Brooklyn Dodgers
organization, died on June 3, 2009, at Du Quoin, IL.

http://tinyurl.com/moh2bg

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=justic001hen

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

Clinton Charles "Chuck" Carter II, who played one year in the Baltimore Orioles
organization, died on June 7, 2009.

http://tinyurl.com/ne9bfq

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=carter001cli

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

Gordon Johnston, who played in the New York Yankees organization, died on June
5, 2009 at Portland, ME.

http://tinyurl.com/lcmqrm

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=johnst001gor

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

Robert Thomas "Bob" Wolenski, who played five seasons in the Cleveland Indians
organization, died on June 9, 2009.

http://tinyurl.com/mcy5ga

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=wolens001rob

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

Ismet Baker, who played one season in the 1953 Provincial League for the
Drummondville Royals, died on June 8, 2009.

http://tinyurl.com/m4ydvr

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=baker-001ism

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

George Herbert Cox, who played in the St. Louis Cardinals organization, died on
June 8, 2009 at Ormond Beach, FL.

http://tinyurl.com/logqcv

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=cox---002geo

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

Jack Napier Littrell, who played with the Philadelphia Athletics, Kansas City
Athletics and Chicago Cubs, died on June 9, 2009.

http://tinyurl.com/mas9tw

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/littrja01.shtml

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

Clarence J. "Rip" Russell, who played in the Cleveland Indians organization for
six seasons, died on June 8th 2009.

http://tinyurl.com/m962j8

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=russel001cla

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

Lloyd F. Woodling, who pitched for two seasons in the KITTY League, died on June
9, 2009.

http://tinyurl.com/ltdfnt

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=woodli001llo

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

He is listed as having played one season (1938) with Big Spring in the West
Texas-New Mexico League:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=greer-001lym

Sweetwater Reporter (TX) - June 9, 2009

Lyman O. Greer, 95, of Big Spring, died on Saturday, June 6, 2009, in a
Sweetwater nursing home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m, Tuesday, June
9, 2009, at the Mt. Olive Memorial Park chapel in Big Spring with Rev. Dean
Thomas, officiating. The family with receive guests on Monday evening from
7-8:30 p.m. at the funeral home.

Lyman was born on June 13, 1913, in Florence, Texas to Talley and Ludie (Priest)
Greer and married Francis Cole in 1946 in Silver City, N. M. They lived in both
Silver City, N. M. and Big Spring. She preceded him in death in 1999. Lyman
lived in Sweetwater when he was younger and played professional baseball from
1936 to 1942. He was nicknamed the "Sweetwater Swatter." The nickname followed
him in the United States Army Air Corp where he also played baseball during
World War II. After the military, Lyman served as foreman in the Civilian
Conservation Corps in both Big Spring and Lamesa. In Big Spring they built the
Scenic Mountain park and in Lamesa they planted hundreds of Elm trees.

Woodie Held, who played for the New York Yankees, Kansas City A's, Cleveland
Indians, Washington Senators, Baltimore Orioles, California Angels and Chicago
White Sox, died on June 10, 2009, in DuBois, WY.

http://tinyurl.com/ktmpnb

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/heldwo01.shtml

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

Former Garfield coach Bob Tate dies

FROM:  The Seattle Post-Intelligencer ~
http://snurl.com/jykkm

Bob Tate, 83, the former Garfield basketball coach who
led the Bulldogs to two state titles in six seasons, has
died.

A cause of death is unknown, although Tate had a history
of heart trouble. Mariners broadcaster Dave Niehaus
announced Tate's death during Wednesday's game. Tate
was a member of the Mariners RBI Club, a group of
season-ticket holders.

Tate was a baseball and basketball star at the University
of Washington and played professional baseball for
a season in the California League. He went on to coach
basketball at Garfield for six seasons and serve as an
administrator and teacher at several area schools.

He was beloved for staying in touch with all of his former
players.

Tribute to Bob Tate:  http://crosscut.com/blog/crosscut/18979/
---
MiLB stats:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=tate--001rob

Raymond Bernard "Ray" Hamrick, who played for the 1943 & 1944 Philadelphia
Phillies (they were never the Blue Jays to Philadelphia fans), died on June 9,
2009.

http://tinyurl.com/nhchuv

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hamrira01.shtml

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

Andrew Charles DeAngelo, Jr., who played in the New York Yankees organization,
died on June 9, 2009 at Wallingford, CT.

http://tinyurl.com/kvx4kn

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=deange001and

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

Kenneth E. "Ken" Hatcher, Sr., who played five seasons in the minors, died on
June 12, 2009 at Richmond, VA.

http://tinyurl.com/npczgk

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=hatche001ken

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

James "Herman" Rodeghiero, who played in the Brooklyn Dodgers organization for
one season, died on June 12, 2009, at Clinton, IN.

http://tinyurl.com/kjevr3

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=rodegh001jam

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

Original Colt .45 Woodeshick passes: Reliever was with the club in '65 when it
became the Astros

MLB.com
06/15/09

In the past several years, the Astros family has lost quite a few stars from
past generations, and sadly, on Sunday, it lost one of its founding fathers.
Left-hander Hal Woodeshick, a member of the original Colt .45s, passed away at
the age of 76 after a lengthy illness.

Woodeshick not only was a member of Houston's very first Major League team, he
was also with the club when it became the Astros and moved into the Astrodome in
1965. He pitched 3 1/2 years with Houston as part of an 11-year Major League
career, during which he compiled a 44-62 record and a 3.56 ERA over 427 games
(62 starts).

Woodeshick, considered Houston's first real closer, made one All-Star appearance
in 1963, his second season with the Colt .45s. He was 11-9 with a 1.97 ERA over
55 relief appearances that year, and he logged 10 saves.

The next season, Woodeshick recorded a career-high 23 saves while compiling a
2.76 ERA. He was traded to the Cardinals in the middle of the 1965 season and
made his only World Series appearance in 1967 with St. Louis, pitching one
inning in relief against the Red Sox.

Woodeshick made his Major League debut with the Tigers on Sept. 14, 1956. He
pitched for Detroit, Cleveland, Washington, Houston and St. Louis before
retiring following the '67 season.

By graduating from Lane Tech in 1936, Frank Dasso must have overlapped
with Phil Cavarretta for 2 years there.  Actually, Cavarretta also was a
pitcher there, besides being a first baseman.

Steve Boren

On Mon, June 15, 2009 2:11 pm, Rod Nelson wrote:
> Frank Dasso passed away on June 8, 2009, in Seattle, WA.
> The pitcher enjoyed a 17 seasons in professional baseball, including 18
> games for the Cincinnati Reds in 1945 and 1946.
> *
> *Thanks to Sean Holtz of Baseball-Almanac.com for passing this along.
> *
> http://tinyurl.com/FrankDasso
> http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=dassofr01
> http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=dasso-001fra
>
> *
> --
> Rod Nelson
>

Jack Littrell passed away on Tuesday, June 9th in Louisville, KY.  The
infielder enjoyed fifteen years in professional baseball, including
111 games in four big league seasons with the Athletics and Cubs.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/louisville/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=128\
281988

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=littrja01
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=littre002jac

Thanks to Sean Holtz of Baseball-Almanac.com for passing this new along.


--
Rod Nelson

The obit notes he played with Atlanta, but the DB has him starting his career in
Durham and finishing (after WW II) in Thibodaux, LA:


http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=theoba001ray


Times-Picayune, The (New Orleans, LA) - June 16, 2009

An 83-year-old pedestrian died after he was hit by a sport utility vehicle in
Metairie on Sunday night, authorities said.

Raymond Theobald was pronounced dead after he was taken to East Jefferson
General Hospital in Metairie, according to Sgt. Larry Dyess, spokesman for the
Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office. The driver, an unidentified 80-year-old woman
from New Orleans, was not cited. But the district attorney's office will be
consulted, according to Dyess.

The accident occurred just after 8 p.m. at West Esplanade Avenue and Oaklawn
Drive. The woman told investigators she had been traveling east on West
Esplanade and saw no one in the crosswalk as she approached Oaklawn.

"She didn't actually see where he was," Dyess said. "Just that she heard a noise
and looked back and saw him lying on the ground and stopped to render
assistance."

Theobald lived just a half-mile from the accident scene and was most likely
walking home from Lakeshore Playground, according to his son, Dean Theobald, 49.

The younger Theobald said his father struggled with dementia and the effects of
a stroke eight months ago. Although less mobile than he used to be, Dean
Theobald said his dad was pretty stubborn and insisted on living at home and
walking or riding his bicycle around the neighborhood.

"For his age, he did pretty good," Dean Theobald said. "He lived his life and
did the things he enjoyed doing."

Theobald was originally from New Orleans, where he grew up, but he spent some
time in Georgia, where he played minor league baseball for the Atlanta Crackers,
his son said. Theobald moved to Metairie around 1965 with his wife Edna and
their children. He worked for the United Fruit Co. in New Orleans before moving
on to the U.S. Selective Service agency, Dean Theobald said.

Willard Clinton "Clint" Smith, who played in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization
for two seasons, died on June 15, 2009.

http://www.rpfsc.com./?p=guestbook&id=2106

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=smith-006wil

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

Roy W. "Tim" Henville, who played catcher for two seasons of minor league ball
nine years apart, died on June 11, 2009, at Boca Raton, FL. Also, I found in
newspaper articles a "Tim Henville" as a catcher on a House of David team in
1949-1950.

http://tinyurl.com/num8ym

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=henvil002roy

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

Dusty Rhodes, hero for Giants of 1954 World Series vs. Indians, dies

BY Bill Madden
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER

Thursday, June 18th 2009, 4:00 AM

Dusty Rhodes, the incorrigible New York Giants free spirit who became the
improbable hero of the 1954 World Series, died Wednesday in Las Vegas after a
variety of illnesses, including diabetes and emphysema. He was 82.

The Alabama-born Rhodes, who came up to the Giants in 1952 with a reputation of
being a hard-hitting, hard-drinking and defensively challenged left fielder,
achieved baseball immortality in the '54 Series when he went 4-for-6 with two
homers and seven RBI in the Giants' four-game sweep of the heavily favored,
111-win Cleveland Indians. Rhodes, whose lefthanded stroke was tailor-made for
the short right field porch at the old Polo Grounds, won the first game with a
pinch-hit, 10th-inning three-run homer off future Hall of Famer Bob Lemon just
inside the right field foul pole, about 296 feet away. The next day, he
delivered a pinch single in the fifth and a home run in the seventh against
another future Hall of Famer, Early Wynn, to highlight a 3-1 Giants win.
Finally, in Game 3, he hit a two-run pinch single off the Indians' Mike Garcia
to spark a 6-2 Giants win.

For all three pinch-hitting opportunities in the Series, Giants manager Leo
Durocher elected to have Rhodes bat for Negro League legend Monte Irvin, who
went on to become a Hall of Famer himself.

"It's a sad day for me," Irvin said last night via phone from Houston. "Dusty
and I were such good friends. Even though he was born in Alabama, he was like a
brother to all the black players. Dusty was color-blind. He sure did like the
good life, though, which would drive Leo crazy. I remember one time we were in
Japan playing an exhibition series and Leo and I were standing in the hotel
lobby late one night when Dusty came through the door. Leo said: 'Are you coming
or are you going?'"

Rhodes, who wound up playing only seven seasons - all with the Giants - in the
big leagues before retiring in 1959 with a career .253 average and 54 homers in
576 games, freely admitted his fondness for the drink and the nightlife. In an
interview at his home in Las Vegas with the Daily News last December, he joked:
"I couldn't buy a drink in New York after that '54 Series. It's funny, I was
never sick a day in my life until I quit drinking."

In his autobiography, "Nice Guys Finish Last," Durocher described Rhodes as "the
worst fielder who ever played in a big league game who made training rules
forgotten" but added: "Dusty was the kind of buffoon who kept a club confident
and happy. And boy could he hit! Between him and Willie Mays, there was nothing
but laughter in our clubhouse."

"He was a fabulous hitter and a great friend," Mays said last night from San
Francisco. "He stayed at my house and I've never had a greater friend."