Ray N. Adams, who played in the minors before and after service in World War II,
died on January 29, 2012.

http://tinyurl.com/7rv2xsd

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

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

Former major league pitcher Behenna dies of cancer at 51

FROM:  The Columbus (IN) Republic ~
By The Associated Press

NEWNAN, Ga.

"Former major league pitcher Rick Behenna has died. He was 51."

http://tinyurl.com/7azhxh7

MLB stats:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/behenri01.shtml

George Edd Barker, who played in the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers organization
sandwiched around service in the Korean War, died on January 31, 2012 in
Abingdon, VA.

http://tinyurl.com/79htbr8

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=barker002geo

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

Jesse Clanton Dorsey, who played for the 1949 Deland Red Hats of the Florida
State League after service in World War II, died on January 31, 2012.

http://tinyurl.com/7deb5m4

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=dorsey001jes

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

John F. Jones, who played for three teams in the Appalachian League and one team
in the Eastern Shore League, all in 1940, died on November 4, 2011, in Ephrata,
PA. The 1941 line in Baseball Reference belongs to a different player. According
to SSDI, Jones was born on January 19, 1917 in Philadelphia, PA. Thanks to Ray
Nemec for help in identifying Mr. Jones.

http://www.goodfuneral.com/obitpages/48111882.html

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

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

Raymond "Zeke" Zschau, born March 8, 1917, died on May 15, 2002. I didn't see
his death listed on Baseball-Reference, so I thought I'd point it out here.

http://tinyurl.com/6ne5lmh

http://tinyurl.com/88j2qyc

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=zschau001ray

John Soviero, born August 9, 1938, died on June 15, 1996. He played in the minor
leagues from 1958 to 1960. His death isn't listed on Baseball-Reference.

http://tinyurl.com/7zf8nod

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=sovier001joh

Kyle Rote, who played in the Gulf Coast League in 1951, died on August 15, 2002.
He was born on October 27, 1927. He was more famous as a football player,
earning four Pro Bowl selections. His death is not noted on
Baseball-Reference.com.

http://tinyurl.com/78nq75x

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

Alexander Suss, born November 12, 1918, died July 7, 1999. He played for the
Providence Chiefs in 1951. His death is not noted on Baseball-Reference.com.

http://tinyurl.com/6o57cz4

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

One more for today.

Max Burleson, who played in the Tigers organization in 1958, died on October 17,
1984. His death is not listed on Baseball-Reference.com.

http://tinyurl.com/6s9bmdj

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=burles001jam

Michael J. Fandozzi, who played in the minors from 1948-1966 amassing almost
7000 at bats and almost 2000 hits (and was also a manager in the minors), died
on February 2, 2012 in Albany, NY.

http://tinyurl.com/75kjqeh

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=fandoz001mic

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

He played only one year on minor league ball, which was at Class B, hit
.325 as a second baseman, and then never played again.  Is there something
missing?

Steve Boren

On Sat, February 4, 2012 2:22 pm, alexsautographs wrote:
> Alexander Suss, born November 12, 1918, died July 7, 1999. He played for
the Providence Chiefs in 1951. His death is not noted on
> Baseball-Reference.com.
> http://tinyurl.com/6o57cz4
> http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=suss--001ale

Arthur Murphy, born May 18, 1898, died on November 7, 1977. He played in the
minor leagues from 1917 to 1927, though his Baseball-Reference page only lists
his 1927 statistics. His death is not noted on Baseball-Reference.com.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=murphy003art

http://tinyurl.com/7to9pex

He later became a politician in Idaho.

Earl Gillespie, who played in the minors in the 1940s, died December 12, 2003.
His death is not noted on Baseball-Reference.com. He was the Milwaukee Braves'
radio voice in the 1950s and 1960s.

http://tinyurl.com/72rbup6

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=gilles001ear

Herbert Loren Adams, who played parts of three seasons with the Chicago White
Sox, died on February 1, 2012. Thanks to Ray Nemec for pointing this out. If
anyone finds a place of death, please let us know.

http://tinyurl.com/7dqwyys

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/adamshe01.shtml

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

Thomas O. "Tom" Laidlaw, who played in the minors sandwiched around service in
World War Ii, died on January 29, 2012.

http://www.bendbulletin.com/article/20120202/NEWS05/120209997/

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=laidla001tho

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

Robert Burton Murray, who played in the Philadelphia Phillies organization, died
on January 15, 2012 in Worcester, PA.

http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/138758029.html

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=murray002rob

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

Jim Finks, football Hall of Famer who played from 1949 to 1950 in the minor
leagues, died on May 8, 1995. His death is not noted on Baseball-Reference.com.

Here's his NY Times obituary:

http://tinyurl.com/6rcexls

This article mentions his time playing in the minors:

http://tinyurl.com/7wjuw9b

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

Fred Collins, who played in the Phillies organization in 1961 and 1962, died on
May 16, 2002. His death is not noted on Baseball-Reference.com.

http://tinyurl.com/7usps6g

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=collin001fre

Danny Clyburn Jr., a former outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles and Tampa Bay
Devil Rays, was shot and killed in Lancaster, SC early Tuesday morning, police
say.

http://tinyurl.com/6wgacxw

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/clybuda01.shtml

Jack Morris
East Coventry, PA

Something is incorrect or missing here.

"Phillips began his career at his hometown newspaper, the Manteca
Bulletin, in 1959 after graduating from college and playing minor league
baseball. He served as news editor and then managing editor before leaving
the newspaper to become sports editor at the Modesto Bee in 1965."

Baseball-reference shows that he played minor league ball in 1968, 1969,
and 1971.  He was born in 1935.  It is hard to believe that he began as a
35 year old rookie, especially since the obituary events focus on 1959.
Could there be a second Darell Phillips?  Could he have played earlier?

Thanks for discovering his death.
Steve Boren

On Tue, February 7, 2012 9:23 am, alexsautographs wrote:
> Darell Phillips, who played in the St. Louis Cardinals system in the late
> 1960s and early 1970s, died February 3, 1998. His death is not noted on
> Baseball-Reference.com.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/6sfobg8
>
> http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=philli001dar
>
>

Yes, I deleted the post after I noticed that same thing.

--- In BaseballNecrology@yahoogroups.com, "Boren, Stephen D." <sdboren@...>
wrote:
>
> Something is incorrect or missing here.
>
> "Phillips began his career at his hometown newspaper, the Manteca
> Bulletin, in 1959 after graduating from college and playing minor league
> baseball. He served as news editor and then managing editor before leaving
> the newspaper to become sports editor at the Modesto Bee in 1965."
>
> Baseball-reference shows that he played minor league ball in 1968, 1969,
> and 1971.  He was born in 1935.  It is hard to believe that he began as a
> 35 year old rookie, especially since the obituary events focus on 1959.
> Could there be a second Darell Phillips?  Could he have played earlier?
>
> Thanks for discovering his death.
> Steve Boren
>
> On Tue, February 7, 2012 9:23 am, alexsautographs wrote:
> > Darell Phillips, who played in the St. Louis Cardinals system in the late
> > 1960s and early 1970s, died February 3, 1998. His death is not noted on
> > Baseball-Reference.com.
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/6sfobg8
> >
> > http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=philli001dar
> >
> >
>

I've sent a query off to a couple of sources at The Bee to see if I can get some
more information about this. I'm in Sacramento today and would love to head off
to the state library, where they have The Bee (and scads of other CA newspapers)
on microfilm if I can get any clues as to when these pitching appearances may
have occurred. Fun stuff.

J.G. Preston
Benicia, CA

--- In BaseballNecrology@yahoogroups.com, Rod Nelson <rodericnelson@...> wrote:
>
> Actually, I'm inclined to believe that it is accurate, given the unique
> spelling of his first and last name, the age match and the connection to
> Modesto. SSDI is no help here for some unknown reason, although I
> GenealogyBank does yield a document showing that he served in the Marine
> Corps in 1961 (1).  For him to pitch a single game in each of three seasons
> in his thirties while also being on record as a sports editor is not
> altogether unreasonable, not now, and especially not in Northern California
> in the late 1960s.

I have sporadically found errors in Baseball Reference.  However, this is
not a very common occurrence, especially percentage-wise.  At the National
SABR meeting in 1982, I ran into Richard Cohen of Cohen, Deutsch, Johnson
and Neft.  I was surprised that he remembered me: I had previously mailed
him some corrections in their Baseball Encyclopedia.  He thanked me again
and told me that there was over 7 million data pieces in their book, and
thus he expected there were more.

Thus, I am not surprised that Baseball Reference has some errors, but in
the entire scope of the amount of information it has, the amount of
mistakes is very small.

Steve Boren


On Tue, February 7, 2012 11:37 am, SABRMnLgs@... wrote:

On another vein, Baseball Reference has a few places where they have a guy
managing a ball club at 18 or 19. I have even seen a few guys managing at
AA or  AAA level at 22-23. I cannot prove it wrong, I just find it highly
unlikely.


In a message dated 2/7/2012 12:22:44 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> sdboren@... writes:
>
>
>
>
> Something is incorrect or missing here.
>
> "Phillips began his career  at his hometown newspaper, the Manteca
> Bulletin, in 1959 after graduating  from college and playing minor league
> baseball. He served as news editor  and then managing editor before
> leaving
> the newspaper to become sports  editor at the Modesto Bee in 1965."
>
> Baseball-reference shows that he  played minor league ball in 1968, 1969,
> and 1971. He was born in 1935. It  is hard to believe that he began as a
> 35 year old rookie, especially since  the obituary events focus on 1959.
> Could there be a second Darell  Phillips? Could he have played earlier?
>
> Thanks for discovering his  death.
> Steve Boren
>
> On Tue, February 7, 2012 9:23 am, alexsautographs  wrote:
>> Darell Phillips, who played in the St. Louis Cardinals system  in the
>> late
>> 1960s and early 1970s, died February 3, 1998. His death is  not noted on
>> Baseball-Reference.com.
>>
>> _http://tinyurl.com/6sfobg8_ (http://tinyurl.com/6sfobg8)
>>
>>  _http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=philli001dar_
> (http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=philli001dar)
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
>