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Jim Creighton - Brooklyn Excelsiors's second baseman and superstar pitcher of the amateur era who died aged 21 of a ruptured abdominal hernia caused by the force of his own pitch in 1862. Lou Gehrig - New York Yankees 's first baseman who was forced into retirement after being diagnosed with ALS , he would ultimately die from the disease, two ...
Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela died on Tuesday, October 22, at the age of 63 — but his legacy will live on with sports fans for decades to come. Valenzuela made a splash ...
Reyes Armando Moronta (January 6, 1993 – July 28, 2024) was a Dominican professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Los Angeles Angels. Moronta signed with the Giants as an international free agent in 2010 and played in MLB from 2017 to ...
Donald Howard Sutton (April 2, 1945 – January 19, 2021) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Sutton won a total of 324 games, pitched 58 shutouts including five one-hitters and ten two-hitters, and led the National League in walks plus hits ...
The Dodgers, who retired his number last year, honored his memory before Game 1 of the World Series three days after he died. A striking mural in Boyle Heights that honors legendary Dodger pitcher ...
Stanley Timothy Crews (April 3, 1961 – March 23, 1993) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who played six seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1987 to 1992. Crews was part of the Dodgers team that won the 1988 World Series. At the end of the 1992 season, he became a free agent and signed with the Cleveland Indians on January 22 ...
He made his major league debut on April 11, 1976 as a relief pitcher; the Reds moved him into the starting rotation shortly afterward. On May 28, he shut out the Los Angeles Dodgers to improve to 4–0 with a 1.17 ERA. [4] For the season, Zachry compiled a 14–7 record, 2.74 ERA, and a team leading 143 strikeouts in 204 innings pitched. [5]
Carl Erskine, one of the last surviving Brooklyn Dodgers and a mainstay of a pitching rotation that carried the team to four World Series, has died at 97.