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Lee was born in Burbank, California, [2] into a family of former semipro and professional baseball players. His grandfather William Lee was an infielder for the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League, and his aunt Annabelle Lee was a pitcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. "She was the best athlete in the family ...
William Crutcher "Big Bill" Lee (October 21, 1909 – June 15, 1977) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played professionally for the Chicago Cubs , Philadelphia Phillies , and Boston Braves during the 1930s and 1940s.
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 ...
Bill "Spaceman" Lee was recovering at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester after a health scare at Polar Park Thursday evening. The former Boston Red Sox pitcher threw out the first pitch.
Former major leaguer Bill Lee had stopped breathing after collapsing in the bullpen during an exhibition game, but paramedics and two shocks with a defibrillator helped resuscitate the 75-year-old ...
Bill Lee, the father of Spike Lee who scored many of his son's early films, has died. He was 94. ... Lee died on Wednesday morning at his home in Brooklyn, New York. A notable musician in his own ...
Bill Lee (American football) (1911–1998), American football player; Bill Lee (left-handed pitcher) (born 1946), American baseball pitcher [aka Spaceman] Bill Lee (right-handed pitcher) (1909–1977), American baseball pitcher; Bill Lee (yacht designer) (born 1942), designer of Merlin 70' Santa Cruz ULDB
Donald William Zimmer (January 17, 1931 – June 4, 2014) was an American infielder, manager, and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB). Zimmer was involved in professional baseball from 1949 until his death, a span of 65 years, across 8 decades. [1] Zimmer signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1949.