Some Obituaries of Recently Deceased Major Leaguers Part Two

[Big Klu]

The 2021 "Field of Dreams" Team makes a number of moves -- signing a two-time All-Star C to add to the bench strength, and two RHP's and another C for organizational depth.

Transactions:
Signed C Ray Fosse.
Optioned 1B Hal Breeden to AAA.
Signed RHP Chuck Hartenstein, and optioned him to AAA.
Designated RHP Cloyd Boyer and C/1B Tim Talton for assignment.
Signed RHP Mike Overy and C Charlie Lindstrom to minor-league contracts.
Outrighted C/1B/OF Adrian Garrett to the minors.

Lineup (8):
C Bill Freehan
1B Eddie Robinson
2B Rennie Stennett
3B Ken Reitz
SS Dr. Bobby Brown (primarily a 3B, but also played SS)
LF Joe Cunningham (primarily a 1B/RF, but also played LF)
CF Johnny Groth
RF Henry Aaron

Bench (7):
C Del Crandall
C Ray Fosse
2B Wayne Terwilliger
3B/1B/C Bill Sudakis
SS Coot Veal (platoon starter with Brown)
OF Billy Conigliaro
OF Richie Scheinblum

Rotation (5):
RHP Don Sutton
RHP J.R. Richard
LHP Juan Pizarro
RHP Mudcat Grant
RHP Stan Williams

Bullpen (5):
RHP Dr. Mike G. Marshall
RHP Dick Tidrow
RHP Joe Beckwith
LHP Grant Jackson
LHP Rheal Cormier


The remainder of the 40-man roster:
RHP Paul Foytack
RHP Art Ditmar
RHP Lew Krausse, Jr.
LHP Tom Hilgendorf
RHP Tom Acker
RHP Chuck Hartenstein

C Mike Sadek

1B Hal Breeden
2B Chuck Schilling
2B/1B/OF Pedro Gonzalez
SS/2B Ron Samford

OF Angel Mangual
OF Ed Armbrister
OF Stan Palys
OF Solly Drake


Outright Minor-League Assignment:
RHP Wynn Hawkins
RHP Randy Tate
RHP Jerry Davie
RHP Gerry Schoen

RHP Vito Valentinetti
RHP Dwight Siebler
RHP Rafael Carmona
LHP Willard Hunter
RHP Jack H. Smith
LHP Charlie Gorin
RHP Mike Overy
RHP Duke Simpson
RHP Frankie De La Cruz
RHP Dick Colpaert
RHP Hy Cohen
RHP Ted Wieand
LHP John LaRose

C Charlie Lindstrom
C/OF Phil Lombardi
C/1B/OF Adrian Garrett
1B/C Don Gile
1B Ron Johnson
2B Don E. Leppert
3B/SS Dick H. Smith
SS/3B Tom E. Carroll
SS Al Naples
OF Jacke Davis
OF Scott Reid
OF/1B Nino Escalera
OF/1B Tim Tolman

RHP Cloyd Boyer (DFA)
C/1B Tim Talton (DFA)


Coaching Staff:
Tommy Lasorda (MGR)
Joe Altobelli
Ray Miller
Norm Sherry
Tom Robson
Jim Snyder
Mike Bell


Probable Batting Order vs. RHP:
Brown ss
Cunningham lf
Aaron rf
Freehan c
Robinson 1b
Groth cf
Reitz 3b
Stennett 2b
<pitcher>

Probable Batting Order vs. LHP:
Groth cf
Cunningham lf
Aaron rf
Freehan c
Robinson 1b
Reitz 3b
Stennett 2b
Veal ss
<pitcher>


The club has been extremely busy over the last couple of days, signing two catchers and two right-handed relief pitchers. They sign two-time All-Star C Ray Fosse, who is added to the 25-man active roster as a third catcher behind Bill Freehan and Del Crandall. To make room for Fosse on the active roster, the club options 1B Hal Breeden to AAA, and to open up a spot on the 40-man roster, the club designates C/1B Tim Talton for assignment. The club also signs C Charlie Lindstrom to a minor-league contract for organizational depth.

On the pitching side, the club signs RHP Chuck Hartenstein and options him to AAA. To make room for Hartenstein on the 40-man roster, the club designates RHP Cloyd Boyer for assignment. The club also signs hard-throwing RHP Mike Overy to a minor-league contract.

In a separate transaction, the club also announces that C/1B/OF Adrian Garrett has accepted outright assignment to the minors.

[Big Klu]

10/9/2021: Former Phillies OF Rich Barry, age 81



https://www.google.com/amp/s/obituar...barry-10401324

[Big Klu]

The 2021 "Field of Dreams" Team signs a slugging OF with minimal major-league experience.

Transactions:
Signed OF Rich Barry to a minor-league contract.

Lineup (8):
C Bill Freehan
1B Eddie Robinson
2B Rennie Stennett
3B Ken Reitz
SS Dr. Bobby Brown (primarily a 3B, but also played SS)
LF Joe Cunningham (primarily a 1B/RF, but also played LF)
CF Johnny Groth
RF Henry Aaron

Bench (7):
C Del Crandall
C Ray Fosse
2B Wayne Terwilliger
3B/1B/C Bill Sudakis
SS Coot Veal (platoon starter with Brown)
OF Billy Conigliaro
OF Richie Scheinblum

Rotation (5):
RHP Don Sutton
RHP J.R. Richard
LHP Juan Pizarro
RHP Mudcat Grant
RHP Stan Williams

Bullpen (5):
RHP Dr. Mike G. Marshall
RHP Dick Tidrow
RHP Joe Beckwith
LHP Grant Jackson
LHP Rheal Cormier


The remainder of the 40-man roster:
RHP Paul Foytack
RHP Art Ditmar
RHP Lew Krausse, Jr.
LHP Tom Hilgendorf
RHP Tom Acker
RHP Chuck Hartenstein

C Mike Sadek

1B Hal Breeden
2B Chuck Schilling
2B/1B/OF Pedro Gonzalez
SS/2B Ron Samford

OF Angel Mangual
OF Ed Armbrister
OF Stan Palys
OF Solly Drake


Outright Minor-League Assignment:
RHP Wynn Hawkins
RHP Randy Tate
RHP Jerry Davie
RHP Gerry Schoen

RHP Vito Valentinetti
RHP Dwight Siebler
RHP Rafael Carmona
LHP Willard Hunter
RHP Jack H. Smith
LHP Charlie Gorin
RHP Mike Overy
RHP Duke Simpson
RHP Frankie De La Cruz
RHP Dick Colpaert
RHP Hy Cohen
RHP Ted Wieand
LHP John LaRose

C Charlie Lindstrom
C/OF Phil Lombardi
C/1B/OF Adrian Garrett

1B/C Don Gile
1B Ron Johnson
2B Don E. Leppert
3B/SS Dick H. Smith
SS/3B Tom E. Carroll
SS Al Naples

OF Rich Barry
OF Jacke Davis
OF Scott Reid
OF/1B Nino Escalera
OF/1B Tim Tolman

RHP Cloyd Boyer (DFA)
C/1B Tim Talton (DFA)


Coaching Staff:
Tommy Lasorda (MGR)
Joe Altobelli
Ray Miller
Norm Sherry
Tom Robson
Jim Snyder
Mike Bell


Probable Batting Order vs. RHP:
Brown ss
Cunningham lf
Aaron rf
Freehan c
Robinson 1b
Groth cf
Reitz 3b
Stennett 2b
<pitcher>

Probable Batting Order vs. LHP:
Groth cf
Cunningham lf
Aaron rf
Freehan c
Robinson 1b
Reitz 3b
Stennett 2b
Veal ss
<pitcher>


The club signs a slugging OF to a minor-league contract to add to its organizational depth. Rich Barry played only 20 games for the Phillies in 1969 in his major-league career (and only nine games in the field -- all in LF), but he hit 280 home runs during a 15-year minor-league career.

[cumberlandreds]

10/9/2021: Former Phillies OF Rich Barry, age 81



https://www.google.com/amp/s/obituar...barry-10401324

Barry struck out to end the Dodgers/Phillies game August 19,1969 in his final MLB AB. Just a few days before I started my schooling in first grade. I saw that he was sold to Hawaii during the off season of 1969. Not a bad place to be sold to if you have to go back to the minors.

[Big Klu]

10/25/2021: Former Dodgers, A's, Tigers C Tim Thompson, age 97.



https://www.lewistownsentinel.com/ob...is-e-thompson/

Charles "Tim" Thompson was the third-oldest living Major League Baseball player at the time of his death on October 25. He was a Navy Veteran of World War II, having piloted blimps on patrol missions in the Pacific Theater during WWII. According to Baseball Almanac, Thompson was the first big-league catcher to wear eyeglasses. His wife of 78 years, Lois, died two days later on October 27.

[Big Klu]

The 2021 "Field of Dreams" Team signs a backup catcher and left-handed pinch-hitter.

Transactions:
Signed C Tim Thompson, and optioned him to AAA.
Designated OF Solly Drake for assignment.
Outrighted RHP Cloyd Boyer and C/1B Tim Talton to the minors.

Lineup (8):
C Bill Freehan
1B Eddie Robinson
2B Rennie Stennett
3B Ken Reitz
SS Dr. Bobby Brown (primarily a 3B, but also played SS)
LF Joe Cunningham (primarily a 1B/RF, but also played LF)
CF Johnny Groth
RF Henry Aaron

Bench (7):
C Del Crandall
C Ray Fosse
2B Wayne Terwilliger
3B/1B/C Bill Sudakis
SS Coot Veal (platoon starter with Brown)
OF Billy Conigliaro
OF Richie Scheinblum

Rotation (5):
RHP Don Sutton
RHP J.R. Richard
LHP Juan Pizarro
RHP Mudcat Grant
RHP Stan Williams

Bullpen (5):
RHP Dr. Mike G. Marshall
RHP Dick Tidrow
RHP Joe Beckwith
LHP Grant Jackson
LHP Rheal Cormier


The remainder of the 40-man roster:
RHP Paul Foytack
RHP Art Ditmar
RHP Lew Krausse, Jr.
LHP Tom Hilgendorf
RHP Tom Acker
RHP Chuck Hartenstein

C Mike Sadek
C Tim Thompson

1B Hal Breeden
2B Chuck Schilling
2B/1B/OF Pedro Gonzalez
SS/2B Ron Samford

OF Angel Mangual
OF Ed Armbrister
OF Stan Palys


Outright Minor-League Assignment:
RHP Cloyd Boyer
RHP Wynn Hawkins
RHP Randy Tate
RHP Jerry Davie
RHP Gerry Schoen

RHP Vito Valentinetti
RHP Dwight Siebler
RHP Rafael Carmona
LHP Willard Hunter
RHP Jack H. Smith
LHP Charlie Gorin
RHP Mike Overy
RHP Duke Simpson
RHP Frankie De La Cruz
RHP Dick Colpaert
RHP Hy Cohen
RHP Ted Wieand
LHP John LaRose

C/1B Tim Talton
C/1B/OF Adrian Garrett
C/OF Phil Lombardi
C Charlie Lindstrom

1B/C Don Gile
1B Ron Johnson
2B Don E. Leppert
3B/SS Dick H. Smith
SS/3B Tom E. Carroll
SS Al Naples

OF Rich Barry
OF Jacke Davis
OF Scott Reid
OF/1B Nino Escalera
OF/1B Tim Tolman

OF Solly Drake (DFA)


Coaching Staff:
Tommy Lasorda (MGR)
Joe Altobelli
Ray Miller
Norm Sherry
Tom Robson
Jim Snyder
Mike Bell


Probable Batting Order vs. RHP:
Brown ss
Cunningham lf
Aaron rf
Freehan c
Robinson 1b
Groth cf
Reitz 3b
Stennett 2b
<pitcher>

Probable Batting Order vs. LHP:
Groth cf
Cunningham lf
Aaron rf
Freehan c
Robinson 1b
Reitz 3b
Stennett 2b
Veal ss
<pitcher>


The club signs a left-handed hitting catcher and pinch-hitter who is one of the few remaining World War II veterans, and options him to AAA. To make room for Tim Thompson on the 40-man roster, the club designates OF Solly Drake for assignment. The club also announces that RHP Cloyd Boyer and C/1B Tim Talton have accepted outright assignment to the minors.

[Chip R]

A new SS has joined the team. Jerry Remy passed this morning.

[HokieRed]

Sorry to see the news about Remy. I think of him primarily as a second baseman.

[Bourgeois Zee]

Sorry to see the news about Remy. I think of him primarily as a second baseman.

Yup.

One game as a SS and one game as a RF.

All the rest were as a 2B.

On a related note, the rookies of the mid-70s seem to have some truly outstanding early career numbers, only to see them fade as their career wore on. Was that a case of Astroturf, injuries, and bad luck or does it have more to do with cocaine and internal struggles? Or perhaps something different?

[Big Klu]

Yup.

One game as a SS and one game as a RF.

All the rest were as a 2B.

On a related note, the rookies of the mid-70s seem to have some truly outstanding early career numbers, only to see them fade as their career wore on. Was that a case of Astroturf, injuries, and bad luck or does it have more to do with cocaine and internal struggles? Or perhaps something different?

In Jerry Remy's case, Astroturf would have had very little effect. Throughout his entire career, there were never more than four AL clubs (KC, SEA, TOR, and MIN) with Astroturf. In his first two seasons with the Angels, he would have played only nine games a season on it, as the Royals were the only club in the AL with artificial turf until 1977.

In 1977, the Blue Jays and Mariners joined the AL, so at that point Remy would have had 18-20 games a season on turf until the Twins got their new stadium in 1982. From 1982 to 1984, the Red Sox would play 24-25 games a year on the stuff .

[Big Klu]

10/30/2021: Former Angels and Red Sox 2B Jerry Remy, age 68.



https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbs...ng-cancer/amp/

[Big Klu]

The 2021 "Field of Dreams" Team signs a left-handed hitting former All-Star 2B.

Transactions:
Signed 2B Jerry Remy.
Optioned SS Coot Veal to AAA.
Designated SS/2B Ron Samford for assignment.

Lineup (8):
C Bill Freehan
1B Eddie Robinson
2B Jerry Remy
3B Ken Reitz
SS Dr. Bobby Brown (primarily a 3B, but also played SS)
LF Joe Cunningham (primarily a 1B/RF, but also played LF)
CF Johnny Groth
RF Henry Aaron

Bench (7):
C Del Crandall
C Ray Fosse
2B Rennie Stennett (primarily a 2B, but will be a platoon starter at SS)
2B Wayne Terwilliger (platoon starter with Remy)
3B/1B/C Bill Sudakis
OF Billy Conigliaro
OF Richie Scheinblum

Rotation (5):
RHP Don Sutton
RHP J.R. Richard
LHP Juan Pizarro
RHP Mudcat Grant
RHP Stan Williams

Bullpen (5):
RHP Dr. Mike G. Marshall
RHP Dick Tidrow
RHP Joe Beckwith
LHP Grant Jackson
LHP Rheal Cormier


The remainder of the 40-man roster:
RHP Paul Foytack
RHP Art Ditmar
RHP Lew Krausse, Jr.
LHP Tom Hilgendorf
RHP Tom Acker
RHP Chuck Hartenstein

C Mike Sadek
C Tim Thompson

1B Hal Breeden
2B Chuck Schilling
2B/1B/OF Pedro Gonzalez
SS Coot Veal

OF Angel Mangual
OF Ed Armbrister
OF Stan Palys


Outright Minor-League Assignment:
RHP Cloyd Boyer
RHP Wynn Hawkins
RHP Randy Tate
RHP Jerry Davie
RHP Gerry Schoen

RHP Vito Valentinetti
RHP Dwight Siebler
RHP Rafael Carmona
LHP Willard Hunter
RHP Jack H. Smith
LHP Charlie Gorin
RHP Mike Overy
RHP Duke Simpson
RHP Frankie De La Cruz
RHP Dick Colpaert
RHP Hy Cohen
RHP Ted Wieand
LHP John LaRose

C/1B Tim Talton
C/1B/OF Adrian Garrett
C/OF Phil Lombardi
C Charlie Lindstrom

1B/C Don Gile
1B Ron Johnson
2B Don E. Leppert
3B/SS Dick H. Smith
SS/3B Tom E. Carroll
SS Al Naples

OF Rich Barry
OF Jacke Davis
OF Scott Reid
OF/1B Nino Escalera
OF/1B Tim Tolman

OF Solly Drake (DFA)
SS/2B Ron Samford (DFA)


Coaching Staff:
Tommy Lasorda (MGR)
Joe Altobelli
Ray Miller
Norm Sherry
Tom Robson
Jim Snyder
Mike Bell


Probable Batting Order vs. RHP:
Brown ss
Cunningham lf
Aaron rf
Freehan c
Robinson 1b
Groth cf
Reitz 3b
Remy 2b
<pitcher>

Probable Batting Order vs. LHP:
Groth cf
Cunningham lf
Aaron rf
Freehan c
Robinson 1b
Reitz 3b
Stennett ss
Terwilliger 2b
<pitcher>


The club signs a left-handed hitting All-Star 2B with solid bat-on-ball skills and good speed, but not much power. Jerry Remy will immediately step in as the LH half of the 2B platoon. To make room for Remy on the 25-man active roster, the club options SS Coot Veal to AAA. This is a somewhat risky move, as it leaves the club without a true SS on the active roster. (Starting SS Bobby Brown is actually a 3B by trade, while displaced 2B Rennie Stennett will now become Brown's RH platoon partner at SS.) However, Veal's bat is such a liability that the club can no longer justify a roster spot for him. With Stennett penciled in to see action at SS vs. LHP, Wayne Terwilliger, who hits lefties much better than righties, will now be Remy's platoon partner at 2B. To make room for Remy on the 40-man roster, the club designates SS/2B Ron Samford for assignment.

[cumberlandreds]

Sorry to hear about Jerry Remy passing. I liked his broadcasting and would tune in quite a bit in the past when he was doing Red Sox games. IIRC, he was pretty good player for a long time with the Angels and Red Sox. RIP to the Remdog.

[Big Klu]

This 1978 Topps Jerry Remy card was among the very first packs of cards I ever bought, when I was an eight-year-old playing coach-pitch ball for the Yankees.

[Big Klu]

10/28/2021: Former Yankees RHP Cecil Perkins, age 80.



https://www.tributearchive.com/obitu...-boyce-perkins