As the year comes to a close I decided to do a little research into those who passed. In addition to the big names there were a lot of long time baseball players and figures who passed in 2010. I've never really looked into it before, so I don't really know if this is more than normal, but baseball lost of lot of its people in 2010. Here's a list:
Code:
Pos Name
Own George Steinbrenner
Pres Bill Lajoie
GM Joe Brown
Mgr Sparky Anderson
Coach Ralph Houk
Coach Bobby Bragan
Coach Cal Emery
Coach Clyde King
Coach Frank Verdi
C Jim Paglironi
1B Walt Dropo
2B Bobby Thomson
3B Ron Santo
SS Gil McDougald
LF Phil Cavaretta
CF Willie Davis
RF Gene Hermanski
CI/OF Ed Kirkpatrick
OF Joe Lis
C ????
IF Al Pilarcik
IF George Strickland
SP1 Bob Feller
SP2 Robin Roberts
SP3 Mike Cuellar
SP4 Jose Lima
SP5 Bob Shaw
SW Billy Hoeft
RP Billy Loes
RP Tom Underwood
RP Jim Bibby
RP Wayne Twitchell
RP Cal McLish
RP Morrie Martin
PBP Dave Niehaus
Color Ernie Harwell
Writer Maury Allen
Umpire Satch Davidson
PA Bob Sheppard
Others who passed below. The most familiar to today's fans are probably Jeriome Robertson who got a look with the Reds one spring and Oscar Azocar who spent a little time in the big leagues in the early 90s.
Code:
Hillis Layne
Curt Motten
Hal Manders
Ken Walters
Sammy Drake
Frank Baker
Paul Lapalme
Jerry Fahr
Jim Waugh
Bob Chakales
George Cisar
RC Stevens
Hank Small
Frank Bertaina
William werle
Ken Holcombe
Vern Fletcher
John Purdin
Joe Gates
Bill Moisan
Pete Castiglione
Dick Kenworthy
George Susce
Jay Schluter
Rogelio Martinez
Art Mahan
Jeriome Robertson
Freddie Burdette
Jerry Stephenson
Danny McDevitt
Harold Bamberger
George Binks
Jimmy McMath
George Estock
Jay Van Noy
Gene Fodge
Rudy Rufer
Tony Roig
Bill Jennings
Otey Clark
Dale Roberts
Steve Kulczek
Ray Coleman
Al Lamacchia
Lamar Jacobs
Jim Roland
Johnny Van Cuyk
Kenny Kuhn
Larry Fritz
Keith Drumright
Nellie King
Ken Lehman
Clint Hartung
Frank Verdi
Ed Palmquist
Oscar Azocar
Bob Hartman
Hopefully there won't be any additions, but I may have missed somebody.
May they all rest in peace,