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IN MEMORY

DON LEPPERT BOBBY MORGAN
OCTOBER 18, 1931 – APRIL 13, 2023 (91) JUNE 29, 1926 – JUNE 1, 2023 (96)
· Played four seasons with Pittsburgh and · Played eight Major League seasons with
Washington Senators Brooklyn, Philadelphia, St. Louis and
· 1963 American League All-Star Chicago (N.L.)
· Coached 18 seasons with Pittsburgh, · Managed three seasons in Philadelphia’s
Toronto and Houston farm system and scouted for Baltimore,
· 1971 World Series champion Kansas City and Minnesota
· Was field coordinator and a manager in the
minor league system for Minnesota COTTON NASH
· Umpired a Major League game in 1978 at IN MEMORY
Toronto during an umpires’ strike JULY 24, 1942 – MAY 23, 2023 (80)
· Played three Major League seasons with
GEN LINHOFF Chicago (A.L.) and Minnesota
OCTOBER 23, 1925 – MAY 20, 2023 (97) · Played one season in the NBA for the Los
Angeles Lakers and the San Francisco
· Worked for over 35 years with the Angels, Warriors, and one season in the ABA for the
beginning in 1961 during the club’s first year Kentucky Colonels
as an expansion team
DAVE NICHOLSON
KENNETH MACKENZIE AUGUST 29, 1939 – FEBRUARY 25, 2023 (83)
MARCH 10, 1934 – DECEMBER 14, 2023 (89) · Played seven Major League seasons for
· Pitched six Major League seasons with Baltimore, Chicago (A.L.), Houston and
Milwaukee Braves, New York (N.L.), St. Atlanta
Louis, San Francisco and Houston
JOE PEPITONE
DOUG MANN OCTOBER 9, 1940 – MARCH 13, 2023 (82)
C. 1952 – FEBRUARY 20, 2024 (72) · Played 12 Major League seasons with New
· One of the premier broadcast statisticians York (A.L.), Houston, Chicago (N.L.) and
for Fox Sports West, covering Angels, Atlanta
Dodgers, Kings, Lakers and Clippers games · Three-time All-Star (1963-65)
· Worked alongside some of sports’ most · Three-time Gold Glove Award winner (1965-
legendary announcers, including the 66, 1969)
Dodgers Vin Scully and Lakers Chick Hearn · Coached at Major League and minor league
for 20 years level for Yankees
AL MCBEAN JIM POOLE
MAY 15, 1938 – JANUARY 31, 2024 (85)
· Pitched 10 Major League seasons with APRIL 28, 1966 – OCTOBER 6, 2023 (57)
Pittsburgh, San Diego and Los Angeles · Pitched 11 Major League seasons with Los
(N.L.) Angeles (N.L.), Texas, Baltimore, Cleveland,
· 1964 The Sporting News N.L. Fireman of San Francisco, Philadelphia, Detroit and
the Year Montreal
· Member of 1987 Team USA in the Pan
American Games winning a silver medal
DAN MCGINN · After being diagnosed with ALS in 2021, he
NOVEMBER 29, 1943 – MARCH 1, 2023 (79) worked to raise awareness for the disease
· Pitched five Major League seasons with with the Major League Baseball ALS board
Cincinnati, Montreal and Chicago (N.L.)
JIM PRICE
OCTOBER 13, 1941 – AUGUST 7, 2023 (81)
ROMAN MEJIAS · Played five Major League seasons for
Detroit
AUGUST 9, 1925 – FEBRUARY 22, 2023 (97) · 1968 World Series Champion
· Played nine Major League seasons for · Radio analyst for the Detroit Tigers for 31
Pittsburgh, Houston and Boston years
BOB PRIDDY
RYAN MINOR DECEMBER 10, 1939 – SEPTEMBER 28, 2023 (83)
· Pitched nine Major League seasons for
JANUARY 5, 1974 – DECEMBER 22, 2023 (49) Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Washington
· Played four Major League seasons for Senators, Chicago (A.L.), Angels and
Baltimore and Montreal Atlanta
· Started in place of Cal Ripken to end the
ironman streak
· Coached in minor league system for
Baltimore and Detroit
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