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Baez played for Seattle Mariners during the 1977 and '78 seasons.
After he retired as a player, he coached in the minors and managed the Dominican Republic national team in the 1998 World Cup.
Source: Baseball Reference
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He is the brother of former major league player, manager and Hall of Famer Joe Torre.
Torre played in the majors for 7 years with the Milwaukee Braves (1956-60), and Philadelphia Phillies (1962-63).
After he retired from baseball, Torre became an executive with the Rawling Sporting Goods Company.
He died of on September 13, 2014, at the age of 82.
Source: Baseball Reference
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Former Eastern League prospect Tom Upton was born on the date in 1926. He played in 79 games for the 1947 Binghamton Triplets.
Upton played in the major leagues during three seasons with the St. Louis Browns (1950-51) and Washington Senators (1952).
He died on March 24, 2008, at the age of 81.
Source: Baseball Reference
Former Eastern League prospect Steve Kuczek was born on this date in 1924. He played for the Hartford Chiefs in 1949.
After graduating from Colgate University, he was signed by the Boston Braves in 1949, and assigned to Hartford and later Pawtucket (New England League).
Kuczek appeared in one major league game for the Boston Braves and doubled off of Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe in his only at bat, retiring from baseball with a 1.000 batting average.
He died on November 21, 2010 at the age of 85.
Source: Baseball Reference and Hartford Courant via Trading Card Database
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Happy 83rd birthday to former Eastern League prospect Larry Foster. He pitched in 8 games for the1958 Lancaster Red Roses.
Foster played in one game for the Detroit Tigers in 1963.
Source: Baseball Reference
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Former Eastern League prospect Al Cicotte was born on this date in 1929. He pitched for the Binghamton Triplets in 1952 (4-2, 2.21 ERA).
Cicotte played in the majors during 5 seasons with the New York Yankees (1957), Washington Senators (1958), Detroit Tigers (1958), Cleveland Indians (1959), St. Louis Cardinals (1961), and Houston Colt 45's (1962).
The grand nephew of Chicago "Black Sox" pitcher Eddie Cicotte, he died on November 29, 1982 at the age of 52.
Source: Baseball Reference
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Curry played for the Philadelphia Phillies during the 1961 and '62 seasons and the Cleveland Indians in 1966.
He died on October 6, 2006, at the age of of 68.
Source: Baseball Reference
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Elmira Pioneers sign player-manager George Fallon to new contract for the 1951 season.
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After appearing in 8 games for the Cleveland Indians in 1942, he spent the next three seasons in the military during World War II.
Robinson played in the major leagues during 13 seasons with the Cleveland Indians (1942, '46-'48, '57), Washington Senators (1949-50), Chicago White Sox (1950-52), Philadelphia Athletics (1953), New York Yankees (1954-56), Kansas City Athletics (1956), Detroit Tigers (1957) and Baltimore Orioles (1957).
He worked for several major league teams after his playing days and was general manager of the Atlanta Braves (1972-75) and Texas Rangers (1977-82).
Source: Baseball Reference
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Former Eastern League prospect Sam Jones was born on this date in 1925. He pitched in 30 games for the 1950 Wilkes-Barre Indians (17-8, 2.71 ERA).
Jones played in the major leagues during 12 seasons for the Cleveland Indians (1951-52), Chicago Cubs (1955-56), St. Louis Cardinals (1957-58, '63), San Francisco Giants (1959-61), Detroit Tigers (1962) and Baltimore Orioles (1963).
He died of cancer on November 5, 1971, at the age of 45.
Source: Baseball Reference
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Happy 83rd birthday to former Eastern League prospect Pedro Gonzalez. He played for the 1960 Binghamton Triplets.
He played in the majors during 5 seasons with the New York Yankees (1963-65) and Cleveland Indians (1965-67).
After his playing career, he managed several minor league teams.
Source: Baseball Reference
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Former Eastern League prospect Bob Roselli was born on this date in 1931. He played for the 1952 Hartford Chiefs.
Roselli played in the majors during 5 seasons for the Milwaukee Braves (1955-56, '58) and Chicago White Sox (1961-62).
He died on November 6, 2009, at the age of 77.
Source: Baseball Reference
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Knowles spent 16 seasons in the major leagues with the Baltimore Orioles (1965), Philadelphia Phillies (1966), Washington Senators (1967-71), Oakland Athletics (1971-74), Chicago White Sox (1975-76), Texas Rangers (1977), Montreal Expos (1978), and St. Louis Cardinals (1979-80).
He appeared in the 1969 All Star game and 1973 World Series. After he retired as a player, he coached in the minor leagues for several seasons and was on the coaching staffs of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1983 and Philadelphia Phillies in 1989 and '90.
Source: Baseball Reference
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Pagliaroni played in the majors during 11 seasons for the Boston Red Sox (1955, 1960-62), Pittsburgh Pirates (1963-67), Oakland Athletics (1968-69) and Seattle Pilots (1969).
He died on April 3, 2010, at the age of 72.
Source: Baseball Reference
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Donovan played in the majors during 15 seasons with the Boston Braves (1950-52), Detroit Tigers (1954), Chicago White Sox (1955-60), Washington Senators (1961) and Cleveland Indians (1962-65).
After his playing days, Donovan worked as a real estate appraiser in Massachusetts. He died on January 6, 1997, at the age of 69.
Source: Baseball Reference
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He played for the New York Yankees (1946, '48-'50), Chicago White Sox (1950-51), Boston Red Sox (1952-53), and Philadelphia Phillies (1954-55).
After he retired as a player, Niarhos managed for several minor league teams and was a coach for the Kansas City Athletics (1962-64).
Niarhos died on December 29, 2004, at the age of 84.
Source: Baseball Reference
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Happy 82nd birthday to former Eastern League prospect Al Moran. He played in the Eastern League during three seasons with the Allentown Red Sox, 1959, '60, and Johnstown Red Sox, 1961.
He played for the New York Mets in 1963 and 1964.
Source: Baseball Reference
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He played basketball at Duquesne University and during three seasons in the National Basketball Association for the St. Louis Hawks and Rochester/Cincinnati Royals,
Ricketts pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1959, appearing in 12 games (1-6, 5.82 ERA).
He died March 6, 1988, at the age of 54.
Source: Baseball Reference and Basketball Reference
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The Eastern League will operate during the 1955 season, even if there are only six teams.
Note: There were 8 teams in the Eastern League during the 1955 season: Reading Indians, Allentown Cardinals, Binghamton Triplets, Schenectady Blue Jays, Williamsport Grays, Wilkes Barre Barons/Johnstown Johnnies, Elmira Pioneers, Albany Senators).
The Eastern League added two Canadian franchises at Quebec City and Trois-Rivières in the province of Quebec during baseball's winter meetings. Roy Jackson was elected league president.
Source: The Journal (Meriden, Connecticut) via Newspaper.com
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He played for Williamsport during three seasons (Grays, 1946 and Tigers, 1947 & 1951) and went on to play in the majors during two seasons for the Detroit Tigers (1952) and Cincinnati Reds (1953).
Lerchen died on March 26, 2014, at the age of 91.
