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| Credits: Topps Co. via Trading Card Database |
Aguirre played in the majors for 16 seasons with the Cleveland Indians (1955-57), Detroit Tigers (1958-67), Los Angeles Dodgers (1968), and Chicago Cubs (1969-70).
He died of prostate cancer on September 5, 1994, at the age of 63.
Source: Baseball Reference
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Dropo played in the majors during 13 seasons with the Boston Red Sox (1949-52), Detroit Tigers (1952-54), Chicago White Sox (1955-58), Cincinnati Red (1958-59), Baltimore Orioles (1959-60). He was named American League Rookie of the Year in 1950.
He died on December 17, 2010, at the age of 87.
Source: Baseball Reference
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Robertson played in the majors during two seasons with the Philadelphia (1954) and Kansas City (1955) Athletics.
He died on October 21, 2015, at the age of 87.
Source: Baseball Reference
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Former major leaguer (Detroit Tigers, 1928-30 & Brooklyn Dodgers, 1934)), and Cincinnati Reds coach Phil Page was named manager of the Binghamton Triplets for the 1953 season.
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Klein played in 77 games in the majors for the 1955 Washington Senators.
Source: Baseball Reference
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Nieman played in the majors for 12 seasons with the St. Louis Browns (1951-52), Detroit Tigers (1953-54), Chicago White Sox (1955-56), Baltimore Orioles (1956-59), St. Louis Cardinals (1961), Cleveland Indians (1961-62) and San Francisco Giants (1962).
He worked as a major league scout for several years after his playing days. Nieman died on March 10, 1985 at the age of 58.
Source: Baseball Reference
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The Eastern League's top pitcher during the 1960 season, Jim Duffalo (Springfield Giants) will attend the San Francisco Giants' spring training this year.
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Jones played in the majors during one season for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1977), pitching 10 shutout innings over three games and finished his career with a 1-0 record.
Sources: Baseball Reference and SABR
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Gumpert played in the majors during 10 seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics (1936-38), New York Yankees (1946-48), Chicago White Sox (1948-51), Boston Red Sox (1952), and Washington Senators (1952).
He briefly managed the Bradford Yankees in the New York-Penn League in 1956, and was a scout for the New York Yankees from 1961 until 1993.
Gumpert died on November 25, 2008 at the age of 90.
Sources: Baseball Reference and SABR
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Eddie Popowski was named manager of the Albany Senators for the 1957 season. He managed in the Carolina League for the Greensboro Patriots in 1956.
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Bass played in the majors during three seasons with the Kansas City Athletics (1961-63).
He played professional football for the Denver Broncos in 1964, and his brother, Dick Bass played for the Los Angeles Rams (1960-69).
Source: Baseball Reference
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He played in a total of 19 games over two seasons for the Chicago Cubs (1955-56).
Source: Baseball Reference
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He played 13 seasons in the majors with the New York Mets (1971-77) and Texas Rangers (1978-83). Matlack was the National League Rookie of Year in 1972 and a three time All-Star.
After he retired as a player, he was a minor league pitching coach for several seasons.
Source: Baseball Reference
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Zimmer went on to a 12 year major league career with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers (1954-59, '63), Chicago Cubs (1960-61), New York Mets (1962), Cincinnati Reds (1962) and Washington Senators (1963-65). He was also a longtime coach and managed for 12 seasons with San Diego Padres (1972-73), Boston Red Sox (1976-80), Texas Rangers (1981-82), and Chicago Cubs (1988-91).
He died on June 4, 2014, at the age of 83.
Sources: Baseball Reference
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Happy 84th Birthday to former Eastern League prospect Moe Morhardt. He played for the Lancaster Red Roses during two seasons (1959, '60). 
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Morhardt played in 25 games for the Chicago Cubs over two seasons (1961-62). After his playing days, he coached baseball in high school and college.
Sources: Baseball Reference
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Sadowski played in the majors during 4 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals (1960), Philadelphia Phillies (1961), Chicago White Sox (1962), and Los Angeles Angels (1963).
He died on January 6, 2017, at the age of 79.
Sources: Baseball Reference
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Daley played in the majors for 7 seasons with the Boston Red Sox (1955-59), Kansas City Athletics (1960), and Washington Senators (1961).
Sources: Baseball Reference
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Eastern League president Tommy Richardson visits Scranton to discuss future of minor league in city.
Source: Scranton Tribune via Newspaper.com
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Gilliford pitched in 2 games for the 1967 Baltimore Orioles.
Sources: Baseball Reference
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He played in 16 games for the New York Giants in 1945. He was a player-manager for several minor league teams after his brief major league career.
Gardella died September 10, 2006, at the age of 88.
Sources: Baseball Reference
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The "Clown Prince" of baseball, Max Patkin was born on this date in 1920. He pitched in 5 games in the Eastern League for the 1946 Wilkes-Barre Barons.
After his playing career, he performed at minor league stadiums throughout the United States for 51 years.
Patkin died on October 30, 1999, at the age of 79.
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Dietzel played in 9 games for the 1954 Washington Senators.
Following his baseball career, he worked in the insurance business for 33 years.
Dietzel died on February 3, 2018, at the age of 87.
Sources: Baseball Reference; Scranton Times-Tribune & The Charlotte Observer via Newspapers.com
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Former Eastern League prospect Dixie Howell was born on this date in 1920. He played in the Eastern League during 4 seasons (1939-40, '41-'42).
Howell pitched 6 seasons in the majors with the Cleveland Indians (1940), Cincinnati Reds (1949), and Chicago White Sox (1955-58).
He died of a heart attack on March 18, 1960 at the age of 40.
Sources: Baseball Reference; Wilkes-Barre Times Leader via Newspapers.com
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Happy Birthday 90th birthday to former Eastern League prospect Dick Tomanek. He pitched for the Reading Indians in 1952 (2-5, 3.35 ERA).
He played in the Majors during 5 seasons with the Cleveland Indians (1953-54, '57-'58) and Kansas City Athletics (1958-59).
Source: Baseball Reference
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He played in the majors for the Cleveland Indians (1964-67) and Atlanta Braves (1971-73).
Kelley died on September 25, 2015, at the age of 71.
Source: Baseball Reference
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He pitched in the major leagues during 8 seasons for the New York Yankees (1952-54) and Kansas City Athletics (1955-59).
Gorman died on December 26, 1992, at the age of 67.
Source: Baseball Reference
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Happy 77th birthday to former Eastern League prospect Dick Colpaert. He played for the York Pirates during 1968 and '69 seasons.
Colpaert pitched in 8 games for the 1970 Pittsburgh Pirates (1-0, 5.91 ERA)
(Note: He never pitched for the Cleveland Indians, although his only Topps card in 1973 had him listed as a Cleveland Indians' rookie.)
Source: Baseball Reference
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He pitched in 30 games for the 1954 St. Louis Cardinals (2-3, 4.86 ERA).
Lint died on April 3, 2006, at the age of 85.
Source: Baseball Reference
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