baseball obituaries 2018

Whoa, wtf?

Charlie Silvera, Berra backup and coach

https://www.sfchronicle.com/giants/article/Charlie-Silvera-San-Francisco-native-and-14426637.php

former syracuse chiefs president don waful, 103

he was captured by the germans in tunisia in 1942 and spent the next three years in POW camps -- much of it with davey johnson's dad fred at the oflag 64 camp in poland

Masaichi Kaneda, winningest Japanese pitcher

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2019/10/06/baseball/japanese-baseball/japans-time-wins-leader-masaichi-kaneda-dies-86/#.XaHSkkZKiWY

shortstop jackie hernández, 79, who amassed -3.9 bWAR over nine seasons and had the assist on the final out of the 1971 world series

umpire eric cooper, 52. did the yanks-twins series two weeks ago.

jeez; gather ye rosebuds.

'71 WS was the first i remember watching (most of). RIP Jackie.

I watched the '71 Series intently and have zero recollection of Jackie Hernandez...I thought Gene Alley was the SS then.

Alley played 882 innings at short that year, Jackie 574.

Alley had only 3 PA in the World Series, don't know if he was hurt.

Can't find any clarification on that, but this would seem to be Hernandez's other biggest moment:

"A month before the World Series, Hernandez was part of another historic moment on Sept. 1 when Pirates manager Danny Murtaugh started a lineup consisting only of African-American and Latino players. The Pirates beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 10-7, that day at Three Rivers Stadium."

Hernandez was considered a top defensive SS, at least by Murtaugh and Clemente. He and Alley were the same age though.

https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/887d2ec2

former dodgers/expos/etc player and mariners announcer ron fairly, 81

def saw him play at Shea in the '70s

Flagship Jay, and I think the first Jays-Expos player.

Think I misused "flagship"...original Jay (1977).

'the only player to represent multiple non-US teams in the all-star game'

Vera Clemente, widow of No. 21

https://www.mlb.com/news/vera-clemente-passes-away

Irv Noren

https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/6d0657d1

twins prospect ryan costello, 23, of 'natural causes'

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/18/us/minnesota-twins-prospect-ryan-costello-dead-trnd/index.html

Unnaturally young.

scholar/author Dorothy Seymour Mills

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/dorothy-seymour-mills-who-received-belated-credit-for-husbands-baseball-books-dies-at-91/2019/11/20/c6df24d4-0baf-11ea-8397-a955cd542d00_story.html

former pitcher and phillies scout will brunson, 49

https://thespun.com/more/top-stories/will-brunson-dies-suddenly-rip