Don Edward Baylor was an American professional baseball player,coach and manager. During his 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB),Baylor was a power hitter known for standing very close to home plate and was a first baseman,left fielder,and designated hitter. He played for six different American League (AL) teams,primarily the Baltimore Orioles and California Angels,but he also played for the Oakland Athletics,New York Yankees,Minnesota Twins,and Boston Red Sox. In 1979,Baylor was an All-Star and won the AL Most Valuable Player Award. He won three Silver Slugger Awards,the Roberto Clemente Award,and was a member of the 1987 World Series champion Minnesota Twins.
Charles Hugh O'Brien is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Oakland Athletics (1985),Milwaukee Brewers (1987–90),New York Mets (1990–93),Atlanta Braves (1994–95),Toronto Blue Jays (1996–97),Chicago White Sox (1998),Anaheim Angels (1998–99) and Montreal Expos (2000).
Ernesto Natali Lombardi,was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a catcher for the Brooklyn Robins,Cincinnati Reds,Boston Braves,and New York Giants during a career that spanned 17 years,from 1931 through 1947. He had several nicknames,including "Schnozz","Lumbago","Bocci","The Cyrano of the Iron Mask" and "Lom". He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1986.
Joseph Oden Rudi is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a left fielder between 1967 and 1982,most prominently as an integral member of the Oakland Athletics dynasty that won three consecutive World Series championships between 1972 and 1974.
Mickey Lee Tettleton is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball for the Oakland Athletics,Baltimore Orioles,Detroit Tigers,and Texas Rangers. Although Tettleton played mostly as a catcher,he also played as a first baseman,an outfielder,and as a designated hitter.
David Edwin Duncan is an American pitching consultant for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is also a former professional baseball catcher and pitching coach. He began his MLB playing career in 1964 and played again consecutively from 1967 to 1976 for the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics,Cleveland Indians,and Baltimore Orioles.
Brian David Johnson is an American professional baseball catcher who played in Major League Baseball for the San Diego Padres,Detroit Tigers,San Francisco Giants,Cincinnati Reds,Kansas City Royals,and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1994 to 2001. Prior to his professional career he attended Stanford University and played for the Stanford Cardinal baseball and football teams.
Michael Thomas Heath is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the New York Yankees (1978),Oakland Athletics (1979–1985),St. Louis Cardinals (1986),Detroit Tigers (1986–1990),and Atlanta Braves (1991).
Danny Kay Goodwin is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a first baseman and designated hitter from 1975 to 1982. He also played in the Nippon Professional Baseball league with the Nankai Hawks in 1986. Goodwin is the only baseball player to be drafted first overall in the Major League draft in two separate drafts.
Edward Martin Herrmann was an American professional baseball player born in San Diego,California. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Chicago White Sox,the New York Yankees,the California Angels,the Houston Astros and the Montreal Expos from 1967 through 1978. He batted left and threw right handed.
The Oakland Athletics' 1984 season involved the A's finishing 4th in the American League West with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses. While the A's struggled for a third consecutive season,they staged a major coup by drafting future superstar Mark McGwire with the tenth overall pick of the 1984 Major League Baseball Draft. The season also marked the end of Rickey Henderson's first stints with the Athletics. His second stint would begin in 1989.
The 1976 Oakland Athletics season involved the A's finishing second in the American League West with a record of 87 wins and 74 losses,2+1⁄2 games behind the Kansas City Royals. The A's failed to win the division for the first time since 1970. The team set and still holds the American League record for most stolen bases with 341,second in Major League Baseball's modern era to the 1911 New York Giants,who had 347.
The 1971 Oakland Athletics season involved the A's finishing first in the American League West with a record of 101 wins and 60 losses. In their first postseason appearance of any kind since 1931,the A's were swept in three games by the Baltimore Orioles in the American League Championship Series.
The 1978 season ended with the Los Angeles Dodgers winning their second straight National League pennant and losing to the New York Yankees in the World Series again. Dodger coach Jim Gilliam died at the end of the season and his uniform number,19,was retired by the team prior to Game 1 of the World Series;the team also wore a black memorial patch with Gilliam's number during the World Series. Unlike the previous Dodger team,no member of the team hit 30 home runs after seeing four members hit that mark the previous season.
The 1975 Los Angeles Dodgers finished in second place,20 games behind the Cincinnati Reds in the Western Division of the National League.
Thomas Marion Dodd is an American former professional baseball player. He had a short two-week stint in the major leagues with the 1986 Baltimore Orioles,but is likely best remembered for being one of the players included in the deal that brought Fred McGriff to the Toronto Blue Jays as a minor league prospect.
Scott Mathew Hemond is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1989-1995 for the Oakland Athletics,Chicago White Sox,and St. Louis Cardinals.
Terence William Bell is a former Major League Baseball catcher. He was the first round selection of the Seattle Mariners in the 1983 Major League Baseball Draft,two selections ahead of Roger Clemens.
Henry John "Dutch" Dotterer Jr. was an American professional baseball catcher who appeared in all or part of five seasons in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Redlegs/Reds (1957–1960) and the expansion Washington Senators (1961). A native of Syracuse,New York,he attended Syracuse University and while there was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
Tyler Christian Soderstrom is an American professional baseball catcher and first baseman for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was selected 26th overall by the Athletics in the 2020 MLB draft and made his MLB debut in 2023.
