Miguel Ángel Cuellar Santana was a Cuban professional baseball player. He played for 15 seasons in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher in 1959 and from 1964 through 1977,most prominently as a member of the Baltimore Orioles who won the American League (AL) pennant in each of Cuellar's first three seasons with the team. During that time,Cuellar and the Orioles won the 1970 World Series. Cuellar also played for the Cincinnati Reds,St. Louis Cardinals,Houston Astros and California Angels.
Jerome Martin Koosman is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets,Minnesota Twins,Chicago White Sox,and Philadelphia Phillies between 1967 and 1985. Koosman is best known as a member of the Miracle Mets team that won the 1969 World Series.
Thomas Harold Stephen Phoebus was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher from 1966 through 1972,most notably as a member of the Baltimore Orioles dynasty that won three American League pennants and two World Series championships between 1966 and 1970. He also played for the San Diego Padres and the Chicago Cubs.
David Arthur McNally was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher from 1962 through 1975,most notably as a member of the Baltimore Orioles dynasty that won four American League pennants and two World Series championships between 1966 and 1971. A three-time All-Star,McNally won 20 or more games for four consecutive seasons from 1968 through 1971. He was one of four 20-game winners for the 1971 Orioles,currently the last team as of 2023 to have four 20-win pitchers on the same roster.
Milton Steven Pappas was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher from 1957 through 1973. Nicknamed "Gimpy",the 17-year veteran pitched for the Baltimore Orioles (1957–1965),Cincinnati Reds (1966–1968),Atlanta Braves (1968–1970) and Chicago Cubs (1970–1973). A control specialist,Pappas pitched in 520 games,starting 465,with 209 wins,164 losses,43 shutouts,1,728 strikeouts and a 3.40 ERA in 3,186 innings pitched. He was a three-time All-Star player for the Orioles and was inducted into the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame in 1985. He was also a member of the 1960's Baltimore Orioles Kiddie Korps.
Peter Thomas Harnisch is an American former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played in college at Fordham University from 1984 through 1987,and was an All-American pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball from 1988 through 2001 for the Baltimore Orioles,Houston Astros,New York Mets,Milwaukee Brewers and Cincinnati Reds.
Jackie Delane Aker is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City / Oakland Athletics,Seattle Pilots,New York Yankees,Chicago Cubs,Atlanta Braves,and New York Mets.
Eddie Gene Fisher is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher with the San Francisco Giants,Chicago White Sox,Baltimore Orioles,Cleveland Indians,California Angels and St. Louis Cardinals between 1959 and 1973. He batted and threw right-handed.
John Philip Tsitouris was an American professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1957–60 and 1962–68. He threw and batted right-handed,stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg).
Stephen David Barber was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) left-handed pitcher. He pitched for the Baltimore Orioles and six other teams from 1960 to 1974. Barber spent his first eight years with the Orioles,where he compiled an outstanding 95–75 record as a member of the 1960's Baltimore Orioles Kiddie Korps of pitchers,all 22 years old or younger. He was the modern Orioles first 20 game winner.
Douglas Randall Sisk,is an American former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. His primary pitch was a sinker that was difficult for batters to drive in the air.
Frank Louis Bertaina was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1964 through 1970 for the Baltimore Orioles,Washington Senators (1967–69),and St. Louis Cardinals (1970). Listed at 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and 177 pounds (80 kg),Bertaina batted and threw left-handed.
John Eugene O'Donoghue is an American former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He was signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent before the 1959 season and pitched for the Athletics (1963–1965),Cleveland Indians (1966–1967),Baltimore Orioles (1968),Seattle Pilots / Milwaukee Brewers (1969–1970),and Montreal Expos (1970–1971). During his nine-year major league career,O'Donoghue compiled 39 wins,377 strikeouts,and a 4.07 earned run average. At the plate,he was 35-for-206 (.170) with three home runs,the first two against Buster Narum and the third off Denny McLain.
Thomas Gene Fisher was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. Nicknamed "Big Fish",the 6'0",180 lb. right-hander was signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent before the 1962 season. He played briefly for the Orioles in 1967.
Charles Leonard Estrada is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a pitcher from 1960 to 1967,playing for the Baltimore Orioles,Chicago Cubs,and New York Mets. Estrada was a member of the 1960's Baltimore Orioles Kiddie Korps. After his retirement from the major leagues,Estrada served as pitching coach in the majors.
Kenneth Darrell Rowe was an American professional baseball player and coach whose career spanned 60 seasons. The native of Ferndale,Michigan,was a veteran of minor league baseball who appeared in 26 games over parts of three Major League seasons as a middle-relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1963) and Baltimore Orioles (1964–1965). He also spent all but two seasons of his coaching career in the minors;the exceptions came in 1985 and 1986 when he was the big-league pitching coach of the Orioles under managers Joe Altobelli and Earl Weaver.
Jerry Allen Walker was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles,Kansas City Athletics,and Cleveland Indians between 1957 and 1964.
William Ross Short was an American professional baseball pitcher. During his 15-year pro career,he played all or parts of six seasons in Major League Baseball between 1960 and 1969.
The 1968 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 10 to October 10,1968. It was the final year of baseball's pre-expansion era,in which the teams that finished in first place in each league went directly to the World Series to face each other for the "World Championship."
The 1964 Major League Baseball season was played from April 13 to October 15,1964. This season is often remembered for the end of the New York Yankees' third dynasty,as they won their 29th American League Championship in 44 seasons. However,the Yankees lost the World Series to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games. As of 2023,the Cardinals are the only National League team to have an edge over the Yankees in series played (3–2),amongst the non-expansion teams,despite holding a losing record in World Series games against them (13–15).
