Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker was a Puerto Rican professional baseball player who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates,primarily as a right fielder. In December 1972,Clemente died in the crash of a plane he had chartered to take emergency relief goods for the survivors of a massive earthquake in Nicaragua. After his sudden death,the National Baseball Hall of Fame changed its rules so that a player who had been dead for at least six months would be eligible for entry. In 1973,Clemente was posthumously inducted,becoming the first player from the Caribbean and Latin-America to be honored in the Hall of Fame.
Frank Robinson was an American professional baseball outfielder and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for five teams over 21 seasons:the Cincinnati Reds (1956–1965),Baltimore Orioles (1966–1971),Los Angeles Dodgers (1972),California Angels (1973–1974),and Cleveland Indians (1974–1976). In 1975,Robinson became the first Black manager in big-league history,as the player-manager of the Indians.
Ralph Willard Terry was an American baseball player who played as a right-handed starting pitcher for twelve seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the New York Yankees,Kansas City Athletics,Cleveland Indians,and New York Mets from 1956 to 1967. He was a member of the Yankees pitching rotation on five consecutive league champions from 1960 to 1964,enjoying his best season in 1962 when he was named to his only All-Star team,going on to lead the American League with 23 victories. In the 1962 World Series he was named the Most Valuable Player after posting wins in two of the last three games,including a 1–0 shutout in the decisive game seven. He is also notable for surrendering a walk-off home run to Bill Mazeroski that won the 1960 World Series for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Terry also played for the Kansas City Athletics,Cleveland Indians,and New York Mets. He later enjoyed a successful career as a professional golfer.
James Lee Kaat is an American former professional baseball player and television sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a left-handed pitcher for the Washington Senators / Minnesota Twins (1959–1973),Chicago White Sox (1973–1975),Philadelphia Phillies (1976–1979),New York Yankees (1979–1980),and St. Louis Cardinals (1980–1983). His playing career spanned 25 years.
James Sherman Wynn,nicknamed "the Toy Cannon",was an American professional baseball player. He played 15 seasons as a center fielder;he spent ten of his fifteen seasons with the Houston Colt .45s / Astros before playing 2 All-Star seasons for the Los Angeles Dodgers and then two more seasons with three other teams. Wynn was nicknamed "The Toy Cannon" because his bat was described as having a lot of "pop" for his small size at 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) and 160 lb (73 kg).
Melvin Leon Stottlemyre Sr. was an American professional baseball pitcher and pitching coach. He played for 11 seasons in Major League Baseball,all for the New York Yankees,and coached for 23 seasons,for the Yankees,New York Mets,Houston Astros,and Seattle Mariners. He was a five-time MLB All-Star as a player and a five-time World Series champion as a coach.
Robert James "Rick" Monday Jr. is an American former professional baseball player who now serves as a broadcaster. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a center fielder from 1966 to 1984,most notably as a member of the Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers with whom he won a World Series championship in 1981.
Roy David McMillan was an American professional baseball player,coach and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop from 1951 to 1966,most prominently as a member of the Cincinnati Reds,where he was the starting shortstop for nine seasons.
Robert John Shaw was an American professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher,he played in Major League Baseball on seven teams for 11 seasons,from 1957 to 1967. In 1962,he was a National League (NL) All-Star player. In 1966,he led all National League pitchers with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage.
Robert JoséWatson was an American professional baseball player,coach and general manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman and left fielder from 1966 to 1984,most prominently as a member of the Houston Astros where he was a two-time All-Star player. Watson had a .295 batting average over a career that also saw him play for the Boston Red Sox,New York Yankees,and the Atlanta Braves.
James Timothy "Mudcat" Grant Jr. was an American baseball pitcher who played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Cleveland Indians,Minnesota Twins,Los Angeles Dodgers,Montreal Expos,St. Louis Cardinals,Oakland Athletics,and Pittsburgh Pirates from 1958 to 1971. He was a two-time All-Star.
Delmar Wesley Crandall was an American professional baseball player and manager. Crandall played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1949 to 1966,most prominently as a member of the Boston / Milwaukee Braves where,he was an eleven-time All-Star player and was a member of the 1957 World Series winning team.
Eugene Lewis Freese,was an American professional baseball third baseman,who was widely noted as a journeyman. Freese played in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates (twice),St. Louis Cardinals,Philadelphia Phillies,Chicago White Sox (twice),Cincinnati Reds,and Houston Astros,for 12 seasons (1955–1966).
Ernest Gilbert Broglio was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball from 1959 to 1966.
Russell Eugene Nixon was an American professional baseball player,coach and manager. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1957 to 1968. A veteran of 55 years in professional baseball,Nixon managed at virtually every level of the sport,from the lowest minor league to MLB assignments with the Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed,and stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 190 pounds (86 kg) in his playing days.
Duane Charles Josephson was an American catcher who played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox in parts of eight seasons spanning 1965–1972. Listed at 6' 0",190 lb.,he batted and threw right-handed.
The 1966 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing first in the American League with a record of 97 wins and 63 losses,nine games ahead of the runner-up Minnesota Twins. It was their first AL pennant since 1944,when the club was known as the St. Louis Browns. The Orioles swept the NL champion Los Angeles Dodgers in four games to register their first-ever World Series title. The team was managed by Hank Bauer,and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They drew 1,203,366 fans to their home ballpark,third in the ten-team league. It would be the highest home attendance of the team's first quarter-century at Memorial Stadium,and was eclipsed by the pennant-winning 1979 Orioles. This was the first season to feature names on the back of the uniforms and the first with the cartoon bird on the cap.
Ángel Luis Mangual Guilbe was a Puerto Rican baseball outfielder who played seven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed "Little Clemente",he played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Oakland Athletics from 1969 to 1976. He batted and threw right-handed and was a three-time World Series champion.
The 1966 Detroit Tigers season was the 66th consecutive season for the Detroit franchise in the American League. The Tigers,who had finished fourth in the ten-team AL in 1965 with an 89–73 record,won one less game in 1966,going 88–74,but moved up to third in the league,ten full games behind the eventual world champion Baltimore Orioles. The team attracted 1,124,293 fans to Tiger Stadium,fifth in the ten-team circuit.
Robert Paul Brown was an American-born Canadian professional baseball player,manager,and team owner. He was active in minor league baseball in various capacities from 1900 through 1953,appearing in over 600 games as player and managing for at least 14 seasons. He was a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and served in the U.S. military during the Spanish–American War.
