The Buffalo Bisons are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League and the Triple-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. Located in Buffalo,New York,the team plays their home games at Sahlen Field,the highest-capacity Triple-A ballpark in the United States.
John Rikard Dempsey is an American former professional baseball player. He played for 24 seasons as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1969 to 1992,most prominently for the Baltimore Orioles where he played for 10 years and was a member of the 1983 World Series winning team. Dempsey was known for being one of the best defensive catchers of his era. In 1997,he was inducted into the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame.
The following are the baseball events of the year 2004 throughout the world.
Jaret Samuel Wright is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played all or parts of 11 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians,San Diego Padres,Atlanta Braves,New York Yankees,and Baltimore Orioles,primarily as a starting pitcher.
Johnny Lane Oates was an American professional baseball player,coach,and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a catcher for the Baltimore Orioles,Atlanta Braves,Philadelphia Phillies,Los Angeles Dodgers,and New York Yankees from 1970 to 1981. During his playing career,Oates was a light-hitting player who was valued for his defensive skills and played most of his career as a reserve player. It was as a big league manager that Oates experienced his greatest success,when,under his leadership,the Texas Rangers won three American League Western Division titles.
Joel Patrick Skinner is an American professional baseball manager and coach,and former Major League catcher and manager. Skinner mostly has managed at the minor-league level,save for one half of one season at the helm of the 2002 Cleveland Indians. He is the son of Bob Skinner,a National League outfielder in the 1950s and 1960s,and himself a former MLB coach and skipper.
Robert Andrew Meacham is an American former professional baseball shortstop,who spent his entire six-year big league playing career with the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). Since retiring from active play,Meacham has managed and coached for several organizations in the majors and minors.
Joseph Salvatore Altobelli was an American professional baseball first baseman and outfielder who played for the Cleveland Indians and Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball. He was also a manager for the San Francisco Giants,Baltimore Orioles,and Chicago Cubs. He batted and threw left-handed.
Michael Anthony Easler,nicknamed "the Hit Man",is an American former professional baseball outfielder,designated hitter,and coach,who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros,California Angels,Pittsburgh Pirates,Boston Red Sox,New York Yankees,and Philadelphia Phillies,from 1973 to 1987.
Patrick Joseph Forbes is an American former professional baseball infielder,who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1998 to 2001 for the Baltimore Orioles and Philadelphia Phillies. He was later a minor league baseball manager in the Pittsburgh Pirates and Los Angeles Dodgers organizations.
Gustavo Karim García Aguayo is a Mexican former professional baseball right fielder. García bats and throws left-handed.
Timothy John Laker is an American professional baseball catcher and coach. He is the offensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was previously the hitting coach for the Seattle Mariners. He played in MLB for the Montreal Expos,Baltimore Orioles,Tampa Bay Devil Rays,Pittsburgh Pirates,and Cleveland Indians from 1992 to 2006.
Einar Antonio Díaz is a Panamanian professional baseball player and coach currently a coach for the AAA Gwinnett Stripers. Díaz played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a catcher for the Cleveland Indians,Texas Rangers,Montreal Expos,St. Louis Cardinals,and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1996 through 2006.
Richard Fremont Dauer is an American former infielder and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB). He spent his entire 10-year MLB playing career with the Baltimore Orioles,winning the 1983 World Series. He was primarily a second baseman,and also played third base. Following his career as a player,he spent 19 seasons as an MLB coach for numerous teams,winning the World Series in 2017 as the first base coach for the Houston Astros. Played San Bernardino Spirit baseball coach in the 1988 motion picture Stealing Home which starred Mark Harmon and Jodie Foster.
Marcus Wayne Garland is a retired American professional baseball player. A right-hander,he pitched in the major leagues for nine seasons from 1973 to 1981 for the Baltimore Orioles (1973–1976) and Cleveland Indians (1977–1981). He was one of the first 24 ballplayers who profited from the advent of MLB free agency following the 1976 season,when he became the first MLB player to sign a 10-year contract.
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.
Jeffrey William Datz is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) catcher and coach who played for the Detroit Tigers in 1989,and who is currently a scout for the New York Yankees.
Brian Graham is an American former Major League Baseball coach,former MLB Front Office Executive,minor league player and minor league manager and coach (Indians).
Howard Roddy Clark is an American professional baseball coach and former utility player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles,Toronto Blue Jays,and Minnesota Twins,and coached for the Orioles and Chicago White Sox. He is currently the hitting coach for the Memphis Redbirds.
Randy Radames Ruiz is an American former professional baseball designated hitter and first baseman. He stands 6'1" and weighs 240 pounds. Born in The Bronx,New York to parents from Santurce,Puerto Rico,he attended James Monroe High School,and played baseball under coach Mike Turo. He then attended Bellevue University in Bellevue,Nebraska,where he played college level baseball. Ruiz was originally drafted by the New York Mets in the 36th round of the 1996 Major League Baseball draft,but did not sign.
