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John Joseph Podres was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in the majors from 1953 to 1969,spending most of his career with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers. Podres won four World Series titles with the Dodgers. He is best known for pitching a shutout in game 7 of the 1955 World Series to give the Dodgers their first championship.
Patrick Edward Dobson,Jr. was an American right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers (1967–69),San Diego Padres (1970),Baltimore Orioles (1971–72),Atlanta Braves (1973),New York Yankees (1973–75) and Cleveland Indians (1976–77). He was best known for being one of four Orioles pitchers to win 20 games in their 1971 season.
Freddy Antonio García is a Venezuelan former professional baseball pitcher. He is best known for his many seasons with seven Major League Baseball (MLB) franchises,including the Seattle Mariners,Chicago White Sox,and New York Yankees. Garcia has also pitched in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL),Mexican League,and Venezuelan Professional Baseball League.
Melton Andrew Hawkins is an American former professional baseball pitcher and current coach. Hawkins spent most of his Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the San Diego Padres,and also played for the New York Yankees and briefly for the Oakland Athletics. He is currently the assistant pitching coach of the Salt Lake Bees.
Claude Wilson Osteen,nicknamed "Gomer" because of his resemblance to television character Gomer Pyle,is an American former professional baseball left-handed pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Redlegs/Reds,Washington Senators,Los Angeles Dodgers,Houston Astros,St. Louis Cardinals,and Chicago White Sox.
Robert "Kip" Wells is an American former professional baseball pitcher. In his Major League Baseball (MLB) career,he played for the Pittsburgh Pirates,Texas Rangers,St. Louis Cardinals,Colorado Rockies,Chicago White Sox,Kansas City Royals,Washington Nationals,Cincinnati Reds and San Diego Padres between 1999 and 2012.
Harry Ralston "Bud" Black is an American professional baseball manager and former pitcher who is the manager of the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB from 1981 through 1995,most notably for the Kansas City Royals and Cleveland Indians. He coached the Anaheim Angels / Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim from 2000 through 2006 and managed the San Diego Padres from 2007 through 2015. He was named the National League Manager of the Year in 2010.
Joseph Adam "J. D." Durbin,is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins,Arizona Diamondbacks,and the Philadelphia Phillies,in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks,and in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the Lamigo Monkeys.
Richard Edward Donovan was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Boston Braves (1950–1952),Detroit Tigers (1954),Chicago White Sox (1955–1960),Washington Senators (1961) and Cleveland Indians (1962–1965). He batted left-handed and threw right-handed,stood 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall and weighed 190 pounds (86 kg).
Matthew J. Thornton,is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Born in Three Rivers,Michigan he grew up and attended high school in Centreville. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners,Chicago White Sox,Boston Red Sox,New York Yankees,Washington Nationals,and San Diego Padres. Thornton is second all-time in American League history in holds (182).
John Whitlow Wyatt was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of sixteen seasons in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers (1929–33),Chicago White Sox (1933–36),Cleveland Indians (1937),Brooklyn Dodgers (1939–44),and Philadelphia Phillies (1945). While injuries sidetracked much of Wyatt's early career,he is most famous for his performance in 1941,when his team won the National League pennant.
Vicente Romo Navarro is a Mexican former professional baseball pitcher. A right-hander,Romo played all or parts of eight seasons in Major League Baseball between 1968 and 1982,primarily as a relief pitcher. He had an extensive career in Mexico,where his career spanned 25 seasons from 1962–86,and he was elected to the Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Profesional de México in 1992. He is the older brother of fellow major league pitcher Enrique Romo.
Eric Ralph Rasmussen is a former professional baseball pitcher,and current coach in the Minnesota Twins organization.
John Elvin Harshman was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the New York Giants,Chicago White Sox,Baltimore Orioles,Boston Red Sox,and Cleveland Indians between 1948 and 1960. He batted and threw left-handed.
Tommie Wayne Sisk is a former right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1962 to 1970 for the Pittsburgh Pirates,San Diego Padres and Chicago White Sox.
Raymond Alton Hayward is a former left-handed Major League Baseball starting pitcher who played from 1986 to 1988 for the San Diego Padres and Texas Rangers. He is currently the pitching coach for the collegiate Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team.
Jackson A. Todd is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He represented the United States at the 1971 Pan American Games,where he won a silver medal.
Connie Johnson was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball. He was born Clifford Johnson Jr. in Stone Mountain,Georgia.
David Bruce Lundquist Jr. is an American former professional baseball pitcher and former bullpen coach for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). During his big league playing career,Lundquist pitched for the Chicago White Sox and San Diego Padres.
Dylan Davis Haines Axelrod is an American pitching performance and integration coordinator for the Detroit Tigers. He is also a former professional baseball pitcher,as well as a former pitcher for Team Israel. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds.