Octavio Víctor "Cookie" Rojas Rivas,is a Cuban-American former professional baseball player,coach,manager and current television sports presenter. He played in Major League Baseball as a second baseman and outfielder from 1962 to 1977,most prominently for the Philadelphia Phillies where he first became an All-Star player,and later with the Kansas City Royals where his veteran experience and leadership played an integral role in helping the young Royals franchise develop into a championship team.
Frank Joseph Lucchesi was an American professional baseball player,manager,and coach. He was the manager of three Major League Baseball (MLB) teams:the Philadelphia Phillies (1970–1972);Texas Rangers (1975–1977);and Chicago Cubs. Overall,Lucchesi posted a career win–loss record of 316–399 (.442).
Alexander Peter Grammas was an American professional baseball infielder,manager and coach. A native of Birmingham,Alabama,Grammas played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals,Cincinnati Redlegs and Chicago Cubs. He threw and batted right-handed,and was listed as 6 feet (1.83 m) tall and 175 pounds (79 kg). Grammas's family origins are from Agios Dimitrios,Greece.
Joseph John Maddon is an American former professional baseball manager and coach. He has managed the Tampa Bay Rays,Chicago Cubs,and Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB).
William Joseph Evers is an American professional baseball coach and a former minor league player and longtime manager and instructor. In November 2018,he was named a coach on the staff of Rocco Baldelli,the 2019 manager of the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball. The appointment marked the second MLB staff assignment of Evers' 44-year baseball career:he spent 2006 and 2007 as the bench coach during Joe Maddon's first two seasons as skipper of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
John Lester Moss was an American professional baseball player,coach,scout and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the St. Louis Browns for the most significant portion of his career,and was a backup catcher almost all his career.
Rene George Lachemann is an American former professional baseball coach,catcher and manager. He spent 53 years in Major League Baseball,including service as the manager of the Seattle Mariners (1981–83),Milwaukee Brewers (1984),and expansion Florida Marlins (1993–96).
Francis Raymond Blades was an American left fielder,manager,coach and scout in Major League Baseball (MLB).
Preston Gómez was a Cuban-born infielder,manager,coach and front-office official in Major League Baseball (MLB),best known for managing three major league clubs:the San Diego Padres (1969–72),Houston Astros (1974–75) and Chicago Cubs (1980). Born in Central Preston,Cuba,he was given his nickname in U.S. professional baseball from his birthplace.
David Garcia was an American coach,scout and manager in Major League Baseball who spent over 65 years in professional baseball. He served as manager of the California Angels (1977–78) and Cleveland Indians (1979–82). Including three games as acting manager of the 1975 Indians,during his first coaching tenure there,he compiled a career record of 310 wins and 311 defeats (.499).
Avitus Bernard "Vedie" Himsl was an American professional baseball player,manager,coach and scout. Born in Plevna,Montana,Himsl was a member of the class of 1938 from Saint John's University in Collegeville,Minnesota.
Louis Frank Klein was an American professional baseball player,manager,coach and scout. During his active career he was an infielder in the Major Leagues for the St. Louis Cardinals,Cleveland Indians and Philadelphia Athletics,and was known as one of the players who "jumped" to the Mexican League in 1946. He was then suspended by Commissioner of Baseball Happy Chandler for a five-year span,although the suspension was later reduced.
Irving Arnold Noren was an American professional baseball and basketball player. He was an outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1950 through 1960 for the Washington Senators,New York Yankees,Kansas City Athletics,St. Louis Cardinals,Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers. He also played for the National Basketball League's Chicago American Gears in 1946–47. Later in his baseball career,Noren was a minor league manager and the third-base coach of the 1972–73 World Series champion Oakland Athletics. As a player and coach between 1950 and 1975,Noren was a member of five world championship teams. The last surviving member of the 1952 World Series champion Yankees,he died at his home in Oceanside,California,on November 15,2019,at age 94.
Elwood Robert Clear was an American minor league baseball infielder,pitcher and manager,and a Major League coach with the California Angels. He was born in Denver,Colorado,and moved to Los Angeles with his family in 1940. During his active career,Clear batted and threw right-handed and was listed as 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) tall and 170 pounds (77 kg). He was the uncle of former MLB relief pitcher Mark Clear.
Jack E. Hiatt is an American former professional baseball player and minor league manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from 1964 to 1972,most prominently as a member of the San Francisco Giants. After his playing career,he managed in the minor leagues before serving as the Giants' director of player development.
Henry Adrian Garrett Jr.,nicknamed "Pat" and "Smokey",was an American professional baseball player and coach. A utility man in Major League Baseball,he appeared in 163 total games during eight seasons between 1966 and 1976 for the Atlanta Braves,Chicago Cubs,Oakland Athletics and California Angels. He batted left-handed,threw right-handed,and was listed at 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall and 185 pounds (84 kg).
Fred Carl Koenig was an American first baseman and manager in minor league baseball and a coach and farm system director at the Major League level. A native of St. Louis,Missouri,Koenig threw and batted right-handed and stood 6'3" (190 cm) and weighed 210 pounds (95 kg) in his playing days. He graduated from St. Louis' Central High School and attended the University of Illinois.
Anthony Wayne Franklin is an American manager in minor league baseball and a former infielder in the minor leagues. He spent eight seasons as manager of the Trenton Thunder,Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees from 2007 to 2014,and led the Thunder to three Eastern League championships and two additional division titles. In 2015,he was named manager of the Pulaski Yankees in Virginia.
Harry Alexander Dunlop was an American former catcher,coach and manager in professional baseball. As a player,Dunlop never reached Major League Baseball—he spent his early career as a catcher and pilot in the minor leagues—but he spent 21 seasons in the big leagues as a coach during the period between 1969 and 2005.
Hubert Milton Kittle was an American professional baseball pitcher,manager and front office executive in the minor leagues and a pitching coach at the Major League level. When he took the mound for the Triple-A Springfield Redbirds in an official American Association game on August 27,1980,at the age of 63,Kittle,a longtime minor league hurler whose professional career began in the 1930s,became the only man ever to pitch in professional baseball in six decades. He retired the Iowa Oaks on 11 pitches.
