The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs,known simply as the American League (AL),is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League,a minor league based in the Great Lakes states,which eventually aspired to major league status. It is sometimes called the Junior Circuit because it claimed Major League status for the 1901 season,25 years after the formation of the National League.
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.
Tony Lee Cloninger was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher from 1961 through 1972 for the Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves,Cincinnati Reds and the St. Louis Cardinals.
Juan Manuel Nieves Cruz is a Puerto Rican professional baseball pitcher and coach who is currently the assistant pitching coach for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1986 to 1988. He has coached in MLB for the Chicago White Sox,Boston Red Sox,and Miami Marlins.
David Edwin Duncan is an American pitching consultant for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is also a former professional baseball catcher and pitching coach. He began his MLB playing career in 1964 and played again consecutively from 1967 to 1976 for the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics,Cleveland Indians,and Baltimore Orioles.
Jeffrey Lynn Newman is an American former Major League Baseball catcher. Newman was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 26th round of the 1970 Major League Baseball Draft. He made his MLB debut in 1976. He was an All Star in 1979. He served as the interim manager of the Oakland Athletics in 1986.
Robert Craig McClure is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher from 1975 to 1993,most notably as a member of the Milwaukee Brewers with whom he won the 1982 American League pennant. Following his playing career,he has served as a coach for several MLB teams.
Charles Richard Lau was an American professional baseball player and a highly influential hitting coach. During his playing career in Major League Baseball,Lau appeared in 527 games as a catcher and pinch hitter over all or portions of 11 seasons for four clubs. Then,beginning in 1969,he spent 15 years as a coach for five American League teams,most notably the Kansas City Royals. He was the incumbent hitting coach of the Chicago White Sox when he died,aged 50,from colorectal cancer in 1984.
Gary Martin Allenson is an American former Major League Baseball catcher and coach and minor league manager. In 2017,he spent a second stint as manager of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats of the Double-A Eastern League,after serving the previous three seasons in that role with the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons of the International League. Both are affiliates of the Toronto Blue Jays.
Myron Walter Drabowsky was an American professional baseball pitcher,best-remembered for throwing 6+2⁄3 scoreless innings of relief to win Game 1 of the 1966 World Series. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs,Milwaukee Braves,Cincinnati Reds,Kansas City Athletics,Baltimore Orioles,Kansas City Royals,St. Louis Cardinals,and Chicago White Sox. A noted practical joker,Drabowsky engaged in such antics as leaving snakes in teammates' lockers or phoning the opposing team's bullpen to tell a pitcher to warm up. He batted and threw right-handed.
Raymond Frederick Berres was an American professional baseball catcher and pitching coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Brooklyn Dodgers,Pittsburgh Pirates,Boston Bees / Braves and New York Giants.
James Louis Beattie is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played for the New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners from 1978 to 1986. He also served as the Montreal Expos' general manager from 1995 to 2001,and was the Baltimore Orioles' general manager with Mike Flanagan from 2003 to 2005. As of 2010,Beattie served as a professional scout in the Toronto Blue Jays organization through the 2018 season. Beattie retired from his decades-long career in MLB at the end of the 2018 season. Beattie starred in baseball and basketball at South Portland High School in South Portland,Maine.
Lewis Bernard Krausse Jr. was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Kansas City / Oakland Athletics,Milwaukee Brewers,Boston Red Sox,St. Louis Cardinals,and Atlanta Braves from 1961 to 1974. He batted and threw right-handed and served primarily as a starting pitcher. Once a highly-touted prospect,he had to overcome arm trouble early in his career and spent most of his career with teams that offered low run support.
Philip Anthony Roof is an American former professional baseball player,coach and minor league manager. He played for 15 seasons as a catcher in Major League Baseball in 1961 and from 1964 to 1977,most notably for the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics and the Minnesota Twins. Although Roof did not produce impressive offensive statistics,he excelled defensively as a catcher which enabled him to sustain a lengthy career in the major leagues due to his valuable defensive abilities. He was the first player acquired by the expansion Toronto Blue Jays.
Kenneth George Sanders is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1964 to 1976 for the Kansas City Athletics,Boston Red Sox,Oakland Athletics,Milwaukee Brewers,Minnesota Twins,Cleveland Indians,California Angels,New York Mets,and Kansas City Royals.
Thomas Andrew Murphy is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.
Dyar K. Miller is an American former professional baseball pitcher and coach. A graduate of Utah State,Miller pitched 13 seasons in professional baseball between 1968 and 1984,including seven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles,California Angels,Toronto Blue Jays,and New York Mets. After his playing career,Miller coached and instructed for 28 seasons,mainly in the minor leagues. He most recently served as the Cardinals' bullpen coach in 2012.
Gerald Edward McNertney is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher in 1964 and then from 1966 to 1973.
Herman Paul Starrette was an American relief pitcher;pitching and bullpen coach;and farm system official in Major League Baseball. Starrette was a native and lifelong resident of Statesville,North Carolina. He attended Lenoir Rhyne College in nearby Hickory. During his playing days,he threw and batted right-handed,stood 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) tall,and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg).
Donnie Scott Hart is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos of the Mexican League. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles,Milwaukee Brewers,and New York Mets.
