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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.
Julio César Franco Robles is a Dominican former professional baseball player and coach,who is a hitting coach for the farm team of the Lotte Giants of the KBO League. He spent most of his playing career in Major League Baseball (MLB),entering the major leagues in 1982 and last appearing in 2007,at which time he was the oldest active big league player. During that stretch,Franco also spent two seasons playing in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and one season playing in the KBO.
Charles Joseph Hiller was an American Major League Baseball second baseman. In the 1962 World Series,he became the first National League player to hit a grand slam in a World Series.
Kenton Lloyd "Ken" Boyer was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) third baseman,coach and manager who played with the St. Louis Cardinals,New York Mets,Chicago White Sox,and Los Angeles Dodgers for 15 seasons,1955 through 1969.
Mark James Grudzielanek is an American former Major League Baseball second baseman and shortstop. Grudzielanek played for six different teams during his 15-season career. He batted and threw right-handed. He was most recently the 2019 manager of the Charlotte Knights,the Triple-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox.
Stanley Camfield Hack,nicknamed "Smiling Stan",was an American third baseman and manager in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Chicago Cubs and was the National League's top third baseman in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Usually a leadoff hitter,he batted .301 lifetime,scored 100 runs seven times and led the NL in hits and stolen bases twice each. His 1092 walks ranked fourth in NL history when he retired,and remain a franchise record;he also hit .348 in the World Series,which he competed in four times. His .394 career on-base percentage was the highest by a 20th-century third baseman until Wade Boggs exceeded it in the late 1980s,and was the top NL mark until 2001. Hack led the NL in putouts five times,in double plays three times and in assists and fielding percentage twice each. At the end of his career he ranked second in major league history to Pie Traynor in games (1836) at third base,second in NL history to Traynor in putouts (1944),assists (3494) and total chances (5684),and third in NL history in double plays (255).
Kenneth Joseph Aspromonte is an American retired professional baseball player and manager. During his active career,Aspromonte spent all or parts of seven seasons (1957–63) in the Major Leagues,mostly as a second baseman,for the Boston Red Sox,Washington Senators,Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Angels of the American League,and the Milwaukee Braves and Chicago Cubs of the National League. He spent three years (1964–66) playing in Japan with the Chunichi Dragons and Taiyo Whales. He also managed in the Major Leagues for three full seasons as skipper of the 1972–74 Indians.
Richard Joseph Hebner is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a third baseman from 1968 through 1985,most prominently as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates teams that won five National League Eastern Division titles in six years between 1970 and 1975 and won the World Series in 1971. After his playing career,Hebner spent several years as a hitting coach at the major league and minor league levels. He also managed minor league teams in the Pirates,Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles organizations.
Robert Ralph Skinner is an American former professional baseball outfielder / first baseman,manager,coach,and scout,who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for three National League (NL) teams. In all,Skinner spent over 50 years in the game.
Ted Crawford Sizemore is an American former Major League Baseball second baseman. He was named the National League's Rookie of the Year in 1969.
Calvin Wayne Emery was an American professional baseball first baseman and batting coach,who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies. He also spent the 1970 season with Hankyu Braves of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). During his playing days,Emery stood 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall,weighing 205 pounds (93 kg);he threw and batted left-handed. Emery attended Penn State University.
David Lee Chalk is an American former professional baseball player,whose primary positions were third base and shortstop. Chalk appeared in 903 games over nine seasons (1973–1981) in Major League Baseball for four teams,and was a two-time American League All-Star. Born in Del Rio,Texas,he batted and threw right-handed,and was listed as 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and 175 pounds (79 kg).
Thomas Michael Brown is an American former professional baseball player. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with his hometown Brooklyn Dodgers at 16 years and 241 days old,starting at shortstop at Ebbets Field against the Chicago Cubs,on August 3,1944,during the World War II manpower shortage. Brown thus became the youngest non-pitcher to ever play in a major league game,and the second-youngest overall after Joe Nuxhall,who was 15 years and 316 days old when he first appeared as a hurler for the Cincinnati Reds on June 10,1944. In Brown's debut game,he collected his first big-league hit,a double off the Cubs' Bob Chipman,and in the field handled three chances,with one error,as the Dodgers fell,6–2.
Philip Joseph Gagliano was an American professional baseball player who forged a 12-season,702-game career in Major League Baseball as a utility infielder/outfielder and pinch hitter for four clubs between 1963 and 1974. He threw and batted right-handed,and was listed as 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and 180 pounds (82 kg).
Ronald Wayne Garrett is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) and in the Nippon Professional Baseball league as a third baseman from 1969 to 1980,most prominently as a member of the New York Mets,where he was a member of the 1969 World Series winning team known as the Miracle Mets. He also played for the Montreal Expos and the St. Louis Cardinals. Garrett played his final two seasons of professional baseball in Japan with the Chunichi Dragons.
Gary Lynn Sutherland,nicknamed "Sudsy",is an American former professional baseball middle infielder. He played college baseball at the University of Southern California and later played 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB),from 1966 to 1978.
Kenneth George Boswell is a former Major League Baseball second baseman.
Gerald Peter Buchek was an American middle infielder and third baseman who played all or parts of seven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets. Buchek threw and batted right-handed,stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg).
Juan Francisco Herrera Villavicencio,nicknamed "Pancho" and "Frank",was a Cuban-born professional baseball player. He appeared in an even 300 games over all or part of three seasons in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies between 1958 and 1961,primarily as a first baseman. He also played for the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro American League,from whom he was purchased by the Phillies in 1954. A prodigious minor-league slugger,Herrera was listed at 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall and 220 pounds (100 kg);he threw and batted right-handed. He was the first Afro-Latino to play for the Phillies.
Laurence Joseph Fritz,nicknamed "Zeb",was an American professional baseball first baseman,who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies,as a pinch hitter. He appeared in only one big league game,during the 1975 season. Listed at 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m),225 lb.,Fritz batted and threw left-handed.
