Brooklyn Dodger Players Alive
I’ve been working on a list of Brooklyn Dodger players alive. When I started the list, there were 63, but Thursday 1/21/10, Bobby Bragan passed away at the age of 92.
Below is the updated list.
It starts with Tony Malinosky, the oldest at 100 years old and Rod Miller who had a birthday on 1/16, the youngest at 70 years old. Sandy Koufax is the third youngest one.
Here is Duke Snider working with the young players at the Winter Workouts iat Dodger Stadium in 2009.
July 28, 2010: Sadly, the list is now down to 59 Brooklyn Dodger players.
November 7, 2010: Rest in peace Clyde King. He passed away November 2, 2010
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Player name |
Birthdate |
Born in and other Notes |
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Tony Malinosky |
10/5/1909 |
Illinois, lives in Oxnard, CA. |
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George Cisar ** |
8/25/1910 |
Chicago, Il. **Died 2/19/10
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Mike Sandlock |
10/17/1915 |
Old GreenwichCT, active Golfer. |
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Ray Hathaway |
10/13/1916 |
Grinville, OH. Minor league manager |
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Bobby Bragan ** |
10/30/1917 |
***Passed away Thursday 01/21/2010***
Cy Buker
2/5/1919
Greenwood, WI. Cyril was a pitcher.
Lee Pfund
10/10/1919
ILL. His son was MGR of Miami Heats.
Luis Olmo
10/11/1919
Puerto Rico. Played for Mexico, Cuba.
Cliff Dapper
1/2/1920
Los Angeles, CA. Traded for announcer Ernie Harwell
Boyd Bartley
2/11/1920
Chicago. . Played in nine games in 1943.
Gene Hermanski
5/11/1920
Pittsville, MA. Raised in New Jersey.
Jean-Pierre Roy
6/26/1920
Canada. Commentor for the Expos.
Pat McGlothin
10/20/1920
Coalfield, TN. Ezra Mac was a pitcher.
Johnny Schmitz
11/27/1920
Wasau, WI. Lefty pitcher. Still living there.
Andy Pafko
2/25/1921
Boiceville, ILL. lives in Mount Prospect, IL.
Johnny Van Cuyk
7/7/1921
Little Chute, WI. Pitcher. Passed away July 10,2010
Marv Rackley
7/25/1921
Seneca, SC. Left fielder.
Chuck Kress
12/9/1921
Philadelphia, PA. Lefty First Baseman.
**Morrie Martin
9/3/1922
Dixon, MO. LP. Lives in Washington, MO. Died 5/24/10
Eddie Basinski
11/4/1922
Buffalo, NY. Nickname: the Fiddler. Bazzoka.
Don Lund
5/18/1923
Detroit, MI. Also drafted by the Chicago Bears.
Tim Thompson
3/1/1924
Coalport, PA. Lives in Lewinston, PA.
Clyde King **
5/23/1924
Goldboro, NC. Was Pitcher, coach, manager, GM for the Yankees.
George Shuba
12/13/1924
Youngston, OH. http://www.georgeshuba.com/
Ed Stevens
1/12/1925
Gavelston, TX Coach for the Padres in 1981.
Johnny Rutherford
5/5/1925
Ontario, CN. Pitcher. Nickname: Doc.
Wayne Terwilliger
6/27/1925
Clare, MI. Coach under Ted Williams.
Chris Haughey
10/3/1925
Astoria, NY. Pitcher Appeared in one game @ 18.
Cal McLish
12/1/1925
Anadarco, OK. Pitcher and pitching coach. Died 8/26/10
Ralph Branca
1/6/1926
Mount Vernon, NY. Lives in Rye, NY.
Bob Borkowski
1/27/1926
Dayton, OH. Lives in Dayton. Traded for Joe Black
Randy Jackson
2/10/1926
Little Rock, AR. Nickname: “Hansome Ransom.”
Dick Teed
3/8/1926
Springfield, MA. One at-bat in 1953.
Elmer Sexauer
5/21/1926
St Louis County, MO. Pitcher. Lives in Florida.
Don Newcombe
6/14/1926
Madison, NJ. Currently works for the Dodgers!
Bobby Morgan
6/29/1926
Oaklahoma City, OK. Infielder.
Duke Snider
9/19/1926
Los Angeles, CA. HOF. The Duke of Flatbush!
Charlie Osgood
11/23/1926
Sommerville, MA. Appeared in one game at 17.
Carl Erskine
12/13/1926
Anderson, IN. http://www.carlerskine.com/
Preston Ward
7/24/1927
Columbia, MO. Played 4 Cubs,Indians, Pirates, A’s
Rocky Bridges
8/7/1927
Refugio, TX. Infielder, coach & minor league mgr.
Tommy Lasorda
9/22/1927
Norristown, PA. 60 years working for the Dodgers!
Tommy Brown
12/6/1927
Brooklyn, NY. Also played for Phillies & Cubs.
Dick Williams
5/7/1928
St Louis, MO. LF, 3B, coach, Manager.
Ken Lehman
6/10/1928
Seattle, WA. Afterwards coach of Uni of WA.
Joe Landrum
12/13/1928
Columbia, SC. Pitcher
Joe Pignatano
8/4/1929
Brooklyn, NY. Catcher and coach.
Billy Loes **
12/13/1929
Long Island, NY. **passed away 7/15/2010
Gino Cimoli
12/18/1929
San Francisco, CA. Worked 21 years for UPS.
Roger Craig
2/17/1930
Durham, NC Pitcher, coach and manager.
Ron Negray
2/26/1930
Akron, OH. Also played for the Phillies.
Glenn Mickens
7/26/1930
Wilman, CA Afterwards became coach for UCLA
Don Zimmer
1/17/1931
Cincinnati, OH. Currently working for the Rays.
Ed Roebuck
7/3/1931
East Millboro, PA. Relief Pitcher and scout.
Fred Kipp
10/1/1931
Piqua, KS. Also pitched for the Yankees.
Bill Harris
12/3/1931
Canada. Pitched one game for Brooklyn and L.A.
Chico Fernandez
3/2/1932
Cuba. SS. Also played for Phillies, Tigers & Mets.
Danny McDevitt
11/18/1932
NY, NY. Pitched last game at Brooklyn.
Jim Gentile
6/3/1934
San Francisco, CA. Hitting coach for Flyers.
Don Demeter
6/25/1935
Oaklahoma City, OK. CF. Now a Baptist minister.
Sandy Koufax
12/30/1935
Brooklyn, NY. Greatest Lefthander pitcher!
Bob Aspromonte
6/19/1938
Brooklyn, NY Resides in Houston, Tx.
Rod Miller
1/16/1940
Portland, OR. He played in one game in 1957.
I love you Boys of Summer!
What I have done after my baseball career and being able to help people with their lives and getting their lives back on track and they become human beings again — means more to me than all the things I did in baseball. – Don Newcombe
crzblue
yeah Indians and I am not done! I am crazy that way!
Very interesting. That is a lot of research!
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CRZ you out did yourself!! I’ve been waiting to see this list since you told us you were working on it! Awesome. I tip my B’klyn cap to you.
George Shuba! the name is synonomous with baseball in my hometown of Youngstown. i do believe there is a ball field named for him
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I loved meeting Don Newcombe when I went to see the Dodgers last summer. He was such a gentleman and very handsome still!
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Thanks Mike!
I finally finished updating it!
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Matt,
Really? did you see he has a website?
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Jane,
Don Newcombe is a sweeetheart! and the best dressed man at the stadium!
Happy Birthday Bob Borkowski! He turns 84 today!
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In fact, Happy Birthday to all the Boys of Summer on the list that have birthday in January!
Clif Dapper, who was traded for an announcer. He turned 90!
Ed Stevens, he turned 85
Ralph Branca, he turned 84
Don Zimmer, he turned 79
Ron Miller, the youngest one turned 70!
My goodness what a list!!! You have outdone yourself
That must have taken a long time. Thank you for sharing that is quite wonderful
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Mimi,
LOL. Yeah..It took a while. I was going down the list and thinking “OK, how many more to go?” But still it was fun. Thanks!
Emma,
Great work on digging up all those facts and throwing them out here for all of us to enjoy.
It is great to see so many old timers from a beloved franchsie like Brooklyn/Los Angeles still kicking and cursing at the television.
I know Don Zimmer always chats about his days up in the borough of Brooklyn, and even about a few movie star sightings while in Los Angeles.
Digging up this type of history is fun and can amaze you with what you find.
Again fantastic list and hopefully we will not lose another soul in 2010…..
Rays Renegade
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Wow, Emma, that’s quite a list! So many former Brooklyn Dodgers I need to go bug for autographs! Next post you should publish their addresses (lol, just kidding of course
–Jeff
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http://mtrredstatebluestate.com
thanks Cliff!
. I can imagine some saying “That is not the way to do it or something like it.
I am happy that so many are still around like you said to kick and scream at the TV
It must be a joy to have Zimmer telling stories.
Digging to all this took me to many website and half way thru it, I became a member of http://www.sabr.org/ the Society for American Baseball Research.
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Jeff,
I only have 4 autographs from the 63 Brooklyn Dodger players. I would love to get one more autograph but a handshake would make me just as happy.
Wow, that’s pretty cool. Some of these guys are about my Great Grandmother’s age. She turned 99 in November 2009, and she’s still alive. Hope the Dodgers do well this season. Heard they signed CT native Brad Ausmus.
-Holly
http://irishsoxkid19.mlblogs.com
Holly!
How wonderful that your Great Grandmother turned 99! Big one coming up this year! Was she and is she a baseball fan? If she was/is, ooooh the stories she can tell. I am happy to have Aumus back. I hope that when he retires as a player, that he goes into coaching and hopefully with the Dodgers. We shall see. Did not realized that he is a CT native.
Thanks!
Hi Emma! It’s just overwhelming!
I never imagined a Brooklyn Dodger other than Mr. Lasorda is currently working for Los Angeles Dogers.
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nice work!
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Thanks Nao!
I’ve been looking for the baseball book you mentioned but have not been able to find it but I did see I can purchase it online.
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Thanks Indians!
Boy, Duke is looking kind of grumpy in that photo. Nice work compiling the list. I never would have imagined there were still that many Brooklyn players still with us.
Sue
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VERY nice, CrzBlue !. Such a great list and what a great bunch of memories they must have.
Do you have your spring training plans set yet? I will be in Glendale,Az for the week of March 8 thru the 12th. 2 games @ Camelback and 1 in Goodyear against the Reds.
Hope to see ya there.
Rob
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Sue,
You are right. He looks a tad grumpy but I am OK with it. I am just glad that he was lecturing the young guns coming up the latter.
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Hey Mike!
I was at Dodger Stadium today for Select a Seat. I have some pics I will share.
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Rob!
So good to read you again! Thanks! My friend and I are planning on being at Camelback the first weekend and the last. Just looked at the schedule. Looks like I will miss you. Oh well, see you at the Stadium!
I am sorry to report that the second oldest Broklyn Dodger player passed away.
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George Cisar, who appeared in 20 games for the Dodgers in 1937, passed away on February 19 at the age of 97. Now we are down to 61.
Rest in peace George.
Sadly with the passing of Johnny Van Cuyk and
Billy Loes in July, we are now down to 59 living Brooklyn Dodgers.