Within the span of a week, the last two surviving members of the St. Louis Browns both passed away. The first was Ed Mickelson, a first baseman whose 11-year career in professional baseball include…| RIP Baseball
In his first baseball career, Ron Taylor was an 11-year reliever in the major leagues, playing a role on two championship teams. In his second, he was “Dr. Baseball,” a medical professi…| RIP Baseball
There have been 10 sets of twins who both played in the major leagues, but only four sets have been teammates — none with the Minnesota Twins, oddly. There were Joe and Red Shannon of the 191…| RIP Baseball
RIP to Carl Warwick, an outfielder whose 6-year career in the major leagues included some World Series heroics that are still a part of MLB’s postseason record book. He died on April 5 at the…| RIP Baseball
Bob Uecker, one of baseball’s greatest entertainers, died on January 16 at the age of 90. He had been battling small cell lung cancer for two years, but it was a battle that he never made pub…| RIP Baseball
RIP to Gaylen Pitts, who managed in the minor leagues for nearly 20 years after his playing career ended. He had two stints in the major leagues, one as an infielder for two seasons and one as a co…| RIP Baseball
RIP to pitcher Nelson Chittum, who played in the major leagues for parts of three seasons in the 1950s. He was a bright spot in an otherwise unremarkable Red Sox team. Chittum died on July 15 in Le…| RIP Baseball