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Lou Maguolo
Louis Dewey Maguolo (8 June 1899 – 14 May 1977) was an American Major League Baseball executive. A baseball scout for the St. Louis Browns and New York Yankees, he was best known for signing Yankee greats Bill Skowron, Tony Kubek, Fritz Peterson, Jim Bouton, and Elston Howard. He is credited with signing at least 40 athletes who eventually played in the major leagues, ten of them for the Browns, including Al LaMacchia, Don Lenhardt, Marlin Stuart, Fuzz White, Jackie Juelich, Babe Martin, George Hausmann, and Roy Sievers. Others signed for the Yankees include Whitey Herzog, Cal Neeman, Norm Siebern, Lee Thomas, Jim Robertson, Jay Ward, Bob Keegan, Herb Plews, Lou Skizas, Bob Wiesler, Al Pilarcik, Bud Zipfel, Paul Hinrichs, Zach Monroe, Lloyd Merritt, Steve Kraly, Tom Metcalf, Mike Jurewicz, Hal Stowe, Jim Finigan, John Gabler, Joe Pactwa, Larry Murray, Jerry Lumpe, Jerry Kenney, Dave Bergman, and Dennis Werth. Maguolo was Head Scout for the Browns and Chief Midwest Sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cal Neeman
Calvin Amandus Neeman (February 18, 1929 – October 1, 2015) was an American professional baseball player who played catcher in the Major Leagues from 1957 to 1963 for the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Indians and Washington Senators. A native of Valmeyer, Illinois, he threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed . He was an alumnus of Illinois Wesleyan University, where he played both baseball and basketball. Newman entered baseball in 1949 after being signed to a New York Yankees' contract by scout Lou Maguolo. He spent six seasons in the Bombers' farm system (missing 1951–52 while performing United States Army service in the Korean War) until his selection by the Cubs in the 1956 Rule 5 draft. Neeman led all National League catchers in games caught (118), double plays, putouts and caught-stealing as a Cubs' rookie in . He collected a career-high 107 hits and 39 runs batted in, hitting .258 with ten home runs. The next year, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lloyd Merritt
Lloyd Wesley Merritt (born April 8, 1933) is a former professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher for one season (1957) with the St. Louis Cardinals. For his career, he compiled a 1–2 record, with a 3.31 earned run average, and 35 strikeouts in 65⅓ innings pitched. An alumnus of Washington University in St. Louis, he was born in St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi River, Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the Greater St. Louis, .... External links 1933 births Living people Atlanta Braves scouts Baseball players from Missouri Birmingham Barons players Houston Buffaloes players Houston Buffs players Joplin Miners players Kansas City Blues (baseball) players Little Rock Travelers players Major League Baseball pitchers Minor league baseball managers Omaha Cardinals players Philad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zach Monroe
Zachary Charles Monroe (born July 8, 1931) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who appeared in parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball (–) with the New York Yankees, and was a member of their 1958 World Series champions. The native of Peoria, Illinois, is an alumnus of Bradley University. He was listed as tall and , and threw and batted right-handed. Monroe's career began in 1952 and, interrupted by military service, lasted for nine seasons over 11 years. In June 1958, after he posted a 10–2 record for the Triple-A Denver Bears, he was called up to the Yankees and debuted on the 27th with 3 hitless innings of relief against the Kansas City Athletics. He went on to work 20 more games for the 1958 Bombers, making six starts and registering a complete game victory on September 2 against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium. In the 1958 World Series that followed, Monroe appeared in Game 2 in a " mop-up" assignment; coming into the contest in the home hal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Hinrichs
Paul Edwin Hinrichs (August 31, 1925 – April 9, 2023) was an American baseball player who was briefly a relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball during the 1951 season. After his baseball career, Hinrichs became a Lutheran minister. Early life Hinrichs was born to a family of German descent in Marengo, Iowa, the son of a Lutheran pastor, on August 31, 1925. He attended Concordia College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and enrolled at Concordia Seminary in Clayton, Missouri in 1943. He married Frances Rauscher in 1948, and they had five children, one of whom predeceased him. Career Hinrichs was signed to the Detroit Tigers organization in 1946, and first played in the West Texas–New Mexico League before going to the Dallas Rangers, the Tigers' Double A team. In 1948, ten minor league players within the Tigers farm system, including Hinrichs, were declared free agents after an investigation by Baseball Commissioner Happy Chandler found that the organizati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bud Zipfel
Marion Sylvester "Bud" Zipfel (born November 18, 1938) is a retired American professional baseball player who appeared in 118 games over two seasons in Major League Baseball for the 1961–1962 Washington Senators. Born in Belleville, Illinois, he was a first baseman and left fielder who batted left-handed, threw right-handed, stood tall and weighed . Baseball career After graduating from Belleville High School in 1956, Zipfel signed with the New York Yankees. He steadily progressed through the Yankees' minor league system over the next five years, showing some potential as a powerful, left-handed-hitting first baseman. He exceeded the 20-homer mark twice, in the Class D New York–Penn League (21 in 1958) and the Class A Eastern League (28 in 1960). On December 14, 1960, Zipfel was chosen by the Los Angeles Angels in the 29th round of the 1960 Major League Baseball expansion draft and was then immediately traded to the expansion edition of the Senators for infielder Ken Ham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Pilarcik
Alfred James Pilarcik (July 3, 1930 – September 20, 2010) was an American professional baseball player. An outfielder, he appeared in 668 Major League games between and for the Kansas City Athletics, Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox. Pilarcik stood tall, weighed and threw and batted left-handed. Primarily a right fielder, Pilarcik played in over 100 games for three successive seasons (–) as a member of the Orioles. In 1960, his last season in Baltimore, Pilarcik saw less service, but he was stationed in right field at Boston's Fenway Park on September 28, 1960, Ted Williams' final game as an active player. He caught Williams' long drive to right field at the bullpen wall in the fifth inning, then, three frames later, watched helplessly as Williams' 440-foot (134-metre) blast carried over the bullpen for Williams' 521st and final career home run — in the Hall of Fame hitter's last at bat in the Major Leagues. Pilarcik's career lasted one more season, split betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Wiesler
Robert George Wiesler (August 13, 1930 – August 10, 2014) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees and Washington Senators in parts of five seasons spanning 1951–1958. Listed at 6' 3", 188 lb., he was a switch-hitter and threw left-handed. Wiesler was signed by the Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1949 out of Beaumont High School in St. Louis, Missouri. He was assigned immediately to the Independence Yankees of the Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League, where he posted a 12-11 record with a league-leading 240 strikeouts in 185 innings, helping his team to win the regular season pennant and the playoffs. Wiesler gained a promotion to the Joplin Miners in 1950, and he simply dominated, going 15-7 with 11 complete games and two shutouts, while leading the Western Association with a 2.35 ERA and 277 strikeouts, en route to a league pennant and an All-Star recognition. The strong armed lefty opened 1951 with the Kansas City Blues of the Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Skizas
Louis Peter Skizas (born June 2, 1932) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and third baseman in Major League Baseball from 1956 through 1959 for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics, Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. Skizas batted and threw right-handed. He was a volunteer hitting coach for University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign from 1980-1984. Career Skizas attended Crane High School in Chicago and was signed by the New York Yankees when he was 17. He made his Major League debut with the Yankees in a road game that the Yankees lost 7–3 to the Washington Senators on April 19, 1956. Pinch-hitting in the fifth inning for pitcher Mickey McDermott, after leadoff hits by Elston Howard and Andy Carey put runners on second and third, Skizas singled to right field for the Yankees' first run of the game. Skizas would get only six at-bats for New York. He was traded on June 14 of that season with teammate Eddie Robinson t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herb Plews
Herbert Eugene Plews (June 14, 1928 – December 12, 2014) was an American Major League Baseball second baseman. He played four years in the majors, from 1956 to 1959 with the Washington Senators and in 1959 for the Boston Red Sox. In the minor leagues he played for Kansas City, Binghamton, Norfolk, and Denver before reaching the majors in 1956, and Toronto, Birmingham, Hawaii, Tacoma, and Arkansas after his major league career ended. During his playing career he served in the military from 1951 to 1952, during the Korean War. Plews batted left-handed and threw right-handed; he was listed as tall and . Born in East Helena, Montana, Plews would be (at the time of his death) the only player from the Helena area to reach the major leagues. After four years at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he signed with the New York Yankees in 1950. Plews's time in the minor leagues was interrupted by his military service, but he had made it to the Denver Bears (the top affili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Keegan
Robert Charles Keegan (August 4, 1920 – June 20, 2001) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox from 1953 to 1958. A native of Rochester, New York, he attended Bucknell University and performed World War II service in the United States Army before being signed by New York Yankees scout Lou Maguolo. His professional career began in 1946 in the Class A Eastern League when Keegan was 25. Pitching career Keegan was listed as tall and . He was 32 years old when he made the White Sox' varsity roster, and in his sophomore season, , he was selected to the American League All-Star team. In the game, played July 13 at Cleveland Stadium, Keegan started the eighth inning in relief with the Junior Circuit ahead, 8–7. Keegan retired his first batter, Randy Jackson, then surrendered a single to Willie Mays. He struck out Roy Campanella, but then gave up a pinch hit home run to Gus Bell to put the Nationals ahead, 9–8. Red Schoendienst th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Ward (baseball)
John Francis "Jay" Ward (September 9, 1938 – February 24, 2012) was a Major League Baseball player and coach. He was also a manager in the minor leagues. Early life Jay Ward was born on September 9, 1938 in Brookfield, Missouri to John and Francis Ward. He graduated from Highland High School in Highland, Illinois in 1956. Playing career Ward signed with the New York Yankees in . In his first professional season with the Kearney Yankees of the Nebraska State League, Ward batted .331 with seven home runs and earned All-League honors. Two of those seven home runs were grand slams hit in consecutive innings on August 17. He was plucked from the Yankees' farm system in the minor league draft by the Kansas City Athletics. It was as a member of their organization that Ward put together his finest minor league season. As a member of the Southern Association's Shreveport Sports in , Ward batted .257 with 22 home runs and 84 runs batted in. At the winter meetings, he was dealt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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