Catcher Tom Patton's big-league career consisted of one game for the Baltimore Orioles in 1957. But he spent 9 seasons in professional baseball, starting at the age of 17, playing everywhere from Dothan, AL, to Vancouver, Canada. Patton died on September 8 at Zerbe Sisters Nursing and Rehab in Narvon, PA, three days after celebrating his 90th birthday. Tommy Allen Patton was born in Honey Brook, PA, on September 5, 1935.

Greenwell had been living with medullary thyroid cancer, which prevented him from physically attending public meetings.

By Al Doyle "Class A" is actually two different ranks of minor league baseball, as in Low- and High-A ball. Each of the 30 major league organizations has one farm team at those levels, and these 60 squads put up plenty of eye-catching numbers in 2025. If you think batting averages are down in MLB, take a look at the Advanced-A South Atlantic League, where 12 teams combined to hit .225. 

RIP to one of the greatest Mets’ catchers ever, Jerry Grote. The member of the 1969 Miracle Mets team died on April 7 at the age of 81. According to a Facebook post from his wife, Cheryl, he …

RIP to former pitcher, lumberjack and international pitching coach Jim Dickson. Dickson, who spent 4 seasons in the major leagues in the 1960s, died on September 9 in Astoria, OR. He was 87 years o…

RIP to Carlos Lezcano, who played briefly for the Cubs in the 1980s before enjoying a long career as a minor-league manager. He died on September 6 in his hometown of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. He was 69 years old. Lezcano played for the Chicago Cubs in 1980-81. Carloz Manuel Lezcano was born in Arecibo on September 30, 1955. If his last name sounds familiar, you might be thinking of his cousin, Sixto Lezcano, who had a 12-year career in the majors in the 1970s and '80s.

RIP to Jim Marshall, who began his career in professional baseball as a ballplayer in 1950 and stayed active in the game until 2021 -- 71 years later! During that time, he was a ballplayer, coach, manager, scout and the director of Arizona's Pacific Rim operations. He died on September 7 in Scottsdale, AZ, at the age of 95. Marshall played for the Baltimore Orioles (1958), Chicago Cubs (1958-59), San Francisco Giants (1960-61), New York Mets (1962) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1962).

Buddy Bailey, one of the Minor League's all-time winningest managers and most enduring figures, has died. His death was announced on Tuesday by Venezuelan Professional Baseball's Tigres de Aragua, who...

My strongest memory of Brian Dayett came during a Chicago Cubs home opener -- I'm pretty sure it was 1987, but I could be wrong about that. During the introduction of the team, each Cub acknowledged the crowd in some way when his name was called, either with a doff of the cap or a wave. When it came to Dayett's turn, he took his cap off and started pinwheeling his arms, trying to get the crowd to make a little more noise.

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Depending on your generation, your first memory of Davey Johnson may be as an All-Star second baseman or one of the winningest managers of his era. Johnson died on September 5 in Sarasota, FL, at the age of 82. During his playing career, Johnson played with the Baltimore Orioles (1965-72), Atlanta Braves (1973-75), Philadelphia Phillies (1977-78) and Chicago Cubs (1978). As a manager, he led the New York Mets (1984-90), Cincinnati Reds (1993-95), Orioles (1996-97), Los Angeles Dodgers (1999-2000), and Washington Nationals (2011-13).

Normally, if you're a baseball player -- even a role-player -- you're the most famous person in your family. Randy Moffitt was the exception to that rule. In the baseball world, he was a dependable reliever who played for 12 seasons in the majors and saved nearly 100 games. But the rest of the world probably knew him best as the brother of the most famous women's tennis player in the world, Billie Jean King.