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IN MEMORY

IN MEMORY
RAY SEMPROCH BOB UECKER
JANUARY 7, 1931 – OCTOBER 27, 2024 (93) JANUARY 26, 1934 – JANUARY 16, 2025 (90)
· Played four Major League seasons with · Legendary Milwaukee Brewers radio
Philadelphia, Detroit and Angels announcer, serving as the play-by-play
announcer for 54 seasons
· Played six Major League seasons with
Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves, St. Louis and
JOE SHIPLEY Philadelphia
MAY 9, 1935 – MAY 1, 2024 (88) · 1964 World Series Champion
· Hollywood actor, featured in the Major
· Pitched four Major League seasons with League movie franchise
San Francisco and Chicago (A.L.) · Recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award
from the National Baseball Hall of Fame
T.J. SIMERS JIM UMBARGER
SEPTEMBER 2, 1950 – JUNE 2, 2024 (73) FEBRUARY 17, 1953 – AUGUST 3, 2024 (71)
· Longtime sports columnist for the Los · Pitched four seasons with Texas and
Oakland
Angeles Times and Orange County Register
· In 1981, he pitched 10-innings
of scoreless relief in the longest
professional baseball game ever played
WAYNE SIMPSON while with the Rochester Red Wings, an
DECEMBER 2, 1948 – DECEMBER 12, 2024 (76) affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles
· Pitched six Major League seasons with
Cincinnati, Kansas City, Philadelphia and
Angels FERNANDO VALENZUELA
· 1970 All- Star NOVEMBER 1, 1960 – OCTOBER 22, 2024 (63)
GARY SUTHERLAND · Pitched 17 Major Leagues seasons with
Los Angeles (N. L.), Angels, Baltimore,
SEPTEMBER 27, 1944 – DECEMBER 16, 2024 (80) Philadelphia, San Diego and St. Louis
· Played 13 Major League seasons for · Six-time All-Star (1981-1986)
Philadelphia, Montreal, Houston, Detroit,
Milwaukee, San Diego and St. Louis · 1981 World Series champion
· Spent 12 years as Angels Special Assistant · 1981 National League Cy Young Award
to the General Manager (1999 – 2011) and Rookie of the Year Award
· Former Scout for Los Angeles (N.L.) · Two-time Silver Slugger Award winner
(1981, 1983)
LUIS TIANT · 1981 MLB strikeout leader
NOVEMBER 23, 1940 -OCTOBER 8, 2024 (83) · 1986 Gold Glove Award
· Pitched 19 Major League season with
Cleveland, Minnesota, Boston, New York · 1986 National League wins leader
(A.L.), Pittsburgh and Angels · Pitched a no-hitter on June 29, 1990
· Three-time All-Star (1968, 1974, 1976)
· Two-time American League ERA leader DAVE VAN DYCK
(1968, 1972)
· Former minor league pitching coach for FEBRUARY 14, 1947 – NOVEMBER 22, 2024 (76)
Los Angeles (N. L.), Chicago (A. L.) and · Longtime baseball writer for Chicago
Boston Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune
· His father Luis Tiant Sr. pitched ten · Served on the Veterans Committee for
seasons in the Negro Leagues the National Baseball Hall of Fame
JEFF TORBORG JOHN VAN ORNUM
NOVEMBER 26, 1941 – JANUARY 19, 2025 (83)
· Played 10 Major League seasons with Los OCTOBER 20, 1939 – JULY 6, 2024 (84)
Angeles (N.L.) and Angels · Served as bullpen coach for San Francisco
· Managed 11 Major Leagues seasons with and managed in Giants minor league
Cleveland, Chicago (A.L.), New York (N.L.), system
Montreal and Florida, and coached with · Worked as a Major League and advance
New York (A.L.) scout for San Francisco, Angels, Los
· 1965 World Series Champion Angeles (N.L.) and Atlanta
· 1990 American League Manager of the Year · Appeared as a catcher on the 1959 -60
· Caught Sandy Koufax’s perfect game and television series Home Run Derby, which
Nolan Ryan’s first no-hitter was filmed at Los Angeles’ Wrigley Field
· Former sportscaster for CBS Radio and Fox
· Color commentator for three World Series
alongside Vin Scully
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