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IN MEMORY IN MEMORY

BOB VEALE DON WERT
OCTOBER 28, 1935 – JANUARY 2025 (89) JULY 29, 1938 – AUGUST 25, 2024 (86)
· Pitched 13 seasons with Pittsburgh and · Played nine Major League seasons with
Boston Detroit and Washington Senators
· Two-time All-Star (1965, 1966) · 1968 All-Star
· 1971 World Series Champion · 1968 World Series Champion
· 1964 National League strikeout leader
· Former minor league pitching instructor PAT WILLIAMS
the Atlanta and New York (A.L.)
MAY 3, 1940 – JULY 17, 2024 (84)
FAY VINCENT · American sports executive who began
MAY 29, 1938 – FEBRUARY 1, 2025 (86) his career as a minor league baseball
player and later the senior vice president
· Former Commissioner of Major League of the Orlando Magic
Baseball (1989 – 1992) · Former minor league executive for
· Served on Board of Directors for National Philadelphia and Minnesota
Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum · 1967 Minor League Executive of the Year
by The Sporting News
OZZIE VIRGIL
MAY 17, 1932 – SEPTEMBER 29, 2024 (92)
· Played nine Major League seasons with WANDA WILLIAMS
New York Giants, Detroit, Kansas City MARCH 4, 1951 – OCTOBER 22, 2024 (73)
Athletics, Baltimore, Pittsburgh and San
Francisco · Longtime Press Dining Attendant at
Globe Life Park and Globe Life Field
· Coached for San Francisco, Montreal, San
Diego and Seattle
· Was the National League third-base coach
at the 1985 All-Star Game PAT ZACHRY
· Father of two-time All-Star Ozzie Virgil Jr. APRIL 24, 1952 – APRIL 4, 2024 (71)
· Pitched 10 seasons with Cincinnati, New
York (N.L.), Los Angeles (N. L.) and
Philadelphia
BILL VOSS · 1976 World Series Champion
OCTOBER 31, 1943 – DECEMBER 28, 2023 (80) · 1976 National League Rookie of the Year
· Played eight Major League seasons · 1978 All-Star
with Chicago (A.L.), Angels, Milwaukee,
Oakland and St. Louis
JERRY WALKER
FEBRUARY 12, 1939 – JULY 14, 2024 (85)
· Pitched eight Major League seasons with
Baltimore, Kansas City Athletics and
Cleveland
· 1959 All-Star
· Former minor league coach and scout
for New York (A.L.) and Major League
pitching coach for New York (A. L.) and
Houston
· Former General Manager for Detroit, and
a front office executive for St. Louis and
Cincinnati
U.L. WASHINGTON
OCTOBER 27, 1953 – MARCH 3, 2024 (70)
· Played 11 Major League seasons with
Kansas City, Montreal and Pittsburgh
· Coached 24 years in the minor league
systems for Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Los
Angeles (N. L.), Minnesota and Boston

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