Player Deaths 2012

[runningshoes]

St. Louisan Don Mueller, who led the majors in hits in 1954 and roamed the outfield with Willie Mays of the New York Giants, died on Wednesday. He was 84.
Mueller, a native St. Louisan who played at CBC, was signed by the Giants in 1944 and made his big-league debut four years later. At age 23, he became a starter for the Giants in right field and hit .291 in his first full season.

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseb...#ixzz1i4e1ec2M

[Mudge]

RIP

[runningshoes]

Barbara Ann Timmons was nearly an adult before she realized the legacy of her father, Negro League Baseball pitcher John T. Banks Sr.

As a kid, she knew him only as the snappily dressed single father who raised her and two brothers, Ronald and John Jr., on Haddon Avenue in Camden. He enlisted relatives to keep an eye on his offspring while he worked; laid out his sons’ school clothes so Barbara, the oldest, could get them off to school; left alternating menus for breakfast; and cooked dinner every night.

Banks’ creamed corn — with kernels cut from the cob and lots of cream and butter — was to die for, says his daughter, who cared for her father until his death Dec. 14. He was 89.

http://www.courierpostonline.com/art...d-Negro-League

[Mudge]

RIP, Mr. Banks.

[Rusty]

RIP John Banks.

[runningshoes]

Mr. Dixon, 87, lifelong resident of the Steele Creek Community of Charlotte, NC, passed away, Saturday morning, November 19, 2011 at Carolinas Medical Center - Main.

Sonny, as he was affectionately known, was born November 5, 1924 in Charlotte, North Carolina, the only child of the late John Craig Dixon, Sr. and Eva Wilson. He played in baseball from 1941 to 1960 except for three years while he was serving in the United States Navy during World War II.

Sonny played in the major leagues for 3 1/2 years with the Washington Senators, Philadelphia Athletics and the New York Yankees. He held The American League record for appearing in 54 games in 1954, was inducted into the American Legion Hall of fame in 1989, and was the 'Old Timer' of the year in Ringgold, GA at the Catoosa County Special Olympics.

After his retirement from baseball in 1960 he worked over 35 years at a convience store in the Steele Creek Community. He was a longtime member of Steele Creek Presbyterian Church.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/cha...8769&fhid=4561

[Rusty]

RIP, Sonny, and thank you for your service.

[runningshoes]

Here's a little more about Sonny.

Former Kansas City A's pitcher John "Sonny" Dixon passed away on November 19, 2011 in Charlotte, NC. He played professional baseball from 1941 to 1960 except for three years while he was serving in the United States Navy during World War II. Sonny played in the major leagues for 3 1/2 years with the Washington Senators, Philadelphia Athletics, Kansas City Athletics and the New York Yankees. He held The American League record for appearing in 54 games in 1954 and was inducted into the American Legion Hall of fame in 1989. As a member of the 1954 Philadelphia A's, he came to Kansas City as a member of the inaugural 1955 team when the franchis moved to Kansas City. He appeared in two games for the Kansas City A's, but on May 11, 1955 the A's traded him to the New York Yankees in return for Johnny Sain and Enos Slaughter. The KCBHS thanks Sonny Dixon for his service to our country and his baseball career, and our thoughts and prayers to the Dixon family.


http://kansascitybaseballhistoricalsociety.com/

[Old Sweater]

Talk about a pillar of the community. Caps off and RIP Sonny!

[RickD]

RIP Sonny!

Man to think he got traded for Sain and Slaughter!