1965 in Baseball

Deaths

January 5 - Dick Lundy, 66, All-Star shortstop and manager of the Negro Leagues

January 11 - Wally Pipp, 71, Yankee first baseman most known for losing his job to Lou Gehrig.

January 19 - Jim Joe Edwards, 70, pitcher for the Indians, White Sox and Reds from 1922 to 1928

January 26 - Bingo DeMoss, 75, second baseman of the Negro Leagues

February 8 - Ray Brown, 56, All-Star pitcher for the Negro Leagues' Homestead Grays

March 5 - Pepper Martin, 61, 4-time All-Star with the Cardinals who led the league in steals three times

March 6 - Wally Schang, 75, American League catcher for 19 seasons, including three world champions

March 9 - Frank Graham, 71, New York sportswriter for over 50 years.

May 13 - Dick Wantz, 25, California Angels pitcher, following surgery for brain cancer, who had made his debut only one month earlier, pitching one inning of relief in his only major league appearance.

May 29 - Mike McNally, 72, infielder for the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and Washington Senators from 1915 to 1925, and later a minor league manager and scout during almost two decades

August 21 - Bill Harris, 65, pitcher for the Reds, Pirates and Red Sox, who also tossed two no-hitters in the International League with the 1936 Buffalo Bisons

August 29 - Paul Waner, 62, Hall of Fame right fielder who won three batting titles and the NL's 1927 MVP award with the Pittsburgh Pirates, becoming the seventh player to make 3000 hits

September 22 - Biz Mackey, 68, 5-time All-Star catcher and manager of the Negro Leagues

September 30 - Jim Battle, 64, infielder who hit .375 in eight games for the 1927 Chicago White Sox

October 29 - Frank Fuller, 72, second baseman for the Detroit Tigers (1915–1916) and Boston Red Sox (1923)

October 29 - Bill McKechnie, 79, Hall of Fame manager who became the first person to lead three different teams to pennants: the Pirates (1925), Cardinals (1928), and Reds (1939–40), winning the World Series in 1925 and 1940

December 5 - Mary Dailey, 37, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League infielder/pitcher

December 9 - Branch Rickey, 83, executive who revolutionized the game first by establishing the farm system of player development, and again by signing Jackie Robinson to integrate the major leagues

December 19 - John Knight, 80, shortstop who spent 24 years in baseball, including major league stints with the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Americans, New York Highlanders/Yankees and Washington Senators

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