Happy ’80s Birthday to Rickey!
Happy ’80s Birthday to Wallace Johnson, who spent nine years in the bigs with the Expos and Giants and broke up Ron Robinson’s perfect game with two outs in the 9th in 1988. He later coached third base for the White Sox.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Manny Trillo, who had a rocket from second base and and was the MVP of the 1980 NLCS for the Phillies.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Gene Lamont, who spent parts of five years in the big leagues with the Tigers and later served as a coach with Jim Leyland. He managed the White Sox and Pirates in the ‘90s.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Julio Gonzalez, who spent seven years in the bigs with Houston, St. Louis, and Detroit.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Jerry Davis, who played in 49 games for the Padres in 1983 and 1985 and hit .301.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Ty Gainey, who appeared in 57 games for the Astros between 1985 and 1987 and later coached in the minor leagues.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Tom O’Malley, who played nine seasons for six teams between 1982 and 1990 before playing six years in Japan
Happy ’80s Birthday to Rick Renteria, who spent five years in the bigs with the Pirates, Marlins, and Pirates and later managed the White Sox and Cubs.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Marty Pevey, who played in 13 games for the 1989 Expos and managed in the minor leagues for nine years.
Charlie Lea was born OTD in 1956 in Orleans, France. He made his debut in 1980 and was a very solid pitcher for the Expos before developing shoulder problems. He passed away in 2011.
Rick Anderson was born OTD in 1953. He was the International League pitcher of the year in 1979 and appeared in six games for the Yankees and Mariners in 1979 and 1980. He passed away in 1989 at the age of 35.
We lost Andy Hassler OTD in 2019
We lost Billy OTD in 1989.
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