Tag Archives: Gil McDougald
Gil McDougald
Gil McDougald (Baseball. Born, San Francisco, CA, May 19, 1928; died, Wall Township, NJ, Nov. 28, 2010.) Among the unsung heroes of seven Yankee pennant-winners in the 1950s, Gilbert James McDougald was the epitome of the utility man. McDougald, regrettably, is most remembered as the hitter whose line drive in May 1957 hit lefthander Herb […]
Sandy Amoros
Sandy Amoros (Baseball. Born, Havana, Cuba, Jan. 30, 1930; died, Miami, FL, June 27, 1992.) Edmundo Isasi Amoros earned his New York baseball immortality with a single stab of his glove. Amoros’ fabled catch in the sixth inning of the seventh game of the 1955 World Series paved the way for Brooklyn’s only Series triumph […]
