Tag Archives: Lou DiMuro
Lee Weyer
Lee Weyer (Baseball. Born, Imlay City, MI, Sept. 3, 1936; died, San Francisco, CA, July 4, 1988.) An above-average umpire despite his unusual stature (6’6”), Lee Howard Weyer worked in the N.L. from April 1963 to July 4, 1988. On that day, Weyer suffered a fatal heart attack while playing a pickup basketball game at […]
Cleon Jones
Cleon Jones (Baseball. Born, Plateau, AL, Aug. 4, 1942.) A sometimes-indifferent fielder who was once removed from a game for failure to hustle, Cleon Joseph Jones set a team record that stood for nearly thirty years by hitting .340 in 1969. Probably the first genuine star ever developed by the Mets, Jones joined the Mets […]
