Annual tribute from my collection, to those former Angels that passed away in 2022.
Tommy Davis
Fred Lasher
Angels 1971
Costen Shockley
Angels 1965
Curt Simmons
Angels 1967
Dwight Smith
Angels 1994
Lee Thomas
Angels 1961-1964
Gordy Windhorn
Angels 1962
Call me crazy but I look forward to this post from you. Unless the player or coach had been also apart of the Indians organization, I probably had not heard of the deaths of these gentlemen. Thanks for this yearly post.
ReplyDeleteIf it wasn't for Baseball Almanac I wouldn't have heard about most of them either. They keep a running list.
DeleteIt seems like there are always a few people on these lists that completely catch me by surprise. On this one... it's Dwight Smith. I actually don't remember him playing for the Angels, but I remember hoarding his Score rookie cards, since I couldn't afford his Upper Deck card.
ReplyDeleteI guess if there's one consolation, it's that it doesn't appear that too many were lost this year.
ReplyDeleteDid not know Dwight Smith died, and I don't remember Cubs broadcasts mentioning his passing either. He and Jermoe Walton had a lot of us excited when they came up.
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