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Winnipeg Free Press
10 hours ago
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Former Seattle Pilots and Mariners righthander Diego Segui dies at 87
SEATTLE (AP) — Diego Segui, a pitcher who appeared in the first game in franchise history for the Seattle Pilots and was the starter for the Seattle Mariners in their first game, has died. He was 87. The Mariners said Segui died Wednesday. No additional details were released. Segui played for the Pilots in their first game on April 8, 1969, against the California Angels. He was the starter for the Mariners in their opener on April 6, 1977, in the Kingdome against the Angels. 'Our thoughts are with the Segui family, including David, Diego's son, who the Mariners know well from his time with us in 1998 and 1999,' Mariners president of business operations Kevin Martinez said in a statement. 'Diego was always generous with his time, visiting us in Seattle to help us celebrate milestones, including his last trip here for Hispanic Heritage Day in 2012. 'I also have fond memories of Diego's grandson Cory throwing the final pitch in Kingdome history, a fitting finale for the Kingdome after Diego's historic first pitch.' Segui pitched in 15 major league seasons with the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics, Washington Senators, St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox, in addition to both Seattle franchises. The 6-foot, 190-pound right-hander from Holguin, Cuba, led the American League in ERA in 1970, and finished his career with a 92-111 record and a 3.81 ERA in 639 games. After wrapping up his major league career, Segui pitched in the Mexican Professional League until 1984. He is a member of both the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and the Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame. In 2024, he was honored by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum with its Negro Leagues Beisbol Lifetime Achievement Award. ___ AP MLB:
Washington Post
10 hours ago
- Sport
- Washington Post
Former Seattle Pilots and Mariners righthander Diego Segui dies at 87
SEATTLE — Diego Segui, a pitcher who appeared in the first game in franchise history for the Seattle Pilots and was the starter for the Seattle Mariners in their first game, has died. He was 87. The Mariners said Segui died Wednesday. No additional details were released. Segui played for the Pilots in their first game on April 8, 1969, against the California Angels. He was the starter for the Mariners in their opener on April 6, 1977, in the Kingdome against the Angels.
Reuters
15-05-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Former Twins All-Star Rich Rollins dies at 87
May 15 - Former Minnesota Twins All-Star infielder Rich Rollins died Tuesday. He was 87. The Twins confirmed the death of Rollins, who spent eight seasons with the club from 1961-68. Rollins made the American League All-Star team in 1962 when he batted .298 with 16 homers and 96 RBIs. Rollins batted a career-high .307 in 1963 when he again hit 16 homers. The Seattle Pilots selected Rollins in the expansion draft following the 1968 season. He played one season in Seattle before the American League team moved to Milwaukee and became the Brewers. He played for both Milwaukee and Cleveland in 1970. In 10 big league seasons, Rollins batted .269 with 77 homers and 399 RBIs in 1,002 games. --Field Level Media
Associated Press
31-03-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
This Date in Baseball - Shohei Ohtani makes his MLB pitching debut
April 1 1931 — Pitcher Virne Mitchell, 17, signed with the Chattanooga club of Tennessee, becoming the first woman to play for an otherwise all-male baseball team. 1942 — Major league owners decide not to allow furloughed players in the military to play. 1969 — The Seattle Pilots trade minor league OF Lou Piniella to the Kansas City Royals. Piniella will go on to win American League Rookie of the Year. 1970 — An investment group headed by Bud Selig bought the Seattle pilots for $10.8 million. 1972 — The first collective players strike in major league history began. The strike lasted 12 days and canceled 86 games. 1988 — For the first time since 1956, the Special Veterans Committee does not elect anyone to the Hall of Fame. 1989 — A. Bartlett Giamatti took over as baseball commissioner. 1996 — Longtime umpire John McSherry collapses and dies from a heart attack on Opening Day at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium, in the 1st inning of a game between the Reds and Expos. The game is cancelled. 2001 — The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Texas Rangers 8-1 when the major league baseball season opened in San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2008 — The New York Yankees set a major league record by winning their 11th straight home opener. 2013 — Bryce Harper homered in his first two at-bats, Stephen Strasburg retired 19 batters in a row and the defending NL East champion Washington Nationals opened the season with a 2-0 victory over the Miami Marlins. Harper, the reigning NL Rookie of the Year, hit solo shots over the out-of-town scoreboard in right-center field off Ricky Nolasco in the first and fourth innings. 2013 — Clayton Kershaw launched his first career home run to break a scoreless tie in the eighth inning, then finished off a four-hitter that led the Los Angeles Dodgers over the San Francisco Giants 4-0 on opening day. Kershaw became the first pitcher in the majors to homer on opening day since Joe Magrane of St. Louis in 1988. He was the first pitcher to throw a shutout and hit a home run in an opener since Bob Lemon for Cleveland in 1953. 2018 — Three days after starting at DH on Opening Day in his major league debut, Japanese phenom Shohei Ohtani makes his debut on the mound, pitching 6 innings in leading the Angels to a 7 - 4 win over the Athletics. 2024 — Ronel Blanco of the Astros throws the earliest no-hitter in major league history in terms of calendar date as he defeats the Blue Jays, 10 - 0. He walks the first batter of the game, George Springer, but retires the next 26 batters in a row before walking Springer again with two outs in the 9th. He then gets Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to ground out to second to end the game, which is also the first career win for Houston manager Joe Espada.
