PONY League playoff teams to attend meeting in Buffalo.
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PONY League playoff teams to attend meeting in Buffalo.
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Wilkins played for the majors during three seasons with the Chicago Cubs (1989-90) and Houston Astros (1991).
Source: Baseball Reference
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The magic number is 8 as Geneva Redlegs head towards first pennant.
(Note: Geneva ended up winning the league pennant by 9 games ahead of the Erie Sailors)
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He went on to play for the New York Yankees during 12 seasons (1955-66). He was an 8-time American League All-Star, 5 time Gold Glove winner at second base and the 1960 World Series Most Valuable Player.
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Ferraro played in the majors during four seasons with the New York Yankees (1966, '68), Seattle Pilots (1969) and Milwaukee Brewers (1972).
He managed for five seasons in the minor leagues and managed the Cleveland Indians in 1983 and the Kansas City Royals in 1986.
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Geneva defeats Elmira, 7-1.
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Baseball, the New York-Penn League, or any of its teams.
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Morehead played in the majors during 5 seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies (1957-59), Chicago Cubs (1959-60) and Milwaukee Braves (1961).
He died on January 17, 2006 at the age of 71.
Source: Baseball Reference
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He played in the majors during 9 seasons with Washington Senators (1971), Texas Rangers (1972-73, '77-'78), New York Yankees (1974-76), Toronto Blue Jays (1977) and Montreal Expos (1979).
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Happy 57th birthday to former New York-Penn League prospect Jeff Ballard. He pitched for the Newark Orioles in 1985 (10-2, 1.41 ERA).
Ballard played in the majors during 7 seasons with the Baltimore Orioles (1987-91) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1993-94).
Source: Baseball Reference
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He pitched in one game for the Washington Senators in 1959.
After his baseball career, McAvoy worked in sales and coached softball. He was inducted into the International Softball Congress Hall of Fame in 2009.
He died on March 19, 2011 at the age of 74.
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Monbouquette pitched in the majors for 11 seasons with the Boston Red Sox (1958-65), Detroit Tigers (1966-67), New York Yankees (1967-68) and San Francisco Giants (1968).
After his playing career, he managed and coached in the minors and was the New York Mets' pitching coach 1982 and '83. He returned to the New York-Penn League, coaching for the St. Catharines Stompers (1997), Oneonta Yankees (2000-05) and Lowell Spinners (2006).
He died on January 25, 2015, at the age of 78.
Source: Baseball Reference
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Happy 56th birthday to former New York-Penn League prospect Andy Stankiewicz. He played for the Oneonta Yankees in 1986.
Stankiewicz played in the majors during 7 seasons with the New York Yankees (1992-93), Houston Astros (1994-95), Montreal Expos (1996-97) and Arizona Diamondbacks (1998).
Source: Baseball Reference
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Former PONY (New York-Penn) League prospect Roman Mejias was born in Abreus, Cuba on this date in 1930. Happy 90th Birthday! He played for the 1953 Batavia Clippers.
Mejias played in the majors during 9 seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1955, '57-'61), Houston Astros (1962) and Boston Red Sox (1963-64).
Source: Baseball Reference
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Happy 77th birthday to former New York-Penn League prospect Jim Miles. He played for the the Geneva Senators in 1966.
Miles pitched in a total of 13 games for the Washington Senators during the 1968 and 1969 seasons. He finished his major league career with a 0-1 record and an ERA of 7.30.
He was the baseball coach at Northwest Mississippi Community College from 1979 to 1997.
Source: Baseball Reference
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