Today's Birthday: Buck Rodgers (Jamestown Falcons, 1956 & Erie Sailors, 1957)

Credits: Topps Co. via Trading Card Database

Happy 82nd birthday to former PONY/New York-Penn League prospect Buck Rodgers. He played for the  Jamestown Falcons in 1956 and Erie Sailors in 1957. 

Rodgers played in the majors with the Los Angeles/California Angels (1961-69) and managed the Milwaukee Brewers (1980-82), Montreal Expos (1985-91), and California Angels (1991-94).

 

Source: Baseball Reference

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