Honoring the Brooklyn Dodgers Alive as of January 3, 2015
An annual tradition in this blog is to update the list of Brooklyn Dodger players alive.
In 2014, we lost the following Brooklyn Dodgers: Charlie Osgood, Charlie kress, Don Zimmer, Dick Teed, George Shuba, Pat McGlothin and John Pierre Roy.
We now have 31 surviving Broklyn Dodger players. Mike Sandlock is the oldest one. He will turn 100 on October 17. The youngest one is now Bob Aspromonte who will turn 76 on June 19. I had the pleasure of meeting Bob Aspromonte at the SABR convention in Houston in 2014.
Here is the list of the 31 surviving Brooklyn Dodger players:
| Name | Birthplace. | Born | Uni# |
| Mike Sandlock | Old Greenwich, CT | 10/17/1915 | 1, 4 |
| Ray Hathaway | Grinville, OH | 10/13/1916 | 22 |
| Lee Pfund | Oakpark, IL | 10/10/1919 | 14 |
| Luis Olmo | Puerto Rico | 10/11/1919 | 21 |
| Marv Rackley | Seneca, SC | 7/25/1921 | 35 |
| Eddie Basinksi | Buffalo, NY | 11/4/1922 | 3 |
| Tim Thompson | Coalport, PA | 3/1/1924 | 21 |
| Johnny Rutherford | Ontario, CN. | 5/5/1925 | 15 |
| Wayne Terwilliger | Clare, Mi. | 6/27/1925 | 34 |
| Chris Haughey | Astoria, NY. | 10/3/1925 | 14 |
| Ralph Branca | Mount Vernon, NY | 1/6/1926 | 13,20,28 |
| Bob Borkowski | Dayton, OH | 1/27/1926 | 27 |
| Randy Jackson | Little Rock, AR | 2/10/1926 | 2 |
| Don Newcombe | Madison, NJ | 6/14/1926 | 36 |
| Bobby Morgan | Oklahoma city. OK | 6/29/1926 | 2 |
| Carl Erskine | Anderson, IN | 12/13/1926 | 17 |
| Rocky Bridges | Refugio, TX | 8/7/1927 | 9 |
| Tommy Lasorda | Norristown, PA | 9/22/1927 | 2,27,29 |
| Tommy Brown | Brooklyn, NY | 12/6/1927 | 9 |
| Joe Landrum | Columbia, SC | 12/13/1928 | 19 |
| Joe Pignatano | Brooklyn, NY | 8/4/1929 | 58 |
| Roger Craig | Durham, NC | 2/17/1930 | 38 |
| Ron Negray | Akron, OH | 2/26/1930 | 38 |
| Glenn Mickens | Wilman, CA | 7/26/1930 | 46 |
| Ed Roebuck | East Millboro, PA. | 7/3/1931 | 37 |
| Fred Kipp | Iqua, KS | 10/1/1931 | 26 |
| Chico Fernandez | Cuba | 3/2/1932 | 3 |
| Jim Gentile | San Francisco, CA | 6/3/1934 | 38 |
| Don Demeter | Oklahoma City. OK | 6/25/1935 | 2 |
| Sandy Koufax | Brooklyn, NY | 12/30/1935 | 32 |
| Bob Aspromonte | Brooklyn, NY | 6/19/1938 | 28. 34 |
Gentlemen: May you have a healthy 2015!
Sad to report that Rocky Bridges passed away. Born: August 7, 1927, Refugio, TX
Died: January 27, 2015, Coeur d’Alene, ID
I’m pleased to report that a book about Randy Jackson, the last Brooklyn Dodger to hit a home run, will be released in May by Rowman & Littlefield. I’m co-author of the book titled, “Handsome Ransom Jackson: Accidental Big Leaguer.” Ransom turns 90 on Feb. 10. He lives in Athens, Georgia. If you want to wish Ransom a happy birthday, visit the book’s website and leave him a message: http://www.HandsomeRansomJackson.com
Excellent. Will do! Thanks!!