Sunday, March 25, 2018

Gene Michael

Career: Played in the big leagues for parts of 10 seasons with four different teams, including the Dodgers in 1967.

Did you know? Acquired by Dodgers along with Bob Bailey from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the Maury Wills trade during the winter of 1966.

Post game: Spent nearly 50 years working for the New York Yankees in a variety of roles including scout, coach, manager, general manager and senior advisor. He died on September 7, 2017 at the age of 79.

Sources: baseball-reference.com; New York Times, September 7, 2017.

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