Former Pilots first baseman Greg Goossen passes away

[Cowtipper]

Despite being a relatively modern team, it seems like the Pilots' former players are passing away at a relatively quick pace.


Greg Goossen, a former six-figure bonus baby of the Dodgers who played for
Casey Stengel and the New York Mets, dabbled as a boxing trainer with his
brother and was a stand-in for actor Gene Hackman in more than a dozen
films, was found dead Saturday at his home in Sherman Oaks. He was 65.

Goossen was scheduled to be inducted into the Notre Dame High School Hall of
Fame on Saturday night. When he did not arrive for a photo session, a family
member went to his nearby home and found him. A cause of death has yet to be
determined.

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.obituaries/browse_thread/thread/0bdb1998e0bc4843

[VIBaseball]

One of the funnier people in Bouton's Ball Four, though in a fairly limited role.

[crzblue]

I saw Greg Goossen last year in September when I attended "Ball Four turns Forty" event at the Burbank Libary. I had blogged about it and took pics here http://crzblue.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/09/ball_four_turns_forty_event.html

Rest in peace Greg Goosen.

[Baseball fan in Milwaukee]

For several years, Greg Goossen was credited as the Milwaukee Brewers' single-season batting average leader. He hit .309 in 52 games with 10 home runs and 24 RBI for the Seattle Pilots. In 1973, the Brewers had two .300 hitters, however, they didn't hit higher than Goossen's .309. George Scott hit .306, and Dave May hit .303. The Brewers didn't have another .300 hitter until 1977, when Cecil Cooper (acquired for Scott) reached .300 on the last day of the season that year (he went 4 for 4). Cooper hit .313 in 1978, thus wiping Goossen's name out of the Brewers' record book.