Mickey McDermott, 74, pitcher who won 18 games for the 1953 Boston Red Sox, but whose colorful personal life overshadowed his play; compiled 69–69 record for six MLB teams over 12 seasons spanning 1948–1961. August 9 – Billy Rogell, 98, shortstop who played 1,482 games for three MLB clubs over 14 seasons between 1925 and 1940, principally for the 1930–1939 Detroit Tigers; started at short for Detroit's back-to-back AL champions of 1934–1935, including franchise's first-ever World Series champs of 1935. August 13 – Charlie Devens, 93, pitcher for the New York Yankees in three seasons from 1932–1934, who at the time of his death was the oldest surviving member of the famed 1932 World Championship Yankees team and recalled with great detail the now famous Babe Ruth's Called Shot. August 15 – Red Hardy, 80, pitcher for the 1951 New York Giants. August 21 – Ken Coleman, 78, sportscaster; Cleveland Indians' television play-by-play announcer from 1954 to 1963; radio or TV voice of the Boston Red Sox for 20 seasons between 1966 and 1989, initially replacing legendary Curt Gowdy; TV voice of the Cincinnati Reds, 1975–1978; also called NFL games for the Cleveland Browns during the Jim Brown era. August 21 – Maddy English, 79, three-time All-Star in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, while playing third base for the Racine Belles championship team in 1943 and 1946. August 22 – Julie Dusanko, 81, infielder who played for the Minneapolis Millerettes and Racine Belles of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. August 23 – Bobby Bonds, 57, three-time All-Star right fielder and three-time Gold Glove Award winner, who played for eight teams, most prominently with the San Francisco Giants, while recording five of the first ten instances of hitting 30 home runs and stealing 30 bases in a season, ending his career with 332 homers and 461 steals, being also part of one of the most prolific father-son duos in any sport, along with his son Barry. August 26 – James Keelty, 81, Baltimore real-estate developer who from 1953–1959 was a key member of the Orioles' ownership syndicate that returned MLB to his city in 1954. August 30 – Claude Passeau, 94, five-time All-Star pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs, who led the National League in strikeouts in 1939, and also pitched a one-hitter in Game 3 of the 1945 World Series. September September 1 – Héctor Rodríguez,