Virginia, who moved him to Oklahoma City in 1993. She died of a brain aneurysm in 1994. Dalkowski had lived at a long-term care facility in New Britain for several years. In a 2003 interview, Dalkowski said that he was unable to remember life events that occurred from 1964 to 1994. For his contributions to baseball lore, Dalkowski was inducted into the Shrine of the Eternals on July 19, 2009. Sports Illustrated's 1970 profile of Dalkowski concluded, "His failure was not one of deficiency, but rather of excess. He was too fast. His ball moved too much. His talent was too superhuman... It mattered only that once, just once, Steve Dalkowski threw a fastball so hard that Ted Williams never even saw it. No one else could claim that." Death With complications from dementia, Steve Dalkowski died from COVID-19 in New Britain, Connecticut, on April 19, 2020. Dalkowski was one of the many nursing home victims that succumbed to the virus during the COVID-19 pandemic in Connecticut. Notes References Online Steve Dalkowski Page No Crying in Baseball The Birdhouse: The Phenom, an interview with Steve Dalkowski in October 2005 Vecsey, George "A Hall of Fame for a Legendary Fastball Pitcher" The New York Times, Sunday, July 19, 2009 Posnanski, Joe. "How do you solve a problem like Dalkowski?" NBC Sportsworld (April 2015) Literary Brooks, Ken (1986). That Last Rebel Yell. . Eisenberg, John (2001). From 33rd Street to Camden Yards: An Oral History of the Baltimore Orioles. . Jordan, Pat (1973). The Suitors of Spring''. . Personal Krieger, Kit: Posting on SABR-L mailing list from 2002. Used with permission. (See talk). Beverage, Dick: Secretary-Treasurer for the Association of Professional Ballplayers of America. 1939 births 2020 deaths American people of Polish descent Aberdeen Pheasants players Baseball players from Connecticut Columbus Jets players Elmira Pioneers players Kingsport Mets players Knoxville Smokies players Pensacola Dons players Rochester Red Wings players San Jose Bees players Sportspeople from New Britain, Connecticut Stockton Ports players Tri-City Atoms players Wilson Tobs players Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Connecticut