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WAKEMAN BASEBALL CLUB (PLAYERS AND SUPPORTERS)

F - H

Last Name

Fazey, (Faszay)

First Name

Middle Name

Nick Name

Position(s)

rf, ss

Year(s)

28, 29

Hometown

Notes

Last Name

Filkins

First Name

B.

Middle Name

J.

Nick Name

Position(s)

club statistician, field captain

Year(s)

29

Hometown

Notes

Last Name

Forbush

First Name

Middle Name

Nick Name

Len

Position(s)

p

Year(s)

?? early 40’s

Hometown

LaGrange

Notes

Last Name

Gardiner

First Name

B.

Middle Name

Nick Name

Position(s)

1b

Year(s)

38

Hometown

Notes

 

Last Name

Gardner

First Name

George

Middle Name

Nick Name

Position(s)

rf

Year(s)

37

Hometown

Wakeman

Notes

played in 39 & 40 according to Harold Brumby

Last Name

Gardner, (Gardiner?)

First Name

W.

Middle Name

Nick Name

Position(s)

lf

Year(s)

37

Hometown

Notes

Last Name

Gerber

First Name

Middle Name

Nick Name

Don

Position(s)

rf,….2b, cf

Year(s)

32, 35

Hometown

Notes

Last Name

Gerber

First Name

Frederick

Middle Name

R.

Nick Name

Freddy, Fritz

Position(s)

cf,….lf, rf, ss

Year(s)

34 - 48

Hometown

Amherst

Notes

wife Arlene confirmed years played


Last Name

Gerber

First Name

G.

Middle Name

A.

Nick Name

Position(s)

board of directors

Year(s)

28, 29

Hometown

Notes

Last Name

Gerber

First Name

George

Middle Name

Nick Name

Position(s)

??

Year(s)

29

Hometown

Notes

account record book

Last Name

Gerber

First Name

Leonard

Middle Name

D.

Nick Name

Len

Position(s)

lf,….rf, 2b

Year(s)

30-32, 35-38, 46

Hometown

Wakeman

Notes

club president in 36; daughter Brenda Friend has his uniform shirt

Last Name

Good

First Name

Middle Name

Nick Name

Sep

Position(s)

?

Year(s)

29

Hometown

Notes

account book says he was paid for playing


Last Name

Gray

First Name

John

Middle Name

Nick Name

Johnny

Position(s)

ss, p, outfield??

Year(s)

29

Hometown

Notes

account book record

Last Name

Gutman

First Name

Carl

Middle Name

Francis

Nick Name

Red, ("Bud" at home)

Position(s)

ss, 1b, 2b, (infield)

Year(s)

latter part of the 30’s (grad from Oberlin HS)

Hometown

Oberlin

Notes

Betty Gutman Winters, sister of Red, said he was killed –’45 in New Guinea while serving in the Pacific in WWII

Last Name

Hall

First Name

Billy

Middle Name

Nick Name

Bud, Billy

Position(s)

ss

Year(s)

38

Hometown

Avon Lake

Notes

had a trial with the Columbus Red Birds according to Frank Smitek

Last Name

Hastings

First Name

Ford

Middle Name

Nick Name

Position(s)

2b, p

Year(s)

30

Hometown

Notes


Last Name

Hastings

First Name

Jamie

Middle Name

Nick Name

Jim

Position(s)

all over

Year(s)

early 40’s

Hometown

Notes

total entry came from recollection of Frank Smitek. Said Hasting’s dad was a minor league pitcher.

Last Name

Herbert

First Name

Middle Name

Nick Name

Position(s)

ss

Year(s)

48

Hometown

Notes

Last Name

Holmes

First Name

Fremont

Middle Name

Nick Name

Freezer, Flash

Position(s)

ss, 3b,….2b, 1b

Year(s)

35-37

Hometown

Wakeman

Notes

traveled from CSU (then ) in Cleveland to play, often got ride with Sam Purvis. Confirmed by Holmes in June, 1995.

Last Name

Hopkins

First Name

Middle Name

Nick Name

Position(s)

batted for Deehr in 46

Year(s)

46

Hometown

Notes

From Willard VFW records; Frank Smitek remembered a Harvey Hopkins and his brother (LaGrange) and thought they played somewhere between 40-44!


Last Name

Howe

First Name

Roger

Middle Name

Nick Name

Position(s)

batboy

Year(s)

47, 48

Hometown

Wakeman

Notes

in photos, homestead is Breeze Hill on Ohio 60 North (an underground railroad house listed in the National register of historic buildings). Currently Howe lives in Cincinnati and Florida

Last Name

Hoyt

First Name

Middle Name

Nick Name

Bob?

Position(s)

??

Year(s)

36

Hometown

Notes

in 36 photo

Last Name

Hurst

First Name

Middle Name

Nick Name

Tom

Position(s)

1b

Year(s)

28

Hometown

Notes

ticket seller in 31

Last Name

Hurst

First Name

Milton

Middle Name

Nick Name

Milt

Position(s)

rf, ss, cf

Year(s)

28-31, 36

Hometown

Notes

spelled Harst in 36 photo


Last Name

Hutton

First Name

Doyle

Middle Name

Nick Name

Position(s)

cf,….3b, 1b, lf, rf, 2b

Year(s)

36-38

Hometown

Amherst

Notes

Last Name

Hutton

First Name

John

Middle Name

Dudley

Nick Name

Position(s)

1b

Year(s)

37, 38

Hometown

Notes

Last Name

Ifft

First Name

Middle Name

Nick Name

Position(s)

p, rf

Year(s)

38

Hometown

Notes

Last Name

Ingraham

First Name

Marvin

Middle Name

Nick Name

Position(s)

??

Year(s)

30

Hometown

Notes

account book records as having been paid for playing

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