San Francisco-Tofi Art Chaluk, a label jug, replaced the Fameer Mickey Mantil Hall in 1951 in the Yanxiz list and was the oldest older Ligor.
He was 100 years old, after celebrating a large birthday party when he became centenary last spring. His house, with the help of Saturday, announced that Shalok died on Thursday, and also made confirmation from the family.
The family said: “He died safely in the loving care community in Sonoma, California, at the age of 100. He was 101 years old in April.”
“The beloved father, grandfather, grandfather, and friend, lived in a wonderful life, from his country’s service in World War II to fulfill his dream of playing baseball in the Great League. As a pushing for New York Yanxiz, he was part of Al -Fakour, and works on his appreciation. Dear friendships, family and passion for sport that set a lot of his journey.”
When New York chose a 19-year-old cloak to Triple-A in 1951, Schalock got his shot in the big league championships at the age of 27. He was a colleague of the room and Schalock was the person who picked up the daily Berra delivery of “Funnies” as they called it.
The citizen of the Gulf region went to Tamalpais High in Mill Valley, then Marin College before becoming a leading player in the league 10,823 when he first appeared on July 16, 1951. He got 2⅔ roles for Liangez on that day in Detroit, then he won his first professional victory after one month in Washington.
The Lefty won three episodes of the 1951 World Championship to 1953, although it was installed in the series’ 53 only, where Jackie Robinson retired from Brooklyn during a picnic in match 4.
“This was a suspense, and it is a suspense with these men,” Shaluk told Associated Press last year in an interview before his birthday. ))
The American Navy in the Pacific during the Second World War after his recruitment in 1942, Shaluk survived when the USS Liscome Bay carrier was killed by Japanese Torbid in November 1943 and 644 killed – the majority of the tanks in the battle of Makin.
“I didn’t think I would return to the highest level. I wanted to play the baseball game, yes,” he said during the interview last year. “I did this at Junior College. In those years, the Gulf region was full of baseball. When I say full of baseball, semi -common. Every city had a team.”
Over the course of a major career in the Grand League for five years with Yanxiz before the completion of the Baltimore in 1955, Chaluk went 6-7 with 4.02 afternoon more than 58 games with 14 starting 170⅓ rounds. Hit 77.
Shalok was born on April 25, 1924, in Wadi Mail outside San Francisco.
He did not specify a record age: Negro Leagues Si Simmons lived from 1926 in New York Lincoln giants to 111, while another former jug in Yanxiz, Red Hove, reached 107.
“The community in Kojer from Sonoma Plaza is very sad about the death of the beloved resident, Arthur” Art “, Shaluk, on March 6, 2025,” the facility said in a statement. “At the age of 100, art was a dear member of our society, bringing warmth, humor and an inspiring life story for all those who have the honor of knowing it.”
