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Necrology: deaths of former major league players, managers, executives, scouts, umpires and writers (from January 27, 2001 through January 27, 2002).(Obituary)

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Curt Blefary, 57, American League Rookie of the Year in 1965 when he played left field for the Baltimore Orioles, on January 28, 2001 of chronic pancreatitis and other related ailments at his home in Pompano Beach, Fla. He was a member of the 1966 Orioles team that won the World Series and played eight years in the majors until his retirement in 1972.

Bob Buhl, 72, a right-handed starter who pitched for the Milwaukee Braves, Cubs and Phillies from 1953-1967, winning 166 games while losing 132, on February 16 in Winter Haven, Fla. He was 18-7 in 1957 when the Braves won the N.L. pennant and World Series. Although overshadowed by Warren Spahn and Lew Burdette, he ...

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