NECROLOGY.

Deaths of former major league players, managers, executives, scouts, umpires and writers

(From January 20, 2000 to January 26, 2001)

* JOHN GAHERIN, 85, a negotiator who represented major league owners in the 1960s and 1970s, on January 20, 2000, of Parkinson's disease in Hyannis, Mass. He helped write baseball's first basic labor contract in 1968 and pension plan.

* RON HERBEL, 62, a right-handed pitcher who posted a career record of 42-37 from 1963-1971, on January 20, in Tacoma, Wash. He pitched for the Giants, Padres, Mets and Braves. As a hitter, he batted only .029 (six hits in 206 at-bats) and as such was ranked among the least successful pitchers on offense ever.

* BOB RAMAZZOTTI, 83, an infielder who played with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Cubs from 1946-1953, on February 15, in Altoona, Pa. He batted .230 in 346 major league games.

* JACK SANFORD, 70, a pitcher who was voted National League Rookie of the Year in 1957 when he went 19-8 with the Phillies, on March 7 in Beckley, W. Va. He compiled a career record of 137-101 with a 3.69 ERA in 12 seasons with the Phillies, San Francisco Giants, California Angels and Kansas City Athletics. His best season was 1962 when he won 16 consecutive games en route to a 24-8 record with the pennant-winning Giants.

* STANLEY (FRENCHY) BORDAGARAY, 90, an outfielder-third baseman who played 11 years in the majors from 1934-1945, missing a year in 1940, on April 13, in Ventura, Calif. He batted .283, playing for five teams, mostly with the Brooklyn Dodgers. He created a stir in 1935, his first year with the Dodgers, when for a few months, he wore a mustache, an adornment that major league players had discarded many years earlier.