Zeke Bella [SEP] place of death
Zeke Bella
John "Zeke" Bella (August 22, 1930 – November 17, 2013) was a Major League Baseball outfielder; playing for the New York Yankees in and the Kansas City Athletics in .
Early life.
Zeke Bella was born August 22, 1930, in Greenwich, Connecticut. Bella graduated from Greenwich High School in 1947 where he was called "[a] superlative athlete"; playing both football and baseball.
MLB career.
Bella began his professional career with the Class C Amsterdam
Athletics in the 1937 season, at the time of his death, the second oldest surviving Major League player.
- November 8 – Rod Miller, 73, pinch-hitter for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1957 season.
- November 17 – Zeke Bella, 83, backup outfielder who played for the New York Yankees in 1957 and the Kansas City Athletics in 1959.
- November 19 – Babe Birrer, 85, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, Baltimore Orioles and Los Angeles Dodgers in a span of three seasons