James Charles Gosger is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder and first baseman. He played from 1963-1974 for six different teams. Gosger was listed at 5 feet 11 inches and 185 pounds and batted and threw left-handed. During a 10-year baseball career, Gosger batted .226 hitter with 30 home runs and 411 hits in 705 games played. Basically a contact, line-drive hitter, Gosger was a fine reserve outfielder with a strong throwing arm, appearing in 555 games at center field, left and right, and eventually as a first baseman. Gosger broke into the majors in 1963 with the Boston Red Sox, playing for them two and a half years before joining the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics, Seattle Pilots, New York Mets, Montreal Expos, and again with the Mets. His most productive season came in 1967 with Kansas City, when he posted career-highs in games, home runs and hits, while hitting .242 with 36 RBI. 

November 6th, 1942 in Port Huron (Age 80)