[BluesDuke]

His name escapes me, but the player who was traded for himself(to be named later), also passed away.

That was Harry Chiti. The Cleveland Indians traded him to the New York Mets in 1962 for a player to be named later. After about a month (including an incident in which Chiti asked manager Casey Stengel, who prohibited card playing on team flights, if he could get up a gin game, with Stengel suggesting instead that a catcher with nothing to do might think about studying a little about opposing hitters), the Mets shipped him back to the Indians as the player to be named later. If it tells you anything, Chiti was a former Chicago Cub.

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If it tells you anything, Chiti was a former Chicago Cub.

as much as it hurts me to say so, that says it all, lol