Joe Demaestri, All-Star, dies, age 87. Down to 17 Browns.

This write-up courtesy of Uncle Mike:

    Joe DeMaestri, 87, from San Francisco. A shortstop, and like Billy DeMars also a survivor of another defunct team: the Philadelphia As.  "Froggy" played 81 games for the Browns in 1952, before playing for the A's from 1953 through 1959, including the move to Kansas City in 1954-55. He was an All-Star in 1957. He was a throw-in in the trade that brought Roger Maris to the Yankees. He was sent in to replace Tony Kubek after his injury in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series, and his last major league appearance was on the next year's Series, winning a 1961 World Series ring.

Neil Berry, member of last Browns team passes. Now just 18.

Former Detroit Tiger and Kalamazoo life-long resident Neil Berry dies

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By John Tunison | jtunison@mlive.com 
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on August 27, 2016 at 2:30 PM, updated August 28, 2016 at 8:44 AM

Neil John Berry in a photo used for his obituaryCourtesy photo 

KALAMAZOO, MI -- Neil Berry, a Kalamazoo athletic standout in the 1930s who later played for the Detroit Tigers and other MLB teams, has died.

Berry was a life-long resident of Kalamazoo. He was 94.

Berry was a utility player with the Tigers for five years, starting in 1948. He played second base, shortstop and third base.

Later, he played for the Chicago White Sox, the St. Louis Browns and Baltimore Orioles in 1953 and 1954.

Berry was a top high school athlete in the Kalamazoo area in the late 1930s and attended Kalamazoo Central High School. He was on Central's football team that won the state championship in 1938.

He also excelled in basketball and was on Central's state championship team in 1937.

Berry later attended Western State Teacher's College, which became Western Michigan University, and played on the freshman football and baseball teams.

His sports career was interrupted when he served in the United States Army from 1943-1945 during World War II.

After baseball, he was in the sporting goods business, then worked to install gymnasium floors and finally as a Kalamazoo County government employee.