In memoriam: Phillies lost in 2017

Somewhere, a Phillies Alumni reunion is taking place. Included are a Hall of Famer, a Cy Young Award winner, All-Stars, a Gold Glove Award winner, a World Series champions manager, veterans and guys with a cup of coffee, short and tall, ages ranging from the 40s to the 90s. Every position is represented.
Each is no longer with us, having died during the 2017 calendar year.
Manager
Dallas Green died in Philadelphia on March 22. He was 82. Green went from the executive offices to the dugout and became the first Phillies manager to win a World Series in 1980. He pitched in the Majors for eight seasons, six with the Phillies (1960-64, '67). Named director of Minor Leagues and scouting in 1972, he became the Phillies' manager on Aug. 31, 1979, compiling a 169-130 record through the '81 season. Green served as a senior advisor to the general manager from 1998 until his death.
Video: MIN@PHI: Mike Schmidt on the passing of Green
Coach
Herm Starrette died in his native Statesville, N.C., on June 2. He was 80. Starrette spent 28 years as a pitching coach for several teams, including the Phillies (1979-81) and earned a World Series ring in 1980.
Pitchers
Billy Champion died in his native Shelby, N.C., on Jan. 7 at age 69. He was a third-round selection in the 1965 Draft. Champion spent eight years in the Majors, including 1969-72 with the Phillies.
Mark Brownson died in Lake Worth, Fla., on Feb. 1 at age 44. He relieved in two games with the Phillies in 2000.
Todd Frohwirth died from complications with stomach cancer on March 26, in Waukesha, Wis., at 54 years of age. A 13th-round selection in 1984, the reliever pitched for the Phillies from 1987-90. Mr. Frohwirth's son, Tyler, was signed by the Phillies and is currently in pro ball.
Bob Kuzava died in Wyandotte, Mich., at age 93 on May 15. He pitched 10 seasons in the Majors, including 17 games with the 1955 Phillies.
Jim Bunning died on May 26 in Edgewood, Ky., at age 85. He pitched for 17 seasons in the Majors, including six with the Phillies (1964-67, 1970-71). Wearing a Phillies uniform, he tossed a perfect game in '64; he also became the first pitcher in modern times to win 100 games, appear in an All-Star Game and the second to strike out 1,000 in each league. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1996 and had his uniform number (No. 14) retired on April 6, 2001. Bunning was elected to City Council in Fort Thomas, Ky., in 1977. His political path took him to the Kentucky State Senate, U.S. House of Representatives (1986) and U.S. Senate (1998). He retired from the Senate in 2010.
Gene Conley, a 6-foot-8 right-handed pitcher, died at age 86 in Foxboro, Mass., on July 4. He pitched 11 seasons in the Majors, including 1959-60 with the Phillies. Conley also played for the Boston Celtics in the NBA. He won three titles with the Celtics and the 1957 National League pennant with the Braves in Milwaukee.
Roy Halladay was a right-hander who pitched for the Phillies, 2010-13, after 12 years with the Blue Jays. A 21-game winner in 2010, he tossed a perfect game in Miami in May of that season, a no-hitter in his first-ever postseason game that October vs. the Reds and won the NL Cy Young Award. Halladay died tragically on Nov. 7, when his single-engine plane he was piloting crashed into the Gulf of Mexico off Florida's west coast, not far from Clearwater, Fla. He was 40.

Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez died in a traffic accident in Havana, Cuba, on Nov. 23 at age 34. He spent 2014-15 in the Phillies' organization, with 31 appearances in the Minors over those two seasons and six in the Majors in '14.
Catcher
Darren Daulton died on Aug. 6 in Clearwater, Fla., after a four-year battle with brain cancer. He was 55. A 25^th-round selection in 1950, Daulton played 14 seasons with the Phillies (1983, 1985-97), longest tenure for a catcher in franchise history. He was a three-time All-Star. His leadership played a significant role in the Phillies winning the 1993 National League pennant. Daulton ended his career as a World Series champion with the '97 Marlins.
Video: PHI@ATL: Phillies pay tribute to Daulton
First base
Roy Sievers died on April 3 in Spanish Lake, Mo., at 90. An outfielder-first baseman, Sievers played 17 seasons in the Majors, including 1962-64 with the Phillies.
Second base
Solly Hemus was a 5-foot-9 second baseman and shortstop during an 11-year career, which included 1956-58 with the Phillies. He also managed the Cardinals for three seasons. Hemus died in Houston, Texas, on Oct. 2 at age 94.
Shortstop
Ruben Amaro Sr. died in Weston, Fla., on March 31. He was 81. Most of Amaro's career was spent with the Phillies as a player (1960-65), first-base coach (1980-81) and assistant director of Minor Leagues and scouting (1972-79). He won a Rawlings Gold Glove Award at shortstop in 1964. Amaro became the organization's first full-time scout in the Caribbean countries and was the Latin American coordinator from 1974-80. He returned to the Phillies' organization (1999-2006), serving as a Minor League coordinator, scouting and player development advisor, scout and Gulf Coast League manager.
Video: TB@PHI: Phillies' broadcast pays tribute to Amaro Sr.
Third base
Bob Sadowski died on Jan. 16, in St. Louis, Mo., at age 79. He played in 16 games with the 1961 Phillies.
Utility
Greg Jelks was a third baseman-first baseman-outfielder who played in 10 games for the Phillies in 1987. He spent eight years in their Minor League system. Jelks was a baseball legend in Australia, where he spent 23 years -- first as a player and then a manager. He died Jan. 6 in Sydney, at age 55, following a visit with his mother in Alabama.
Outfield
Bob Bowman was a right-handed-hitting outfielder who spent his entire career with the Phillies from 1955-59. Gifted with strong arm, Bowman also pitched in five games in 1959. He died Jan. 27 in San Jose, Calif., at age 85.
Mickey Harrington appeared in one Phillies game as a pinch-runner in 1963. His Minor League career was 1957-66. He died on Sept. 20 in his native Hattiesburg, Miss., at 82.
John Herrnstein played for the Phillies from 1962-66. He was the primary first baseman on the '64 Phillies. Herrnstein was a fullback/linebacker at the University of Michigan and the captain his senior year. His father and grandfather also played football there. Herrnstein died at age 79 in Chillicothe, Ohio, on Oct. 3.
Don Lock spent eight years in the Majors, including 1967-69 with the Phillies, averaging 21 homers per season. Lock died in Wichita, Kan., on Oct. 8, at age 81.
Phillies family
Tommy Ferguson was a Phillies scout for 13 years beginning in 1983. He died Jan. 3 in Tustin, Calif., at age 86.
Doug Gassaway, who distinguished himself as a scouting career with seven teams from 1973-2004, died in Blum, Texas, on April 2 at age 81. Gassaway's career with the Phillies was 1975-86.
Katie DeMars, wife of coach Bill DeMars, died on Jan. 13, in Clearwater, Fla. She was 93. DeMars had been the oldest living female WWII Navy veteran.