[KenRaffensberger16]

Two of the 10 oldest living Phillies passed away in the last few days pitcher Don Grate, 91 and outfielder and
member of the 1950 Whiz Kids Phillies N.L Pennant winners, Jackie Mayo, 89.
Grate was a career minor leaguer, who made it to the Phillies for cups of coffee in 1945 and 1946. Twice held
the record for the longest baseball throw. He set the record in 1954, had it broken by a young minor leaguer,
Rockly Colovito before Grate retook the record by throwing a ball 445 feet and 1 inch in August 1956 while with
the Chattanooga Lookouts, a farm team for the Washington Senators. In the late 1950s Phillies Outfielder and
native Canadian, Glen Gorbous broke Grate's record by 9 inches (445 feet, 10 inches) and it appears that the
Gorbous record still stands.