List of baseball players who died during their careers
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This is a list of baseball players who died during their careers. While some of these deaths occurred during a game, the majority were the result of accidents off the field, illnesses, acts of violence, or suicide.
Repeated studies have shown that contemporary Major League Baseball players have a greater life expectancy than males in the general U.S. population — about five years more, on average, which is attributed to their superior fitness and healthy lifestyles. The longer the active career, the longer the player lives, on average. This correlation is attributed to the maintenance of fitness and increased wealth.[1]
Deaths of active players
[edit]This is a list of notable deaths in baseball and untimely deaths of active professional baseball players.
† | Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame |
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Major League Baseball
[edit]The following Major League Baseball players died during their careers.
Former major-league players still active in professional baseball at the time of their death
[edit]Minor league players are listed with their major league affiliate team, else denoted with a dagger (†) if their team was unaffiliated.
Player | Age | Position | Last team | Organization | Cause of death | Year | Ref(s) |
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Malcom Anderson | 23 | Third baseman | San Francisco Haverlys | — | cardiac arrest | 1888 | [53] |
Alexeis Azuaje | 21 | Second baseman | Clearwater Threshers | Philadelphia Phillies | car accident | 2023 | [54] |
Jesse Batterton | 19 | Second baseman | Springfield Cardinals | St. Louis Cardinals | struck on the head by a pitch | 1933 | [55] |
Stan Bell | 23 | Pitcher | Shreveport Braves | Atlanta Braves | car accident | 1970 | [56] |
Thomas Burke | 26 | Left fielder | Lynn Shoemakers | — | struck on the head by a pitch | 1906 | [57] |
Jairo Capellan | 19 | Pitcher | DSL Reds | Cincinnati Reds | automobile crash | 2018 | [58] |
Bobby Joe Case | 24 | Infielder | Mobile Bears | New York Mets | automobile crash | 1962 | [59] |
Evan Chambers | 24 | Outfielder | GCL Pirates | Pittsburgh Pirates | heart defect | 2013 | [60] |
Louis Chedo | 23 | Pitcher | Decatur Commodores | — | struck on the head by a pitch | 1925 | [61] |
Thomas Coates | — | Outfielder | Oshkosh Indians | — | unintentional discharge of firearm | 1909 | [62] |
William Coffey | 22 | Pitcher | Pampa Oilers | — | automobile crash | 1951 | [63] |
Brian Cole | 22 | Outfielder | Scottsdale Scorpions | New York Mets | automobile crash | 2001 | [64] |
Dick Conway | 19 | Catcher | Twin Falls Cowboys | New York Yankees | struck in the heart by a thrown ball | 1951 | [65] |
Ryan Costello | 23 | Infielder | Pensacola Blue Wahoos | Minnesota Twins | sudden cardiac arrhythmia | 2019 | [66][67] |
Aaron Cox | 24 | Pitcher | Inland Empire 66ers | Los Angeles Angels | self-inflicted gunshot wound | 2018 | [68][69] |
James Davis | 20 | Outfielder | Ballinger Cats | — | struck on the head by a pitch | 1947 | [70] |
Linus Ebnet | 23 | Shortstop | Winnipeg Maroons | — | struck on the head by a pitch | 1938 | [70] |
Alfredo Edmead | 17 | Outfielder | Salem Pirates | Pittsburgh Pirates | brain trauma from in-game outfield collision | 1974 | [71] |
Lute Freeland | 28 | Pitcher | New Orleans Pelicans | — | blood poisoning | 1902 | [72][73] |
Ronny Garcia | 24 | Pitcher | York Revolution | — | car crash | 2024 | [74] |
Miguel Gonzalez | 21 | Pitcher | DSL Orioles | Baltimore Orioles | car crash | 2017 | [75] |
Louis Henke | — | First baseman | Atlanta Atlantas | — | internal bleeding from a collision on the base path | 1885 | [76] |
Red Herbert | 18 | First baseman | Dayton Veterans | — | internal bleeding from a collision on the base path | 1904 | [77] |
Happy Hogan | 37 | Catcher / Manager | Vernon Tigers | — | pneumonia | 1915 | [78] |
Ossie Johnson | — | Outfielder | Oakland Oaks | — | blood poisoning | 1924 | [79] |
Ottis Johnson | 24 | Outfielder | Dothan Browns | — | struck on the head by a pitch | 1951 | [80] |
Yorman Landa | 22 | Pitcher | Fort Myers Miracle | Minnesota Twins | car crash | 2016 | [81] |
Anthony Latham | 21 | Outfielder | Winston-Salem Red Sox | Boston Red Sox | boat accident | 1983 | [82] |
Pete Mann | 27 | Third baseman | Macon Peaches | — | struck in the chest by a pitch | 1927 | [83][84] |
Andres Melendez | 20 | Catcher | Lynchburg Hillcats | Cleveland Guardians | Multiple Organ Failure | 2021 | [85][86] |
Doug Million | 21 | Pitcher | New Haven Ravens | Colorado Rockies | asthma attack | 1997 | [87] |
Sean Murphy | 27 | Pitcher | Sacramento River Cats | Oakland Athletics | Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | 2016 | [88] |
Ernest Nichols | 22 | Pitcher | Spokane Indians | — | cardiac arrest | 1903 | [89] |
Chace Numata | 27 | Catcher | Erie SeaWolves | Detroit Tigers | injuries sustained in skateboarding accident | 2019 | [90] |
Bob Osgood | 19 | Catcher | Marion Cubs | Chicago Cubs | cardiac arrest | 1948 | [91] |
Corey Phelan | 20 | Relief pitcher | FCL Phillies | Philadelphia Phillies | T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (T-ALL) | 2022 | [92][93] |
Charles Pinkney | 20 | Second baseman | Dayton Veterans | — | struck on the head by a pitch | 1909 | [94] |
Billy Rakes | 24 | Third baseman | Reidsville Luckies | — | automobile crash | 1953 | [95] |
Ernest Regenold | 25 | Pitcher | Springfield Senators | — | cardiac arrest and heat stroke | 1926 | [96] |
Russell Reynolds | 24 | Catcher | Huntington Red Birds | — | struck on the head by a pitch | 1935 | [97] |
Lionel Rodgers | 21 | Utility | Fresno Giants | San Francisco Giants | automobile crash | 1961 | [98] |
Ronaldo Romero | 19 | Pitcher | Gastonia Rangers | Texas Rangers | cardiomyopathy, Supac use was a contributing factor | 1990 | [99] |
Victor Sanchez | 20 | Pitcher | Leones del Caracas | Seattle Mariners | struck by a boat while swimming | 2015 | [2] |
Fausto Segura | 23 | Pitcher | Auburn Doubledays | Washington Nationals | motorcycle crash | 2020 | [100] |
Bill Seinsoth | 22 | First baseman | Bakersfield Dodgers | Los Angeles Dodgers | automobile crash | 1969 | [101] |
Leo Smith | 19 | Third baseman | Kokomo Wild Cats | — | internal bleeding from a collision on the base path | 1909 | [102] |
Mac Smith | 23 | Infielder | Hagerstown Packets | Washington Senators | cardiac arrest | 1954 | [103] |
Andy Strong | 24 | Center fielder | Crowley Millers | — | lightning strike during game | 1951 | [104] |
George Tkach | 21 | Second baseman | Superior Blues | — | struck on the head by a pitch | 1936 | [105] |
Casey Thomas | 24 | Infielder | Arizona League Athletics | Oakland Athletics | painkiller overdose | 2017 | [106] |
Herbert Whitney | 27 | Catcher | Burlington Pathfinders | — | struck on the head by a pitch | 1906 | [107] |
Lefty Wycoff | — | Pitcher | Canton Terriers | — | struck by automobile | 1929 | [108] |
Player | Age | Position | Team | Cause of death | Year | Ref(s) |
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Lou Jackson | 33 | Outfielder | Sankei Atoms | pancreatic necrosis | 1969 | [109] |
Hiroyuki Oze | 24 | Outfielder | Orix Buffaloes | suicide | 2010 | [110] |
Yūsuke Kinoshita | 27 | Pitcher | Chunichi Dragons | myocarditis | 2021 | [111] |
Player | Age | Position | Team | Cause of death | Year | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kim Young-Sin (baseball) | 24 | Catcher | OB Bears | Drowning suspected to be suicide | 1986 | [112] |
Kim Dae-Hyeon (pitcher, born 1962) | 26 | Pitcher | Haitai Tigers | car accident | 1988 | [113] |
Kim Sang-Jin (pitcher, born 1977) | 22 | Pitcher | Haitai Tigers | stomach cancer | 1999 | [114] |
Lee Kyoo-hwan (baseball) | 22 | Outfielder | Doosan Bears | fell down the stairs | 2012 | [115] |
Lee Doo-hwan | 24 | First baseman | KIA Tigers | Osteosarcoma | 2012 | [116] |
Lee Jang-hui (baseball) | 24 | Infielder | LG Twins | found dead after falling near a parking lot | 2013 | [117] |
Braulio Lara | 30 | Pitcher | SK Wyverns | car accident | 2019 | [118] |
Andy Marte | 33 | Infielder | KT Wiz | car accident | 2017 | [119] |
Kim Sung-Hun (pitcher, born 1998) | 21 | pitcher | Hanwha Eagles | death in a fall from a building | 2019 | [120] |
Player | Age | Position | Team | Cause of death | Year | Ref(s) |
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Hartog Hamburger | 37 | Infielder | OVVO | hit by line drive ball on head | 1924 |
Player | Age | Position | Team | Cause of death | Year | Ref(s) |
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Sang Ho Baek | 20 | Pitcher | George Mason | blood clot from complications from Tommy John surgery | 2021 | [127] |
Curtis Brenneman | 17 | Second baseman | Gettysburg | struck on head by a pitch | 1926 | [128] |
Derek Becker | 21 | Middle infielder | Keiser | homicide, gunshot | 2020 | [129] |
Chris Lane | 22 | Catcher | East Central | homicide, gunshot | 2013 | [130] |
Robert Brown | 19 | unknown | Howard County JC | electrocuted while erecting a foul pole that fell on a powerline | 1953 | [131] |
Randy Collins | 22 | Pitcher / Outfielder | Vanderbilt | automobile crash | 1973 | [132] |
Donny Everett | 19 | Pitcher | Vanderbilt | drowned | 2016 | [133] |
Joseph Geddings | 20 | Catcher | Appalachian State | struck on head by a pitch | 1964 | [134] |
Ira Goodlet | 18 | unknown | Arkansas Cumberland | struck on head by a pitch | 1908 | [135] |
James Mair | — | Second baseman | Monmouth | cerebral hemorrhage, collided with a teammate | 1896 | [136] |
Hervey Mangham | 19 | Right fielder | Louisiana State | struck on head by a pitch | 1908 | [137] |
Cassel Mowrey | 21 | First baseman | West Virginia | struck on head by a pitch | 1923 | [138] |
Gene Reynolds | 18 | unknown | Howard County JC | electrocuted while erecting a foul pole that fell on a powerline | 1953 | [131] |
Tim Trunk | 19 | Pitcher | Bradley | automobile crash | 1989 | [139] |
Walter Zorn | 19 | unknown | St. John's (Kansas) | struck on head by a pitch | 1950 | [140] |
See also
[edit]- Jim Creighton - Brooklyn Excelsiors's second baseman and superstar pitcher of the amateur era who died aged 21 of a ruptured abdominal hernia caused by the force of his own pitch in 1862.
- Lou Gehrig - New York Yankees's first baseman who was forced into retirement after being diagnosed with ALS, he would ultimately die from the disease, two years later in 1941.
- Sportspeople who died during their careers
- List of Major League Baseball players who died in wars
Notes
[edit]- ^ Barrios was a free agent at the time of his death, although he was reportedly about to sign a contract with the Milwaukee Brewers on the day he died. He had last been on a major league roster in 1981, with the Chicago White Sox.
- ^ Crews played his entire six-year career with the Los Angeles Dodgers, but the end of the 1992 season he became a free agent and signed with the Cleveland Indians on January 22, 1993. He died during spring training.
- ^ Hill's only major league playing experience was with the Minnesota Twins in 1969 and '70. About three weeks after the 1970 season ended, Hill was traded to St. Louis. However, Hill never actually played for St. Louis, as he died during that off-season.
- ^ Technically, Kennedy was a free agent at the time of his death, having been granted free agency by Toronto about three weeks prior.
- ^ Macko last played in August of 1980, when he was injured in a game. The injury was severe enough to keep him on the disabled list for the rest of 1980. In the course of doctor's examinations over the winter in early 1981, Macko was discovered to have cancer, which he fought through 1981. He traveled with the Cubs and remained on the disabled list through the entire 1981 season.
- ^ Technically, McJames was no longer actively involved in baseball at the time of his death. He had been released by Brooklyn in July, due the effects of tuberculosis. McJames was working as a doctor at the time of his death nine weeks later in September; the tuberculosis which ended his baseball career was a factor in his death.
- ^ Montgomery's only major league playing experience came with the Boston Braves in 1941. He was sold to the Giants in February of 1942, and spent spring training with the Giants. Montgomery died in a car accident on the trip north, before the start of the regular season.
- ^ O'Brien played for the Boston Reds in 1891 but was under contract with the St. Louis Browns at the time of his death before the start of the 1892 season.
- ^ Sharman was one of eight one-time Major League Baseball players known either to have been killed or died from illness while serving in the armed forces during World War I, but the only one who went directly from a major league career (concluding the 1917 season with the A's) to the military.
- ^ Technically, Sharperson was still a minor league player at the time of his death. The Padres had summoned Sharperson to join the major league team, to be on hand if he were needed in the event of an injury. (Sharperson died on the journey.) However, he had not been activated as a major league player at the time of his death, and quite possibly might not have been activated even had he arrived safely. Sharperson had last been on a major league roster with the Atlanta Braves in 1995.
- ^ Bond, who had been diagnosed with leukemia in 1962, had been playing with the Minnesota Twins until he was released on May 15, 1967. He was picked up by the Jacksonville Suns, the triple-A team of the New York Mets, but only played three games with Jacksonville before he had to enter a hospital for treatment. He died September 14.
- ^ Krug last played for the Indianapolis Indians in 1907 but was under contract with the minor league Johnstown Johnnies at the time of his death in January 1908.
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Further reading
[edit]- Lee, Bill (2009), Baseball Necrology, McFarland, ISBN 978-0786442393
- Bedingfield, Gary (2009), Baseball's Dead of World War II, McFarland, ISBN 978-0786444540
- Baltov, Victor (2010), "Jaws (There is a Shark in the Water)", Baseball Is America, AuthorHouse, pp. 253–276, ISBN 9781452004884