Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1932

While looking up at an Old Timers’ Day scoreboard which was listing deceased Yankee greats, Hall of Fame Catcher Yogi Berra once quipped, "Boy, I hope I never see my name up there." The table below allows you to "check the scoreboard" in a year by year format. Simply select a year and up comes a list of every Major League player in history who died during any given year.
"If anybody talks about a dead guy during a broadcast, I'll sack 'em. I'm sick of dead guys. Whenever I turn on baseball, all I hear about is dead guys. If I hear a name, I'm going to ask: 'Is he dead?' And if he is, you're fired." - Fox Sports President David Hill in The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball (Jonathan Fraser Light, 2005)
Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1932

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Redleg Snyder Camden, New Jersey 11-24-1932 1876 1884
Lon Knight Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 04-23-1932 1876 1885
John Morrill Brookline, Massachusetts 04-02-1932 1876 1890
Dan Brouthers East Orange, New Jersey 08-02-1932 1879 1904
Andy Piercy San Jose, California 12-27-1932 1881 1881
Eddie Hogan Yucaipa, California 01-22-1932 1882 1882
Fred Pfeffer Chicago, Illinois 04-10-1932 1882 1897
Bill Gleason St. Louis, Missouri 07-21-1932 1882 1889
Alonzo Breitenstein Utica, New York 06-19-1932 1883 1883
Ike Benners Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 04-18-1932 1884 1884
Henry Boyle Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 05-25-1932 1884 1889
Lyman Drake Muskegon, Michigan 02-06-1932 1884 1884
Charlie Getzien Chicago, Illinois 06-19-1932 1884 1892
Frank Berkelbach Merchentville, New Jersey 06-10-1932 1884 1884
Harry Koons Camden, New Jersey 04-05-1932 1884 1884
Mac MacArthur Detroit, Michigan 10-18-1932 1884 1884
Pop Tate Richmond, Virginia 06-25-1932 1885 1890
Tom Quinn Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 07-24-1932 1886 1890
Bill Bishop Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 12-15-1932 1886 1889
Pop Schriver New York, New York 12-27-1932 1886 1901
Henry Jackson Chicago, Illinois 09-14-1932 1887 1887
Henry Gruber New Haven, Connecticut 09-26-1932 1887 1891
Bill Grey Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 12-08-1932 1890 1898
John Shearon Chicago, Illinois 02-12-1932 1891 1896
Jim Long Louisville, Kentucky 12-12-1932 1891 1893
Ed Spurney Cleveland, Ohio 10-11-1932 1891 1891
Candy LaChance Waterville, Connecticut 08-18-1932 1893 1905
John Graff Washington, D.C. 04-02-1932 1893 1893
George Sharrott Jamaica, New York 01-06-1932 1893 1894
Tom Parrott Dundee, Oregon 01-01-1932 1893 1896
Frank West Wilmerding, Pennsylvania 09-06-1932 1894 1894
Jake Boyd Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 08-12-1932 1894 1896
Willie Clark Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 11-13-1932 1895 1899
Ducky Holmes Truro, Iowa 08-06-1932 1895 1905
Sammy Strang Chattanooga, Tennessee 03-13-1932 1896 1908
Frank Eustace Pottsville, Pennsylvania 10-20-1932 1896 1896
Tom Lipp Baltimore, Maryland 05-30-1932 1897 1897
Charlie Carr Memphis, Tennessee 11-25-1932 1898 1914
Bill Carrick Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 03-07-1932 1898 1902
Frank Cross Geauga Lake, Ohio 11-02-1932 1901 1901
Hughie Hearne Troy, New York 09-22-1932 1901 1903
Harry Kane Portland, Oregon 09-15-1932 1902 1906
Boss Schmidt Altus, Arkansas 11-14-1932 1906 1911
Mark Stewart Memphis, Tennessee 01-17-1932 1913 1913
Doug Neff Cape Charles, Virginia 05-23-1932 1914 1915
Frank Lobert Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 05-29-1932 1914 1914
Ed Appleton Arlington, Texas 01-27-1932 1915 1916
John Peters Kansas City, Missouri 02-21-1932 1915 1922
Otto Neu Kenton, Ohio 09-19-1932 1917 1917
Howard Freigau Chattanooga, Tennessee 07-18-1932 1922 1928
Ed Morris Century, Florida 03-03-1932 1922 1931
Haddie Gill Brockton, Massachusetts 08-01-1932 1923 1923

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1932


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