Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1942

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 1942

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Scrappy Carroll Buffalo, New York 11-14-1942 1884 1887
John Rudderham Randolph, Massachusetts 04-03-1942 1884 1884
Henry Larkin Reading, Pennsylvania 01-31-1942 1884 1893
Bill Johnson Chester, Pennsylvania 07-17-1942 1884 1892
Charley Bassett Pawtucket, Rhode Island 05-28-1942 1884 1892
Joe Gunson Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 11-15-1942 1884 1893
Jim Handiboe Columbus, Ohio 11-08-1942 1886 1886
Lev Shreve Detroit, Michigan 10-18-1942 1887 1889
Amos Rusie Seattle, Washington 12-06-1942 1889 1901
Jesse Duryea Algona, Iowa 08-19-1942 1889 1893
Dan O'Connor Guelph, Ontario, Canada 03-03-1942 1890 1890
Bill Delaney Canton, Ohio 03-01-1942 1890 1890
Ed Eiteljorge Greencastle, Indiana 12-05-1942 1890 1891
John Buckley Westborough, Massachusetts 05-03-1942 1890 1890
Tom Thomas Shawnee, Ohio 09-23-1942 1894 1900
Frank Connaughton Boston, Massachusetts 12-01-1942 1894 1906
Gene Steere San Francisco, California 03-13-1942 1894 1894
Harry Spies Los Angeles, California 07-07-1942 1895 1895
Dan Coogan Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10-28-1942 1895 1895
Danny Friend Chillicothe, Ohio 06-01-1942 1895 1898
Ed Gremminger Canton, Ohio 05-26-1942 1895 1904
Wiley Davis Detroit, Michigan 09-22-1942 1896 1896
Frank Martin Chicago, Illinois 09-02-1942 1897 1899
Jimmy Burke St. Louis, Missouri 03-26-1942 1898 1905
Jack Sutthoff Cincinnati, Ohio 08-03-1942 1898 1905
Clay Fauver Chatsworth, Georgia 03-03-1942 1899 1899
Ira Davis Brooklyn, New York 12-21-1942 1899 1899
Jack Hayden Haverford, Pennsylvania 08-03-1942 1901 1908
Frank Owen Dearborn, Michigan 11-24-1942 1901 1909
Henry Thielman New York, New York 09-02-1942 1902 1903
Ed Phelps East Greenbush, New York 01-31-1942 1902 1913
Larry Milton Hannibal, Missouri 05-15-1942 1903 1903
Izzy Hoffman Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 11-13-1942 1904 1907
Charlie Jaeger Ottawa, Illinois 09-27-1942 1904 1904
Ben Caffyn Peoria, Illinois 11-22-1942 1906 1906
Whitey Alperman Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 12-25-1942 1906 1909
Herm Malloy Massillon, Ohio 05-09-1942 1907 1908
Mike Welday Leavenworth, Kansas 05-28-1942 1907 1909
O.F. Baldwin Los Angeles, California 02-16-1942 1908 1908
Bob Vail Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 03-22-1942 1908 1908
Birdie Cree Sunbury, Pennsylvania 11-08-1942 1908 1915
Bob Bescher London, Ohio 11-29-1942 1908 1918
Amby McConnell Utica, New York 05-20-1942 1908 1911
Bill Rariden Bedford, Indiana 08-28-1942 1909 1920
Hack Simmons Arverne, New York 04-26-1942 1910 1915
Joe Giannini San Francisco, California 09-26-1942 1911 1911
Bill James Venice, California 05-25-1942 1911 1919
Jim Baskette Athens, Tennessee 07-30-1942 1911 1913
Ed Burns Monterey, California 05-30-1942 1912 1918
Happy Finneran Orange, New Jersey 02-03-1942 1912 1918
Slim Love Memphis, Tennessee 11-30-1942 1913 1920
Pat Bohen Napa, California 04-08-1942 1913 1914
Matt Zeiser Chicago, Illinois 06-10-1942 1914 1914
Herold Juul Chicago, Illinois 01-04-1942 1914 1914
Cad Coles Miami, Florida 06-30-1942 1914 1914
Manuel Cueto Regla, Cuba 06-29-1942 1914 1919
Owen Conway Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 03-12-1942 1915 1915
Jack Hammond Kenosha, Wisconsin 03-04-1942 1915 1922
Val Picinich Nobleboro, Maine 12-05-1942 1916 1933
Ray O'Brien Richmond Heights, Missouri 03-31-1942 1916 1916
Harry Pearce Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 01-08-1942 1917 1919
Norm McNeil Buffalo, New York 04-11-1942 1919 1919
Lyle Bigbee Portland, Oregon 08-05-1942 1920 1921
Dutch Wetzel Hollywood, California 03-05-1942 1920 1921
Pinky Hargrave Ft. Wayne, Indiana 10-03-1942 1923 1933
Frank Luce Milwaukee, Wisconsin 02-03-1942 1923 1923
Joe Poetz St. Louis, Missouri 02-07-1942 1926 1926
Chad Kimsey Pryor, Oklahoma 12-03-1942 1929 1936
Gordon McNaughton Chicago, Illinois 08-06-1942 1932 1932
Al Montgomery Waverly, Virginia 04-26-1942 1941 1941

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1942


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