Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1985

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 1985

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Joe Wood West Haven, Connecticut 07-27-1985 1908 1922
Bill Morley Lubbock, Texas 05-14-1985 1913 1913
Bill Wambsganss Lakewood, Ohio 12-08-1985 1914 1926
Oscar Harstad Corvallis, Oregon 11-14-1985 1915 1915
Burleigh Grimes Clear Lake, Wisconsin 12-06-1985 1916 1934
George Uhle Lakewood, Ohio 02-26-1985 1919 1936
Billy Zitzmann Passaic, New Jersey 05-29-1985 1919 1929
Luke Nelson Moline, Illinois 11-14-1985 1919 1919
Elmer Bowman Los Angeles, California 12-17-1985 1920 1920
Riggs Stephenson Tuscaloosa, Alabama 11-15-1985 1921 1934
Johnny Mokan Buffalo, New York 02-10-1985 1921 1927
Joe Genewich Lockport, New York 12-21-1985 1922 1930
Ossie Bluege Edina, Minnesota 10-14-1985 1922 1939
Syl Johnson Portland, Oregon 02-20-1985 1922 1940
Les Bell Hershey, Pennsylvania 12-26-1985 1923 1931
Jim Grant Des Moines, Iowa 11-30-1985 1923 1923
Guy Bush Shannon, Mississippi 07-02-1985 1923 1945
Carl Yowell Jacksonville, Texas 07-27-1985 1924 1925
Roy Luebbe Papillion, Nebraska 08-21-1985 1925 1925
Hal Goldsmith Riverhead, New York 10-20-1985 1926 1929
Rusty Yarnall Lowell, Massachusetts 10-09-1985 1926 1926
Augie Walsh San Rafael, California 11-12-1985 1927 1928
Sam West Lubbock, Texas 11-23-1985 1927 1942
Red Peery Salt Lake City, Utah 05-06-1985 1927 1929
Stu Clarke Hayward, California 08-26-1985 1929 1930
Cloy Mattox Danville, Virginia 08-03-1985 1929 1929
Joe Bradshaw Tavares, Florida 01-30-1985 1929 1929
Bud Teachout Laguna Beach, California 05-11-1985 1930 1932
Monk Sherlock Buffalo, New York 11-26-1985 1930 1930
Frank Mulroney Aberdeen, Washington 11-11-1985 1930 1930
Wes Schulmerich Corvallis, Oregon 06-26-1985 1931 1934
Van Mungo Pageland, South Carolina 02-12-1985 1931 1945
Al Todd Elmira, New York 03-08-1985 1932 1943
Joe Glenn Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania 05-06-1985 1932 1940
Clarence Fieber Redwood City, California 08-20-1985 1932 1932
Whitey Wilshere Cooperstown, New York 05-23-1985 1934 1936
Johnny Broaca Lawrence, Massachusetts 05-16-1985 1934 1939
Steamboat Struss Grand Rapids, Michigan 09-12-1985 1934 1934
Ted Kleinhans Redington Beach, Florida 07-24-1985 1934 1938
Whitey Wistert Painesville, Ohio 04-23-1985 1934 1934
Ken O'Dea Lima, New York 12-17-1985 1935 1946
George Washington Linden, Texas 02-17-1985 1935 1936
Art Bramhall Madison, Wisconsin 09-04-1985 1935 1935
Joe Sullivan Sequim, Washington 04-08-1985 1935 1941
Ken Chase Oneonta, New York 01-16-1985 1936 1943
Kirby Higbe Columbia, South Carolina 05-06-1985 1937 1950
Archie McKain Salina, Kansas 05-21-1985 1937 1943
Jake Early Melbourne, Florida 05-31-1985 1939 1949
Ike Pearson Sarasota, Florida 03-17-1985 1939 1948
Lefty Smoll Quakertown, Pennsylvania 08-31-1985 1940 1940
Johnny Rucker Moultrie, Georgia 08-07-1985 1940 1946
Alf Anderson Albany, Georgia 06-23-1985 1941 1946
Bob Scheffing Phoenix, Arizona 10-26-1985 1941 1951
Benny Zientara Lake Elsinore, California 04-16-1985 1941 1948
Dick Wakefield Redford, Michigan 08-26-1985 1941 1952
Johnny Lindell Newport Beach, California 08-27-1985 1941 1954
Joe Wood Houston, Texas 03-25-1985 1943 1943
Larry Drake Houston, Texas 07-14-1985 1945 1948
Roy Lee St. Louis, Missouri 11-11-1985 1945 1945
Johnny Bero Gardena, California 05-11-1985 1948 1951
Bobby Young Baltimore, Maryland 01-28-1985 1948 1958
Jim Bilbrey Toledo, Ohio 12-26-1985 1949 1949
Harry Byrd Darlington, South Carolina 05-14-1985 1950 1957
Dave Madison Macon, Mississippi 12-08-1985 1950 1953
Bud Sheely Sacramento, California 10-17-1985 1951 1953
Bob Nieman Corona, California 03-10-1985 1951 1962
Ray Jablonski Chicago, Illinois 11-25-1985 1953 1960
Dick Drott Glendale Heights, Illinois 08-16-1985 1957 1963
Roger Maris Houston, Texas 12-14-1985 1957 1968
Curt Barclay Missoula, Montana 03-25-1985 1957 1959
Bob Wilson Dallas, Texas 04-23-1985 1958 1958
Bill Kunkel Red Bank, New Jersey 05-04-1985 1961 1963
George Banks Spartanburg, South Carolina 03-01-1985 1962 1966
Grover Powell Raleigh, North Carolina 05-21-1985 1963 1963

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1985


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