Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1990

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 1990

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Bill Otis Duluth, Minnesota 12-15-1990 1912 1912
Shag Thompson Black Mountain, North Carolina 01-07-1990 1914 1916
Erv Kantlehner Santa Barbara, California 02-03-1990 1914 1916
Carmen Hill Indianapolis, Indiana 01-01-1990 1915 1930
Walter Anderson Battle Creek, Michigan 01-06-1990 1917 1919
Joe Gleason Phelps, New York 09-08-1990 1920 1922
Lou Vedder Lake Placid, Florida 03-09-1990 1920 1920
Paddy Smith New Rochelle, New York 12-02-1990 1920 1920
Joe Sewell Mobile, Alabama 03-06-1990 1920 1933
Bill Kelly Syracuse, New York 04-08-1990 1920 1928
George McNamara Hinsdale, Illinois 06-12-1990 1922 1922
Bonnie Hollingsworth Knoxville, Tennessee 01-04-1990 1922 1928
Andy Woehr Fort Wayne, Indiana 07-24-1990 1923 1924
Bill Lasley Seattle, Washington 08-21-1990 1924 1924
Charlie Gibson LaGrange, Georgia 12-18-1990 1924 1924
Johnny Neun Baltimore, Maryland 03-28-1990 1925 1931
Johnny Wertz Newberry, South Carolina 09-24-1990 1926 1929
Jack Russell Clearwater, Florida 11-03-1990 1926 1940
Fay Thomas Chatsworth, California 08-12-1990 1927 1935
Jim Walkup Duncan, Oklahoma 06-12-1990 1927 1927
Heinie Schuble Baytown, Texas 10-02-1990 1927 1936
Doc Cramer Manahawkin, New Jersey 09-09-1990 1929 1948
Joe O'Rourke Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 06-27-1990 1929 1929
Bob Brown Pembroke, Massachusetts 08-03-1990 1930 1936
Lou Garland Idaho Falls, Idaho 08-30-1990 1931 1931
Frank Waddey Knoxville, Tennessee 10-21-1990 1931 1931
Joe Bowman Kansas City, Missouri 11-22-1990 1932 1945
Johnny Reder Fall River, Massachusetts 04-12-1990 1932 1932
Roy Schalk Gainesville, Texas 03-11-1990 1932 1945
Dick Gyselman Seattle, Washington 09-20-1990 1933 1934
Bob Garbark Meadville, Pennsylvania 08-15-1990 1934 1945
Cookie Lavagetto Orinda, California 08-10-1990 1934 1947
Mark Mauldin Union City, Georgia 09-02-1990 1934 1934
Walt Ripley Attleboro, Massachusetts 10-07-1990 1935 1935
Wally Moses Vidalia, Georgia 10-10-1990 1935 1951
Henry Coppola Norfolk, Massachusetts 07-10-1990 1935 1936
Al McLean Asheboro, North Carolina 09-29-1990 1935 1935
Al Veach Charlotte, North Carolina 09-06-1990 1935 1935
Pretzel Pezzullo Dallas, Texas 05-16-1990 1935 1936
Nels Potter Mt. Morris, Illinois 09-30-1990 1936 1949
Red Barrett Wilson, North Carolina 07-28-1990 1937 1949
Spud Chandler South Pasadena, Florida 01-09-1990 1937 1947
Bucky Jacobs Richmond, Virginia 06-15-1990 1937 1940
Bob Uhl Santa Rosa, California 08-21-1990 1938 1940
Nick Etten Hinsdale, Illinois 10-18-1990 1938 1947
Creepy Crespi Florissant, Missouri 03-01-1990 1938 1942
Buster Adams Rancho Mirage, California 09-01-1990 1939 1947
George Barnicle Largo, Florida 10-10-1990 1939 1941
Bill Beckmann Florissant, Missouri 01-02-1990 1939 1942
Charlie Keller Frederick, Maryland 05-23-1990 1939 1952
Jim Schelle Weymouth, Massachusetts 05-04-1990 1939 1939
Phil Masi Mt. Prospect, Illinois 03-29-1990 1939 1952
Neb Stewart London, Ohio 06-08-1990 1940 1940
Mickey Witek Kingston, Pennsylvania 08-24-1990 1940 1949
Boyd Perry Burlington, North Carolina 06-29-1990 1941 1941
Johnny Beazley Nashville, Tennessee 04-21-1990 1941 1949
Vern Freiburger Palm Springs, California 02-27-1990 1941 1941
Tommy Hughes Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 11-28-1990 1941 1948
Ray Poat Oak Lawn, Illinois 04-29-1990 1942 1949
Earl Naylor Winter Haven, Florida 01-16-1990 1942 1946
Lew Flick Weber City, Virginia 12-07-1990 1943 1944
John Antonelli Memphis, Tennessee 04-18-1990 1944 1945
Roy Jarvis Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 01-13-1990 1944 1947
Wally Flager Keizer, Oregon 12-16-1990 1945 1945
Vance Dinges Harrisonburg, Virginia 10-04-1990 1945 1946
Cecil Garriott Lake Elsinore, California 02-20-1990 1946 1946
Junior Walsh Olyphant, Pennsylvania 11-12-1990 1946 1951
Dixie Howell Binghamton, New York 10-05-1990 1947 1956
Earl Torgeson Everett, Washington 11-08-1990 1947 1961
Jim Clark Santa Monica, California 10-24-1990 1948 1948
Jim Romano New York, New York 09-12-1990 1950 1950
Pete Wojey Mobile, Alabama 04-23-1990 1954 1957
Lino Donoso Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico 10-13-1990 1955 1956
Glen Gorbous Calgary, Alberta, Canada 06-12-1990 1955 1957
Don Bessent Jacksonville, Florida 07-07-1990 1955 1958
Larry Jackson Boise, Idaho 08-28-1990 1955 1968
Bobby Balcena San Pedro, California 01-05-1990 1956 1956
Marshall Bridges Jackson, Mississippi 09-03-1990 1959 1965
Charlie Shoemaker Mount Penn, Pennsylvania 05-31-1990 1961 1964
Aurelio Monteagudo Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, Mexico 11-10-1990 1963 1973
Tony Conigliaro Salem, Massachusetts 02-24-1990 1964 1975
Tony Solaita Tafuna, American Samoa 02-10-1990 1968 1979
Larry Cox Bellefontaine, Ohio 02-17-1990 1973 1982
Bo Diaz Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela 11-23-1990 1977 1989

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1990


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