Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 2008

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 2008

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Don Gutteridge Pittsburg, Kansas 09-07-2008 1936 1948
Randy Gumpert Wyomissing, Pennsylvania 11-25-2008 1936 1952
George Gick Lafayette, Indiana 08-12-2008 1937 1938
Dario Lodigiani Napa, California 02-10-2008 1938 1946
Preacher Roe West Plains, Missouri 11-09-2008 1938 1954
Mickey Vernon Media, Pennsylvania 09-24-2008 1939 1960
Walt Masterson Durham, North Carolina 04-05-2008 1939 1956
Les McCrabb Lancaster, Pennsylvania 10-08-2008 1939 1950
Ed Levy Titusville, Florida 10-27-2008 1940 1944
Art Johnson Holden, Massachusetts 04-27-2008 1940 1942
Herb Hash Culpeper, Virginia 05-20-2008 1940 1941
Porter Vaughan Richmond, Virginia 07-30-2008 1940 1946
Sid Hudson Waco, Texas 10-10-2008 1940 1954
Sam File Ocean Pines, Maryland 09-25-2008 1940 1940
Hersh Lyons Inglewood, California 04-08-2008 1941 1941
Lou Stringer Lake Forest, California 10-19-2008 1941 1950
Tommy Holmes Boca Raton, Florida 04-14-2008 1942 1952
Ray Hoffman Milton, Georgia 05-30-2008 1942 1942
John McHale Stuart, Florida 01-17-2008 1943 1948
Deacon Donahue Glenview, Illinois 03-06-2008 1943 1944
Roy Wise Irvine, California 02-25-2008 1944 1944
Bob Ferguson Wetumpka, Alabama 05-23-2008 1944 1944
Bert Shepard Highland, California 06-16-2008 1945 1945
Bill Ramsey Memphis, Tennessee 01-04-2008 1945 1945
Ernie Andres Bradenton, Florida 09-19-2008 1946 1946
Sal Yvars Valhalla, New York 12-10-2008 1947 1954
Jerry Staley Vancouver, Washington 01-02-2008 1947 1961
Chuck Stobbs Sarasota, Florida 07-11-2008 1947 1961
Jim Goodwin St. Louis, Missouri 04-12-2008 1948 1948
John Simmons Farmingdale, New York 08-01-2008 1949 1949
Andy Tomasic Allentown, Pennsylvania 11-27-2008 1949 1949
Tom Upton Downey, California 03-24-2008 1950 1952
Steve Ridzik Bradenton, Florida 01-08-2008 1950 1966
Niles Jordan Sedro-Woolley, Washington 03-15-2008 1951 1952
Joe Lutz Sarasota, Florida 10-20-2008 1951 1951
Alex Garbowski Putnam Valley, New York 06-27-2008 1952 1952
Jake Crawford Fort Worth, Texas 10-21-2008 1952 1952
Cal Howe Grand Rapids, Michigan 05-05-2008 1952 1952
Harry Schaeffer Shillington, Pennsylvania 07-12-2008 1952 1952
Johnny Podres Glens Falls, New York 01-13-2008 1953 1969
Hal Erickson Ogden, Utah 02-14-2008 1953 1953
Billy Consolo Westlake Village, California 03-27-2008 1953 1962
Ron Jackson Kalamazoo, Michigan 06-06-2008 1954 1960
Tom Burgess Lambeth, Ontario, Canada 11-24-2008 1954 1962
Lee Wheat Fort Lauderdale, Florida 07-29-2008 1954 1955
Bob Purkey Scott Township, Pennsylvania 03-16-2008 1954 1966
Herb Score Rocky River, Ohio 11-11-2008 1955 1962
Floyd Wooldridge Springfield, Missouri 05-14-2008 1955 1955
Red Murff Tyler, Texas 11-28-2008 1956 1957
Dave Melton Cupertino, California 10-23-2008 1956 1958
Don Cardwell Winston-Salem, North Carolina 01-14-2008 1957 1970
Rene Valdes Miami, Florida 03-15-2008 1957 1957
Chuck Daniel Hot Springs, Arkansas 01-01-2008 1957 1957
Billy Muffett Monroe, Louisiana 06-15-2008 1957 1962
John Buzhardt Prosperity, South Carolina 06-15-2008 1958 1968
Ossie Alvarez Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico 03-08-2008 1958 1959
Don Eaddy Laconia, New Hampshire 07-09-2008 1959 1959
Em Lindbeck Kewanee, Illinois 08-27-2008 1960 1960
Julio Gotay Ponce, Puerto Rico 07-04-2008 1960 1969
John Goetz Troy, Michigan 10-27-2008 1960 1960
Ed Brinkman Cincinnati, Ohio 09-30-2008 1961 1975
Tom Tresh Venice, Florida 10-14-2008 1961 1969
Ken Hunt Morgan, Utah 01-27-2008 1961 1961
Floyd Weaver Powderly, Texas 11-17-2008 1962 1971
Dave Ricketts St. Louis, Missouri 07-13-2008 1963 1970
Nick Willhite Alpine, Utah 12-14-2008 1963 1967
Bobby Murcer Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 07-12-2008 1965 1983
Billy Sorrell Rancho Bernardo, California 07-22-2008 1965 1970
Bruce Dal Canton Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 10-07-2008 1967 1977
Russ Gibson Swansea, Massachusetts 07-27-2008 1967 1972
Dock Ellis Los Angeles, California 12-19-2008 1968 1979
Jerry Crider Phoenix, Arizona 04-04-2008 1969 1970
Roy Foster Tulsa, Oklahoma 03-21-2008 1970 1972
Steve Mingori Kansas City, Missouri 07-10-2008 1970 1979
Lance Clemons Brooksville, Florida 01-22-2008 1971 1974
Al Montreuil Marrero, Louisiana 01-18-2008 1972 1972
Rafael Batista Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic 10-25-2008 1973 1975
Juan Jimenez Cleveland, Ohio 10-12-2008 1974 1974
Todd Cruz Bullhead City, Arizona 09-02-2008 1978 1984
Dave Smith San Diego, California 12-17-2008 1980 1992
John Marzano Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 04-19-2008 1987 1998
Kevin Foster Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 10-11-2008 1993 2001
Geremi Gonzalez Punta de Palmas, Zulia, Venezuela 05-25-2008 1997 2006
Darrin Winston Freehold, New Jersey 08-15-2008 1997 1998

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 2008


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