Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 2012

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 2012

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Al Brancato Media, Pennsylvania 06-14-2012 1939 1945
Al Veigel Dover, Ohio 04-08-2012 1939 1939
Les Mueller Belleville, Illinois 10-25-2012 1941 1945
Dave Philley Paris, Texas 03-15-2012 1941 1962
Johnny Pesky Danvers, Massachusetts 08-13-2012 1942 1954
Bud Byerly St. Louis, Missouri 01-26-2012 1943 1960
Boyd Bartley Richland Hills, Texas 12-21-2012 1943 1943
Freddy Schmidt Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 11-17-2012 1944 1947
Eddie Yost Wellesley, Massachusetts 10-16-2012 1944 1962
Ed Stevens Houston, Texas 07-22-2012 1945 1950
Gene Crumling Yorkana, Pennsylvania 02-11-2012 1945 1945
Les Moss Longwood, Florida 08-29-2012 1946 1958
John O'Neil Jamestown, New York 04-18-2012 1946 1946
Chuck Diering St. Louis, Missouri 11-23-2012 1947 1956
Allie Clark Morgan, New Jersey 04-02-2012 1947 1953
Hub Andrews Dodge City, Kansas 03-11-2012 1947 1948
Mel Parnell New Orleans, Louisiana 03-20-2012 1947 1956
Fred Bradley Montebello, California 04-24-2012 1948 1949
Herb Adams Tulsa, Oklahoma 02-01-2012 1948 1950
Cliff Chambers Eagle, Idaho 01-21-2012 1948 1953
Joe Ginsberg West Bloomfield, Michigan 11-02-2012 1948 1962
Hal Keller Sequim, Washington 06-05-2012 1949 1952
Lloyd Hittle Lodi, California 03-03-2012 1949 1950
Tom Saffell Sarasota, Florida 09-10-2012 1949 1955
Bob DiPietro Yakima, Washington 09-03-2012 1951 1951
Tom Umphlett Norfolk, Virginia 09-21-2012 1953 1955
Chick King Paris, Tennessee 07-09-2012 1954 1959
George O'Donnell Springfield, Illinois 12-19-2012 1954 1954
Bill Skowron Arlington Heights, Illinois 04-27-2012 1954 1967
Jerry Lynch Austell, Georgia 03-31-2012 1954 1966
Ray Narleski Clementon, New Jersey 03-29-2012 1954 1959
Bob Hale Park Ridge, Illinois 09-08-2012 1955 1961
Gail Harris Gainesville, Virginia 11-14-2012 1955 1960
Mike Kume Richmond, Ohio 11-26-2012 1955 1955
Glenn Cox Los Molinos, California 01-08-2012 1955 1958
Art Ceccarelli Orange, Connecticut 07-11-2012 1955 1960
Troy Herriage Atlanta, Georgia 01-21-2012 1956 1956
Hawk Taylor Paducah, Kentucky 06-09-2012 1957 1970
Don Erickson Springfield, Illinois 08-01-2012 1958 1958
Hal Trosky Hiawatha, Iowa 11-23-2012 1958 1958
Jack Kralick San Blas, Sinaloa, Mexico 09-18-2012 1959 1967
Howie Nunn Winston-Salem, North Carolina 02-17-2012 1959 1962
Rogelio Alvarez Hialeah, Florida 11-30-2012 1960 1962
Stan Johnson San Francisco, California 04-17-2012 1960 1961
Don Mincher Huntsville, Alabama 03-04-2012 1960 1972
Mike Hershberger Massillon, Ohio 07-01-2012 1961 1971
Howie Koplitz Oshkosh, Wisconsin 01-02-2012 1961 1966
Dennis Bennett Klamath Falls, Oregon 03-23-2012 1962 1968
Ken Rowe Dallas, Georgia 11-22-2012 1963 1965
Jimmy Stewart Tampa, Florida 11-24-2012 1963 1973
Jay Ward Kalispell, Montana 02-24-2012 1963 1970
Dave Boswell Joppa, Maryland 06-11-2012 1964 1971
Bruce Von Hoff Gulfport, Florida 09-11-2012 1965 1967
Ed Stroud Cleveland, Ohio 07-02-2012 1966 1971
Roberto Rodriguez Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela 09-23-2012 1967 1970
Thad Tillotson Merced, California 05-16-2012 1967 1968
Dave May Bear, Delaware 10-20-2012 1967 1978
Pedro Borbon Pharr, Texas 06-04-2012 1969 1980
Harry Parker Richmond, Virginia 05-28-2012 1970 1976
Don Leshnock Raleigh, North Carolina 05-05-2012 1972 1972
Dave Cheadle St. Augustine, Florida 02-25-2012 1973 1973
Jim Kremmel Spokane, Washington 10-12-2012 1973 1974
Jack Pierce Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico 09-13-2012 1973 1975
Champ Summers Ocala, Florida 10-11-2012 1974 1984
Gary Carter West Palm Beach, Florida 02-16-2012 1974 1992
Bob Myrick Hattiesburg, Mississippi 08-23-2012 1976 1978
Jim Obradovich Lancaster, Kentucky 03-03-2012 1978 1978
Andy Replogle Fort Myers, Florida 04-10-2012 1978 1979
Frank Pastore Upland, California 12-17-2012 1979 1986
Pascual Perez San Gregorio de Nigua, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic 11-01-2012 1980 1991
Kevin Hickey Chicago, Illinois 05-16-2012 1981 1991
Frank Wills New Orleans, Louisiana 05-11-2012 1983 1991
Rick Behenna Newnan, Georgia 01-31-2012 1983 1985
Darrel Akerfelds Phoenix, Arizona 06-24-2012 1986 1991
Terry Mathews Alexandria, Louisiana 02-24-2012 1991 1999
Danny Clyburn Lancaster, South Carolina 02-07-2012 1997 1999
Ryan Freel Jacksonville, Florida 12-22-2012 2001 2009

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 2012


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