Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1912

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 1912

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Piggy Ward Altoona, Pennsylvania 10-23-1912 1883 1894
Bill Finley Asbury Park, New Jersey 10-06-1912 1886 1886
Tug Arundel Auburn, New York 09-05-1912 1882 1888
Cupid Childs Baltimore, Maryland 11-08-1912 1888 1901
Josh Bunce Brooklyn, New York 04-28-1912 1877 1877
Pembroke Finlayson Brooklyn, New York 03-06-1912 1908 1909
Frank Murphy Central Islip, New York 11-04-1912 1901 1901
Ed Kennedy Cheyenne, Wyoming 12-22-1912 1884 1884
John Skopec Chicago, Illinois 10-20-1912 1901 1903
Bugs Raymond Chicago, Illinois 09-07-1912 1904 1911
Jim Green Cleveland, Ohio 12-12-1912 1884 1884
Jim Gilman Cleveland, Ohio 12-21-1912 1893 1893
Jim Conway Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania 12-21-1912 1884 1889
Ed Taylor Dallas, Texas 01-31-1912 1903 1903
Charlie Sprague Des Moines, Iowa 12-31-1912 1887 1890
John Rainey Detroit, Michigan 11-11-1912 1887 1890
Harry Keener Easton, Pennsylvania 03-05-1912 1896 1896
Lou Polchow Good Thunder, Minnesota 08-15-1912 1902 1902
Ed Kenna Grant, Florida 03-22-1912 1902 1902
Bill Tobin Hartford, Connecticut 10-10-1912 1880 1880
Leonidas Lee Hendersonville, North Carolina 06-11-1912 1877 1877
Gus Alberts Idaho Springs, Colorado 05-07-1912 1884 1891
Jimmy Knowles Jersey City, New Jersey 02-11-1912 1884 1892
Henry Gehring Kansas City, Missouri 04-18-1912 1907 1908
Heinie Heitmuller Los Angeles, California 10-08-1912 1909 1910
John Russ Louisville, Kentucky 01-18-1912 1882 1882
Harry Lyons Mauricetown, New Jersey 06-30-1912 1887 1893
Lefty Marr New Britain, Connecticut 01-11-1912 1886 1891
Ed Sales New Haven, Connecticut 08-10-1912 1890 1890
Cherokee Fisher New York, New York 09-26-1912 1876 1878
Ed Green Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 11-01-1912 1890 1890
Fred Corey Providence, Rhode Island 11-27-1912 1878 1885
Charlie Waitt San Francisco, California 10-21-1912 1876 1883
Jim Doyle Syracuse, New York 02-01-1912 1910 1911
Ace Stewart Terre Haute, Indiana 04-17-1912 1895 1895
Blondie Purcell Trenton, New Jersey 02-20-1912 1879 1890
Dick Van Zant Wayne County, Indiana 08-06-1912 1888 1888
Sam Barkley Wheeling, West Virginia 04-20-1912 1884 1889
Doc Amole Wilmington, Delaware 03-09-1912 1897 1898

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1912


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