Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1928

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 1928

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Sam Wright Boston, Massachusetts 05-06-1928 1876 1881
Bobby Wheelock Boston, Massachusetts 03-13-1928 1887 1891
Bill Hughes Brooklyn, New York 12-02-1928 1884 1885
Con Daily Brooklyn, New York 06-14-1928 1884 1896
Oyster Burns Brooklyn, New York 11-11-1928 1884 1895
Billy Milligan Buffalo, New York 10-14-1928 1901 1904
Frank Smith Canandaigua, New York 10-11-1928 1884 1884
Bull Smith Charleston, West Virginia 05-01-1928 1904 1911
Mart McQuaid Chicago, Illinois 03-05-1928 1891 1898
Jake Kafora Chicago, Illinois 03-23-1928 1913 1914
Max Fiske Chicago, Illinois 05-25-1928 1914 1914
Jake Weimer Chicago, Illinois 06-19-1928 1903 1909
Mort Scanlan Chicago, Illinois 12-29-1928 1890 1890
Herb Juul Chicago, Illinois 11-14-1928 1911 1911
Nat Hudson Chicago, Illinois 03-14-1928 1886 1889
Pete Hotaling Cleveland, Ohio 07-02-1928 1879 1888
Urban Shocker Denver, Colorado 09-09-1928 1916 1928
Ike McAuley Des Moines, Iowa 04-06-1928 1914 1925
Ed Stein Detroit, Michigan 05-10-1928 1890 1898
Charlie Petty Detroit, Michigan 02-07-1928 1889 1894
Ed Killian Detroit, Michigan 07-18-1928 1903 1910
Bill Stuart Fort Worth, Texas 10-14-1928 1895 1899
Malachi Kittridge Gary, Indiana 06-23-1928 1890 1906
Snake Wiltse Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 08-25-1928 1901 1903
Frank Cox Hartford, Connecticut 06-24-1928 1884 1884
Charlie Jordan Hazleton, Pennsylvania 06-01-1928 1896 1896
Pete Daniels Indianapolis, Indiana 02-13-1928 1890 1898
Jake Thielman Minneapolis, Minnesota 01-28-1928 1905 1908
Zeke Wilson Montgomery, Alabama 04-26-1928 1895 1899
Billy Smith New Orleans, Louisiana 05-28-1928 1886 1886
Al Sauter Ocean City, New Jersey 07-15-1928 1890 1890
George Lohman Patton, California 11-20-1928 1891 1891
Joe Mulvey Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 08-21-1928 1883 1895
Jack Ridgway Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 02-23-1928 1914 1914
Marr Phillips Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 04-01-1928 1884 1890
Butts Wagner Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 11-26-1928 1898 1898
Grant Briggs Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 05-31-1928 1890 1895
Claude Rossman Poughkeepsie, New York 01-16-1928 1904 1909
Walt Schulz Prescott, Arizona 02-27-1928 1920 1920
Tom Lovett Providence, Rhode Island 03-19-1928 1885 1894
Ed Kelly Red Lodge, Montana 11-04-1928 1914 1914
Billy West Richmond Hill, New York 10-27-1928 1876 1876
George Treadway Riverside, California 11-05-1928 1893 1896
Hunkey Hines Rockford, Illinois 01-02-1928 1895 1895
Bill Cooney Roxbury, Massachusetts 11-06-1928 1909 1910
Homer Smoot Salisbury, Maryland 03-25-1928 1902 1906
Charlie Dorman San Francisco, California 11-15-1928 1923 1923
Harry DeMiller Santa Ana, California 10-19-1928 1892 1892
Hughie Jennings Scranton, Pennsylvania 02-01-1928 1891 1918
Harry McCaffery St. Louis, Missouri 04-19-1928 1882 1885
Jack Dunn Towson, Maryland 10-22-1928 1897 1904
Chuck Corgan Wagoner, Oklahoma 06-13-1928 1925 1927
Bill McCarthy Washington, D.C. 02-04-1928 1905 1907
Charlie Becker Washington, D.C. 07-30-1928 1911 1912
Joe Miller Wheeling, West Virginia 04-23-1928 1884 1885

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1928


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