Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1959

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 1959

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Bert James Adairville, Kentucky 01-02-1959 1909 1909
Frank Huelsman Affton, Missouri 06-09-1959 1897 1905
Bill McGill Alva, Oklahoma 08-07-1959 1907 1907
Tommy Sheehan Ancon, Canal Zone, Panama 05-22-1959 1900 1908
William Pierson Atlantic City, New Jersey 02-20-1959 1918 1924
Hunter Hill Austin, Texas 02-21-1959 1903 1905
Charlie Eakle Baltimore, Maryland 06-15-1959 1915 1915
Ferd Eunick Baltimore, Maryland 12-09-1959 1917 1917
Verne Clemons Bay Pines, Florida 05-05-1959 1916 1924
Ted Reed Beaver, Pennsylvania 02-16-1959 1915 1915
Otis Miller Belleville, Illinois 07-26-1959 1927 1932
George Payne Bellflower, California 01-24-1959 1920 1920
Ralph Savidge Berwick, Pennsylvania 07-22-1959 1908 1909
Chappy Charles Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 08-04-1959 1908 1910
Buck O'Brien Boston, Massachusetts 07-25-1959 1911 1913
Bob Coleman Boston, Massachusetts 07-16-1959 1913 1916
Frank Harter Breese, Illinois 04-14-1959 1912 1914
Ed Goebel Brooklyn, New York 08-12-1959 1922 1922
Ralph Bell Burlington, Iowa 10-18-1959 1912 1912
Willy Fetzer Butner, North Carolina 05-03-1959 1906 1906
Johnson Fry Carmi, Illinois 04-07-1959 1923 1923
Bill Hoffer Cedar Rapids, Iowa 07-21-1959 1895 1901
Art Brouthers Charleston, South Carolina 09-28-1959 1906 1906
Herb Bradley Clay Center, Kansas 10-16-1959 1927 1929
Ben Shaw Cleveland, Ohio 03-16-1959 1917 1918
Del Young Cleveland, Ohio 12-17-1959 1909 1915
Dode Paskert Cleveland, Ohio 02-12-1959 1907 1921
Ed McFarland Cleveland, Ohio 11-28-1959 1893 1908
Harley Dillinger Cleveland, Ohio 01-08-1959 1914 1914
Doc Marshall Clinton, Illinois 12-11-1959 1904 1909
Fin Wilson Coral Gables, Florida 03-09-1959 1914 1915
Don Black Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 04-21-1959 1943 1948
Dutch Ussat Dayton, Ohio 05-29-1959 1925 1927
Terry Lyons Dayton, Ohio 09-09-1959 1929 1929
Nap Lajoie Daytona Beach, Florida 02-07-1959 1896 1916
Dave Fultz DeLand, Florida 10-29-1959 1898 1905
Frank Okrie Detroit, Michigan 10-16-1959 1920 1920
Jack Scott Durham, North Carolina 11-30-1959 1916 1929
Lee Dashner El Dorado, Kansas 12-16-1959 1913 1913
Eddie Higgins Elgin, Illinois 02-14-1959 1909 1910
Frank Bruggy Elizabeth, New Jersey 04-05-1959 1921 1925
Joe Ogrodowski Elmira, New York 06-24-1959 1925 1925
Elmer Koestner Fairbury, Illinois 10-27-1959 1910 1914
Wib Smith Fargo, North Dakota 11-18-1959 1909 1909
Emmett Bowles Flagstaff, Arizona 09-03-1959 1922 1922
Fred Brainard Galveston, Texas 04-17-1959 1914 1916
Ken Williams Grants Pass, Oregon 01-22-1959 1915 1929
Jimmy Ripple Greensburg, Pennsylvania 07-16-1959 1936 1943
Ed Cotter Hartford, Connecticut 06-14-1959 1926 1926
John Glaiser Houston, Texas 03-07-1959 1920 1920
Red Corriden Indianapolis, Indiana 09-28-1959 1910 1915
Scott Perry Kansas City, Missouri 10-27-1959 1915 1921
Vance McIlree Kansas City, Missouri 05-06-1959 1921 1921
Ben Dyer Kenosha, Wisconsin 08-07-1959 1914 1919
Lefty Williams Laguna Beach, California 11-04-1959 1913 1920
Al Scheer Logansport, Indiana 05-06-1959 1913 1915
Hooks Wiltse Long Beach, New York 01-21-1959 1904 1915
Dave Brain Los Angeles, California 05-25-1959 1901 1908
Win Clark Los Angeles, California 04-15-1959 1897 1897
Jim McHale Los Angeles, California 06-17-1959 1908 1908
Elmer Rieger Los Angeles, California 10-21-1959 1910 1910
Sled Allen Lubbock, Texas 10-16-1959 1910 1910
Howie Fitzgerald Matthews, Texas 02-26-1959 1922 1926
Toots Shultz McKeesport, Pennsylvania 01-30-1959 1911 1912
Hal Bubser Melrose Park, Illinois 06-22-1959 1922 1922
Doc Tonkin Miami, Florida 05-30-1959 1907 1907
Red Barnes Mobile, Alabama 07-03-1959 1927 1930
Joe Schepner Mobile, Alabama 07-25-1959 1919 1919
Jim Hitchcock Montgomery, Alabama 06-23-1959 1938 1938
Jake Hewitt Morgantown, West Virginia 05-15-1959 1895 1895
Wid Conroy Mt. Holly, New Jersey 12-06-1959 1901 1911
Claude Jonnard Nashville, Tennessee 08-27-1959 1921 1929
Bill Upham Newark, New Jersey 09-14-1959 1915 1918
Roy Thomas Norristown, Pennsylvania 11-20-1959 1899 1911
John Ganzel Orlando, Florida 01-14-1959 1898 1908
Carter Elliott Palm Springs, California 05-21-1959 1921 1921
Frank Ragland Paris, Mississippi 07-28-1959 1932 1933
Norwood Gibson Peoria, Illinois 07-07-1959 1903 1906
Fritz Henrich Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 05-01-1959 1924 1924
Howard Ehmke Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 03-17-1959 1915 1930
Joe Sugden Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 06-28-1959 1893 1912
Chick Keating Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 07-13-1959 1913 1926
Tom McGuire Phoenix, Arizona 12-07-1959 1914 1919
Joe Harris Plum Borough, Pennsylvania 12-10-1959 1914 1928
Ed Walsh Pompano Beach, Florida 05-26-1959 1904 1917
Phil Lewis Port Wentworth, Georgia 08-08-1959 1905 1908
Boileryard Clarke Princeton, New Jersey 07-29-1959 1893 1905
Dinty Gearin Providence, Rhode Island 03-11-1959 1923 1924
Gene Packard Riverside, California 05-18-1959 1912 1919
Ken Penner Sacramento, California 05-28-1959 1916 1929
Lefty Hopper San Diego, California 09-27-1959 1898 1898
Mike O'Neill Scranton, Pennsylvania 08-12-1959 1901 1907
Irv Higginbotham Seattle, Washington 06-12-1959 1906 1909
Nick Kahl Sparta, Illinois 07-13-1959 1905 1905
John Hummel Springfield, Massachusetts 05-18-1959 1905 1918
Klondike Smith Springfield, Massachusetts 11-15-1959 1912 1912
Bill Friel St. Louis, Missouri 12-24-1959 1901 1903
Lew Whistler St. Louis, Missouri 12-30-1959 1890 1893
Frank Biscan St. Louis, Missouri 05-22-1959 1942 1948
Oscar Siemer St. Louis, Missouri 12-05-1959 1925 1926
Jim Bottomley St. Louis, Missouri 12-11-1959 1922 1937
Lefty Houtz St. Marys, Ohio 02-15-1959 1899 1899
Johnny Allen St. Petersburg, Florida 03-29-1959 1932 1944
Walter Beall Suitland, Maryland 01-28-1959 1924 1929
Morrie Arnovich Superior, Wisconsin 07-20-1959 1936 1946
Blondy Ryan Swampscott, Massachusetts 11-28-1959 1930 1938
Johnny Burnett Tampa, Florida 08-12-1959 1927 1935
Roy Mitchell Temple, Texas 09-08-1959 1910 1919
Frank Gilhooley Toledo, Ohio 07-11-1959 1911 1919
Pop Williams Topsham, Maine 08-04-1959 1898 1903
Fred Johnston Tyler, Texas 05-15-1959 1924 1924
Tilly Walker Unicoi, Tennessee 09-20-1959 1911 1923
Don Flinn Waco, Texas 03-09-1959 1917 1917
Dave Wills Washington, D.C. 10-13-1959 1899 1899
Clarence Berger Washington, D.C. 06-30-1959 1914 1914
Bruce Caldwell West Haven, Connecticut 02-15-1959 1928 1932
Speed Walker West Mifflin, Pennsylvania 06-20-1959 1923 1923
Bunny Hearn Wilson, North Carolina 10-10-1959 1910 1920

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1959


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