Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1976

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 1976

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Prince Oana Austin, Texas 06-19-1976 1934 1945
Jimmy O'Connell Bakersfield, California 11-11-1976 1923 1924
John Shovlin Bethesda, Maryland 02-16-1976 1911 1920
Dee Miles Birmingham, Alabama 11-02-1976 1935 1943
Ed Kinsella Bloomington, Illinois 01-17-1976 1905 1910
Rube Foster Bokoshe, Oklahoma 03-01-1976 1913 1917
Bill Skiff Bronxville, New York 12-25-1976 1921 1926
John Karst Cape May Court House, New Jersey 05-21-1976 1915 1915
John Andre Centerville, Massachusetts 11-25-1976 1955 1955
Jim O'Neill Chambersburg, Pennsylvania 09-05-1976 1920 1923
Danny Murtaugh Chester, Pennsylvania 12-02-1976 1941 1951
Ed Durham Chester, South Carolina 04-27-1976 1929 1933
Red Faber Chicago, Illinois 09-25-1976 1914 1933
Bill Bagwell Choudrant, Louisiana 10-05-1976 1923 1925
Ed Sperber Cincinnati, Ohio 01-05-1976 1924 1925
Floyd Newkirk Clayton, Missouri 04-15-1976 1934 1934
Elmer Myers Collingswood, New Jersey 07-29-1976 1915 1922
Fred Baczewski Culver City, California 11-14-1976 1953 1955
Paul Chervinko Danville, Illinois 06-03-1976 1937 1938
Freddie Muller Davis, California 10-20-1976 1933 1934
Walt Lynch Daytona Beach, Florida 12-21-1976 1922 1922
George Dickey DeWitt, Arkansas 06-16-1976 1935 1947
Bill Mizeur Decatur, Illinois 08-27-1976 1923 1924
Bert Gallia Devine, Texas 03-19-1976 1912 1920
Eddie Silber Dunedin, Florida 10-26-1976 1937 1939
Mike Meola Fair Lawn, New Jersey 09-01-1976 1933 1936
Mandy Brooks Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin 12-06-1976 1925 1926
Johnny Miljus Fort Harrison, Montana 02-11-1976 1915 1929
Bud Heine Fort Lauderdale, Florida 09-02-1976 1921 1921
Eddie Moore Fort Myers, Florida 02-10-1976 1923 1934
Ziggy Hasbrouck Garland, Texas 02-09-1976 1916 1917
Dwight Stone Glendale, California 06-03-1976 1913 1914
Bob Cooney Glens Falls, New York 05-04-1976 1931 1932
Al Platte Grand Rapids, Michigan 08-29-1976 1913 1913
Blackie Carter Greenville, South Carolina 09-10-1976 1925 1926
Eusebio Gonzalez Havana, Cuba 02-14-1976 1918 1918
Johnny Walker Hollywood, Florida 08-19-1976 1919 1921
Lon Warneke Hot Springs, Arkansas 06-23-1976 1930 1945
Carey Selph Houston, Texas 02-24-1976 1929 1932
Walter Murphy Houston, Texas 03-23-1976 1931 1931
Dan Bankhead Houston, Texas 05-02-1976 1947 1951
Gene Elliott Huntingdon, Pennsylvania 01-05-1976 1911 1911
John Bottarini Jemez Springs, New Mexico 10-08-1976 1937 1937
Press Cruthers Kenosha, Wisconsin 12-27-1976 1913 1914
Bud Culloton Kingston, New York 11-09-1976 1925 1926
George Earnshaw Little Rock, Arkansas 12-01-1976 1928 1936
Rip Russell Los Alamitos, California 09-26-1976 1939 1947
Mike McCormick Los Angeles, California 04-13-1976 1940 1951
Pete Falsey Los Angeles, California 05-23-1976 1914 1914
Bert Tooley Marshall, Michigan 08-17-1976 1911 1912
Bob Moose Martins Ferry, Ohio 10-09-1976 1967 1976
Jim Henry Memphis, Tennessee 08-15-1976 1936 1939
Lou Klein Metairie, Louisiana 06-20-1976 1943 1951
Firpo Marberry Mexia, Texas 06-30-1976 1923 1936
Max Carey Miami, Florida 05-30-1976 1910 1929
Leo Townsend Mobile, Alabama 12-03-1976 1920 1921
Otis Lambeth Moran, Kansas 06-05-1976 1916 1918
Duke Maas Mt. Clemens, Michigan 12-07-1976 1955 1961
Bill Hunnefield Nantucket, Massachusetts 08-28-1976 1926 1931
Heinie Scheer New Haven, Connecticut 03-21-1976 1922 1923
Les Hennessey New York, New York 11-20-1976 1913 1913
Johnny Pasek Niagara Falls, New York 03-13-1976 1933 1934
George Aiton North Hollywood, California 08-16-1976 1912 1912
Claude Davenport Nueces County, Texas 06-13-1976 1920 1920
Linc Blakely Oakland, California 09-28-1976 1934 1934
Frank Brazill Oakland, California 11-03-1976 1921 1922
Frank Kellert Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 11-19-1976 1953 1956
Blix Donnelly Olivia, Minnesota 06-20-1976 1944 1951
Jim Konstanty Oneonta, New York 06-11-1976 1944 1956
Ken Trinkle Paoli, Indiana 05-10-1976 1943 1949
Chet Covington Pembroke Park, Florida 06-11-1976 1944 1944
Elmer Tutwiler Pensacola, Florida 05-03-1976 1928 1928
Joe Berry Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 04-29-1976 1921 1922
Jimmy Dykes Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 06-15-1976 1918 1939
Ken Crawford Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 11-11-1976 1915 1915
Regis Leheny Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 11-02-1976 1932 1932
Joe Erautt Portland, Oregon 10-06-1976 1950 1951
Buddy Crump Raleigh, North Carolina 09-26-1976 1924 1924
Dick Lajeskie Ramsey, New Jersey 08-15-1976 1946 1946
Earle Combs Richmond, Kentucky 07-21-1976 1924 1935
Danny Thompson Rochester, Minnesota 12-10-1976 1970 1976
Vic Keen Salisbury, Maryland 12-10-1976 1918 1927
Homer Ezzell San Antonio, Texas 08-03-1976 1923 1925
Jack Knight San Antonio, Texas 07-30-1976 1922 1927
Jack Kraus San Antonio, Texas 01-02-1976 1943 1946
Milt Galatzer San Francisco, California 01-29-1976 1933 1939
Harry Malmberg San Francisco, California 10-29-1976 1955 1955
Ernie Nevers San Rafael, California 05-03-1976 1926 1928
Paul Maloy Sandusky, Ohio 03-18-1976 1913 1913
Chick Autry Santa Rosa, California 01-16-1976 1907 1909
Wes Ferrell Sarasota, Florida 12-09-1976 1927 1941
Alex Ferguson Sepulveda, California 04-26-1976 1918 1929
Al Baird Shreveport, Louisiana 11-27-1976 1917 1919
Al Lakeman Spartanburg, South Carolina 05-25-1976 1942 1954
Vern Fear Spencer, Iowa 09-06-1976 1952 1952
Walt Irwin Spring Lake, Michigan 08-18-1976 1921 1921
Larry Gardner St. George, Vermont 03-11-1976 1908 1924
Mark Christman St. Louis, Missouri 10-09-1976 1938 1949
Harry Otis Teaneck, New Jersey 01-29-1976 1909 1909
Marion Fricano Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico 05-18-1976 1952 1955
Monroe Mitchell Valdosta, Georgia 09-04-1976 1923 1923
Ernie Krueger Waukegan, Illinois 04-22-1976 1913 1925
King Lear Waynesboro, Pennsylvania 10-31-1976 1914 1915
Jesse Baker West Los Angeles, California 07-29-1976 1919 1919
Ned Harris West Palm Beach, Florida 12-18-1976 1941 1946
Les Howe Woodmere, New York 07-16-1976 1923 1924

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1976


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