Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 2000

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 2000

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Hank Miklos Adrian, Michigan 03-29-2000 1944 1944
Charlie Brewster Alma, Georgia 10-01-2000 1943 1946
Bob Ramazzotti Altoona, Pennsylvania 02-15-2000 1946 1953
John Milner Atlanta, Georgia 01-04-2000 1971 1982
Lou Thuman Baltimore, Maryland 12-19-2000 1939 1940
Lynn Lovenguth Beaverton, Oregon 09-29-2000 1955 1957
Jack Sanford Beckley, West Virginia 03-07-2000 1956 1967
Lou Polli Berlin, Vermont 12-19-2000 1932 1944
Bob Barthelson Branford, Connecticut 04-14-2000 1944 1944
Hugh Alexander Buffalo, Missouri 11-25-2000 1937 1937
Buck Varner Chattanooga, Tennessee 04-29-2000 1952 1952
Bill Bradford Choctaw, Arkansas 08-22-2000 1956 1956
Ed Chapman Clarksdale, Mississippi 05-03-2000 1933 1933
Hank Ruszkowski Cleveland, Ohio 05-31-2000 1944 1947
Pinky May Corydon, Indiana 09-04-2000 1939 1943
Jim Suchecki Crofton, Maryland 07-20-2000 1950 1952
Bubba Floyd Dallas, Texas 12-15-2000 1944 1944
Andy Spognardi Dedham, Massachusetts 01-01-2000 1932 1932
Jake Jones Delhi, Louisiana 12-13-2000 1941 1948
Bobby Tiefenauer Desloge, Missouri 06-13-2000 1952 1968
Aurelio Rodriguez Detroit, Michigan 09-23-2000 1967 1983
Chico Salmon Docas Del Toro, Panama 09-17-2000 1964 1972
Jack Merson Elkridge, Maryland 04-28-2000 1951 1953
Turkey Tyson Elm City, North Carolina 02-17-2000 1944 1944
Roy Partee Eureka, California 12-27-2000 1943 1948
Bob Tillman Gallatin, Tennessee 06-23-2000 1962 1970
Gene Lambert Germantown, Tennessee 02-10-2000 1941 1942
Lynn Myers Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 01-19-2000 1938 1939
Frankie Pack Hendersonville, North Carolina 01-26-2000 1949 1949
Eddie Collins Jennersville, Pennsylvania 11-02-2000 1939 1942
Don Johnson Laguna Beach, California 04-06-2000 1943 1948
Bill Strickland Lakeland, Florida 01-26-2000 1937 1937
Carden Gillenwater Largo, Florida 05-10-2000 1940 1948
Georges Maranda Levis, Québec, Canada 07-14-2000 1960 1962
John Leovich Lincoln City, Oregon 02-03-2000 1941 1941
Doyle Lade Lincoln, Nebraska 05-18-2000 1946 1950
Bob Mahoney Lincoln, Nebraska 08-27-2000 1951 1952
Red Nonnenkamp Little Rock, Arkansas 12-03-2000 1933 1940
John Perkovich Little Rock, Arkansas 12-16-2000 1950 1950
Carlos Velazquez Loiza, Puerto Rico 03-16-2000 1973 1973
Terry Wilshusen Lomita, California 12-01-2000 1973 1973
Bob Lemon Long Beach, California 01-11-2000 1941 1958
Lefty Hoerst Maple Shade, New Jersey 02-18-2000 1940 1947
Culley Rikard Memphis, Tennessee 02-25-2000 1941 1947
Don Liddle Mount Carmel, Illinois 06-05-2000 1953 1956
Joe Albanese New York, New York 06-17-2000 1958 1958
Willard Marshall Norwood, New Jersey 11-05-2000 1942 1955
George Myatt Orlando, Florida 09-14-2000 1938 1947
Jack Robinson Ormond Beach, Florida 03-02-2000 1949 1949
Bill Sommers Palm City, Florida 09-22-2000 1950 1950
Bud Stewart Palo Alto, California 06-21-2000 1941 1954
Benny Culp Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10-23-2000 1942 1944
Russ Kerns Placerville, California 08-21-2000 1945 1945
Hank Wyse Pryor, Oklahoma 10-22-2000 1942 1951
Fern Bell Rancho Mirage, California 08-29-2000 1939 1940
Marv Felderman Riverside, California 08-06-2000 1942 1942
Willard Nixon Rome, Georgia 12-10-2000 1950 1958
Chuck Oertel Royal Oak, Michigan 10-04-2000 1958 1958
Harry Bright Sacramento, California 03-13-2000 1958 1965
Blas Monaco San Antonio, Texas 02-10-2000 1937 1946
Andujar Cedeno Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic 10-28-2000 1990 1996
Soup Campbell Sparta, Virginia 02-16-2000 1940 1941
Brooks Lawrence Springfield, Ohio 04-27-2000 1954 1960
Ken Heintzelman St. Peters, Missouri 08-14-2000 1937 1952
Len Gabrielson Stanford, California 11-14-2000 1939 1939
Ron Herbel Tacoma, Washington 01-20-2000 1963 1971
Harry Taylor Terre Haute, Indiana 11-05-2000 1946 1952
Nick Tremark Tomball, Texas 09-07-2000 1934 1936
Danny Musser Upper Sandusky, Ohio 03-02-2000 1932 1932
Ellis Clary Valdosta, Georgia 06-02-2000 1942 1945
Frenchy Bordagaray Ventura, California 04-13-2000 1934 1945
Red Barkley Waco, Texas 12-12-2000 1937 1943
Clyde Sukeforth Waldoboro, Maine 09-03-2000 1926 1945
Ed Rakow West Palm Beach, Florida 08-26-2000 1960 1967
Ted Gullic West Plains, Missouri 01-28-2000 1930 1933
Harry Dorish Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 12-31-2000 1947 1956
Dewey Williams Wilson, North Dakota 03-19-2000 1944 1948

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 2000


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