Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 2005

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 2005

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Mike Bishop Bakersfield, California 02-08-2005 1983 1983
Vic Power Bayamon, Puerto Rico 11-29-2005 1954 1965
Frank House Birmingham, Alabama 03-13-2005 1950 1961
Frank Zupo Burlingame, California 03-25-2005 1957 1961
Don LeJohn California, Pennsylvania 02-25-2005 1965 1965
Chico Carrasquel Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela 05-26-2005 1950 1959
Pat Kelly Chambersburg, Pennsylvania 10-02-2005 1967 1981
Bob Allen Chesapeake, Virginia 10-30-2005 1937 1937
Herb Moford Cincinnati, Ohio 12-03-2005 1955 1962
Dick Dietz Clayton, Georgia 06-27-2005 1966 1973
Al Milnar Cleveland, Ohio 06-30-2005 1936 1946
Tom Clyde Dallas, Texas 10-01-2005 1943 1943
Mario Encarnacion Danshuei, Taiwan 10-03-2005 2001 2002
Bob Mabe Danville, Virginia 01-09-2005 1958 1960
Bob Lennon Dix Hills, New York 06-14-2005 1954 1957
Mal Mallette Durham, North Carolina 11-25-2005 1950 1950
Dick Radatz Easton, Massachusetts 03-16-2005 1962 1969
Vic Johnson Eau Claire, Wisconsin 05-10-2005 1944 1946
Bob Carpenter Evergreen Park, Illinois 10-19-2005 1940 1947
Marius Russo Fort Myers, Florida 03-26-2005 1939 1946
Don Blasingame Fountain Hills, Arizona 04-13-2005 1955 1966
Bobby Stevens Frederick, Maryland 12-30-2005 1931 1931
Ellie Hendricks Glen Burnie, Maryland 12-21-2005 1968 1979
Jack Sanford Greensboro, North Carolina 01-04-2005 1940 1946
Bill Voiselle Greenwood, South Carolina 01-31-2005 1942 1950
Ken Weafer Guilderland, New York 06-04-2005 1936 1936
Stew Bowers Havertown, Pennsylvania 12-14-2005 1935 1937
Lee Stine Hemet, California 05-06-2005 1934 1938
Billy Reed Houston, Texas 12-05-2005 1952 1952
Eddie Miksis Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania 04-08-2005 1944 1958
Rick Mahler Jupiter, Florida 03-02-2005 1979 1991
Cal Hogue Kettering, Ohio 08-05-2005 1952 1954
Luis Sanchez La Guaira, Vargas, Venezuela 02-04-2005 1981 1985
Al Porto Lancaster, California 07-06-2005 1948 1948
Tommy Fine Little Elm, Texas 01-10-2005 1947 1950
Bob Mavis Little Rock, Arkansas 03-01-2005 1949 1949
Eli Hodkey Lorain, Ohio 08-31-2005 1946 1946
Ben Huffman Luray, Virginia 02-22-2005 1937 1937
Frank Smith Malone, Florida 09-24-2005 1950 1956
Milt Nielsen Mankato, Minnesota 08-01-2005 1949 1951
Cesar Gutierrez Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela 01-22-2005 1967 1971
Harry Boyles McAllen, Texas 01-07-2005 1938 1939
Bob Kennedy Mesa, Arizona 04-07-2005 1939 1957
Pancho Herrera Miami, Florida 04-28-2005 1958 1961
Sandy Consuegra Miami, Florida 11-16-2005 1950 1957
Roy Valdes Miami, Florida 12-03-2005 1944 1944
Mickey Owen Mount Vernon, Missouri 07-13-2005 1937 1954
Mike Ulicny New Smyrna Beach, Florida 09-22-2005 1945 1945
Brandy Davis Newark, Delaware 06-12-2005 1952 1953
Don Rowe Newport Beach, California 10-15-2005 1963 1963
Al Gettel Norfolk, Virginia 04-08-2005 1945 1955
Nelson Briles Orlando, Florida 02-13-2005 1965 1978
Ray Cunningham Pearland, Texas 07-30-2005 1931 1932
Ed Butka Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 04-21-2005 1943 1944
Kent Hadley Pocatello, Idaho 03-10-2005 1958 1960
Dick Sipek Quincy, Illinois 07-17-2005 1945 1945
Jim Pearce Raleigh, North Carolina 07-17-2005 1949 1955
Gene Mauch Rancho Mirage, California 08-08-2005 1944 1957
Marv Grissom Red Bluff, California 09-19-2005 1946 1959
Milt Graff Rockdale, Texas 08-02-2005 1957 1958
Corky Valentine Roswell, Georgia 01-21-2005 1954 1955
Carroll Sembera Shiner, Texas 06-15-2005 1965 1970
Monty Basgall Sierra Vista, Arizona 09-22-2005 1948 1951
Donn Clendenon Sioux Falls, South Dakota 09-17-2005 1961 1972
Earl Wilson Southfield, Michigan 04-23-2005 1959 1970
Bud Black St. Louis, Missouri 10-02-2005 1952 1956
Tony Daniels Statesville, North Carolina 07-23-2005 1945 1945
Mike Naymick Stockton, California 10-12-2005 1939 1944
Pete Gebrian Stuart, Florida 05-06-2005 1947 1947
Al Lopez Tampa, Florida 10-30-2005 1928 1947
Swede Larsen Tucson, Arizona 10-08-2005 1936 1936
Hal Griggs Tucson, Arizona 05-10-2005 1956 1959
Al Widmar Tulsa, Oklahoma 10-15-2005 1947 1952
Buzz Dozier Waco, Texas 11-24-2005 1947 1949
Ron Mrozinski Washington, New Jersey 10-19-2005 1954 1955
Rankin Johnson Williamsport, Pennsylvania 02-11-2005 1941 1941
Danny Gardella Yonkers, New York 03-06-2005 1944 1950

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 2005


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