Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1951

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 1951

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Harry Camnitz Louisville, Kentucky 01-06-1951 1909 1911
Tom Delahanty Sanford, Florida 01-10-1951 1894 1897
Bill Wagner Waterloo, Iowa 01-11-1951 1914 1918
Charlie Miller Millersville, Pennsylvania 01-13-1951 1915 1915
Pid Purdy Beatrice, Nebraska 01-16-1951 1926 1929
Bill Barrett Cambridge, Massachusetts 01-26-1951 1921 1930
Bill Sowders Indianapolis, Indiana 02-02-1951 1888 1890
Gabby Street Joplin, Missouri 02-06-1951 1904 1931
Harry Ables San Antonio, Texas 02-08-1951 1905 1911
Harry Thompson Reno, Nevada 02-14-1951 1919 1919
Marty Shay Worcester, Massachusetts 02-20-1951 1916 1924
Adam Comorosky Swoyersville, Pennsylvania 03-02-1951 1926 1935
Dan Bickham Dayton, Ohio 03-03-1951 1886 1886
Joe Hughes Cleveland, Ohio 03-13-1951 1902 1902
Roscoe Coughlin Chelsea, Massachusetts 03-20-1951 1890 1891
Dan Daub Bradenton, Florida 03-25-1951 1892 1897
Eddie Collins Boston, Massachusetts 03-25-1951 1906 1930
Joe Murphy Coral Gables, Florida 03-28-1951 1886 1887
Kohly Miller Reading, Pennsylvania 03-29-1951 1892 1897
Roy Moore Seattle, Washington 04-05-1951 1920 1923
Whitey Guese Wapakoneta, Ohio 04-08-1951 1901 1901
Wish Egan Detroit, Michigan 04-13-1951 1902 1906
Danny Moeller Florence, Alabama 04-14-1951 1907 1916
Roy Brashear Los Angeles, California 04-20-1951 1902 1903
Ox Eckhardt Yorktown, Texas 04-22-1951 1932 1936
Bill Eagle Churchton, Maryland 04-27-1951 1898 1898
Charlie Buelow Dubuque, Iowa 05-04-1951 1901 1901
Ezra Lincoln Taunton, Massachusetts 05-07-1951 1890 1890
Frank Olin St. Louis, Missouri 05-21-1951 1884 1885
George Winter Franklin Lakes, New Jersey 05-26-1951 1901 1908
Tom Leahy New Haven, Connecticut 06-11-1951 1897 1905
Bill Harper Somerville, Tennessee 06-17-1951 1911 1911
Wally Gerber Columbus, Ohio 06-19-1951 1914 1929
Hugh Casey Atlanta, Georgia 07-03-1951 1935 1949
Ted Easterly Clearlake Highlands, California 07-06-1951 1909 1915
Harry Heilmann Southfield, Michigan 07-09-1951 1914 1932
Huck Wallace Cleveland, Ohio 07-09-1951 1912 1912
Bobby Messenger Bath, Maine 07-10-1951 1909 1914
Dee Cousineau Watertown, Massachusetts 07-14-1951 1923 1925
Vance Page Wilson, North Carolina 07-14-1951 1938 1941
Joe Klugmann Moberly, Missouri 07-18-1951 1921 1925
Sam Agnew Sonoma, California 07-19-1951 1913 1919
Ed Fisher Spokane, Washington 07-24-1951 1902 1902
Harry Curtis Evanston, Illinois 08-01-1951 1907 1907
Guy Cooper Los Angeles, California 08-02-1951 1914 1915
Tony Tonneman Prescott, Arizona 08-04-1951 1911 1911
Biff Wysong Xenia, Ohio 08-07-1951 1930 1932
Bill Wynne Raleigh, North Carolina 08-07-1951 1894 1894
Win Kellum Big Rapids, Michigan 08-10-1951 1901 1905
Paul McSweeney St. Louis, Missouri 08-12-1951 1891 1891
Doc Crandall Bell, California 08-17-1951 1908 1918
Ren Wylie Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania 08-17-1951 1882 1882
Ollie Hanson Clifton, New Jersey 08-19-1951 1921 1921
Bill Piercy Long Beach, California 08-28-1951 1917 1926
Billy Lush Hawthorne, New York 08-28-1951 1895 1904
Carl Doyle Knoxville, Tennessee 09-04-1951 1935 1940
Jim Keesey Boise, Idaho 09-05-1951 1925 1930
Chappie Snodgrass New York, New York 09-09-1951 1901 1901
Hank DeBerry Savannah, Tennessee 09-10-1951 1916 1930
Lave Winham Brooklyn, New York 09-12-1951 1902 1903
Wally Roettger Champaign, Illinois 09-14-1951 1927 1934
Dale Gear Topeka, Kansas 09-23-1951 1896 1901
Nolen Richardson Athens, Georgia 09-25-1951 1929 1939
Bob Becker Syracuse, New York 10-11-1951 1897 1898
Bill Essick Los Angeles, California 10-12-1951 1906 1907
Rube Vinson Chester, Pennsylvania 10-12-1951 1904 1906
Pug Griffin Colorado Springs, Colorado 10-12-1951 1917 1920
Henry Zeiher Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10-14-1951 1886 1886
Al Clancy Las Cruces, New Mexico 10-17-1951 1911 1911
Emil Haberer Shively, Kentucky 10-19-1951 1901 1909
John Brock Clayton, Missouri 10-27-1951 1917 1918
Pryor McElveen Pleasant Hill, Tennessee 10-27-1951 1909 1911
Walt Woods Portsmouth, New Hampshire 10-30-1951 1898 1900
Mickey Doolin Orlando, Florida 11-01-1951 1905 1918
Joe Hovlik Oxford Junction, Iowa 11-03-1951 1909 1911
George Stovall Burlington, Iowa 11-05-1951 1904 1915
Carl Husta Kingston, New York 11-06-1951 1925 1925
Claude Ritchey Emlenton, Pennsylvania 11-08-1951 1897 1909
Jim Neher Buffalo, New York 11-11-1951 1912 1912
Wally Mayer Minnetonka, Minnesota 11-18-1951 1911 1919
Marty Griffin Los Angeles, California 11-19-1951 1928 1928
Crese Heismann Cincinnati, Ohio 11-19-1951 1901 1902
Joe Rogalski Ashland, Wisconsin 11-20-1951 1938 1938
Fred Burchell Jordan, New York 11-20-1951 1903 1909
Jim Duggan Indianapolis, Indiana 12-05-1951 1911 1911
Joe Jackson Greenville, South Carolina 12-05-1951 1908 1920
Bobby Lowe Detroit, Michigan 12-08-1951 1890 1907
Joe Ohl Camden, New Jersey 12-18-1951 1909 1909
Bob Lindemann Williamsport, Pennsylvania 12-19-1951 1901 1901
Ernie Lindemann Brooklyn, New York 12-27-1951 1907 1907
Bob Kinsella Los Angeles, California 12-30-1951 1919 1920
Hi Bithorn Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico 12-30-1951 1942 1947

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1951


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