Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1952

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 1952

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Frank Oberlin Ashley, Indiana 01-06-1952 1906 1910
Art Evans Wichita, Kansas 01-08-1952 1932 1932
Bones Ely Berkeley, California 01-10-1952 1884 1902
Rube Sellers Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 01-14-1952 1910 1910
Ben Houser Augusta, Maine 01-15-1952 1910 1912
Bill Salisbury Rowena, Oregon 01-17-1952 1902 1902
Ollie Pickering Vincennes, Indiana 01-20-1952 1896 1908
Angel Aragon New York, New York 01-24-1952 1914 1917
Dick Wright Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 01-24-1952 1915 1915
Esty Chaney Cleveland, Ohio 02-05-1952 1913 1914
Mike Hopkins Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 02-05-1952 1902 1902
Del Paddock Remer, Minnesota 02-06-1952 1912 1912
Charlie Manlove Altoona, Pennsylvania 02-12-1952 1884 1884
Pete Daglia Willits, California 03-11-1952 1932 1932
Harry Bay Peoria, Illinois 03-20-1952 1901 1908
Lefty Thomas Charlottesville, Virginia 03-21-1952 1925 1926
Steve Sundra Cleveland, Ohio 03-23-1952 1936 1946
Deacon Phillippe Avalon, Pennsylvania 03-30-1952 1899 1911
John Gallagher Norfolk, Virginia 03-30-1952 1915 1915
Phenomenal Smith Manchester, New Hampshire 04-03-1952 1884 1891
Ray Jacobs Los Angeles, California 04-05-1952 1928 1928
Dick Harley Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 04-07-1952 1897 1903
Willie Ludolph Oakland, California 04-08-1952 1924 1924
Larry Lejeune Eloise, Michigan 04-21-1952 1911 1915
Frank Madden Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 04-30-1952 1914 1914
Ernie Johnson Monrovia, California 05-01-1952 1912 1925
Burt Keeley Ely, Minnesota 05-03-1952 1908 1909
Rube Dessau York, Pennsylvania 05-06-1952 1907 1910
Harry Berte Los Angeles, California 05-06-1952 1903 1903
Red Bluhm Flint, Michigan 05-07-1952 1918 1918
Charlie Young Riverside, New Jersey 05-12-1952 1915 1915
Red Dooin Rochester, New York 05-14-1952 1902 1916
Bert Cunningham Cragmere, Delaware 05-14-1952 1887 1901
Spec Harkness Compton, California 05-16-1952 1910 1911
Sal Campfield Meadville, Pennsylvania 05-16-1952 1896 1896
Bill McGilvray Denver, Colorado 05-23-1952 1908 1908
Lew Ritter Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 05-27-1952 1902 1908
Doc Lavan Detroit, Michigan 05-29-1952 1913 1924
Bruno Haas Sarasota, Florida 06-05-1952 1915 1915
Bob McHale Sacramento, California 06-09-1952 1898 1898
Julio Bonetti Belmont, California 06-17-1952 1937 1940
Al Atkinson Elkhorn Township, Missouri 06-17-1952 1884 1887
Dick Crutcher Frankfort, Kentucky 06-19-1952 1914 1915
John Callahan Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 06-20-1952 1903 1903
Andy Dunning New York, New York 06-21-1952 1889 1891
Fred Tenney Boston, Massachusetts 07-03-1952 1894 1911
Dutch Leonard Fresno, California 07-11-1952 1913 1925
Phil Douglas Sequatchie, Tennessee 08-01-1952 1912 1922
Bob Neighbors North Korea 08-08-1952 1939 1939
Hal Haid Los Angeles, California 08-13-1952 1919 1933
George McAvoy Miami, Florida 08-19-1952 1914 1914
Red Owens Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 08-20-1952 1899 1905
Ned Pettigrew Duncan, Oklahoma 08-20-1952 1914 1914
Jack Ryan Boston, Massachusetts 08-21-1952 1889 1913
Harry Maupin Parsons, Kansas 08-25-1952 1898 1899
Arky Vaughan Eagleville, California 08-30-1952 1932 1948
Bert Daly Bayonne, New Jersey 09-03-1952 1903 1903
Butch Schmidt Baltimore, Maryland 09-04-1952 1909 1915
Ed Hearne Sawtelle, California 09-08-1952 1910 1910
Al Clauss New Haven, Connecticut 09-13-1952 1913 1913
Earl Sheely Seattle, Washington 09-16-1952 1921 1931
Zeke Wrigley Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 09-28-1952 1896 1899
Jerry Freeman Los Angeles, California 09-30-1952 1908 1909
Bill Zimmerman Newark, New Jersey 10-04-1952 1915 1915
Joe Adams Bachelor, Missouri 10-08-1952 1902 1902
Roy Beecher Toledo, Ohio 10-11-1952 1907 1908
Jim Banning St. Paul, Minnesota 10-14-1952 1888 1889
Vince Shields Plaster Rock, New Brunswick, Canada 10-16-1952 1924 1924
Howard McGraner Zaleski, Ohio 10-22-1952 1912 1912
Mike Murphy Johnson City, New York 10-26-1952 1912 1916
Tom Angley Wichita, Kansas 10-26-1952 1929 1929
Bob Lawson Durham, North Carolina 10-28-1952 1901 1902
Ed McNichol Salineville, Ohio 11-01-1952 1904 1904
Frank Smith Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 11-03-1952 1904 1915
Fred McMullin Los Angeles, California 11-20-1952 1914 1920
Warren Gill Laguna Beach, California 11-26-1952 1908 1908
Arlie Latham Garden City, New York 11-29-1952 1880 1909
Don Hurst Los Angeles, California 12-06-1952 1928 1934
Frank Hansford Fort Scott, Kansas 12-14-1952 1898 1898
Ed Coughlin Hartford, Connecticut 12-25-1952 1884 1884
Deacon Jones Pittsburg, Kansas 12-28-1952 1916 1918
Bob Meinke Chicago, Illinois 12-29-1952 1910 1910

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1952


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