Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1954

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 1954

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Rabbit Maranville New York, New York 01-05-1954 1912 1935
Red Schillings Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 01-07-1954 1922 1922
Skeeter Shelton Huntington, West Virginia 01-09-1954 1915 1915
Sumner Bowman Millersburg, Pennsylvania 01-11-1954 1890 1891
Clay Perry Rice Lake, Wisconsin 01-13-1954 1908 1908
Fred Payne Camden, New York 01-16-1954 1906 1911
Bunny Madden Cambridge, Massachusetts 01-20-1954 1909 1911
Norman Plitt New York, New York 02-01-1954 1918 1927
Ollie Smith Torrance, California 02-04-1954 1894 1894
Ed Warner New York, New York 02-05-1954 1912 1912
Heinie Berger Lakewood, Ohio 02-10-1954 1907 1910
Walter Ancker Englewood, New Jersey 02-13-1954 1915 1915
John Callahan Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 02-15-1954 1898 1898
Duke Gillespie Vallejo, California 02-15-1954 1922 1922
Sadie McMahon New Castle, Delaware 02-20-1954 1889 1897
Chief Wilson Bertram, Texas 02-22-1954 1908 1916
Marv Gudat Los Angeles, California 03-01-1954 1929 1932
George Textor Massillon, Ohio 03-10-1954 1914 1915
Bill Bradley Cleveland, Ohio 03-11-1954 1899 1915
George Grantham Kingman, Arizona 03-16-1954 1922 1934
Charlie Babb Portland, Oregon 03-19-1954 1903 1905
Frank Fahey Boston, Massachusetts 03-19-1954 1918 1918
Harry LaRoss Chicago, Illinois 03-22-1954 1914 1914
Chubby Snyder Buffalo, New York 03-24-1954 1914 1914
Chick Holmes Camden, New Jersey 04-15-1954 1918 1918
Red Gunkel Chicago, Illinois 04-19-1954 1916 1916
Otto McIvor Dallas, Texas 05-04-1954 1911 1911
Les Channell Denver, Colorado 05-08-1954 1910 1914
Eddie Files Cornish, Maine 05-10-1954 1908 1908
Dorsey Riddlemoser Frederick, Maryland 05-11-1954 1899 1899
Earl Tyree Rushville, Illinois 05-17-1954 1914 1914
Roy Parker Tulsa, Oklahoma 05-17-1954 1919 1919
Chief Bender Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 05-22-1954 1903 1925
Bill Davidson Lincoln, Nebraska 05-23-1954 1909 1911
Charlie Biggs French Lick, Indiana 05-24-1954 1932 1932
Vern Duncan Daytona Beach, Florida 06-01-1954 1913 1915
George Caithamer Chicago, Illinois 06-01-1954 1934 1934
Zaza Harvey Santa Monica, California 06-03-1954 1900 1902
Tom O'Hara Denver, Colorado 06-08-1954 1906 1907
Lew Carr Moravia, New York 06-15-1954 1901 1901
Roy Massey Atlanta, Georgia 06-23-1954 1918 1918
Charlie Pick Lynchburg, Virginia 06-26-1954 1914 1920
Wiley Taylor Westmoreland, Kansas 07-08-1954 1911 1914
Ed Porray Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania 07-13-1954 1914 1914
Chris Mahoney Visalia, California 07-15-1954 1910 1910
Jack Bracken Highland Park, Michigan 07-16-1954 1901 1901
Jim Bagby Marietta, Georgia 07-28-1954 1912 1923
Babe Borton Berkeley, California 07-29-1954 1912 1916
Art Hoelskoetter St. Louis, Missouri 08-03-1954 1905 1908
Fabian Kowalik Karnes City, Texas 08-14-1954 1932 1936
Jack Ferry Pittsfield, Massachusetts 08-29-1954 1910 1913
Wimpy Quinn Santa Monica, California 09-01-1954 1941 1941
Fred Osborn Upper Sandusky, Ohio 09-02-1954 1907 1909
Maurice Archdeacon St. Louis, Missouri 09-05-1954 1923 1925
Roy Grimes Guilford Lake, Ohio 09-13-1954 1920 1920
Herbie Moran Clarkson, New York 09-21-1954 1908 1915
John Wilson Annapolis, Maryland 09-23-1954 1913 1913
Josh DeVore Chillicothe, Ohio 10-06-1954 1908 1914
Walter Holke St. Louis, Missouri 10-12-1954 1914 1925
Bill Swanson New York, New York 10-14-1954 1914 1914
Dave Davenport El Dorado, Arkansas 10-16-1954 1914 1919
Hugh Duffy Boston, Massachusetts 10-19-1954 1888 1906
Art Gardiner Copiague, New York 10-21-1954 1923 1923
Earl Whitehill Omaha, Nebraska 10-22-1954 1923 1939
Charlie Frisbee Iowa Falls, Iowa 11-07-1954 1899 1900
Art Bues Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin 11-07-1954 1913 1914
Hod Fenner Detroit, Michigan 11-20-1954 1921 1921
Uel Eubanks Dallas, Texas 11-21-1954 1922 1922
Charlie Gibson Sharon, Pennsylvania 11-22-1954 1905 1905
Bill Doak Bradenton, Florida 11-26-1954 1912 1929
Nick Maddox Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 11-27-1954 1907 1910
Al Lawson San Antonio, Texas 11-29-1954 1890 1890
Kid O'Hara Canton, Ohio 12-01-1954 1904 1904
Tony Madigan Washington, D.C. 12-04-1954 1886 1886
Russ Christopher Richmond, California 12-05-1954 1942 1948
Harry Courtney Lyme, Connecticut 12-11-1954 1919 1922
Red Proctor Richmond, Virginia 12-17-1954 1923 1923
Big Jeff Pfeffer Kankakee, Illinois 12-19-1954 1905 1911
Tom Raftery Boston, Massachusetts 12-31-1954 1909 1909

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1954


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