Yogi Berra was looking up at the scoreboard on Old Timers' Day, saw the list of Yankee greats who had recently died, and said, "Boy, I hope I never see my name up there." The research below, by Baseball Almanac, allows you to "check the scoreboard" and see every ballplayer who died during any given year.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The list of baseball players who died are sorted by default in alphabetical order, using the player's last name. However, you can sort the data to meet your needs. Click where it says "Died In" and the data will be sorted by the place of death. Click "Date of Death" and see it listed chronologically, for the given year. Debut Year and Final Year (in the majors) are also sortable.
"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 2017MLB Players Who Died in 2017 | Return To Players by Year of Death |
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Player | Died In | Date of Death | Debut Year | Final Year |
Daryl Spencer | Wichita, Kansas | 01-02-2017 | 1952 | 1963 |
Greg Jelks | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 01-06-2017 | 1987 | 1987 |
Bob Sadowski | St. Louis, Missouri | 01-06-2017 | 1960 | 1963 |
Dan Porter | Decatur, Illinois | 01-07-2017 | 1951 | 1951 |
Bill Champion | Shelby, North Carolina | 01-07-2017 | 1969 | 1976 |
Jackie Brown | Holdenville, Oklahoma | 01-08-2017 | 1970 | 1977 |
Red Adams | Fresno, California | 01-18-2017 | 1946 | 1946 |
Dick Starr | Kittanning, Pennsylvania | 01-18-2017 | 1947 | 1951 |
Walt Streuli | Greensboro, North Carolina | 01-19-2017 | 1954 | 1956 |
Ken Wright | Pensacola, Florida | 01-21-2017 | 1970 | 1974 |
Andy Marte | Casa de Alto, Duarte, Dominican Republic | 01-22-2017 | 2005 | 2014 |
Yordano Ventura | Juan Adrián, Monseñor Nouel, Dominican Republic | 01-22-2017 | 2013 | 2016 |
Morris Nettles | Venice, California | 01-24-2017 | 1974 | 1975 |
Bob Bowman | San Jose, California | 01-27-2017 | 1955 | 1959 |
Mark Brownson | Lake Worth, Florida | 02-01-2017 | 1998 | 2000 |
Harry MacPherson | Englewood, Florida | 02-19-2017 | 1944 | 1944 |
Fenton Mole | Danville, California | 02-20-2017 | 1949 | 1949 |
Ned Garver | Bryan, Ohio | 02-26-2017 | 1948 | 1961 |
Bill Hands | Orlando, Florida | 03-09-2017 | 1965 | 1975 |
Bob Bruce | Plano, Texas | 03-14-2017 | 1959 | 1967 |
Jose Zardon | Tamarac, Florida | 03-21-2017 | 1945 | 1945 |
Mark Higgins | Duluth, Georgia | 03-22-2017 | 1989 | 1989 |
Dallas Green | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 03-22-2017 | 1960 | 1967 |
Jack Faszholz | Belle, Missouri | 03-25-2017 | 1953 | 1953 |
Todd Frohwirth | Waukesha, Wisconsin | 03-26-2017 | 1987 | 1996 |
Ruben Amaro | Weston, Florida | 03-31-2017 | 1958 | 1969 |
Roy Sievers | Spanish Lake, Missouri | 04-03-2017 | 1949 | 1965 |
Bob Cerv | Blair, Nebraska | 04-06-2017 | 1951 | 1962 |
Vic Barnhart | Hagerstown, Maryland | 04-13-2017 | 1944 | 1946 |
Vic Albury | Tampa, Florida | 04-18-2017 | 1973 | 1976 |
Luis Olmo | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 04-28-2017 | 1943 | 1951 |
Sam Mele | Quincy, Massachusetts | 05-01-2017 | 1947 | 1956 |
Bob Kuzava | Wyandotte, Michigan | 05-15-2017 | 1946 | 1957 |
Steve Waterbury | Marion, Illinois | 05-19-2017 | 1976 | 1976 |
Dave McDonald | Pompano Beach, Florida | 05-19-2017 | 1969 | 1971 |
Ed Mierkowicz | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan | 05-19-2017 | 1945 | 1950 |
Jim Bunning | Fort Thomas, Kentucky | 05-26-2017 | 1955 | 1971 |
Herm Starrette | Statesville, North Carolina | 06-02-2017 | 1963 | 1965 |
Jim Piersall | Wheaton, Illinois | 06-03-2017 | 1950 | 1967 |
Hector Wagner | Passaic, New Jersey | 06-05-2017 | 1990 | 1991 |
Bob Zick | Sun City, Arizona | 06-12-2017 | 1954 | 1954 |
Anthony Young | Houston, Texas | 06-27-2017 | 1991 | 1996 |
Bob Perry | New Bern, North Carolina | 07-02-2017 | 1963 | 1964 |
Gene Conley | Foxboro, Massachusetts | 07-04-2017 | 1952 | 1963 |
Dom Zanni | Massapequa, New York | 07-06-2017 | 1958 | 1966 |
Bill Wilson | Roseville, California | 07-16-2017 | 1950 | 1955 |
John Rheinecker | St. Louis, Missouri | 07-18-2017 | 2006 | 2007 |
Lee May | Cincinnati, Ohio | 07-29-2017 | 1965 | 1982 |
Darren Daulton | Clearwater, Florida | 08-06-2017 | 1983 | 1997 |
Don Baylor | Austin, Texas | 08-07-2017 | 1970 | 1988 |
Danny Walton | Morgan, Utah | 08-09-2017 | 1968 | 1980 |
Don Gross | Weidman, Michigan | 08-10-2017 | 1955 | 1960 |
Paul Casanova | Hialeah, Florida | 08-12-2017 | 1965 | 1974 |
Paul Schaal | Waikoloa, Hawaii | 09-01-2017 | 1964 | 1974 |
Stan Swanson | Fallbrook, California | 09-01-2017 | 1971 | 1971 |
Tom Wright | Shelby, North Carolina | 09-05-2017 | 1948 | 1956 |
Gene Michael | Oldsmar, Florida | 09-07-2017 | 1966 | 1975 |
Jim Donohue | St. Louis, Missouri | 09-09-2017 | 1961 | 1962 |
Dave Hilton | Scottsdale, Arizona | 09-17-2017 | 1972 | 1975 |
Garry Hill | Charlotte, North Carolina | 09-20-2017 | 1969 | 1969 |
Mickey Harrington | Hattiesburg, Mississippi | 09-20-2017 | 1963 | 1963 |
Ed Phillips | Wells, Maine | 09-20-2017 | 1970 | 1970 |
Solly Hemus | Houston, Texas | 10-02-2017 | 1949 | 1959 |
John Herrnstein | Chillicothe, Ohio | 10-03-2017 | 1962 | 1966 |
Jim Landis | Napa, California | 10-07-2017 | 1957 | 1967 |
Don Lock | Wichita, Kansas | 10-08-2017 | 1962 | 1969 |
Mike McQueen | Batesville, Arkansas | 10-09-2017 | 1969 | 1974 |
Roy Hawes | Ringgold, Georgia | 10-09-2017 | 1951 | 1951 |
Daniel Webb | Waverly, Tennessee | 10-14-2017 | 2013 | 2016 |
Ed Barnowski | Naples, Florida | 10-17-2017 | 1965 | 1966 |
Chuck Churn | Lady Lake, Florida | 10-21-2017 | 1957 | 1959 |
Darrell Osteen | Palm Desert, California | 10-22-2017 | 1965 | 1970 |
Ross Powell | Lucas, Texas | 10-25-2017 | 1993 | 1995 |
Al Richter | Virginia Beach, Virginia | 10-29-2017 | 1951 | 1953 |
Bob Talbot | Visalia, California | 10-31-2017 | 1953 | 1954 |
Gene Verble | Kannapolis, North Carolina | 11-04-2017 | 1951 | 1953 |
Rick Stelmaszek | Chicago, Illinois | 11-06-2017 | 1971 | 1974 |
Roy Halladay | Holiday, Florida | 11-07-2017 | 1998 | 2013 |
Don Prince | Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | 11-08-2017 | 1962 | 1962 |
Rance Pless | Greeneville, Tennessee | 11-11-2017 | 1956 | 1956 |
Jim Rivera | Fort Wayne, Indiana | 11-13-2017 | 1952 | 1961 |
Bobby Doerr | Junction City, Oregon | 11-13-2017 | 1937 | 1951 |
Tommy Moore | Pioneertown, California | 11-16-2017 | 1972 | 1977 |
Bob Borkowski | Dayton, Ohio | 11-18-2017 | 1950 | 1955 |
Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez | Havana, Cuba | 11-23-2017 | 2014 | 2014 |
Dick Gernert | Reading, Pennsylvania | 11-30-2017 | 1952 | 1962 |
Ernie Fazio | Danville, California | 12-01-2017 | 1962 | 1966 |
Tracy Stallard | Kingsport, Tennessee | 12-06-2017 | 1960 | 1966 |
Manny Jimenez | New York, New York | 12-11-2017 | 1962 | 1969 |
Frank Lary | Tuscaloosa, Alabama | 12-13-2017 | 1954 | 1965 |
Doug Gallagher | Fremont, Ohio | 12-17-2017 | 1962 | 1962 |
Angelo Dagres | Rowley, Massachusetts | 12-23-2017 | 1955 | 1955 |
Jerry Kindall | Tucson, Arizona | 12-24-2017 | 1956 | 1965 |
Ken Poulsen | Fresno, California | 12-28-2017 | 1967 | 1967 |
Al Luplow | Saginaw, Michigan | 12-28-2017 | 1961 | 1967 |
Player | Died In | Date of Death | Debut Year | Final Year |
MLB Players Who Died in 2017 | Research by Baseball Almanac |
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