Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1923

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 1923

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death

George Hall Ridgewood, New York 06-11-1923 1876 1877
Bill Annis Kennebunkport, Maine 06-10-1923 1884 1884
Joe Ellick Kansas City, Kansas 04-21-1923 1878 1884
Joe Stabell Buffalo, New York 07-10-1923 1885 1885
Nate Kellogg Brooklyn, New York 07-19-1923 1885 1885
John Meister Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 01-17-1923 1886 1887
Buck Becannon New York, New York 11-05-1923 1884 1887
Mark Polhemus Lynn, Massachusetts 11-12-1923 1887 1887
Ed Hogan Chicago, Illinois 03-17-1923 1884 1888
Nick Wise Boston, Massachusetts 01-25-1923 1888 1888
Pete Wood Chicago, Illinois 03-15-1923 1885 1889
Harry Clarke Los Angeles, California 03-03-1923 1889 1889
Jim Gill Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania 04-10-1923 1889 1889
Bill Day Wilmington, Delaware 08-16-1923 1889 1890
Jay Budd Cleveland, Ohio 08-22-1923 1890 1890
Jay Faatz Syracuse, New York 04-10-1923 1884 1890
Ducky Hemp St. Louis, Missouri 03-03-1923 1887 1890
Frank Keffer Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 04-17-1923 1890 1890
Jack Lynch Bronx, New York 04-20-1923 1881 1890
Cliff Carroll Portland, Oregon 06-12-1923 1882 1893
Frank Pears St. Louis, Missouri 11-29-1923 1889 1893
Jocko Milligan Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 08-29-1923 1884 1893
George Tebeau Denver, Colorado 02-04-1923 1887 1895
Marty Hogan Youngstown, Ohio 08-15-1923 1894 1895
George Meakim Queens, New York 02-17-1923 1890 1895
Henry Adkinson Salt Lake City, Utah 05-01-1923 1895 1895
Willard Mains Bridgton, Maine 05-23-1923 1888 1896
Biff Sheehan Hartford, Connecticut 10-21-1923 1895 1896
Fred Cooke Gallipolis, Ohio 01-22-1923 1897 1897
General Stafford Worcester, Massachusetts 09-18-1923 1890 1899
Warren McLaughlin Plainfield, New Jersey 10-22-1923 1900 1903
Jimmy Ryan Chicago, Illinois 10-29-1923 1885 1903
Frank McManus Syracuse, New York 09-01-1923 1899 1904
Claude Elliott Pardeeville, Wisconsin 06-21-1923 1904 1905
Paul Sentell Cincinnati, Ohio 04-27-1923 1906 1907
Jack Burnett Modoc County, California 09-03-1923 1907 1907
Goat Anderson South Bend, Indiana 03-15-1923 1907 1907
Tom Jones Danville, Pennsylvania 06-19-1923 1902 1910
Willie Keeler Brooklyn, New York 01-01-1923 1892 1910
Fred House Kansas City, Missouri 11-16-1923 1913 1913
Jim Scoggins Columbia, South Carolina 08-16-1923 1913 1913
Harry Billiard Wooster, Ohio 06-03-1923 1908 1915
Gene Krapp Detroit, Michigan 04-13-1923 1911 1915
Jack Nabors Wilton, Alabama 10-29-1923 1915 1917
Bill Donovan Forsyth, New York 12-09-1923 1898 1918
Bill Grevell Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 06-21-1923 1919 1919
Dots Miller Saranac Lake, New York 09-05-1923 1909 1921

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1923



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