Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1933

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 1933

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Bobby Clack Danvers, Massachusetts 10-22-1933 1876 1876
Charlie Osterhout Syracuse, New York 05-21-1933 1879 1879
Charlie Strick Erie, Pennsylvania 11-19-1933 1882 1882
Bobby Mitchell Springfield, Ohio 05-01-1933 1877 1882
Harry Salisbury Chicago, Illinois 03-29-1933 1879 1882
John Humphries Salinas, California 11-29-1933 1883 1884
Nin Alexander Pana, Illinois 12-22-1933 1884 1884
Fred Robinson Hudson, Massachusetts 12-18-1933 1884 1884
Bob Black Sioux City, Iowa 03-21-1933 1884 1884
Wes Curry Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 05-19-1933 1884 1884
Joe Flynn Providence, Rhode Island 12-22-1933 1884 1884
Steve Dunn London, Ontario, Canada 05-05-1933 1884 1884
Jim Donnelly Somerville, Massachusetts 12-31-1933 1884 1884
Thomas Griffin Rockford, Illinois 04-17-1933 1884 1884
Bill Irwin Ft.Thomas, Kentucky 08-07-1933 1886 1886
Joe Herr St. Louis, Missouri 07-12-1933 1887 1890
Sam LaRocque Highland Park, Michigan 06-05-1933 1888 1891
George Gore Utica, New York 09-16-1933 1879 1892
Dan Burke Taunton, Massachusetts 03-20-1933 1890 1892
Bill Van Dyke El Paso, Texas 05-17-1933 1890 1893
Tim Keefe Cambridge, Massachusetts 04-23-1933 1880 1893
Joe Harrington Fall River, Massachusetts 09-13-1933 1895 1896
Otis Stocksdale Pennsville, New Jersey 03-15-1933 1893 1896
Lawrence Freund Jeffersonville, Indiana 11-05-1933 1896 1896
Joe Kostal Guelph, Ontario, Canada 10-17-1933 1896 1896
Ed Cartwright St. Petersburg, Florida 09-03-1933 1890 1897
Jesse Hoffmeister Des Moines, Iowa 01-14-1933 1897 1897
Burley Byers Louisville, Kentucky 05-30-1933 1899 1899
Art Madison North Adams, Massachusetts 01-27-1933 1895 1899
Tommy Dowd Holyoke, Massachusetts 07-02-1933 1891 1901
Tom Donovan Watervliet, New York 03-25-1933 1901 1901
Harry Croft Oak Park, Illinois 12-11-1933 1899 1901
Ed Scott Toledo, Ohio 11-01-1933 1900 1901
Ed Watkins Kelvin, Arizona 03-29-1933 1902 1902
Charlie DeArmond Morning Sun, Ohio 12-17-1933 1903 1903
Lou Gertenrich Chicago, Illinois 10-20-1933 1901 1903
Billy Lauder Norwalk, Connecticut 05-20-1933 1898 1903
Jack O'Brien Watervliet, New York 06-10-1933 1899 1903
Charlie Loudenslager Baltimore, Maryland 10-31-1933 1904 1904
Con Starkel Tacoma, Washington 01-19-1933 1906 1906
Fritz Buelow Detroit, Michigan 12-27-1933 1899 1907
Harry Hinchman Toledo, Ohio 01-19-1933 1907 1907
Beany Jacobson Decatur, Illinois 01-31-1933 1904 1907
Tom McCarthy Mishawaka, Indiana 03-28-1933 1908 1909
Bunny Pearce Brownstown, Indiana 05-22-1933 1908 1909
Harry Smith Salem, New Jersey 02-17-1933 1901 1910
Ody Abbott Washington, D.C. 04-13-1933 1910 1910
George Mangus Rutland, Massachusetts 08-10-1933 1912 1912
Kid Gleason Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 01-02-1933 1888 1912
Lefty James Glen Roy, Ohio 05-03-1933 1912 1914
Mike Donlin Hollywood, California 09-24-1933 1899 1914
Dan Marion Milwaukee, Wisconsin 01-18-1933 1914 1915
Frank Allen Gainesville, Alabama 07-30-1933 1912 1917
Rip Williams Keokuk, Iowa 07-23-1933 1911 1918
Hal Deviney Westwood, Massachusetts 01-04-1933 1920 1920
Jack Wieneke Pleasant Ridge, Michigan 03-16-1933 1921 1921
Roy Graham Manila, Philippines 04-26-1933 1922 1923
Elliot Bigelow Tampa, Florida 08-13-1933 1929 1929
Neal Finn Allentown, Pennsylvania 07-07-1933 1930 1933

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1933


Who was the first Major League player to commit suicide? Which baseball suicide occurred in an Asylum? Which one took place inside a police station? Find out by reading through our list of baseball suicides.

Did you know that the fewest number of baseball deaths occurred during the month of June? For a comprehensive chart check out our Baseball Player Obituaries & Death by Month Chart.

If a player passes away and we haven't updated their page in 24 hours, please contact us immediately so we can make the appropriate changes to their page.
     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook

Copyright © 2000-2013. All Rights Reserved by Baseball-Almanac. Privacy Policy.Design by Geisler Young. Web hosting by Hosting 4 Less.
Part of the Baseball Almanac family: 755 Home Runs | Baseball Box Scores | Baseball Fever | Football Almanac | Pigskin Fever | Today in Baseball History.