Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1949

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 1949

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Charlie Hallstrom Chicago, Illinois 05-06-1949 1885 1885
Bill Swarback Darien, Connecticut 05-17-1949 1887 1887
Bill Burdick Spokane, Washington 10-23-1949 1888 1889
Jerry Kane East St. Louis, Illinois 06-16-1949 1890 1890
Ted Scheffler Jamaica, New York 02-24-1949 1888 1890
Norm Baker Hurffville, New Jersey 02-20-1949 1883 1890
Robert Gibson Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 12-19-1949 1890 1890
Artie Clarke Brookline, Massachusetts 11-14-1949 1890 1891
Harry Morelock Atlantic City, New Jersey 04-21-1949 1891 1892
John Godar Park Ridge, Illinois 06-23-1949 1892 1892
Huyler Westervelt Pelham Manor, New York 10-14-1949 1894 1894
Jim Canavan New Bedford, Massachusetts 05-27-1949 1891 1897
Lou Mahaffey Torrance, California 10-26-1949 1898 1898
Eddie Kolb Calgary, Alberta, Canada 10-01-1949 1899 1899
Jake Livingstone Wassaic, New York 03-22-1949 1901 1901
Bill Richardson Sullivan, Indiana 11-06-1949 1901 1901
Roger Denzer LeSeur, Minnesota 09-18-1949 1897 1901
Truck Eagan San Francisco, California 03-19-1949 1901 1901
Jack Lundbom Manistee, Michigan 10-31-1949 1902 1902
Pete LePine Woonsocket, Rhode Island 12-03-1949 1902 1902
John Durham Coffeyville, Kansas 05-07-1949 1902 1902
Mike Jacobs Louisville, Kentucky 03-21-1949 1902 1902
John Murphy Andover, Massachusetts 04-20-1949 1902 1903
John Malarkey Cincinnati, Ohio 10-29-1949 1894 1903
Chief Zimmer Cleveland, Ohio 08-22-1949 1884 1903
Jim Cook St. Louis, Missouri 06-16-1949 1903 1903
Charlie Malay Brooklyn, New York 09-18-1949 1905 1905
Frank Hershey Canandaigua, New York 12-15-1949 1905 1905
Jim Buchanan Norfolk, Nebraska 06-15-1949 1905 1905
Tommy Raub Phillipsburg, New Jersey 02-16-1949 1903 1906
Jack Himes Joliet, Illinois 12-16-1949 1905 1906
Bill Bernhard San Diego, California 03-30-1949 1899 1907
Matty Fitzgerald Albany, New York 09-22-1949 1906 1907
Buck Freeman Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 06-25-1949 1891 1907
John Anderson Worcester, Massachusetts 07-23-1949 1894 1908
Charlie Moran Horse Cave, Kentucky 06-14-1949 1903 1908
Orth Collins Fort Lauderdale, Florida 12-13-1949 1904 1909
Jack Slattery Boston, Massachusetts 07-17-1949 1901 1909
Mike Kahoe Akron, Ohio 05-14-1949 1895 1909
Red Downey Detroit, Michigan 07-10-1949 1909 1909
Speed Kelly Goshen, Indiana 05-06-1949 1909 1909
Larry McClure Huntington, West Virginia 09-01-1949 1910 1910
Jim Riley Buffalo, New York 03-25-1949 1910 1910
Heinie Beckendorf Jackson Heights, New York 09-15-1949 1909 1910
Tim Jordan Bronx, New York 09-13-1949 1901 1910
Walt Herrell Front Royal, Virginia 01-23-1949 1911 1911
Doc Scanlan Brooklyn, New York 05-29-1949 1903 1911
Jack Ryan Handsboro, Mississippi 10-16-1949 1908 1911
Hanson Horsey Millington, Maryland 12-01-1949 1912 1912
Len Madden Toledo, Ohio 09-09-1949 1912 1912
Harry McIntire Daytona Beach, Florida 01-09-1949 1905 1913
Joe Evers Albany, New York 01-04-1949 1913 1913
Bill Steele Clayton, Missouri 10-19-1949 1910 1914
Billy Martin Arlington, Virginia 09-14-1949 1914 1914
Tim Bowden Emory, Georgia 10-25-1949 1914 1914
Johnny Bates Steubenville, Ohio 02-10-1949 1906 1914
Marty O'Toole Aberdeen, Washington 02-18-1949 1908 1914
Hans Rasmussen Chicago, Illinois 01-01-1949 1915 1915
Buck Danner Dedham, Massachusetts 09-19-1949 1915 1915
Art Kruger Hondo, California 11-28-1949 1907 1915
Doc Watson San Diego, California 12-30-1949 1913 1915
Larry Douglas Jellico, Tennessee 11-04-1949 1915 1915
Hugh Bradley Worcester, Massachusetts 01-26-1949 1910 1915
George Suggs Kinston, North Carolina 04-04-1949 1908 1915
Guy Zinn Park, West Virginia 10-06-1949 1911 1915
Ralph Edwards White Plains, New York 01-05-1949 1915 1915
Gene Madden Utica, New York 04-06-1949 1916 1916
Wildfire Schulte Oakland, California 10-02-1949 1904 1918
Pat Martin Brooklyn, New York 02-04-1949 1919 1920
Nig Clarke River Rouge, Michigan 06-15-1949 1905 1920
Frank Gleich Columbus, Ohio 03-27-1949 1919 1920
John Donahue Boston, Massachusetts 10-03-1949 1923 1923
Frank Naleway Chicago, Illinois 01-28-1949 1924 1924
Mule Watson Shreveport, Louisiana 08-25-1949 1918 1924
Ike Caveney San Francisco, California 07-06-1949 1922 1925
Teddy Kearns Trenton, New Jersey 12-21-1949 1920 1925
Hal Neubauer Providence, Rhode Island 09-09-1949 1925 1925
Joe Buskey Cumberland, Maryland 04-11-1949 1926 1926
Russ Ennis Superior, Wisconsin 01-21-1949 1926 1926
Rudy Sommers Louisville, Kentucky 03-18-1949 1912 1927
Sherry Smith Reidsville, Georgia 09-12-1949 1911 1927
Dick Rudolph Bronx, New York 10-20-1949 1910 1927
Erv Brame Hopkinsville, Kentucky 11-22-1949 1928 1932
Hi Bell Glendale, California 06-07-1949 1924 1934
Bill Cissell Chicago, Illinois 03-15-1949 1928 1938
Joe Callahan South Boston, Massachusetts 05-24-1949 1939 1940
Eric McNair Meridian, Mississippi 03-11-1949 1929 1942
Clay Touchstone Beaumont, Texas 04-28-1949 1928 1945
John Carden Mexia, Texas 02-08-1949 1946 1946
Tiny Bonham Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 09-15-1949 1940 1949

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1949


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