Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1896

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 1896

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Jack Beach Alexandria, Virginia 07-23-1896 1884 1884
Red Connolly New York, New York 03-02-1896 1886 1886
Ed Crane Rochester, New York 09-20-1896 1884 1893
John Crowley Lawrence, Massachusetts 09-23-1896 1884 1884
John Curran Vallejo, California 09-26-1896 1876 1876
Barney Graham Mobile, Alabama 12-31-1896 1889 1889
George Heubel Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 01-22-1896 1876 1876
Kid Madden Portland, Maine 03-16-1896 1887 1891
George McVey Quincy, Illinois 05-03-1896 1885 1885
Jim Ritz Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 11-10-1896 1894 1894
Ben Stephens Armada, Michigan 08-05-1896 1892 1894
Curt Welch East Liverpool, Ohio 08-29-1896 1884 1893

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1896


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