Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1948

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 1948

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Pelham Ballenger Gantt, South Carolina 12-08-1948 1928 1928
Jimmy Bannon Glen Rock, New Jersey 03-24-1948 1893 1896
Art Benedict Denver, Colorado 01-14-1948 1883 1883
Walter Blair Lewisburg, Pennsylvania 08-20-1948 1907 1915
Gus Bono Dearborn, Michigan 12-03-1948 1920 1920
Chick Bowen New Haven, Connecticut 08-09-1948 1919 1919
Frank Bowerman Romeo, Michigan 11-30-1948 1895 1909
Mordecai Brown Terre Haute, Indiana 02-14-1948 1903 1916
Stub Brown Baltimore, Maryland 03-10-1948 1893 1897
Frank Browning San Antonio, Texas 05-20-1948 1910 1910
Ed Buckingham Bridgeport, Connecticut 12-03-1948 1895 1895
Ike Butler Oakland, California 03-17-1948 1902 1902
Bill Byers Baltimore, Maryland 09-08-1948 1904 1904
Lew Camp Omaha, Nebraska 10-01-1948 1892 1894
Rip Cannell Bridgton, Maine 08-26-1948 1904 1905
Howdy Caton Zanesville, Ohio 01-08-1948 1917 1920
Chief Chouneau Cloquet, Minnesota 09-17-1948 1910 1910
Bill Clancy Oriskany, New York 02-10-1948 1905 1905
Dick Cogan Paterson, New Jersey 05-02-1948 1897 1900
Percy Coleman Van Nuys, California 02-16-1948 1897 1898
Phil Collins Chicago, Illinois 08-14-1948 1923 1935
Bill Dammann Lynnhaven, Virginia 12-06-1948 1897 1899
Homer Davidson Detroit, Michigan 07-26-1948 1908 1908
Pat Deisel Cincinnati, Ohio 04-17-1948 1902 1903
Art Devlin Jersey City, New Jersey 09-18-1948 1904 1913
John Dolan Springfield, Ohio 05-08-1948 1890 1895
Frank Doljack Cleveland, Ohio 01-23-1948 1930 1943
Rich Durning Castle Point, New York 09-23-1948 1917 1918
Roy Ellam Conshohocken, Pennsylvania 10-28-1948 1909 1918
Bob Emmerich Bridgeport, Connecticut 11-22-1948 1923 1923
Jimmy Esmond Troy, New York 06-26-1948 1911 1915
Bill Gardner Catonsville, Maryland 10-12-1948 1887 1887
Charlie Graham San Francisco, California 08-29-1948 1906 1906
Bob Groom Belleville, Illinois 02-19-1948 1909 1918
Bert Hall Seattle, Washington 07-11-1948 1911 1911
Chick Hartley Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 07-18-1948 1902 1902
Larry Hoffman Chicago, Illinois 12-29-1948 1901 1901
Bert Husting Milwaukee, Wisconsin 09-03-1948 1900 1902
Doc Imlay Bordentown, New Jersey 10-07-1948 1913 1913
Art Jahn Little Rock, Arkansas 01-09-1948 1925 1928
Heinie Jantzen Hines, Illinois 04-01-1948 1912 1912
Dick Kauffman Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania 04-16-1948 1914 1915
Pete Knisely Brownsville, Pennsylvania 07-01-1948 1912 1915
Charlie Krause Eloise, Michigan 03-30-1948 1901 1901
Ed Kusel Cleveland, Ohio 10-20-1948 1909 1909
Hi Ladd Cranston, Rhode Island 05-07-1948 1898 1898
Clarence Lehr Highland Park, Michigan 01-31-1948 1911 1911
Elmer Leifer Everett, Washington 09-26-1948 1921 1921
Harry Lord Westbrook, Maine 08-09-1948 1907 1915
Jim McCormick Saco, Maine 02-01-1948 1892 1892
Dutch Meier Chicago, Illinois 03-23-1948 1906 1906
Fred Mollenkamp Cincinnati, Ohio 11-01-1948 1914 1914
Rebel Oakes Rocky Springs, Louisiana 02-29-1948 1909 1915
Fred Odwell Downsville, New York 08-19-1948 1904 1907
Al Orth Lynchburg, Virginia 10-08-1948 1895 1909
Joe Pate Fort Worth, Texas 12-26-1948 1926 1927
Marv Peasley San Francisco, California 12-27-1948 1910 1910
Herb Pennock New York, New York 01-30-1948 1912 1934
Nig Perrine Kansas City, Missouri 08-13-1948 1907 1907
Jake Powell Washington, D.C. 11-04-1948 1930 1945
Irv Ray Harrington, Maine 02-21-1948 1888 1891
Joe Regan Hartford, Connecticut 11-18-1948 1898 1898
Babe Ruth New York, New York 08-16-1948 1914 1935
Biff Schlitzer Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 01-04-1948 1908 1914
Frank Schneiberg Milwaukee, Wisconsin 05-18-1948 1910 1910
Charlie See Bridgeport, Connecticut 07-19-1948 1919 1921
Hosea Siner Sullivan, Indiana 06-10-1948 1909 1909
Jake Smith East McKeesport, Pennsylvania 11-07-1948 1911 1911
Arnie Stone Hudson Falls, New York 07-29-1948 1923 1924
Bill Sweeney Cambridge, Massachusetts 05-26-1948 1907 1914
Jack Thoney Covington, Kentucky 10-24-1948 1902 1911
Joe Tinker Orlando, Florida 07-27-1948 1902 1916
Fritz Von Kolnitz Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 03-18-1948 1914 1916
Charlie Wacker Evansville, Indiana 08-07-1948 1909 1909
Joe Wagner Bronx, New York 11-15-1948 1915 1915
Hack Wilson Baltimore, Maryland 11-23-1948 1923 1934
Rasty Wright Columbus, Ohio 06-12-1948 1917 1923
Ad Yale Bridgeport, Connecticut 04-27-1948 1905 1905

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1948


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