Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1953

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 1953

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Harry Armbruster Cincinnati, Ohio 12-10-1953 1906 1906
Harry Aubrey Baltimore, Maryland 09-18-1953 1903 1903
Larry Benton Amberley, Ohio 04-03-1953 1923 1935
John Brackenridge Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 03-20-1953 1904 1904
Don Brennan Boston, Massachusetts 04-26-1953 1933 1937
Jesse Burkett Worcester, Massachusetts 05-27-1953 1890 1905
Bill Burns Ramona, California 06-06-1953 1908 1912
Wesley Callahan Dayton, Ohio 09-13-1953 1913 1913
Mike Cantwell Oteen, North Carolina 01-05-1953 1916 1920
Pat Carney Worcester, Massachusetts 01-09-1953 1901 1904
Leon Chagnon Amesbury, Massachusetts 07-30-1953 1929 1935
John Chapman Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 11-03-1953 1924 1924
Wally Clement Coral Gables, Florida 11-01-1953 1908 1909
Bob Coulson Washington, Pennsylvania 09-11-1953 1908 1914
Bill Cunningham Colusa, California 09-26-1953 1921 1924
Walt DeVoy St. Louis, Missouri 12-17-1953 1909 1909
Mike Dejan West Los Angeles, California 02-02-1953 1940 1940
Jim Delahanty Cleveland, Ohio 10-17-1953 1901 1915
Frank Donnelly Canton, Illinois 02-03-1953 1893 1893
Patsy Donovan Lawrence, Massachusetts 12-25-1953 1890 1907
Tom Dougherty Milwaukee, Wisconsin 11-06-1953 1904 1904
Klondike Douglass Bend, Oregon 12-01-1953 1896 1904
Michael Driscoll Foxboro, Massachusetts 03-22-1953 1916 1916
Carl East Whitesburg, Georgia 01-15-1953 1915 1924
Tex Erwin Rochester, New York 04-05-1953 1907 1914
Joe Evans Gulfport, Mississippi 08-09-1953 1915 1925
Rags Faircloth Tucson, Arizona 10-05-1953 1919 1919
Jim Field Atlantic City, New Jersey 05-13-1953 1883 1898
Happy Foreman New York, New York 02-13-1953 1924 1926
Buck Freeman Fort Sam Houston, Texas 02-21-1953 1921 1922
Herb Gorman San Diego, California 04-05-1953 1952 1952
Sam Gray McKinney, Texas 04-16-1953 1924 1933
Tim Griesenbeck San Antonio, Texas 03-25-1953 1920 1920
Ray Grimes Minerva, Ohio 05-25-1953 1920 1926
Ed Haigh Atlantic City, New Jersey 02-13-1953 1892 1892
Mike Handiboe Savannah, Georgia 01-31-1953 1911 1911
Howie Haworth Troutdale, Oregon 01-28-1953 1915 1915
Charlie Hemphill Detroit, Michigan 06-22-1953 1899 1911
Buck Herzog Baltimore, Maryland 09-04-1953 1908 1920
Pat Hilly Eureka, Missouri 07-25-1953 1914 1914
Joe Houser Orlando, Florida 01-03-1953 1914 1914
Ed Hug Cincinnati, Ohio 05-11-1953 1903 1903
Jim Jones London, Kentucky 05-06-1953 1897 1902
Oscar Jones Fort Worth, Texas 03-16-1953 1903 1905
Slats Jordan Catonsville, Maryland 12-07-1953 1901 1902
Al Kellogg Portland, Oregon 07-21-1953 1908 1908
Guy Lacy Cleveland, Tennessee 11-19-1953 1926 1926
Pete Lapan Norwalk, California 01-05-1953 1922 1923
Sam Leever Goshen, Ohio 05-19-1953 1898 1910
Billy Maharg Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 11-20-1953 1912 1916
Charlie Maisel Baltimore, Maryland 08-25-1953 1915 1915
Gene McAuliffe Randolph, Massachusetts 04-29-1953 1904 1904
Mike McCormick Jersey City, New Jersey 11-18-1953 1904 1904
Frank McCue Chicago, Illinois 07-05-1953 1922 1922
Lou McEvoy Webster Groves, Missouri 12-17-1953 1930 1931
Doug McWeeny Melrose Park, Illinois 01-01-1953 1921 1930
Jock Menefee Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania 03-11-1953 1892 1903
Lenny Metz Denver, Colorado 02-24-1953 1923 1925
Clyde Milan Orlando, Florida 03-03-1953 1907 1922
Fred Miller Brookville, Indiana 05-02-1953 1910 1910
Doc Moskiman San Leandro, California 01-11-1953 1910 1910
Kid Nichols Kansas City, Missouri 04-11-1953 1890 1906
Harry Niles Sturgis, Michigan 04-18-1953 1906 1910
Roy Patterson St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin 04-14-1953 1901 1907
Kewpie Pennington Newark, New Jersey 05-03-1953 1917 1917
Jack Pfiester Loveland, Ohio 09-03-1953 1903 1911
Bill Phyle Los Angeles, California 08-06-1953 1898 1906
Abner Powell New Orleans, Louisiana 08-07-1953 1884 1886
Tex Pruiett Ventura, California 02-06-1953 1907 1908
Rip Reagan Kansas City, Missouri 06-08-1953 1903 1903
Jose Rodriguez Havana, Cuba 01-21-1953 1916 1918
Dutch Schesler Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 11-19-1953 1931 1931
Pete Scott Daly City, California 05-03-1953 1926 1928
Merv Shea Sacramento, California 01-27-1953 1927 1944
Charlie Shields Memphis, Tennessee 08-27-1953 1902 1907
Seth Sigsby Schenectady, New York 09-15-1953 1893 1893
Charlie Small Auburn, Maine 01-14-1953 1930 1930
Ed Summers Indianapolis, Indiana 05-12-1953 1908 1912
Jim Tabor Sacramento, California 08-22-1953 1938 1947
Pinch Thomas Modesto, California 12-24-1953 1912 1921
Jim Thorpe Lomita, California 03-28-1953 1913 1919
Cotton Tierney Kansas City, Missouri 04-18-1953 1920 1925
Fred Toney Nashville, Tennessee 03-11-1953 1911 1923
Harry Truby Ironton, Ohio 03-21-1953 1895 1896
Lefty Tyler Lowell, Massachusetts 09-29-1953 1910 1921
Ty Tyson Buffalo, New York 08-16-1953 1926 1928
Tex Vache Los Angeles, California 06-11-1953 1925 1925
Jim Wallace Revere, Massachusetts 05-16-1953 1905 1905
Connie Walsh St. Louis, Missouri 04-05-1953 1907 1907
Lew Wendell Brooklyn, New York 07-11-1953 1915 1926
Tom Wilson San Pedro, California 03-07-1953 1914 1914
Barney Wolfe North Charleroi, Pennsylvania 02-27-1953 1903 1906
Chuck Workman Kansas City, Missouri 01-03-1953 1938 1946

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1953


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