Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1886

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 1886

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death

Dick Blaisdell Malden, Massachusetts 08-20-1886 1884 1884
George Creamer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 06-27-1886 1878 1884
Denny Driscoll Lowell, Massachusetts 07-11-1886 1880 1884
Bernie Graham Mobile, Alabama 10-30-1886 1884 1884
Tom Lee Milwaukee, Wisconsin 03-04-1886 1884 1884
Bill Smith Toronto, Ontario, Canada 08-09-1886 1884 1884
Jim Ward Boston, Massachusetts 06-04-1886 1876 1876
Fred Warner Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 02-13-1886 1876 1884

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1886



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