Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1902

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1902

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)

Player	Died In	Date of Death	Debut Year	Final Year
Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1902 A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Tom Burns	Jersey City, New Jersey	03-19-1902	1880	1892
Rome Chambers	Weaverville, North Carolina	08-30-1902	1900	1900
Daisy Davis	Lynn, Massachusetts	11-05-1902	1884	1885
Tim Donahue	Taunton, Massachusetts	06-12-1902	1891	1902
Fred Dunlap	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	12-01-1902	1880	1891
Dave Eggler	Buffalo, New York	04-05-1902	1876	1885
John Firth	Tewksbury, Massachusetts	06-23-1902	1884	1884
Pud Galvin	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	03-07-1902	1879	1892
Bill Greenwood	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	05-02-1902	1882	1890
George Grossart	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	04-18-1902	1901	1901
Bill Hawke	Wilmington, Delaware	12-11-1902	1892	1894
Tom Hernon	New Bedford, Massachusetts	02-04-1902	1897	1897
Mike Mansell	Auburn, New York	12-04-1902	1879	1884
Tom Morrison	St. Louis, Missouri	03-27-1902	1895	1896
Tom O'Meara	Fort Wayne, Indiana	02-16-1902	1895	1896
George Prentiss	Wilmington, Delaware	09-08-1902	1901	1902
Johnny Ryan	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	03-22-1902	1876	1877
Charlie Sweeney	San Francisco, California	04-04-1902	1882	1887
Pat Whitaker	St. Louis, Missouri	07-15-1902	1888	1889
Player	Died In	Date of Death	Debut Year	Final Year
Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1902

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Did you know that the fewest number of baseball deaths occurred during the month of June? For a comprehensive chart check out our Baseball Player Obituaries & Death by Month Chart.

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