Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1903

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 1903

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Charlie Bohn Cleveland, Ohio 08-01-1903 1882 1882
Fatty Briody Chicago, Illinois 06-22-1903 1880 1888
Pete Conway Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania 01-13-1903 1885 1889
Jimmy Cooney Cranston, Rhode Island 07-01-1903 1890 1892
Ed Delahanty Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada 07-02-1903 1888 1903
Al Dwight San Francisco, California 02-20-1903 1884 1884
Jack Easton Steubenville, Ohio 11-28-1903 1889 1894
John Gilbert Pottstown, Pennsylvania 11-12-1903 1890 1890
Hardie Henderson Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 02-06-1903 1883 1888
Dan Leahy Knoxville, Tennessee 12-30-1903 1896 1896
Mike Lehane New York, New York 02-28-1903 1890 1891
Andy Leonard Boston, Massachusetts 08-21-1903 1876 1880
Tom Lynch Peru, Illinois 05-13-1903 1884 1884
Joe McGuckin Yonkers, New York 12-31-1903 1890 1890
Sam McMackin Columbus, Ohio 02-11-1903 1902 1902
Win Mercer San Francisco, California 01-12-1903 1894 1902
Emory Nusz Baltimore, Maryland 07-26-1903 1884 1884
Harrison Peppers Webb City, Missouri 11-05-1903 1894 1894
Odie Porter Borden, Indiana 05-02-1903 1902 1902
Phil Reccius Louisville, Kentucky 02-15-1903 1882 1890
Bill Sweeney Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 08-02-1903 1882 1884
John Valentine Central Islip, New York 10-10-1903 1883 1883
Shorty Wetzel Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 11-25-1903 1885 1885
Jimmy Wolf Louisville, Kentucky 05-16-1903 1882 1892
Joe Yingling Baltimore, Maryland 10-22-1903 1886 1886

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1903


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