Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1920

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 1920

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Ed Barry Montague, Massachusetts 06-19-1920 1905 1907
Dick Bayless Santa Rita, New Mexico 12-16-1920 1908 1908
Ray Boyd Hortonville, Indiana 02-11-1920 1910 1911
Charlie Briggs Seattle, Washington 03-10-1920 1884 1884
George Browne Hyde Park, New York 12-09-1920 1901 1912
Tom Catterson Portland, Maine 02-05-1920 1908 1909
Ray Chapman New York, New York 08-17-1920 1912 1920
Ernie Courtney Buffalo, New York 02-29-1920 1902 1908
Mark Creegan San Francisco, California 09-29-1920 1884 1884
Doc Curley Framingham, Massachusetts 09-23-1920 1899 1899
Harvey Cushman Emsworth, Pennsylvania 12-27-1920 1902 1902
Buttercup Dickerson Baltimore, Maryland 07-23-1920 1878 1885
Charlie Eden Cincinnati, Ohio 09-17-1920 1877 1885
Alex Farmer Bronx, New York 03-05-1920 1908 1908
Frank Fennelly Fall River, Massachusetts 08-04-1920 1884 1890
Martin Flaherty Providence, Rhode Island 06-10-1920 1881 1881
Mike Goodfellow Newark, New Jersey 02-12-1920 1887 1888
Walter Hackett Cambridge, Massachusetts 10-02-1920 1884 1885
Bill Hallman Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 09-11-1920 1888 1903
John Hinton Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 07-19-1920 1901 1901
Elmer Horton North Bay, New York 08-12-1920 1896 1898
Harry Jordan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 03-01-1920 1894 1895
Doc Kennedy Grove, New York 05-23-1920 1879 1883
Jack Lapp Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 02-06-1920 1908 1916
Joe Leonard Washington, D.C. 05-01-1920 1914 1920
Toby Lyons Boston, Massachusetts 08-27-1920 1890 1890
Matty McIntyre Detroit, Michigan 04-02-1920 1901 1912
George McMillan Cleveland, Ohio 04-18-1920 1890 1890
Bill McTigue Nashville, Tennessee 05-06-1920 1911 1916
Lou Meyers Cincinnati, Ohio 11-30-1920 1884 1884
Bill O'Neill Woodhaven, New York 07-20-1920 1904 1906
Jimmy Peoples Detroit, Michigan 08-29-1920 1884 1889
Ed Poole Malvern, Ohio 03-11-1920 1900 1904
Frank Quinn Camden, New Jersey 02-02-1920 1899 1899
Phil Reardon Brooklyn, New York 09-28-1920 1906 1906
John Ricks St. Louis, Missouri 08-31-1920 1891 1894
John Shoup Cincinnati, Ohio 02-13-1920 1879 1884
Ed Siever Detroit, Michigan 02-04-1920 1901 1908
Andy Sullivan Framingham, Massachusetts 02-14-1920 1904 1904
Jerry Turbidy Webster, Massachusetts 09-05-1920 1884 1884
Carl Vandagrift Fort Wayne, Indiana 10-09-1920 1914 1914

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1920


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