Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1927

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 1927

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Billy Alvord St. Petersburg, Florida 04-07-1927 1885 1893
Kirtley Baker Covington, Kentucky 04-13-1927 1890 1899
Phil Bedgood Fort Pierce, Florida 11-08-1927 1922 1923
Charlie Bennett Detroit, Michigan 02-24-1927 1878 1893
Drummond Brown Parkville, Missouri 01-27-1927 1913 1915
Tom Brown Washington, D.C. 10-25-1927 1882 1898
Harry Cheek Redwood City, California 08-25-1927 1910 1910
Ed Clark Hampton, Virginia 11-27-1927 1886 1891
Mike Corcoran East Setauket, New York 10-11-1927 1884 1884
Lave Cross Toledo, Ohio 09-06-1927 1887 1907
Jerry Denny Houston, Texas 08-16-1927 1881 1894
Bill Gannon Fort Worth, Texas 04-26-1927 1901 1901
Bill Gilbert Havre de Grace, Maryland 12-17-1927 1892 1892
Billy Gilbert New York, New York 08-08-1927 1901 1909
Pat Griffin Youngstown, Ohio 06-07-1927 1914 1914
Jack Harper Halstead, Kansas 06-18-1927 1915 1915
Ben Harris St. Louis, Missouri 04-29-1927 1914 1915
Ed Hughes McHenry, Illinois 10-14-1927 1902 1906
Ben Hunt Greybull, Wyoming 09-27-1927 1910 1913
Bob Ingersoll Minneapolis, Minnesota 01-13-1927 1914 1914
Katie Keifer Outwood, Kentucky 02-19-1927 1914 1914
Vive Lindaman Charles City, Iowa 02-13-1927 1906 1909
Harry Little Bremen Township, Cook County, Illinois 02-17-1927 1877 1877
Mike Lynch Garrison, New York 04-02-1927 1904 1907
John McGlone Brooklyn, New York 11-22-1927 1886 1888
Herm Merritt Kansas City, Missouri 05-26-1927 1921 1921
Ray Miller Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 04-07-1927 1917 1917
Hank Morrison Attleboro, Massachusetts 09-30-1927 1887 1887
Henry Mullin Beverly, Massachusetts 11-08-1927 1884 1884
Pat Murphy Worcester, Massachusetts 05-16-1927 1887 1890
Al Myers Marshall, Illinois 12-24-1927 1884 1891
Pat O'Loughlin Lowell, Massachusetts 05-18-1927 1883 1883
Chick Pedro Chicago, Illinois 08-06-1927 1902 1902
John Richter Louisville, Kentucky 10-04-1927 1898 1898
Ike Rockenfield San Diego, California 02-21-1927 1905 1906
Bobby Rothermel Detroit, Michigan 02-11-1927 1899 1899
Otto Schomberg Ottawa, Kansas 05-03-1927 1886 1888
Jack Sharrott Los Angeles, California 12-31-1927 1890 1893
Danny Shay Kansas City, Missouri 12-01-1927 1901 1907
Mike Shea New Orleans, Louisiana 08-22-1927 1887 1887
Germany Smith Altoona, Pennsylvania 12-01-1927 1884 1898
Pop Smith Boston, Massachusetts 04-18-1927 1880 1891
Joe Start Providence, Rhode Island 03-27-1927 1876 1886
John Tilley Newark, New Jersey 03-06-1927 1882 1884
Jake Wells Hendersonville, North Carolina 03-16-1927 1888 1890
Ross Youngs San Antonio, Texas 10-22-1927 1917 1926

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1927


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