Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1931

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 1931

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Jack Bellman Louisville, Kentucky 12-08-1931 1889 1889
George Bradley Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10-02-1931 1876 1888
Sam Brown Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania 11-08-1931 1906 1907
Jack Burdock Brooklyn, New York 11-27-1931 1876 1891
Jack Chesbro Conway, Massachusetts 11-06-1931 1899 1909
Charlie Comiskey Eagle River, Wisconsin 10-26-1931 1882 1894
Roger Connor Waterbury, Connecticut 01-04-1931 1880 1897
Tex Covington Denison, Texas 12-10-1931 1911 1912
Clarence Cross Seattle, Washington 06-23-1931 1884 1887
George Daisy Cumberland, Maryland 04-27-1931 1884 1884
Babe Danzig San Francisco, California 07-14-1931 1909 1909
Pop Dillon Pasadena, California 09-12-1931 1899 1904
Alexander Donoghue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 07-11-1931 1891 1891
Lee Dressen Diller, Nebraska 06-30-1931 1914 1918
Bob Edmundson Lawrence, Kansas 08-14-1931 1906 1908
Ben Ellis Schenechtady, New York 07-26-1931 1896 1896
Charlie Ferguson Sault Saint Marie, Michigan 05-17-1931 1901 1901
Ed Ford Richmond, Virginia 06-08-1931 1884 1884
Chris Fulmer Tamaqua, Pennsylvania 11-09-1931 1884 1889
Joe Gannon St. Louis, Missouri 03-19-1931 1898 1898
Tinsley Ginn Atlanta, Georgia 08-30-1931 1914 1914
Oscar Graham Moline, Illinois 10-15-1931 1907 1907
Tom Gunning Fall River, Massachusetts 03-17-1931 1884 1889
Charlie Hamburg Union, New Jersey 05-18-1931 1890 1890
George Harper Stockton, California 12-11-1931 1894 1896
Joe Hornung Howard Beach, New York 10-30-1931 1879 1890
Mickey Hughes Jersey City, New Jersey 04-10-1931 1888 1890
Billy Kinloch New York, New York 02-15-1931 1895 1895
John Kirby St. Louis, Missouri 10-06-1931 1884 1888
Fred Lake Boston, Massachusetts 11-24-1931 1891 1910
Pete Lamer Brooklyn, New York 10-24-1931 1902 1907
Con Lucid Houston, Texas 06-25-1931 1893 1897
Joe Marshall Santa Monica, California 09-11-1931 1903 1906
C.V. Matteson Seville, Ohio 12-18-1931 1884 1884
Mike Mattimore Butte, Montana 04-28-1931 1887 1890
Jimmy McAleer Youngstown, Ohio 04-29-1931 1889 1907
Jack McCarthy San Francisco, California 09-11-1931 1893 1907
Frank Meinke Chicago, Illinois 11-08-1931 1884 1885
Bob Miller Newark, New Jersey 05-23-1931 1890 1891
Doc Newton Memphis, Tennessee 05-14-1931 1900 1909
Al Niehaus Cincinnati, Ohio 10-14-1931 1925 1925
George Noftsker Shippensburg, Pennsylvania 05-08-1931 1884 1884
Bill O'Hara Jersey City, New Jersey 06-15-1931 1909 1910
Bill Otey Dayton, Ohio 04-22-1931 1907 1911
Dick Phelan San Antonio, Texas 02-13-1931 1884 1885
Hardy Richardson Utica, New York 01-14-1931 1879 1892
John Riddle Camden, New Jersey 05-05-1931 1889 1890
Al Schulz Gallipolis, Ohio 12-13-1931 1912 1916
Carl Sitton Valdosta, Georgia 09-11-1931 1909 1909
Andy Sommerville Jamaica, New York 06-16-1931 1894 1894
Jim Tyng New York, New York 10-30-1931 1879 1888
Bucky Veil Altoona, Pennsylvania 04-16-1931 1903 1904

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1931


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