Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1937

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1937

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 1937 A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Willie Adams	Albany, New York	06-18-1937	1912	1919
Fred Andrus	Detroit, Michigan	11-10-1937	1876	1884
Charlie Baker	Manchester, New Hampshire	01-15-1937	1884	1884
Lady Baldwin	Hastings, Michigan	03-07-1937	1884	1890
Joe Battin	Akron, Ohio	12-10-1937	1876	1890
Andy Bednar	Graham, Texas	11-26-1937	1930	1931
Charlie Bell	Cincinnati, Ohio	02-07-1937	1889	1891
Rube Benton	Dothan, Alabama	12-12-1937	1910	1925
Ben Beville	Yountville, California	01-05-1937	1901	1901
Bruno Block	South Milwaukee, Wisconsin	08-06-1937	1907	1914
Frank Boyd	Oil City, Pennsylvania	12-16-1937	1893	1893
Al Bradley	Altoona, Pennsylvania	02-05-1937	1884	1884
Dick Burns	Holyoke, Massachusetts	11-16-1937	1883	1885
Hick Carpenter	San Diego, California	04-18-1937	1879	1892
Danny Clark	Meridian, Mississippi	05-23-1937	1922	1927
Bunk Congalton	Cleveland, Ohio	08-19-1937	1902	1907
Gene Connell	Waverly, New York	08-31-1937	1931	1931
Ben Conroy	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	11-25-1937	1890	1890
Duff Cooley	Dallas, Texas	08-09-1937	1893	1905
George Darby	Sacramento, California	02-25-1937	1893	1893
Mickey Devine	Albany, New York	10-01-1937	1918	1925
George Fisher	Oakland, California	01-29-1937	1884	1884
Eddie Foster	Washington, D.C.	01-15-1937	1910	1923
Bill Foxen	Brooklyn, New York	04-17-1937	1908	1911
Benny Frey	Spring Arbor Township, Michigan	11-01-1937	1929	1936
Pete Fries	Chicago, Illinois	07-29-1937	1883	1884
Nig Fuller	Toledo, Ohio	03-01-1937	1902	1902
Jim Galligan	Bronx, New York	08-22-1937	1889	1889
Hank Gastright	Cold Spring, Kentucky	10-09-1937	1889	1896
George Gilham	Lansdowne, Pennsylvania	04-25-1937	1920	1921
Russ Hall	Los Angeles, California	07-01-1937	1898	1901
Ned Hanlon	Baltimore, Maryland	04-14-1937	1880	1892
Clyde Hatter	Yosemite, Kentucky	10-16-1937	1935	1937
John Hibbard	Hollywood, California	11-17-1937	1884	1884
Earl Howard	Everett, Pennsylvania	04-04-1937	1918	1918
Fred Jacklitsch	Brooklyn, New York	07-18-1937	1900	1917
Hi Jasper	St. Louis, Missouri	05-22-1937	1914	1919
Pop Joy	Washington, D.C.	06-28-1937	1884	1884
John Keefe	Fitchburg, Massachusetts	08-09-1937	1890	1890
Doc Kerr	Baltimore, Maryland	06-09-1937	1914	1915
Rudy Kling	St. Louis, Missouri	03-14-1937	1902	1902
Al Krumm	San Diego, California	06-15-1937	1889	1889
Doc Leitner	New York, New York	05-18-1937	1887	1887
John Lovett	Murray City, Ohio	12-05-1937	1903	1903
Ernie Lush	Detroit, Michigan	02-26-1937	1910	1910
Jack McAdams	San Francisco, California	05-21-1937	1911	1911
Emmett McCann	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	04-15-1937	1920	1926
Joe McCarthy	Syracuse, New York	01-12-1937	1905	1906
Bill Merritt	Lowell, Massachusetts	11-17-1937	1891	1899
Bert Miller	Flint, Michigan	06-14-1937	1897	1897
Jim Miller	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	02-07-1937	1901	1901
Ed Morris	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	04-12-1937	1884	1890
Sam Nicholl	Steubenville, Ohio	04-19-1937	1888	1890
Jerry Nops	Camden, New Jersey	03-26-1937	1896	1901
Pete O'Brien	York Township, Illinois	06-30-1937	1887	1890
Jack O'Connor	St. Louis, Missouri	11-14-1937	1887	1910
Walt Preston	New Orleans, Louisiana	02-23-1937	1895	1895
Stan Rees	Lexington, Kentucky	08-30-1937	1918	1918
Charlie Reilly	Los Angeles, California	12-16-1937	1889	1897
John Reilly	Cincinnati, Ohio	05-31-1937	1880	1891
Phil Saylor	West Alexandria, Ohio	07-23-1937	1891	1891
Nick Scharf	Baltimore, Maryland	05-11-1937	1882	1883
Gus Shallix	Cincinnati, Ohio	10-28-1937	1884	1885
George Shoch	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	09-30-1937	1886	1897
John Singleton	Dayton, Ohio	10-23-1937	1922	1922
Tully Sparks	Anniston, Alabama	07-15-1937	1897	1910
Jim St.Vrain	Butte, Montana	06-12-1937	1902	1902
Charlie Starr	Pasadena, California	10-18-1937	1905	1909
Harry Stovey	New Bedford, Massachusetts	09-20-1937	1880	1893
Cub Stricker	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	11-19-1937	1882	1893
Ed Trumbull	Kingston, Pennsylvania	01-14-1937	1884	1884
Jerry Upp	Sandusky, Ohio	06-30-1937	1909	1909
Roy Vaughn	Martinsville, Virginia	03-01-1937	1934	1934
Peek-A-Boo Veach	Indianapolis, Indiana	11-12-1937	1884	1890
Welday Walker	Steubenville, Ohio	11-23-1937	1884	1884
Ed Walsh	Meriden, Connecticut	10-31-1937	1928	1932
Bill Watkins	Port Huron, Michigan	06-09-1937	1884	1884
Jesse Whiting	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	10-28-1937	1902	1907
Otto Williams	Omaha, Nebraska	03-19-1937	1902	1906
Harry Wolverton	Oakland, California	02-04-1937	1898	1912
Sam Woodruff	Cincinnati, Ohio	07-22-1937	1904	1910
George Wright	Boston, Massachusetts	08-21-1937	1876	1882
Joe Yeager	Detroit, Michigan	07-02-1937	1898	1908
Al Yeargin	Greenville, South Carolina	05-08-1937	1922	1924
Player	Died In	Date of Death	Debut Year	Final Year
Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1937

Who was the first Major League player to commit suicide? Which baseball suicide occurred in an Asylum? Which one took place inside a police station? Find out by reading through our list of baseball suicides.

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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