Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1938

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 1938

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Larry Battam Brooklyn, New York 01-27-1938 1895 1895
Alex Beam Nogales, Arizona 04-17-1938 1889 1889
George Borchers Sacramento, California 10-24-1938 1888 1895
Charlie Brown Monclova, Ohio 04-03-1938 1897 1897
Al Burris Salisbury, Maryland 03-24-1938 1894 1894
Count Campau New Orleans, Louisiana 04-03-1938 1888 1894
Bill Carney Hopkins, Minnesota 07-31-1938 1904 1904
Charlie Chech Los Angeles, California 01-31-1938 1905 1909
Earl Clark Washington, D.C. 01-16-1938 1927 1934
Jim Curry Grenloch, New Jersey 08-02-1938 1909 1918
Sun Daly Albany, New York 04-30-1938 1892 1892
Tom Daly Brooklyn, New York 10-29-1938 1887 1903
Charlie Daniels Boston, Massachusetts 02-09-1938 1884 1884
George Dickerson Los Angeles, California 07-09-1938 1917 1917
Fred Doe Quincy, Massachusetts 10-04-1938 1890 1890
Joe Dolan Omaha, Nebraska 03-24-1938 1896 1901
Jerry Donovan St. Petersburg, Florida 06-27-1938 1906 1906
Mike Donovan New York, New York 02-03-1938 1904 1908
Jerry Dorsey Auburn, New York 11-03-1938 1884 1884
Rube Ellis Rivera, California 03-13-1938 1909 1912
Bill Everitt Denver, Colorado 01-19-1938 1895 1901
Hobe Ferris Detroit, Michigan 03-18-1938 1901 1909
Cy Ferry Pittsfield, Massachusetts 09-27-1938 1904 1905
Bob Fothergill Detroit, Michigan 03-20-1938 1922 1933
Herb Goodall Mansfield, Pennsylvania 01-20-1938 1890 1890
Jim Gray Allegheny, Pennsylvania 01-31-1938 1884 1893
Art Griggs Los Angeles, California 12-19-1938 1909 1918
Mert Hackett Cambridge, Massachusetts 02-22-1938 1883 1887
Andy Harrington Malden, Massachusetts 11-12-1938 1913 1913
Fred Hartman McKeesport, Pennsylvania 11-11-1938 1894 1902
Pink Hawley Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 09-19-1938 1892 1901
Guy Hecker Wooster, Ohio 12-03-1938 1882 1890
Bill Hill Cincinnati, Ohio 01-28-1938 1896 1899
Red Hill El Paso, Texas 08-11-1938 1917 1917
Bumpus Jones Xenia, Ohio 06-25-1938 1892 1893
Tex Jones Wichita, Kansas 02-26-1938 1911 1911
Tom Kearns Buffalo, New York 12-07-1938 1880 1884
Lee King Chelsea, Massachusetts 09-07-1938 1916 1919
Silver King St. Louis, Missouri 05-21-1938 1886 1897
Joe Knight Lynhurst, Ontario, Canada 10-16-1938 1884 1890
Harry Lumley Binghamton, New York 05-22-1938 1904 1910
Luke Lutenberg Quincy, Illinois 12-24-1938 1894 1894
Rube Lutzke Granville, Wisconsin 03-06-1938 1923 1927
George Merritt Memphis, Tennessee 02-21-1938 1901 1903
Doc Miller Jersey City, New Jersey 07-31-1938 1910 1914
Gene Moore Dallas, Texas 08-30-1938 1909 1912
Buzz Murphy Denver, Colorado 05-11-1938 1918 1919
Morgan Murphy Providence, Rhode Island 10-03-1938 1890 1901
Milo Netzel Oxnard, California 03-18-1938 1909 1909
Pat Newnam San Antonio, Texas 06-20-1938 1910 1911
Les Nunamaker Hastings, Nebraska 11-14-1938 1911 1922
Tim O'Rourke Seattle, Washington 04-20-1938 1890 1894
Walter Prince Bristol, New Hampshire 03-02-1938 1883 1884
Milt Reed Atlanta, Georgia 07-27-1938 1911 1915
Josh Reilly San Francisco, California 06-13-1938 1896 1896
Pop Rising Rochester, Pennsylvania 01-28-1938 1905 1905
Bill Rollinson Bristow, Virginia 09-28-1938 1884 1884
Chief Roseman Brooklyn, New York 07-04-1938 1882 1890
Milt Scott Baltimore, Maryland 11-03-1938 1882 1886
Frank Sexton Brighton, Massachusetts 01-04-1938 1895 1895
Dupee Shaw Wakefield, Massachusetts 01-12-1938 1883 1888
Joe Sommer Cincinnati, Ohio 01-16-1938 1880 1890
Chet Spencer Portsmouth, Ohio 11-10-1938 1906 1906
Carl Spongberg Los Angeles, California 07-21-1938 1908 1908
Lee Tannehill Live Oak, Florida 02-16-1938 1903 1912
Jack Taylor Columbus, Ohio 03-04-1938 1898 1907
Tug Thompson Guelph, Ontario, Canada 08-01-1938 1882 1884
Buck Thrasher Cleveland, Tennessee 06-12-1938 1916 1917
Babe Towne Des Moines, Iowa 10-29-1938 1906 1906
Dasher Troy Ozone Park, New York 03-30-1938 1881 1885
Polly Wolfe Morris, Illinois 11-21-1938 1912 1914
Bill Yohe Bremerton, Washington 12-24-1938 1909 1909
J.B. Young Shamokin, Pennsylvania 04-06-1938 1892 1892

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1938


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