Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1941

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1941

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 1941 A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Varney Anderson	Rockford, Illinois	11-05-1941	1889	1896
Frank Beck	Detroit, Michigan	02-08-1941	1884	1884
George Bell	New York, New York	12-25-1941	1907	1911
Joe Boehling	Richmond, Virginia	09-08-1941	1912	1920
Tommy Bond	Boston, Massachusetts	01-24-1941	1876	1884
Eddie Boyle	Cincinnati, Ohio	02-09-1941	1896	1896
Jim Byrnes	San Francisco, California	07-31-1941	1906	1906
Luis Castro	New York, New York	09-24-1941	1902	1902
Jack Clements	Norristown, Pennsylvania	05-23-1941	1884	1900
Wilson Collins	Knoxville, Tennessee	02-28-1941	1913	1914
Tom Connelly	Hines, Illinois	02-18-1941	1920	1921
Frank Corridon	Syracuse, New York	02-21-1941	1904	1910
Bill Coyle	San Francisco, California	06-04-1941	1893	1893
Clarence Currie	Little Chute, Wisconsin	07-15-1941	1902	1903
Davey Dunkle	Lock Haven, Pennsylvania	11-19-1941	1897	1904
Mike Flynn	Los Angeles, California	06-16-1941	1891	1891
Bill Garfield	Danville, Illinois	12-16-1941	1889	1890
Joe Gedeon	San Francisco, California	05-19-1941	1913	1920
Lou Gehrig	Riverdale, Bronx County, New York	06-02-1941	1923	1939
Jack Gilbert	Albany, New York	07-07-1941	1898	1904
George Gillpatrick	Kansas City, Missouri	12-14-1941	1898	1898
Ed Hahn	Des Moines, Iowa	11-29-1941	1905	1910
Doc Hazleton	Burlington, Vermont	03-10-1941	1902	1902
Harvey Hendrick	Covington, Tennessee	10-29-1941	1923	1934
John Henry	Fort Huachuca, Arizona	11-24-1941	1910	1918
Eddie Hickey	Tacoma, Washington	03-25-1941	1901	1901
Jack Hickey	Seattle, Washington	12-28-1941	1904	1904
Bob Higgins	Chattanooga, Tennessee	05-25-1941	1909	1912
Bill Husted	Gloucester, New Jersey	05-17-1941	1890	1890
Bert Inks	Ligonier, Indiana	10-03-1941	1891	1896
Happy Iott	Island Falls, Maine	02-17-1941	1903	1903
Frank Isbell	Wichita, Kansas	07-15-1941	1898	1909
John Johnson	Kansas City, Missouri	01-28-1941	1894	1894
Alex Jones	Woodville, Pennsylvania	04-04-1941	1889	1903
Bill Joyce	St. Louis, Missouri	05-08-1941	1890	1898
Walt Justis	Greendale, Indiana	10-04-1941	1905	1905
Charlie Kalbfus	Washington, D.C.	11-18-1941	1884	1884
Bill Karns	Seattle, Washington	11-15-1941	1901	1901
Rube Kisinger	Huron, Ohio	07-17-1941	1902	1903
Ernie Koob	Lemay, Missouri	11-12-1941	1915	1919
Ralph Kreitz	Portland, Oregon	07-20-1941	1911	1911
Bill Lackey	Columbus, Ohio	05-15-1941	1890	1890
Jack Lelivelt	Seattle, Washington	01-20-1941	1909	1914
Chris Lindsay	Cleveland, Ohio	01-25-1941	1905	1906
Ed Mars	Chicago, Illinois	12-09-1941	1890	1890
Tom McCreery	Beaver, Pennsylvania	07-03-1941	1895	1903
Ambrose McGann	Baltimore, Maryland	02-02-1941	1895	1895
Stoney McGlynn	Manitowoc, Wisconsin	08-26-1941	1906	1908
Kit McKenna	Lynchburg, Virginia	03-31-1941	1898	1899
John McPherson	Easton, Pennsylvania	09-30-1941	1901	1904
Tom Morrissey	Janesville, Wisconsin	09-23-1941	1882	1884
Wilbur Murdoch	Los Angeles, California	10-29-1941	1908	1908
Bill Nelson	Terre Haute, Indiana	06-23-1941	1884	1884
Charley O'Leary	Chicago, Illinois	01-06-1941	1904	1934
Doc Parker	Chicago, Illinois	03-03-1941	1893	1901
Jim Pastorius	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	05-10-1941	1906	1909
Monte Peffer	New York, New York	09-27-1941	1913	1913
Bill Phillips	Charleroi, Pennsylvania	10-25-1941	1890	1903
George Proeser	New Burlington, Ohio	10-13-1941	1888	1890
Emmett Rogers	Fort Smith, Arkansas	10-24-1941	1890	1890
Joe Schultz	Columbia, South Carolina	04-13-1941	1912	1925
John Schulze	St. Louis, Missouri	05-19-1941	1891	1891
Rudy Schwenck	Anchorage, Kentucky	11-27-1941	1909	1909
Pi Schwert	Washington, D.C.	03-11-1941	1914	1915
Howie Shanks	Monaca, Pennsylvania	07-30-1941	1912	1925
Fred Smith	Syracuse, New York	01-09-1941	1890	1890
Roxy Snipes	Fayetteville, North Carolina	05-01-1941	1923	1923
Jack Theis	Georgetown, Ohio	07-06-1941	1920	1920
Jack Wadsworth	Elyria, Ohio	07-08-1941	1890	1895
Howard Wakefield	Chicago, Illinois	04-16-1941	1905	1907
Mickey Welch	Concord, New Hampshire	07-30-1941	1880	1892
Buzz Wetzel	Globe, Arizona	03-07-1941	1927	1927
Art Williams	Arlington, Virginia	05-16-1941	1902	1902
Ivey Wingo	Norcross, Georgia	03-01-1941	1911	1929
Roy Witherup	New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	12-23-1941	1906	1909
Fred Worden	St. Louis, Missouri	11-09-1941	1914	1914
Ralph Works	Pasadena, California	08-08-1941	1909	1913
Lucky Wright	Tontogany, Ohio	07-08-1941	1909	1909
Player	Died In	Date of Death	Debut Year	Final Year
Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1941

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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