Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1943

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 1943

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Bob Allen Little Rock, Arkansas 05-14-1943 1890 1900
Charlie Bastian Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 11-10-1943 1884 1891
Beals Becker Huntington Park, California 08-16-1943 1908 1915
Bill Bergen Worcester, Massachusetts 12-19-1943 1901 1911
Dennis Berran Boston, Massachusetts 04-28-1943 1912 1912
Red Bowser Moundsville, West Virginia 05-22-1943 1910 1910
Bart Cantz Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 02-12-1943 1888 1890
Dan Casey Washington, D.C. 02-08-1943 1884 1890
Chet Chadbourne Los Angeles, California 06-21-1943 1906 1918
Ginger Clark Lake Charles, Louisiana 05-10-1943 1902 1902
Jimmy Collins Buffalo, New York 03-06-1943 1895 1908
Joe Connolly North Smithfield, Rhode Island 09-01-1943 1913 1916
Bill Conway Somerville, Massachusetts 12-18-1943 1884 1886
Bill Coughlin Scranton, Pennsylvania 05-07-1943 1899 1908
Jim Cudworth Middleboro, Massachusetts 12-21-1943 1884 1884
Cliff Curtis Utica, Ohio 04-23-1943 1909 1913
Joe Daly Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 03-21-1943 1890 1892
Pat Deasley Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 04-01-1943 1881 1888
John Deering Beverly, Massachusetts 02-15-1943 1903 1903
Kid Durbin Kirkwood, Missouri 09-11-1943 1907 1909
Frank Dwyer Pittsfield, Massachusetts 02-04-1943 1888 1899
Bob Emslie St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada 04-26-1943 1883 1885
Steve Evans Cleveland, Ohio 12-28-1943 1908 1915
Cecil Ferguson Montverde, Florida 09-05-1943 1906 1911
Charlie Fritz Mobile, Alabama 07-30-1943 1907 1907
Earle Gardner Sparta, Illinois 03-02-1943 1908 1912
Tom Gettinger Pensacola, Florida 07-26-1943 1889 1895
Art Goodwin Franklin Township, Pennsylvania 06-19-1943 1905 1905
Mike Grady Kennett Square, Pennsylvania 12-03-1943 1894 1906
Charley Hall Ventura, California 12-06-1943 1906 1918
Harry Hardy Steubenville, Ohio 09-04-1943 1905 1906
Jack Hendricks Chicago, Illinois 05-13-1943 1902 1903
Larry Hesterfer Bloomfield, New Jersey 09-22-1943 1901 1901
Elijah Jones Pontiac, Michigan 04-29-1943 1907 1909
Joe Kelley Baltimore, Maryland 08-14-1943 1891 1908
Tom Knowlson Miami Shores, Florida 04-11-1943 1915 1915
Fred Kommers Chicago, Illinois 06-14-1943 1913 1914
George Magoon Rochester, New Hampshire 12-06-1943 1898 1903
Pat Malone Altoona, Pennsylvania 05-13-1943 1928 1937
Eddie Matteson Westfield, New York 09-01-1943 1914 1918
Gene McCann New York, New York 04-26-1943 1901 1902
Mike McDermott St. Louis, Missouri 06-30-1943 1895 1897
Tex McDonald Houston, Texas 03-30-1943 1912 1915
Ralph McLaurin McColl, South Carolina 02-11-1943 1908 1908
Frank McPartlin New York, New York 11-16-1943 1899 1899
Bid McPhee San Diego, California 01-03-1943 1882 1899
Bill Murray Boston, Massachusetts 09-14-1943 1917 1917
Pat O'Connell Lewiston, Maine 01-24-1943 1886 1886
George Pechiney Cincinnati, Ohio 07-14-1943 1885 1887
Heinie Peitz Cincinnati, Ohio 10-23-1943 1892 1913
Jack Rafter Troy, New York 01-05-1943 1904 1904
Joe Rickert Springfield, Ohio 10-15-1943 1898 1901
Floyd Ritter Stevenson, Washington 02-07-1943 1890 1890
Henri Rondeau Woonsocket, Rhode Island 05-28-1943 1913 1916
Earl Smith Portsmouth, Ohio 03-13-1943 1916 1922
John Titus St. Clair, Pennsylvania 01-08-1943 1903 1913
Frank Truesdale Albuquerque, New Mexico 08-27-1943 1910 1918
Harry Vahrenhorst St. Louis, Missouri 10-10-1943 1904 1904
Jake Virtue Camden, New Jersey 02-03-1943 1890 1894
Heinie Wagner New Rochelle, New York 03-20-1943 1902 1918
John Warner Far Rockaway, New York 12-21-1943 1895 1908
Farmer Weaver Akron, Ohio 01-23-1943 1888 1894
Bill Webb Chicago, Illinois 01-12-1943 1917 1917
Ted Welch Great Bend, Kansas 01-07-1943 1914 1914
Joe Werrick St. Peter, Minnesota 05-10-1943 1884 1888
Bill Whaley Indianapolis, Indiana 03-03-1943 1923 1923
Kirby White Hillsboro, Ohio 04-22-1943 1909 1911
Art Whitney Lowell, Massachusetts 08-15-1943 1880 1891
Frank Whitney Baltimore, Maryland 10-30-1943 1876 1876
Bill Wolff Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 11-07-1943 1902 1902
Bob Wood Churchill, Ohio 05-22-1943 1898 1905
Fred Woodcock Ashburnham, Massachusetts 08-11-1943 1892 1892
Pat Wright Springfield, Illinois 05-29-1943 1890 1890

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1943


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