Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1944

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1944

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 1944 A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Al Bauer	Columbus, Ohio	02-23-1944	1884	1886
Bill Bowman	Chicago, Illinois	12-28-1944	1891	1891
Ed Brandt	Spokane, Washington	11-01-1944	1928	1938
Roger Bresnahan	Toledo, Ohio	12-04-1944	1897	1915
Frank Brill	Flushing, New York	11-19-1944	1884	1884
Bob Brush	San Bernardino, California	04-02-1944	1907	1907
Bill Chappelle	Mineola, New York	12-31-1944	1908	1914
Jim Chatterton	Tewksbury, Massachusetts	12-15-1944	1884	1884
Lloyd Christenbury	Birmingham, Alabama	12-13-1944	1919	1922
Bob Clark	Carlsbad, New Mexico	05-18-1944	1920	1921
Ed Clough	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	01-30-1944	1924	1926
Orlin Collier	Memphis, Tennessee	09-09-1944	1931	1931
Bert Conn	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	11-02-1944	1898	1901
Harry Daubert	Detroit, Michigan	01-08-1944	1915	1915
Dixie Davis	Raleigh, North Carolina	02-04-1944	1912	1926
Joe DeBerry	Southern Pines, North Carolina	10-09-1944	1920	1921
Snake Deal	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	05-09-1944	1906	1906
Bill Duggleby	Redfield, New York	08-30-1944	1898	1907
Jack Dunleavy	South Norwalk, Connecticut	04-11-1944	1903	1905
Joe Dunn	Springfield, Ohio	03-19-1944	1908	1909
Bill Duzen	Buffalo, New York	03-11-1944	1890	1890
Kid Elberfeld	Chattanooga, Tennessee	01-13-1944	1898	1914
Jack Enzenroth	Detroit, Michigan	02-21-1944	1914	1915
Pop Foster	Princeton, New Jersey	04-16-1944	1898	1901
Welcome Gaston	Columbus, Ohio	12-13-1944	1898	1899
Elmer Gedeon	St. Pol, France	04-20-1944	1939	1939
Bob Gilks	Brunswick, Georgia	08-21-1944	1887	1893
Jack Gleason	St. Louis, Missouri	09-04-1944	1877	1886
Bob Glenalvin	Detroit, Michigan	03-24-1944	1890	1893
Scott Hardesty	Fostoria, Ohio	10-29-1944	1899	1899
Billy Hart	Hannibal, Missouri	05-14-1944	1890	1890
Topsy Hartsel	Toledo, Ohio	10-14-1944	1898	1911
Arthur Hauger	Redwood City, California	08-02-1944	1912	1912
Claude Hendrix	Allentown, Pennsylvania	03-22-1944	1911	1920
Dan Howley	Weymouth, Massachusetts	03-10-1944	1913	1913
Hal Irelan	Carmel, Indiana	07-16-1944	1914	1914
John Kelly	Baltimore, Maryland	03-19-1944	1907	1907
Phil Knell	Santa Monica, California	06-05-1944	1888	1895
Bill Knowlton	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	02-25-1944	1920	1920
Rube Kroh	New Orleans, Louisiana	03-17-1944	1906	1912
Louis LeRoy	Shawano, Wisconsin	10-10-1944	1905	1910
Pete McBride	North Adams, Massachusetts	07-03-1944	1898	1899
Swat McCabe	Bristol, Connecticut	12-09-1944	1909	1910
Willie McGill	Indianapolis, Indiana	08-29-1944	1890	1896
Jouett Meekin	New Albany, Indiana	12-14-1944	1891	1900
Elmer Miller	Beloit, Wisconsin	11-28-1944	1912	1922
Frank Motz	Akron, Ohio	03-18-1944	1890	1894
Tony Mullane	Chicago, Illinois	04-25-1944	1881	1894
George Mullin	Wabash, Indiana	01-07-1944	1902	1915
John Pappalau	Albany, New York	05-12-1944	1897	1897
Hub Pernoll	Grants Pass, Oregon	02-18-1944	1910	1912
Ed Pinnance	Walpole Island, Ontario, Canada	12-12-1944	1903	1903
Lew Post	Chicago, Illinois	08-21-1944	1902	1902
Jack Powell	Chicago, Illinois	10-17-1944	1897	1912
Charlie Reynolds	Denver, Colorado	07-03-1944	1889	1889
Dick Robertson	New Orleans, Louisiana	10-02-1944	1913	1919
Claude Rothgeb	Manitowoc, Wisconsin	07-06-1944	1905	1905
Tim Shinnick	Exeter, New Hampshire	05-18-1944	1890	1891
Frank Shugart	Clearfield, Pennsylvania	09-09-1944	1890	1901
Camp Skinner	Douglasville, Georgia	08-04-1944	1922	1923
Ecky Stearns	Glendale, California	06-28-1944	1880	1889
Farmer Steelman	Merchantville, New Jersey	09-16-1944	1899	1902
Neil Stynes	Somerville, Massachusetts	03-26-1944	1890	1890
Tom Sullivan	Seattle, Washington	08-16-1944	1925	1925
Harry Swacina	Birmingham, Alabama	06-21-1944	1907	1915
Pinky Swander	Springfield, Massachusetts	10-24-1944	1903	1904
Art Thomason	Kansas City, Missouri	05-02-1944	1910	1910
Irv Waldron	Worcester, Massachusetts	07-22-1944	1901	1901
Tom Walker	Woodbury Heights, New Jersey	07-10-1944	1902	1905
Harry Wilhelm	Republic, Pennsylvania	02-20-1944	1899	1899
Elmer Zacher	Buffalo, New York	12-20-1944	1910	1910
Player	Died In	Date of Death	Debut Year	Final Year
Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1944

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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