Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1945

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1945

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 1945 A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Jake Atz	New Orleans, Louisiana	05-22-1945	1902	1909
Ernie Baker	Homer, Michigan	10-25-1945	1905	1905
Bill Barnes	St. Paul, Minnesota	07-10-1945	1884	1884
Steve Behel	Los Angeles, California	02-15-1945	1884	1886
Ted Blankenship	Atoka, Oklahoma	01-14-1945	1922	1930
Cy Blanton	Norman, Oklahoma	09-13-1945	1934	1942
Harry Brooks	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	12-05-1945	1886	1886
Frank Butler	Jacksonville, Florida	07-10-1945	1895	1895
Walter Carlisle	Los Angeles, California	05-27-1945	1908	1908
Dick Carroll	Cleveland, Ohio	11-22-1945	1909	1909
Ted Cather	Elkton, Maryland	04-09-1945	1912	1915
Tommy Clarke	Corona, New York	08-14-1945	1909	1918
Gene Cocreham	Luling, Texas	12-27-1945	1913	1915
Joe Corbett	San Francisco, California	05-02-1945	1895	1904
Dick Cotter	Brooklyn, New York	04-04-1945	1911	1912
Pete Cregan	New York, New York	05-18-1945	1899	1903
Bill Crouch	Highland Park, Michigan	12-22-1945	1910	1910
Cal Crum	Tulsa, Oklahoma	12-07-1945	1917	1918
Ervin Curtis	North Adams, Massachusetts	02-14-1945	1891	1891
Hack Eibel	Macon, Georgia	10-16-1945	1912	1920
Chick Fewster	Baltimore, Maryland	04-16-1945	1917	1927
William Fischer	Richmond, Virginia	09-04-1945	1913	1917
Justin Fitzgerald	San Mateo, California	01-18-1945	1911	1918
Henry Fournier	Detroit, Michigan	12-08-1945	1894	1894
Charlie Frye	Hickory, North Carolina	05-25-1945	1940	1940
Bob Gandy	Jacksonville, Florida	06-19-1945	1916	1916
Bob Ganley	Lowell, Massachusetts	10-09-1945	1905	1909
Frank Grube	New York, New York	07-02-1945	1931	1941
Ernie Gust	Maupin, Oregon	10-26-1945	1911	1911
George Hale	Wichita, Kansas	11-01-1945	1914	1918
Jocko Halligan	Buffalo, New York	02-13-1945	1890	1892
Jack Hannifin	Northampton, Massachusetts	10-27-1945	1906	1908
Charlie Heard	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	02-20-1945	1890	1890
Tom Hess	Albany, New York	12-15-1945	1892	1892
Bill Hobbs	Hamilton, Ohio	01-05-1945	1913	1916
Ducky Holmes	Dayton, Ohio	09-18-1945	1906	1906
Jim Hughey	Coldwater, Michigan	03-29-1945	1891	1900
Bert Humphries	Orlando, Florida	09-21-1945	1910	1915
Ham Iburg	San Francisco, California	02-11-1945	1902	1902
Bill Kay	Roanoke, Virginia	12-03-1945	1907	1907
Bill Kemmer	Washington, D.C.	06-08-1945	1895	1895
Snapper Kennedy	Pasadena, Texas	07-31-1945	1902	1902
Joe Kutina	Chicago, Illinois	04-13-1945	1911	1912
Frank Lange	Madison, Wisconsin	12-26-1945	1910	1913
Gene Lansing	Rensselaer, New York	01-18-1945	1922	1922
Fred Lewis	Utica, New York	06-05-1945	1881	1886
Harry McNeal	Cleveland, Ohio	01-11-1945	1901	1901
Jack Mercer	Dayton, Ohio	06-25-1945	1910	1910
Sam Mertes	Villa Grande, California	03-12-1945	1896	1906
Dusty Miller	Memphis, Tennessee	09-03-1945	1889	1899
Hughie Miller	Jefferson Barracks, Missouri	12-24-1945	1911	1915
John Munyan	Endicott, New York	02-18-1945	1887	1891
Connie Murphy	New Bedford, Massachusetts	12-14-1945	1893	1894
Jim Murray	Galveston, Texas	04-25-1945	1902	1914
Art Nichols	Willimantic, Connecticut	08-09-1945	1898	1903
Lou Nordyke	Los Angeles, California	09-27-1945	1906	1906
Jake Northrop	Monroeton, Pennsylvania	11-16-1945	1918	1919
Harry O'Neill	Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, Japan	03-06-1945	1939	1939
Henry Oxley	Somerville, Massachusetts	10-12-1945	1884	1884
Ham Patterson	Swansea, Illinois	11-25-1945	1909	1909
Monte Pfyl	San Francisco, California	10-18-1945	1907	1907
Dan Phelan	West Haven, Connecticut	12-07-1945	1890	1890
Cy Pieh	Jacksonville, Florida	09-12-1945	1913	1915
Roy Radebaugh	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	01-17-1945	1911	1911
Paul Radford	Boston, Massachusetts	02-21-1945	1883	1894
Morrie Rath	Upper Darby, Pennsylvania	11-18-1945	1909	1920
Taylor Shafer	Glendale, California	10-27-1945	1884	1890
Elmer Smith	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	11-03-1945	1886	1901
Tubby Spencer	San Francisco, California	02-01-1945	1905	1918
Bill Stemmeyer	Cleveland, Ohio	05-03-1945	1885	1888
George Stone	Clinton, Iowa	01-03-1945	1903	1910
Cy Swaim	Eustis, Florida	12-27-1945	1897	1898
Ray Tift	Verona, New Jersey	03-29-1945	1907	1907
Tuck Turner	Staten Island, New York	07-16-1945	1893	1898
Fred Tyler	East Derry, New Hampshire	10-14-1945	1914	1914
George Van Haltren	Oakland, California	09-29-1945	1887	1903
Bobby Veach	Detroit, Michigan	08-07-1945	1912	1925
Joe Visner	Fosston, Minnesota	06-17-1945	1885	1891
Rube Ward	Akron, Ohio	01-17-1945	1902	1902
Clarence Winters	Detroit, Michigan	06-29-1945	1924	1924
Dave Zearfoss	Wilmington, Delaware	09-12-1945	1896	1905
Eddie Zimmerman	Emmaus, Pennsylvania	05-06-1945	1906	1911
Player	Died In	Date of Death	Debut Year	Final Year
Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1945

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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