Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1946

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 1946

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Pete Allen Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 04-16-1946 1893 1893
Grover Baichley San Jose, California 06-30-1946 1914 1914
Tom Barry St. Louis, Missouri 06-04-1946 1904 1904
John Barthold Fairview Village, Pennsylvania 11-04-1946 1904 1904
Harry Betts San Antonio, Texas 05-22-1946 1903 1913
Emil Bildilli Hartford City, Indiana 09-16-1946 1937 1941
Joe Birmingham Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico 04-24-1946 1906 1914
Frank Burke Los Angeles, California 09-17-1946 1906 1907
Hick Cady Cedar Rapids, Iowa 03-03-1946 1912 1919
Hutch Campbell New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 02-13-1946 1907 1907
Walter Clarkson Cambridge, Massachusetts 10-10-1946 1904 1908
Bill Cunningham Schenectady, New York 02-21-1946 1910 1912
Tom Daly Medford, Massachusetts 11-07-1946 1913 1921
Bill DeLancey Phoenix, Arizona 11-28-1946 1932 1940
Bill Deitrick Bethesda, Maryland 05-06-1946 1927 1928
Tom Dowse Riverside, California 12-14-1946 1890 1892
Billy Earle Omaha, Nebraska 05-30-1946 1889 1894
Bill Evans Burlington, North Carolina 12-21-1946 1916 1919
Bill Fincher Shreveport, Louisiana 05-07-1946 1916 1916
Pat Flaherty Chicago, Illinois 01-28-1946 1894 1894
John Fluhrer Columbus, Ohio 07-17-1946 1915 1915
Tom Forster New York, New York 07-17-1946 1882 1886
Elmer Foster Deephaven, Minnesota 07-22-1946 1886 1891
Bill Fox Minneapolis, Minnesota 05-07-1946 1897 1901
Chick Fullis Ashland, Pennsylvania 03-28-1946 1928 1936
Ed Gagnier Detroit, Michigan 09-13-1946 1914 1915
Johnny Grabowski Albany, New York 05-23-1946 1924 1931
Billy Gumbert Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 04-13-1946 1890 1893
Dad Hale Allegan, Michigan 02-01-1946 1902 1902
Chris Hartje Seattle, Washington 06-26-1946 1939 1939
Sam Hope Greenport, New York 06-30-1946 1907 1907
Walter Johnson Washington, D.C. 12-10-1946 1907 1927
Bill Jones Boston, Massachusetts 10-10-1946 1911 1912
Charlie Knepper Muncie, Indiana 02-06-1946 1899 1899
Hub Knolls Chicago, Illinois 07-01-1946 1906 1906
Tony Lazzeri San Francisco, California 08-06-1946 1926 1939
James Lehan Hartford, Connecticut 07-18-1946 1884 1884
Carl Lind New York, New York 08-04-1946 1927 1930
Johnny Lush Beverly Hills, California 11-18-1946 1904 1910
William Matthews Mt. Carbon, Pennsylvania 01-23-1946 1909 1909
Ed Mayer Chicago, Illinois 05-15-1946 1890 1891
Ed McDonald Albany, New York 03-11-1946 1911 1913
Pat McGehee Paducah, Kentucky 12-30-1946 1912 1912
Reeve McKay Dallas, Texas 01-18-1946 1915 1915
Bob McKinney Hanover, Pennsylvania 08-19-1946 1901 1901
Pete McShannic Toledo, Ohio 11-30-1946 1888 1888
Ed Merrill Elmwood Park, Illinois 01-29-1946 1882 1884
Cy Morgan Lakeville, Massachusetts 09-11-1946 1921 1922
Walter Moser Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 12-10-1946 1906 1911
Tom Nagle Milwaukee, Wisconsin 03-09-1946 1890 1891
Wiley Piatt Cincinnati, Ohio 09-20-1946 1898 1903
Jack Quinn Pottsville, Pennsylvania 04-17-1946 1909 1933
Tad Quinn Waterbury, Connecticut 08-06-1946 1902 1903
Wally Rehg Burbank, California 04-05-1946 1912 1919
Art Reinhart Houston, Texas 11-11-1946 1919 1928
Billy Rhiel Warren, Ohio 08-16-1946 1929 1933
Hack Schumann Mill Grove, New York 03-25-1946 1906 1906
Bert Sincock Houghton, Michigan 08-01-1946 1908 1908
Kid Speer Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 01-13-1946 1909 1909
George Starnagle Belleville, Illinois 02-15-1946 1902 1902
George Strief Cleveland, Ohio 04-01-1946 1879 1885
Ducky Swan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 05-08-1946 1914 1914
Arlie Tarbert Cleveland, Ohio 11-27-1946 1927 1928
Ben Taylor Martin County, Indiana 11-03-1946 1912 1912
John Tener Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 05-19-1946 1885 1890
Jeff Tesreau Hanover, New Hampshire 09-24-1946 1912 1918
Claude Thomas Sulphur, Oklahoma 03-06-1946 1916 1916
Eddie Tiemeyer Cincinnati, Ohio 09-27-1946 1906 1909
Woody Wagenhorst Washington, D.C. 02-12-1946 1888 1888
George Wheeler Santa Ana, California 03-23-1946 1896 1899
Tex Wilson Sulphur Springs, Texas 09-15-1946 1924 1924
John Woods Norfolk, Virginia 10-04-1946 1924 1924
Dave Wright Dennison, Ohio 01-18-1946 1895 1897

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1946


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