Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1946

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)

Player	Died In	Date of Death	Debut Year	Final Year
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
Player	Died In	Date of Death	Debut Year	Final Year
Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1946

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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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