Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1947

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1947

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 1947 A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
George Bausewine	Norristown, Pennsylvania	07-29-1947	1889	1889
Harry Bemis	Cleveland, Ohio	05-23-1947	1902	1910
George Blaeholder	Garden Grove, California	12-29-1947	1925	1936
Jim Bluejacket	Pekin, Illinois	03-26-1947	1914	1916
King Brady	Albany, New York	08-21-1947	1905	1912
Neal Brady	Fort Mitchell, Kentucky	06-19-1947	1915	1925
Kitty Bransfield	Worcester, Massachusetts	05-01-1947	1898	1911
George Brickley	Everett, Massachusetts	02-23-1947	1913	1913
Jack Calhoun	Cincinnati, Ohio	02-27-1947	1902	1902
Ed Callahan	New York, New York	02-05-1947	1884	1884
Hal Chase	Colusa, California	05-18-1947	1905	1919
Joe Cobb	Allentown, Pennsylvania	12-24-1947	1918	1918
Goat Cochran	Atlanta, Georgia	05-23-1947	1915	1915
Jim Cockman	Guelph, Ontario, Canada	09-28-1947	1905	1905
Ensign Cottrell	Syracuse, New York	02-27-1947	1911	1915
Woody Crowson	Greensboro, North Carolina	08-14-1947	1945	1945
Harry Davis	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	08-11-1947	1895	1917
She Donahue	Bronx, New York	08-27-1947	1904	1904
Slow Joe Doyle	Tannersville, New York	11-21-1947	1906	1910
Dick Egan	Oakland, California	07-07-1947	1908	1916
Slim Embrey	Nashville, Tennessee	10-10-1947	1923	1923
Johnny Evers	Albany, New York	03-28-1947	1902	1929
Bob Ewing	Wapakoneta, Ohio	06-20-1947	1902	1912
Newt Fisher	Norwood Park, Illinois	02-28-1947	1898	1898
Steamer Flanagan	Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	04-21-1947	1905	1905
Carney Flynn	Cincinnati, Ohio	02-10-1947	1894	1896
Ossie France	Akron, Ohio	05-02-1947	1890	1890
Dot Fulghum	Miami, Florida	11-02-1947	1921	1921
Del Gainer	Elkins, West Virginia	01-29-1947	1909	1922
Joe Gingras	Jersey City, New Jersey	09-06-1947	1915	1915
Jack Glasscock	Wheeling, West Virginia	02-24-1947	1879	1895
Jot Goar	New Castle, Indiana	04-04-1947	1896	1898
Gene Good	Boston, Massachusetts	08-06-1947	1906	1906
Bill Hall	Newport, Kentucky	08-15-1947	1913	1913
John Halla	El Segundo, California	09-30-1947	1905	1905
Ed Harting	St. Louis, Missouri	06-18-1947	1886	1886
Jack Hoey	Waterbury, Connecticut	11-14-1947	1906	1908
Tex Hoffman	New Orleans, Louisiana	05-19-1947	1915	1915
Billy Hulen	Santa Rosa, California	10-02-1947	1896	1899
Charlie Jones	Two Harbors, Minnesota	04-02-1947	1901	1908
Jim Kane	Omaha, Nebraska	10-02-1947	1908	1908
Bill Keen	South Point, Ohio	07-16-1947	1911	1911
Duke Kelleher	Staten Island, New York	09-28-1947	1916	1916
Johnny Kling	Kansas City, Missouri	01-31-1947	1900	1913
Ed Konetchy	Ft. Worth, Texas	05-27-1947	1907	1921
Joe Koukalik	Chicago, Illinois	01-02-1947	1904	1904
Ty LaForest	Arlington, Massachusetts	05-05-1947	1945	1945
Bevo LeBourveau	Nevada City, California	12-10-1947	1919	1929
Ed Lennon	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	09-13-1947	1928	1928
Pete Lister	St. Petersburg, Florida	03-27-1947	1907	1907
Carlton Lord	Chester, Pennsylvania	08-15-1947	1923	1923
Bill Ludwig	Louisville, Kentucky	09-05-1947	1908	1908
Mike Lynch	Jennings Lodge, Oregon	04-01-1947	1902	1902
Doc Martel	Washington, D.C.	10-11-1947	1909	1910
Mike McDermott	Fall River, Massachusetts	05-07-1947	1889	1889
Dan McGarvey	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	03-07-1947	1912	1912
Hugh McQuillan	New York, New York	08-26-1947	1918	1927
Dewey Metivier	Cambridge, Massachusetts	03-02-1947	1922	1924
Ferdie Moore	Atlantic City, New Jersey	05-06-1947	1914	1914
Mike Mowrey	Chambersburg, Pennsylvania	03-20-1947	1905	1917
Charlie Newman	San Diego, California	11-23-1947	1892	1892
Hub Northen	Shreveport, Louisiana	10-01-1947	1910	1912
Orval Overall	Fresno, California	07-14-1947	1905	1913
Pol Perritt	Shreveport, Louisiana	10-15-1947	1912	1921
Ralph Pond	Cleveland, Ohio	09-08-1947	1910	1910
Cy Rheam	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	10-23-1947	1914	1915
Roxey Roach	Bay City, Michigan	12-26-1947	1910	1915
Chick Robitaille	Waterford, New York	07-30-1947	1904	1905
Jack Rothfuss	Basking Ridge, New Jersey	04-20-1947	1897	1897
Harry Sage	Rock Island, Illinois	05-27-1947	1890	1890
Ed Seward	Cleveland, Ohio	07-30-1947	1885	1891
Jimmy Sheckard	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	01-15-1947	1897	1913
Jud Smith	Los Angeles, California	12-07-1947	1893	1901
Stub Smith	Fall River, Massachusetts	11-14-1947	1898	1898
Clarence Stephens	Cincinnati, Ohio	02-28-1947	1886	1891
Phil Stremmel	Chicago, Illinois	12-26-1947	1909	1910
Luke Stuart	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	06-15-1947	1921	1921
Tom Sullivan	Cincinnati, Ohio	04-12-1947	1884	1889
Ed Sweeney	Chicago, Illinois	07-04-1947	1908	1919
Al Tesch	Jersey City, New Jersey	08-03-1947	1915	1915
Lee Viau	Hopewell, New Jersey	12-17-1947	1888	1892
Tony Von Fricken	Troy, New York	03-22-1947	1890	1890
Ed Walker	Akron, Ohio	09-29-1947	1902	1903
Jimmy Walsh	Baltimore, Maryland	01-21-1947	1910	1915
John Walsh	Jamaica, New York	04-25-1947	1903	1903
Hooks Warner	San Francisco, California	02-19-1947	1916	1921
George Whiteman	Houston, Texas	02-10-1947	1907	1918
Vic Willis	Elkton, Maryland	08-03-1947	1898	1910
Jimmie Wilson	Bradenton, Florida	05-31-1947	1923	1940
Mellie Wolfgang	Albany, New York	06-30-1947	1914	1918
Cy Wright	Hines, Illinois	11-07-1947	1916	1916
Player	Died In	Date of Death	Debut Year	Final Year
Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1947

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