Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1949

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1949

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 1949 A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
John Anderson	Worcester, Massachusetts	07-23-1949	1894	1908
Norm Baker	Hurffville, New Jersey	02-20-1949	1883	1890
Johnny Bates	Steubenville, Ohio	02-10-1949	1906	1914
Heinie Beckendorf	Jackson Heights, New York	09-15-1949	1909	1910
Hi Bell	Glendale, California	06-07-1949	1924	1934
Bill Bernhard	San Diego, California	03-30-1949	1899	1907
Tiny Bonham	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	09-15-1949	1940	1949
Tim Bowden	Emory, Georgia	10-25-1949	1914	1914
Hugh Bradley	Worcester, Massachusetts	01-26-1949	1910	1915
Erv Brame	Hopkinsville, Kentucky	11-22-1949	1928	1932
Jim Buchanan	Norfolk, Nebraska	06-15-1949	1905	1905
Bill Burdick	Spokane, Washington	10-23-1949	1888	1889
Joe Buskey	Cumberland, Maryland	04-11-1949	1926	1926
Joe Callahan	South Boston, Massachusetts	05-24-1949	1939	1940
Jim Canavan	New Bedford, Massachusetts	05-27-1949	1891	1897
John Carden	Mexia, Texas	02-08-1949	1946	1946
Ike Caveney	San Francisco, California	07-06-1949	1922	1925
Bill Cissell	Chicago, Illinois	03-15-1949	1928	1938
Artie Clarke	Brookline, Massachusetts	11-14-1949	1890	1891
Nig Clarke	River Rouge, Michigan	06-15-1949	1905	1920
Orth Collins	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	12-13-1949	1904	1909
Jim Cook	St. Louis, Missouri	06-16-1949	1903	1903
Buck Danner	Dedham, Massachusetts	09-19-1949	1915	1915
Roger Denzer	LeSeur, Minnesota	09-18-1949	1897	1901
John Donahue	Boston, Massachusetts	10-03-1949	1923	1923
Larry Douglas	Jellico, Tennessee	11-04-1949	1915	1915
Red Downey	Detroit, Michigan	07-10-1949	1909	1909
John Durham	Coffeyville, Kansas	05-07-1949	1902	1902
Truck Eagan	San Francisco, California	03-19-1949	1901	1901
Ralph Edwards	White Plains, New York	01-05-1949	1915	1915
Russ Ennis	Superior, Wisconsin	01-21-1949	1926	1926
Joe Evers	Albany, New York	01-04-1949	1913	1913
Matty Fitzgerald	Albany, New York	09-22-1949	1906	1907
Buck Freeman	Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	06-25-1949	1891	1907
Robert Gibson	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	12-19-1949	1890	1890
Frank Gleich	Columbus, Ohio	03-27-1949	1919	1920
John Godar	Park Ridge, Illinois	06-23-1949	1892	1892
Charlie Hallstrom	Chicago, Illinois	05-06-1949	1885	1885
Walt Herrell	Front Royal, Virginia	01-23-1949	1911	1911
Frank Hershey	Canandaigua, New York	12-15-1949	1905	1905
Jack Himes	Joliet, Illinois	12-16-1949	1905	1906
Hanson Horsey	Millington, Maryland	12-01-1949	1912	1912
Mike Jacobs	Louisville, Kentucky	03-21-1949	1902	1902
Tim Jordan	Bronx, New York	09-13-1949	1901	1910
Mike Kahoe	Akron, Ohio	05-14-1949	1895	1909
Jerry Kane	East St. Louis, Illinois	06-16-1949	1890	1890
Teddy Kearns	Trenton, New Jersey	12-21-1949	1920	1925
Speed Kelly	Goshen, Indiana	05-06-1949	1909	1909
Eddie Kolb	Calgary, Alberta, Canada	10-01-1949	1899	1899
Art Kruger	Hondo, California	11-28-1949	1907	1915
Pete LePine	Woonsocket, Rhode Island	12-03-1949	1902	1902
Jake Livingstone	Wassaic, New York	03-22-1949	1901	1901
Jack Lundbom	Manistee, Michigan	10-31-1949	1902	1902
Gene Madden	Utica, New York	04-06-1949	1916	1916
Len Madden	Toledo, Ohio	09-09-1949	1912	1912
Lou Mahaffey	Torrance, California	10-26-1949	1898	1898
John Malarkey	Cincinnati, Ohio	10-29-1949	1894	1903
Charlie Malay	Brooklyn, New York	09-18-1949	1905	1905
Billy Martin	Arlington, Virginia	09-14-1949	1914	1914
Pat Martin	Brooklyn, New York	02-04-1949	1919	1920
Larry McClure	Huntington, West Virginia	09-01-1949	1910	1910
Harry McIntire	Daytona Beach, Florida	01-09-1949	1905	1913
Eric McNair	Meridian, Mississippi	03-11-1949	1929	1942
Charlie Moran	Horse Cave, Kentucky	06-14-1949	1903	1908
John Murphy	Andover, Massachusetts	04-20-1949	1902	1903
Frank Naleway	Chicago, Illinois	01-28-1949	1924	1924
Hal Neubauer	Providence, Rhode Island	09-09-1949	1925	1925
Marty O'Toole	Aberdeen, Washington	02-18-1949	1908	1914
Hans Rasmussen	Chicago, Illinois	01-01-1949	1915	1915
Tommy Raub	Phillipsburg, New Jersey	02-16-1949	1903	1906
Bill Richardson	Sullivan, Indiana	11-06-1949	1901	1901
Jim Riley	Buffalo, New York	03-25-1949	1910	1910
Dick Rudolph	Bronx, New York	10-20-1949	1910	1927
Jack Ryan	Handsboro, Mississippi	10-16-1949	1908	1911
Doc Scanlan	Brooklyn, New York	05-29-1949	1903	1911
Ted Scheffler	Jamaica, New York	02-24-1949	1888	1890
Wildfire Schulte	Oakland, California	10-02-1949	1904	1918
Jack Slattery	Boston, Massachusetts	07-17-1949	1901	1909
Sherry Smith	Reidsville, Georgia	09-12-1949	1911	1927
Rudy Sommers	Louisville, Kentucky	03-18-1949	1912	1927
Bill Steele	Clayton, Missouri	10-19-1949	1910	1914
George Suggs	Kinston, North Carolina	04-04-1949	1908	1915
Bill Swarback	Darien, Connecticut	05-17-1949	1887	1887
Clay Touchstone	Beaumont, Texas	04-28-1949	1928	1945
Doc Watson	San Diego, California	12-30-1949	1913	1915
Mule Watson	Shreveport, Louisiana	08-25-1949	1918	1924
Huyler Westervelt	Pelham Manor, New York	10-14-1949	1894	1894
Chief Zimmer	Cleveland, Ohio	08-22-1949	1884	1903
Guy Zinn	Park, West Virginia	10-06-1949	1911	1915
Player	Died In	Date of Death	Debut Year	Final Year
Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1949

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