Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1950

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1950

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 1950 A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Grover Alexander	St. Paul, Nebraska	11-04-1950	1911	1930
Wingo Anderson	Fort Worth, Texas	12-19-1950	1910	1910
Chick Autry	Savannah, Georgia	01-26-1950	1924	1930
Tom Bannon	Lynn, Massachusetts	01-26-1950	1895	1896
Fred Blanding	Salem, Virginia	07-16-1950	1910	1914
Joe Brown	Los Angeles, California	03-07-1950	1927	1927
John Burke	Jersey City, New Jersey	08-04-1950	1902	1902
John Butler	Boston, Massachusetts	02-02-1950	1901	1907
Henry Clarke	Colorado Springs, Colorado	03-28-1950	1897	1898
Jim Connor	Providence, Rhode Island	09-03-1950	1892	1899
Mickey Corcoran	Buffalo, New York	12-09-1950	1910	1910
Harry Coveleski	Shamokin, Pennsylvania	08-04-1950	1907	1918
Ned Crompton	Aspinwall, Pennsylvania	09-28-1950	1909	1910
Kiki Cuyler	Ann Arbor, Michigan	02-11-1950	1921	1938
Bill Dahlen	Brooklyn, New York	12-05-1950	1891	1911
Pep Deininger	Boston, Massachusetts	09-25-1950	1902	1909
George Disch	Rapid City, South Dakota	08-25-1950	1905	1905
Biddy Dolan	Indianapolis, Indiana	07-15-1950	1914	1914
Ed Donalds	Columbus, Ohio	07-03-1950	1912	1912
Rip Egan	Cranston, Rhode Island	12-22-1950	1894	1894
Jewel Ens	Syracuse, New York	01-17-1950	1922	1925
Mutz Ens	St. Louis, Missouri	06-28-1950	1912	1912
Jocko Fields	Jersey City, New Jersey	10-14-1950	1887	1892
Paul Fitzke	Sacramento, California	06-30-1950	1924	1924
Art Fletcher	Los Angeles, California	02-06-1950	1909	1922
Fred Frank	Ashland, Kentucky	03-27-1950	1898	1898
William Gallagher	Worcester, Massachusetts	03-11-1950	1896	1896
Jim Galloway	Fort Worth, Texas	05-03-1950	1912	1912
Lefty Gervais	Los Angeles, California	10-19-1950	1913	1913
Pit Gilman	Elyria, Ohio	08-17-1950	1884	1884
Billy Ging	Elmira, New York	09-14-1950	1899	1899
Martin Glendon	Norwood Park, Illinois	11-06-1950	1902	1903
Joe Gormley	Summit Hill, Pennsylvania	07-02-1950	1891	1891
Hank Griffin	Terrell, Texas	02-11-1950	1911	1912
Dan Griner	Bishopville, South Carolina	06-03-1950	1912	1918
Ernie Groth	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	05-23-1950	1904	1904
Bob Hall	Wellesley, Massachusetts	12-01-1950	1904	1905
Bill Hallman	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	04-23-1950	1901	1907
Jack Harper	Jamestown, New York	09-30-1950	1899	1906
Frank Hemphill	Chicago, Illinois	11-16-1950	1906	1909
Wattie Holm	Everly, Iowa	05-19-1950	1924	1932
Red Howell	Travelers Rest, South Carolina	10-01-1950	1941	1941
Rudy Hulswitt	Louisville, Kentucky	01-16-1950	1899	1910
Jerry Hurley	Boston, Massachusetts	09-17-1950	1889	1891
Bill Johnson	Los Angeles, California	11-05-1950	1916	1917
Jing Johnson	Pottstown, Pennsylvania	12-06-1950	1916	1928
Leo Kavanagh	Chicago, Illinois	08-10-1950	1914	1914
Bill Kenworthy	Eureka, California	09-21-1950	1912	1917
Al Klawitter	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	05-02-1950	1909	1913
Nub Kleinke	Off Marin Coast, California	03-16-1950	1935	1937
Ed Klepfer	Tulsa, Oklahoma	08-09-1950	1911	1919
Joe Knotts	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	09-15-1950	1907	1907
Art LaVigne	Worcester, Massachusetts	07-18-1950	1914	1914
Joe Lake	Brooklyn, New York	06-30-1950	1908	1913
Bill Lange	San Francisco, California	07-23-1950	1893	1899
Bert Lewis	Tonawanda, New York	03-24-1950	1924	1924
Dad Lytle	Long Beach, California	12-21-1950	1890	1890
Jack McAleese	New York, New York	11-15-1950	1901	1909
Dick McCabe	Buffalo, New York	04-11-1950	1918	1922
John McDonald	Roselle, New Jersey	04-09-1950	1907	1907
Paul Meloan	Taft, California	02-11-1950	1910	1911
Dusty Miller	Stockton, California	04-19-1950	1902	1902
Vince Molyneaux	Stamford, Connecticut	05-04-1950	1917	1918
Jo-Jo Morrissey	Worcester, Massachusetts	05-02-1950	1932	1936
Offa Neal	Mt. Vernon, Illinois	04-25-1950	1905	1905
Tom Niland	Lynn, Massachusetts	04-30-1950	1896	1896
Effie Norton	Aspinwall, Pennsylvania	03-05-1950	1896	1897
Paddy O'Connor	Springfield, Massachusetts	08-17-1950	1908	1918
George Paynter	Cincinnati, Ohio	09-28-1950	1894	1894
Frank Pearce	Van Buren, New York	09-03-1950	1933	1935
Dave Pickett	Easton, Massachusetts	04-22-1950	1898	1898
Doc Ralston	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	08-29-1950	1910	1910
Ernie Ross	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	03-28-1950	1902	1902
Charlie Roy	Blackfoot, Idaho	02-10-1950	1906	1906
Slim Sallee	Higginsport, Ohio	03-23-1950	1908	1921
Roy Sanders	Kansas City, Missouri	01-17-1950	1917	1918
Joe Sargent	Rochester, New York	07-05-1950	1921	1921
John Scheneberg	Huntington, West Virginia	09-26-1950	1913	1920
Doc Sechrist	Louisville, Kentucky	04-02-1950	1899	1899
Ralph Shafer	Akron, Ohio	02-05-1950	1914	1914
Frank Smykal	Chicago, Illinois	08-11-1950	1916	1916
Dick Spalding	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	02-03-1950	1927	1928
Dean Sturgis	Uniontown, Pennsylvania	06-04-1950	1914	1914
Pussy Tebeau	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	03-25-1950	1895	1895
Bill Thomas	Evansburg, Pennsylvania	01-14-1950	1902	1902
Walt Thomas	Altoona, Pennsylvania	06-06-1950	1908	1908
Cannonball Titcomb	Kingston, New Hampshire	06-08-1950	1886	1890
Tom Tuckey	New York, New York	10-17-1950	1908	1909
Dike Varney	Long Island City, New York	04-23-1950	1902	1902
Cal Vasbinder	Cadiz, Ohio	12-22-1950	1902	1902
Art Watson	Buffalo, New York	05-09-1950	1914	1915
Carroll Yerkes	Oakland, California	12-20-1950	1927	1933
George Young	Brightwaters, New York	03-13-1950	1913	1913
Ed Zmich	Cleveland, Ohio	08-20-1950	1910	1911
Player	Died In	Date of Death	Debut Year	Final Year
Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1950

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