Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1951

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1951

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 1951 A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Harry Ables	San Antonio, Texas	02-08-1951	1905	1911
Sam Agnew	Sonoma, California	07-19-1951	1913	1919
Bill Barrett	Cambridge, Massachusetts	01-26-1951	1921	1930
Bob Becker	Syracuse, New York	10-11-1951	1897	1898
Dan Bickham	Dayton, Ohio	03-03-1951	1886	1886
Hi Bithorn	Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico	12-30-1951	1942	1947
Roy Brashear	Los Angeles, California	04-20-1951	1902	1903
John Brock	Clayton, Missouri	10-27-1951	1917	1918
Charlie Buelow	Dubuque, Iowa	05-04-1951	1901	1901
Fred Burchell	Jordan, New York	11-20-1951	1903	1909
Harry Camnitz	Louisville, Kentucky	01-06-1951	1909	1911
Hugh Casey	Atlanta, Georgia	07-03-1951	1935	1949
Al Clancy	Las Cruces, New Mexico	10-17-1951	1911	1911
Eddie Collins	Boston, Massachusetts	03-25-1951	1906	1930
Adam Comorosky	Swoyersville, Pennsylvania	03-02-1951	1926	1935
Guy Cooper	Santa Monica, California	08-02-1951	1914	1915
Roscoe Coughlin	Chelsea, Massachusetts	03-20-1951	1890	1891
Dee Cousineau	Watertown, Massachusetts	07-14-1951	1923	1925
Doc Crandall	Bell, California	08-17-1951	1908	1918
Harry Curtis	Evanston, Illinois	08-01-1951	1907	1907
Dan Daub	Bradenton, Florida	03-25-1951	1892	1897
Hank DeBerry	Savannah, Tennessee	09-10-1951	1916	1930
Tom Delahanty	Sanford, Florida	01-10-1951	1894	1897
Mickey Doolan	Orlando, Florida	11-01-1951	1905	1918
Carl Doyle	Knoxville, Tennessee	09-04-1951	1935	1940
Jim Duggan	Indianapolis, Indiana	12-05-1951	1911	1911
Bill Eagle	Churchton, Maryland	04-27-1951	1898	1898
Ted Easterly	Clearlake Highlands, California	07-06-1951	1909	1915
Ox Eckhardt	Yorktown, Texas	04-22-1951	1932	1936
Wish Egan	Detroit, Michigan	04-13-1951	1902	1906
Bill Essick	Los Angeles, California	10-12-1951	1906	1907
Ed Fisher	Spokane, Washington	07-24-1951	1902	1902
Dale Gear	Topeka, Kansas	09-23-1951	1896	1901
Wally Gerber	Columbus, Ohio	06-19-1951	1914	1929
Marty Griffin	Los Angeles, California	11-19-1951	1928	1928
Pug Griffin	Colorado Springs, Colorado	10-12-1951	1917	1920
Whitey Guese	Wapakoneta, Ohio	04-08-1951	1901	1901
Emil Haberer	Shively, Kentucky	10-19-1951	1901	1909
Ollie Hanson	Clifton, New Jersey	08-19-1951	1921	1921
Bill Harper	Somerville, Tennessee	06-17-1951	1911	1911
Harry Heilmann	Southfield, Michigan	07-09-1951	1914	1932
Crese Heismann	Cincinnati, Ohio	11-19-1951	1901	1902
Joe Hovlik	Oxford Junction, Iowa	11-03-1951	1909	1911
Joe Hughes	Cleveland, Ohio	03-13-1951	1902	1902
Carl Husta	Kingston, New York	11-06-1951	1925	1925
Joe Jackson	Greenville, South Carolina	12-05-1951	1908	1920
Jim Keesey	Boise, Idaho	09-05-1951	1925	1930
Win Kellum	Big Rapids, Michigan	08-10-1951	1901	1905
Bob Kinsella	Los Angeles, California	12-30-1951	1919	1920
Joe Klugmann	Moberly, Missouri	07-18-1951	1921	1925
Tom Leahy	New Haven, Connecticut	06-11-1951	1897	1905
Ezra Lincoln	Taunton, Massachusetts	05-07-1951	1890	1890
Bob Lindemann	Williamsport, Pennsylvania	12-19-1951	1901	1901
Ernie Lindemann	Brooklyn, New York	12-27-1951	1907	1907
Bobby Lowe	Detroit, Michigan	12-08-1951	1890	1907
Billy Lush	Hawthorne, New York	08-28-1951	1895	1904
Wally Mayer	Minnetonka, Minnesota	11-18-1951	1911	1919
Pryor McElveen	Pleasant Hill, Tennessee	10-27-1951	1909	1911
Paul McSweeney	St. Louis, Missouri	08-12-1951	1891	1891
Bobby Messenger	Bath, Maine	07-10-1951	1909	1914
Charlie Miller	Millersville, Pennsylvania	01-13-1951	1915	1915
Kohly Miller	Reading, Pennsylvania	03-29-1951	1892	1897
Danny Moeller	Florence, Alabama	04-14-1951	1907	1916
Roy Moore	Seattle, Washington	04-05-1951	1920	1923
Joe Murphy	Coral Gables, Florida	03-28-1951	1886	1887
Jim Neher	Buffalo, New York	11-11-1951	1912	1912
Joe Ohl	Camden, New Jersey	12-18-1951	1909	1909
Frank Olin	St. Louis, Missouri	05-21-1951	1884	1885
Vance Page	Wilson, North Carolina	07-14-1951	1938	1941
Bill Piercy	Long Beach, California	08-28-1951	1917	1926
Pid Purdy	Beatrice, Nebraska	01-16-1951	1926	1929
Nolen Richardson	Athens, Georgia	09-25-1951	1929	1939
Claude Ritchey	Emlenton, Pennsylvania	11-08-1951	1897	1909
Wally Roettger	Champaign, Illinois	09-14-1951	1927	1934
Joe Rogalski	Ashland, Wisconsin	11-20-1951	1938	1938
Marty Shay	Worcester, Massachusetts	02-20-1951	1916	1924
Chappie Snodgrass	New York, New York	09-09-1951	1901	1901
Bill Sowders	Indianapolis, Indiana	02-02-1951	1888	1890
George Stovall	Burlington, Iowa	11-05-1951	1904	1915
Gabby Street	Joplin, Missouri	02-06-1951	1904	1931
Harry Thompson	Reno, Nevada	02-14-1951	1919	1919
Tony Tonneman	Prescott, Arizona	08-04-1951	1911	1911
Rube Vinson	Chester, Pennsylvania	10-12-1951	1904	1906
Bill Wagner	Waterloo, Iowa	01-11-1951	1914	1918
Huck Wallace	Cleveland, Ohio	07-09-1951	1912	1912
Lave Winham	Brooklyn, New York	09-12-1951	1902	1903
George Winter	Franklin Lakes, New Jersey	05-26-1951	1901	1908
Walt Woods	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	10-30-1951	1898	1900
Ren Wylie	Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania	08-17-1951	1882	1882
Bill Wynne	Raleigh, North Carolina	08-07-1951	1894	1894
Biff Wysong	Xenia, Ohio	08-07-1951	1930	1932
Player	Died In	Date of Death	Debut Year	Final Year
Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1951

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