Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1952

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1952

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 1952 A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Joe Adams	Bachelor, Missouri	10-08-1952	1902	1902
Tom Angley	Wichita, Kansas	10-26-1952	1929	1929
Angel Aragon	New York, New York	01-24-1952	1914	1917
Al Atkinson	Elkhorn Township, Missouri	06-17-1952	1884	1887
Jim Banning	St. Paul, Minnesota	10-14-1952	1888	1889
Harry Bay	Peoria, Illinois	03-20-1952	1901	1908
Roy Beecher	Toledo, Ohio	10-11-1952	1907	1908
Harry Berte	Los Angeles, California	05-06-1952	1903	1903
Red Bluhm	Flint, Michigan	05-07-1952	1918	1918
Julio Bonetti	Belmont, California	06-17-1952	1937	1940
John Callahan	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	06-20-1952	1903	1903
Sal Campfield	Meadville, Pennsylvania	05-16-1952	1896	1896
Esty Chaney	Cleveland, Ohio	02-05-1952	1913	1914
Al Clauss	New Haven, Connecticut	09-13-1952	1913	1913
Ed Coughlin	Hartford, Connecticut	12-25-1952	1884	1884
Dick Crutcher	Frankfort, Kentucky	06-19-1952	1914	1915
Bert Cunningham	Cragmere, Delaware	05-14-1952	1887	1901
Pete Daglia	Willits, California	03-11-1952	1932	1932
Bert Daly	Bayonne, New Jersey	09-03-1952	1903	1903
Rube Dessau	York, Pennsylvania	05-06-1952	1907	1910
Red Dooin	Rochester, New York	05-14-1952	1902	1916
Phil Douglas	Sequatchie, Tennessee	08-01-1952	1912	1922
Andy Dunning	New York, New York	06-21-1952	1889	1891
Bones Ely	Berkeley, California	01-10-1952	1884	1902
Art Evans	Wichita, Kansas	01-08-1952	1932	1932
Jerry Freeman	Los Angeles, California	09-30-1952	1908	1909
John Gallagher	Norfolk, Virginia	03-30-1952	1915	1915
Warren Gill	Laguna Beach, California	11-26-1952	1908	1908
Bruno Haas	Sarasota, Florida	06-05-1952	1915	1915
Hal Haid	Los Angeles, California	08-13-1952	1919	1933
Frank Hansford	Fort Scott, Kansas	12-14-1952	1898	1898
Spec Harkness	Compton, California	05-16-1952	1910	1911
Dick Harley	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	04-03-1952	1897	1903
Ed Hearne	Sawtelle, California	09-08-1952	1910	1910
Mike Hopkins	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	02-05-1952	1902	1902
Ben Houser	Augusta, Maine	01-15-1952	1910	1912
Don Hurst	Los Angeles, California	12-06-1952	1928	1934
Ray Jacobs	Los Angeles, California	04-05-1952	1928	1928
Ernie Johnson	Monrovia, California	05-01-1952	1912	1925
Deacon Jones	Pittsburg, Kansas	12-28-1952	1916	1918
Burt Keeley	Ely, Minnesota	05-03-1952	1908	1909
Arlie Latham	Garden City, New York	11-29-1952	1880	1909
Doc Lavan	Detroit, Michigan	05-29-1952	1913	1924
Bob Lawson	Durham, North Carolina	10-28-1952	1901	1902
Larry LeJeune	Eloise, Michigan	04-21-1952	1911	1915
Dutch Leonard	Fresno, California	07-11-1952	1913	1925
Willie Ludolph	Oakland, California	04-08-1952	1924	1924
Frank Madden	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	04-30-1952	1914	1914
Charlie Manlove	Altoona, Pennsylvania	02-12-1952	1884	1884
Harry Maupin	Parsons, Kansas	08-25-1952	1898	1899
George McAvoy	Miami, Florida	08-19-1952	1914	1914
Bill McGilvray	Denver, Colorado	05-23-1952	1908	1908
Howard McGraner	Zaleski, Ohio	10-22-1952	1912	1912
Bob McHale	Sacramento, California	06-09-1952	1898	1898
Fred McMullin	Los Angeles, California	11-20-1952	1914	1920
Ed McNichol	Salineville, Ohio	11-01-1952	1904	1904
Bob Meinke	Chicago, Illinois	12-29-1952	1910	1910
Mike Murphy	Johnson City, New York	10-26-1952	1912	1916
Bob Neighbors	North Korea	08-08-1952	1939	1939
Frank Oberlin	Ashley, Indiana	01-06-1952	1906	1910
Red Owens	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	08-20-1952	1899	1905
Del Paddock	Remer, Minnesota	02-06-1952	1912	1912
Ned Pettigrew	Duncan, Oklahoma	08-20-1952	1914	1914
Deacon Phillippe	Avalon, Pennsylvania	03-30-1952	1899	1911
Ollie Pickering	Vincennes, Indiana	01-20-1952	1896	1908
Lew Ritter	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	05-27-1952	1902	1908
Jack Ryan	Boston, Massachusetts	08-21-1952	1889	1913
Bill Salisbury	Rowena, Oregon	01-17-1952	1902	1902
Butch Schmidt	Baltimore, Maryland	09-04-1952	1909	1915
Rube Sellers	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	01-14-1952	1910	1910
Earl Sheely	Seattle, Washington	09-16-1952	1921	1931
Vince Shields	Plaster Rock, New Brunswick, Canada	10-16-1952	1924	1924
Frank Smith	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	11-03-1952	1904	1915
Phenomenal Smith	Manchester, New Hampshire	04-03-1952	1884	1891
Steve Sundra	Cleveland, Ohio	03-23-1952	1936	1946
Fred Tenney	Boston, Massachusetts	07-03-1952	1894	1911
Lefty Thomas	Charlottesville, Virginia	03-21-1952	1925	1926
Arky Vaughan	Eagleville, California	08-30-1952	1932	1948
Dick Wright	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	01-24-1952	1915	1915
Zeke Wrigley	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	09-28-1952	1896	1899
Charlie Young	Riverside, New Jersey	05-12-1952	1915	1915
Bill Zimmerman	Newark, New Jersey	10-04-1952	1915	1915
Player	Died In	Date of Death	Debut Year	Final Year
Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1952

Who was the first Major League player to commit suicide? Which baseball suicide occurred in an Asylum? Which one took place inside a police station? Find out by reading through our list of baseball suicides.

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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