Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1953

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1953

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 1953 A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Harry Armbruster	Cincinnati, Ohio	12-10-1953	1906	1906
Harry Aubrey	Baltimore, Maryland	09-18-1953	1903	1903
Larry Benton	Amberley, Ohio	04-03-1953	1923	1935
John Brackenridge	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	03-20-1953	1904	1904
Don Brennan	Boston, Massachusetts	04-26-1953	1933	1937
Jesse Burkett	Worcester, Massachusetts	05-27-1953	1890	1905
Bill Burns	Ramona, California	06-06-1953	1908	1912
Wesley Callahan	Dayton, Ohio	09-13-1953	1913	1913
Mike Cantwell	Oteen, North Carolina	01-05-1953	1916	1920
Pat Carney	Worcester, Massachusetts	01-09-1953	1901	1904
Leon Chagnon	Amesbury, Massachusetts	07-30-1953	1929	1935
John Chapman	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	11-03-1953	1924	1924
Wally Clement	Coral Gables, Florida	11-01-1953	1908	1909
Bob Coulson	Washington, Pennsylvania	09-11-1953	1908	1914
Bill Cunningham	Colusa, California	09-26-1953	1921	1924
Walt DeVoy	St. Louis, Missouri	12-17-1953	1909	1909
Mike Dejan	West Los Angeles, California	02-02-1953	1940	1940
Jim Delahanty	Cleveland, Ohio	10-17-1953	1901	1915
Frank Donnelly	Canton, Illinois	02-03-1953	1893	1893
Patsy Donovan	Lawrence, Massachusetts	12-25-1953	1890	1907
Tom Dougherty	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	11-06-1953	1904	1904
Klondike Douglass	Bend, Oregon	12-13-1953	1896	1904
Michael Driscoll	Foxboro, Massachusetts	03-22-1953	1916	1916
Carl East	Whitesburg, Georgia	01-15-1953	1915	1924
Tex Erwin	Rochester, New York	04-05-1953	1907	1914
Joe Evans	Gulfport, Mississippi	08-09-1953	1915	1925
Rags Faircloth	Tucson, Arizona	10-05-1953	1919	1919
Jim Field	Atlantic City, New Jersey	05-13-1953	1883	1898
Happy Foreman	New York, New York	02-13-1953	1924	1926
Buck Freeman	Fort Sam Houston, Texas	02-21-1953	1921	1922
Herb Gorman	San Diego, California	04-05-1953	1952	1952
Sam Gray	McKinney, Texas	04-16-1953	1924	1933
Tim Griesenbeck	San Antonio, Texas	03-25-1953	1920	1920
Ray Grimes	Minerva, Ohio	05-25-1953	1920	1926
Ed Haigh	Atlantic City, New Jersey	02-13-1953	1892	1892
Mike Handiboe	Savannah, Georgia	01-31-1953	1911	1911
Howie Haworth	Troutdale, Oregon	01-28-1953	1915	1915
Charlie Hemphill	Detroit, Michigan	06-22-1953	1899	1911
Buck Herzog	Baltimore, Maryland	09-04-1953	1908	1920
Pat Hilly	Eureka, Missouri	07-25-1953	1914	1914
Joe Houser	Orlando, Florida	01-03-1953	1914	1914
Ed Hug	Cincinnati, Ohio	05-11-1953	1903	1903
Jim Jones	London, Kentucky	05-06-1953	1897	1902
Oscar Jones	Fort Worth, Texas	03-16-1953	1903	1905
Slats Jordan	Catonsville, Maryland	12-07-1953	1901	1902
Al Kellogg	Portland, Oregon	07-21-1953	1908	1908
Guy Lacy	Cleveland, Tennessee	11-19-1953	1926	1926
Pete Lapan	Norwalk, California	01-05-1953	1922	1923
Sam Leever	Goshen, Ohio	05-19-1953	1898	1910
Billy Maharg	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	11-20-1953	1912	1916
Charlie Maisel	Baltimore, Maryland	08-25-1953	1915	1915
Gene McAuliffe	Randolph, Massachusetts	04-29-1953	1904	1904
Mike McCormick	Jersey City, New Jersey	11-18-1953	1904	1904
Frank McCue	Chicago, Illinois	07-05-1953	1922	1922
Lou McEvoy	Webster Groves, Missouri	12-17-1953	1930	1931
Doug McWeeny	Melrose Park, Illinois	01-01-1953	1921	1930
Jock Menefee	Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania	03-11-1953	1892	1903
Lenny Metz	Denver, Colorado	02-24-1953	1923	1925
Clyde Milan	Orlando, Florida	03-03-1953	1907	1922
Fred Miller	Brookville, Indiana	05-02-1953	1910	1910
Doc Moskiman	San Leandro, California	01-11-1953	1910	1910
Kid Nichols	Kansas City, Missouri	04-11-1953	1890	1906
Harry Niles	Sturgis, Michigan	04-18-1953	1906	1910
Roy Patterson	St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin	04-14-1953	1901	1907
Kewpie Pennington	Newark, New Jersey	05-03-1953	1917	1917
Jack Pfiester	Loveland, Ohio	09-03-1953	1903	1911
Bill Phyle	Los Angeles, California	08-06-1953	1898	1906
Abner Powell	New Orleans, Louisiana	08-07-1953	1884	1886
Tex Pruiett	Ventura, California	03-06-1953	1907	1908
Rip Reagan	Kansas City, Missouri	06-08-1953	1903	1903
Jose Rodriguez	Havana, Cuba	01-21-1953	1916	1918
Dutch Schesler	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	11-19-1953	1931	1931
Pete Scott	Daly City, California	05-03-1953	1926	1928
Merv Shea	Sacramento, California	01-27-1953	1927	1944
Charlie Shields	Memphis, Tennessee	08-27-1953	1902	1907
Seth Sigsby	Schenectady, New York	09-15-1953	1893	1893
Charlie Small	Auburn, Maine	01-14-1953	1930	1930
Ed Summers	Indianapolis, Indiana	05-12-1953	1908	1912
Jim Tabor	Sacramento, California	08-22-1953	1938	1947
Pinch Thomas	Modesto, California	12-24-1953	1912	1921
Jim Thorpe	Lomita, California	03-28-1953	1913	1919
Cotton Tierney	Kansas City, Missouri	04-18-1953	1920	1925
Fred Toney	Nashville, Tennessee	03-11-1953	1911	1923
Harry Truby	Ironton, Ohio	03-21-1953	1895	1896
Lefty Tyler	Lowell, Massachusetts	09-29-1953	1910	1921
Ty Tyson	Buffalo, New York	08-16-1953	1926	1928
Tex Vache	Los Angeles, California	06-11-1953	1925	1925
Jim Wallace	Revere, Massachusetts	05-16-1953	1905	1905
Connie Walsh	St. Louis, Missouri	04-05-1953	1907	1907
Lew Wendell	Brooklyn, New York	07-11-1953	1915	1926
Tom Wilson	San Pedro, California	03-07-1953	1914	1914
Barney Wolfe	North Charleroi, Pennsylvania	02-27-1953	1903	1906
Chuck Workman	Kansas City, Missouri	01-03-1953	1938	1946
Player	Died In	Date of Death	Debut Year	Final Year
Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1953

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