Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1962

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1962

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 1962 A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Bert Abbey	Essex Junction, Vermont	06-11-1962	1892	1896
Bill Akers	Chattanooga, Tennessee	04-13-1962	1929	1932
George Anderson	Cleveland, Ohio	05-28-1962	1914	1918
Fred Beck	Havana, Illinois	03-12-1962	1909	1915
Bill Bell	Durham, North Carolina	10-11-1962	1952	1955
Max Bishop	Waynesboro, Pennsylvania	02-24-1962	1924	1935
John Black	Rutherford, New Jersey	03-20-1962	1911	1911
Elmer Bliss	Bradford, Pennsylvania	03-18-1962	1903	1904
Joe Boley	Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania	12-30-1962	1927	1932
Fred Bratschi	Massillon, Ohio	01-10-1962	1921	1927
Ad Brennan	Kansas City, Missouri	01-07-1962	1910	1918
Buster Burrell	Weymouth, Massachusetts	05-08-1962	1891	1897
Ben Cantwell	Salem, Missouri	12-04-1962	1927	1937
Al Carson	San Diego, California	11-26-1962	1910	1910
Bill Chambers	Fort Wayne, Indiana	03-27-1962	1910	1910
Josh Clarke	Ventura, California	07-02-1962	1898	1911
Sumpter Clarke	Knoxville, Tennessee	03-16-1962	1920	1924
Mickey Cochrane	Lake Forest, Illinois	06-28-1962	1925	1937
Howard Craghead	San Diego, California	07-14-1962	1931	1933
Cap Crowell	Central Falls, Rhode Island	09-30-1962	1915	1916
Jack Cummings	West Mifflin, Pennsylvania	10-05-1962	1926	1929
Lee DeMontreville	Pelham Manor, New York	03-22-1962	1903	1903
Al Demaree	Los Angeles, California	04-30-1962	1912	1919
Snooks Dowd	Northampton, Massachusetts	04-04-1962	1919	1926
Bernie Duffy	Abilene, Texas	02-09-1962	1913	1913
Jim Faulkner	West Palm Beach, Florida	06-01-1962	1927	1930
Harry Feldman	Fort Smith, Arkansas	03-16-1962	1941	1946
Jake Flowers	Clearwater, Florida	12-27-1962	1923	1934
Charlie French	Indianapolis, Indiana	03-30-1962	1909	1910
Skipper Friday	Gastonia, North Carolina	08-25-1962	1923	1923
Hank Garrity	Boston, Massachusetts	09-01-1962	1931	1931
Rube Geyer	Ford Township, Minnesota	10-12-1962	1910	1913
Dick Gossett	Massillon, Ohio	10-06-1962	1913	1914
Tiny Graham	Nashville, Tennessee	12-29-1962	1914	1914
Ralph Head	Muscadine, Alabama	10-08-1962	1923	1923
Olaf Henriksen	Norwood, Massachusetts	10-17-1962	1911	1917
Bill Herring	Honesdale, Pennsylvania	09-10-1962	1915	1915
Gus Hetling	Wichita, Kansas	10-13-1962	1906	1906
Hugh High	St. Louis, Missouri	11-16-1962	1913	1918
Whitey Hilcher	Minneapolis, Minnesota	11-21-1962	1931	1936
Dick Hoblitzel	Parkersburg, West Virginia	11-14-1962	1908	1918
Dutch Hoffman	Belleville, Illinois	12-06-1962	1929	1929
Carl Holling	Santa Rosa, California	07-18-1962	1921	1922
Hal Janvrin	Boston, Massachusetts	03-01-1962	1911	1922
Frank Kane	Brockton, Massachusetts	12-02-1962	1915	1919
Bob Katz	St. Joseph, Michigan	12-14-1962	1944	1944
Nap Kloza	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	06-11-1962	1931	1932
Red Kress	Los Angeles, California	11-29-1962	1927	1946
Abe Kruger	Elmira, New York	07-04-1962	1908	1908
Red Lanning	Bristol, Connecticut	06-13-1962	1916	1916
Dutch Lerchen	Detroit, Michigan	01-07-1962	1910	1910
Charlie Luskey	Bethesda, Maryland	12-20-1962	1901	1901
Al Mamaux	Santa Monica, California	12-31-1962	1913	1924
Les Mann	Pasadena, California	01-14-1962	1913	1928
Joe Martina	New Orleans, Louisiana	03-22-1962	1924	1924
Del Mason	Winter Park, Florida	12-31-1962	1904	1907
Sam Mayer	Atlanta, Georgia	07-01-1962	1915	1915
Sport McAllister	Wyandotte, Michigan	07-17-1962	1896	1903
Harry McCluskey	Toledo, Ohio	06-07-1962	1915	1915
Moose McCormick	Lewisburg, Pennsylvania	07-09-1962	1904	1913
Charlie Meara	Bronx, New York	02-08-1962	1914	1914
Steve Melter	Mishawaka, Indiana	01-28-1962	1909	1909
Otto Miller	Brooklyn, New York	03-29-1962	1910	1922
Russ Miller	Bucyrus, Ohio	04-30-1962	1927	1928
George Mogridge	Rochester, New York	03-04-1962	1911	1927
Harry Moran	Beckley, West Virginia	11-28-1962	1912	1915
Cy Morgan	Wheeling, West Virginia	06-28-1962	1903	1913
Ed Moyer	Jacksonville, Florida	11-18-1962	1910	1910
Tim Murchison	Liberty, North Carolina	10-20-1962	1917	1920
Dummy Murphy	Tallahassee, Florida	08-10-1962	1914	1914
Bobo Newsom	Orlando, Florida	12-07-1962	1929	1953
Rabbit Nill	Fort Wayne, Indiana	05-24-1962	1904	1908
Bill Norman	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	04-21-1962	1931	1932
Steve O'Neill	Cleveland, Ohio	01-26-1962	1911	1928
George Orme	Indianapolis, Indiana	03-16-1962	1920	1920
Champ Osteen	Greenville, South Carolina	12-14-1962	1903	1909
Bob Peterson	Evesham Township, New Jersey	11-27-1962	1906	1907
Squiz Pillion	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	09-30-1962	1915	1915
John Potts	Cleveland, Ohio	09-05-1962	1914	1914
Ray Powell	Chillicothe, Missouri	10-16-1962	1913	1924
Billy Purtell	Bradenton, Florida	03-17-1962	1908	1914
Rip Radcliff	Enid, Oklahoma	05-23-1962	1934	1943
Ray Roberts	Cruger, Mississippi	01-30-1962	1919	1919
Lefty Russell	Baltimore, Maryland	01-22-1962	1910	1912
War Sanders	Chattanooga, Tennessee	08-03-1962	1903	1904
Johnny Scalzi	Port Chester, New York	09-27-1962	1931	1931
Charlie Schmutz	Seattle, Washington	06-27-1962	1914	1915
George Scott	Philomath, Oregon	12-03-1962	1920	1920
Tillie Shafer	Los Angeles, California	01-10-1962	1909	1913
Jim Shaw	Washington, D.C.	01-27-1962	1913	1921
Ralph Shinners	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	07-23-1962	1922	1925
Duke Shirey	Hagerstown, Maryland	09-01-1962	1920	1920
Burt Shotton	Lake Wales, Florida	07-29-1962	1909	1923
Vince Shupe	Canton, Ohio	04-05-1962	1945	1945
Harvey Smith	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	11-12-1962	1896	1896
Jack Smith	New York, New York	12-04-1962	1912	1912
Frank Snyder	San Antonio, Texas	01-05-1962	1912	1927
Don Songer	Kansas City, Missouri	10-03-1962	1924	1927
Paul Speraw	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	02-22-1962	1920	1920
Stan Sperry	Evansville, Wisconsin	09-27-1962	1936	1938
Bob Steele	Ocala, Florida	01-27-1962	1916	1919
Art Stokes	Titusville, Pennsylvania	06-03-1962	1925	1925
Tom Sullivan	Boston, Massachusetts	09-23-1962	1922	1922
Red Thomas	Fremont, Ohio	03-22-1962	1921	1921
Will Thompson	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	06-09-1962	1892	1892
Tink Turner	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	02-25-1962	1915	1915
Jake Volz	San Antonio, Texas	08-11-1962	1901	1908
Joe Vosmik	Cleveland, Ohio	01-27-1962	1930	1944
Roy Walker	New Orleans, Louisiana	02-10-1962	1912	1922
Jimmy Walsh	Syracuse, New York	07-03-1962	1912	1917
Milt Watson	Pine Bluff, Arkansas	04-10-1962	1916	1919
Dick Wheeler	Lexington, Massachusetts	02-12-1962	1918	1918
Possum Whitted	Wilmington, North Carolina	10-15-1962	1912	1922
Bob Williams	Nelsonville, Ohio	08-06-1962	1911	1913
Mutt Williams	Fayetteville, Arkansas	03-30-1962	1913	1914
Lefty Willis	Bethesda, Maryland	05-10-1962	1925	1927
Mutt Wilson	Wildwood, Florida	08-31-1962	1920	1920
Dan Woodman	Danvers, Massachusetts	12-14-1962	1914	1915
Earl Yingling	Columbus, Ohio	10-02-1962	1911	1918
Pep Young	Jamestown, North Carolina	01-14-1962	1933	1945
Player	Died In	Date of Death	Debut Year	Final Year
Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1962

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