Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1963

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1963

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 1963 A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Merito Acosta	Miami, Florida	11-17-1963	1913	1918
Tom Asmussen	Arlington Heights, Illinois	08-21-1963	1907	1907
Eddie Bacon	Louisville, Kentucky	10-02-1963	1917	1917
Frank Baker	Trappe, Maryland	06-28-1963	1908	1922
Jim Ball	Glendale, California	04-07-1963	1907	1908
Win Ballou	San Francisco, California	01-29-1963	1925	1929
Junie Barnes	Jacksonville, North Carolina	12-31-1963	1934	1934
Bill Batsch	Canton, Ohio	12-31-1963	1916	1916
Dick Braggins	Lake Wales, Florida	08-16-1963	1901	1901
Bundy Brief	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	02-11-1963	1912	1917
Jack Cameron	Charlotte, North Carolina	07-12-1963	1906	1906
Andy Coakley	New York, New York	09-27-1963	1902	1911
Ed Connolly	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	11-12-1963	1929	1932
Jess Cortazzo	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	03-04-1963	1923	1923
Sam Covington	Denison, Texas	01-04-1963	1913	1918
Gavvy Cravath	Laguna Beach, California	05-23-1963	1908	1920
Herb Crompton	Moline, Illinois	08-05-1963	1937	1945
George Curry	West Haven, Connecticut	10-05-1963	1911	1911
Hooks Dauss	St. Louis, Missouri	07-27-1963	1912	1926
Tony DeFate	New Orleans, Louisiana	09-03-1963	1917	1917
Ben DeMott	Somerville, New Jersey	07-05-1963	1910	1911
Karl Drews	Dania, Florida	08-15-1963	1946	1954
Hal Elliott	Honolulu, Hawaii	04-25-1963	1929	1932
Frank Emmer	Homestead, Florida	10-18-1963	1916	1926
Carl Fischer	Medina, New York	12-10-1963	1930	1937
Bob Fisher	Jacksonville, Florida	08-04-1963	1912	1919
Stu Flythe	Durham, North Carolina	10-18-1963	1936	1936
Jack Fox	Reading, Pennsylvania	06-28-1963	1908	1908
Daff Gammons	East Greenwich, Rhode Island	09-24-1963	1901	1901
Ben Geraghty	Jacksonville, Florida	06-18-1963	1936	1944
Wilbur Good	Brooksville, Florida	12-30-1963	1905	1918
Clyde Goodwin	Dayton, Ohio	10-12-1963	1906	1906
Bump Hadley	Lynn, Massachusetts	02-15-1963	1926	1941
Charlie Hanford	Trenton, New Jersey	07-19-1963	1914	1915
Don Hankins	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	05-16-1963	1927	1927
Harry Harper	New York, New York	04-23-1963	1913	1923
Charlie Harris	Gainesville, Florida	03-14-1963	1899	1899
Slim Harriss	Temple, Texas	09-19-1963	1920	1928
Fred Herbert	Tice, Florida	05-29-1963	1915	1915
Bill Hinchman	Columbus, Ohio	02-20-1963	1905	1920
Ed Hock	Portsmouth, Ohio	11-21-1963	1920	1924
Marty Hopkins	Dallas, Texas	11-20-1963	1934	1935
Rogers Hornsby	Chicago, Illinois	01-05-1963	1915	1937
Bill Hughes	Birmingham, Alabama	02-25-1963	1921	1921
Newt Hunter	Columbus, Ohio	10-26-1963	1911	1911
Johnny Hutchings	Indianapolis, Indiana	04-27-1963	1940	1946
Ham Hyatt	Liberty Lake, Washington	09-11-1963	1909	1918
Joe Jaeger	Hampton, Iowa	12-13-1963	1920	1920
Dave Jolly	Durham, North Carolina	05-27-1963	1953	1957
Joe Judge	Washington, D.C.	03-11-1963	1915	1934
Ray Keating	Sacramento, California	12-28-1963	1912	1919
Ren Kelly	Millbrae, California	08-24-1963	1923	1923
Dickey Kerr	Houston, Texas	05-04-1963	1919	1925
Bill Kinsler	Miami Beach, Florida	08-10-1963	1893	1893
Bill Knickerbocker	Sebastopol, California	09-08-1963	1933	1942
Fritz Knothe	Passaic, New Jersey	03-27-1963	1932	1933
Earl Kunz	Sacramento, California	04-14-1963	1923	1923
Bill Lindsay	Greensboro, North Carolina	07-14-1963	1911	1911
Jim Lindsey	Jackson, Louisiana	10-25-1963	1922	1937
Lefty Lorenzen	Davenport, Iowa	03-05-1963	1913	1913
Harl Maggert	Fresno, California	01-07-1963	1907	1912
Lou Manske	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	04-27-1963	1906	1906
Paddy Mayes	Fayetteville, Arkansas	05-28-1963	1911	1911
Pryor McBee	Roseville, California	04-19-1963	1926	1926
Joe McDonald	Baytown, Texas	05-30-1963	1910	1910
Dinny McNamara	Arlington, Massachusetts	12-20-1963	1927	1928
Pat McNulty	Hollywood, California	05-04-1963	1922	1927
Lee Meadows	Daytona Beach, Florida	01-29-1963	1915	1929
Ski Melillo	Chicago, Illinois	11-14-1963	1926	1937
Irish Meusel	Long Beach, California	03-01-1963	1914	1927
Ray Miner	Glenridge, New York	09-15-1963	1921	1921
Clarence Mitchell	Grand Island, Nebraska	11-06-1963	1911	1932
Wilcy Moore	Hollis, Oklahoma	03-29-1963	1927	1933
Earl Moseley	Alliance, Ohio	07-01-1963	1913	1916
Charlie Mullen	Seattle, Washington	06-06-1963	1910	1916
Johnny Niggeling	LeMars, Iowa	09-16-1963	1938	1946
Rube Parnham	McKeesport, Pennsylvania	11-25-1963	1916	1917
Cy Perkins	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	10-02-1963	1915	1934
Ray Pierce	Denver, Colorado	05-04-1963	1924	1926
Emil Planeta	Rocky Hill, Connecticut	02-02-1963	1931	1931
Harlin Pool	Rodeo, California	02-15-1963	1934	1935
Nellie Pott	Cincinnati, Ohio	12-03-1963	1922	1922
Farmer Ray	Electra, Texas	03-11-1963	1910	1910
Arch Reilly	Columbus, Ohio	11-29-1963	1917	1917
Eppa Rixey	Cincinnati, Ohio	02-28-1963	1912	1933
Skipper Roberts	Long Beach, California	12-24-1963	1913	1914
Luther Roy	Grand Rapids, Michigan	07-24-1963	1924	1929
Muddy Ruel	Palo Alto, California	11-13-1963	1915	1934
Roy Sanders	Louisville, Kentucky	07-08-1963	1918	1920
Lefty Schegg	Niles, Ohio	02-27-1963	1912	1912
Dave Shean	Boston, Massachusetts	05-22-1963	1906	1919
Mike Simon	Los Angeles, California	06-10-1963	1909	1915
Earl Smith	Little Rock, Arkansas	06-08-1963	1919	1930
Pete Standridge	San Francisco, California	08-02-1963	1911	1915
Ray Starr	Baylis, Illinois	02-09-1963	1932	1945
Ernie Sulik	Oakland, California	05-31-1963	1936	1936
Myles Thomas	Toledo, Ohio	12-12-1963	1926	1930
Carl Thompson	La Jolla, California	01-16-1963	1912	1912
Lee Thompson	Santa Barbara, California	02-17-1963	1921	1921
Happy Townsend	Wilmington, Delaware	12-21-1963	1901	1906
Ossie Vitt	Oakland, California	01-31-1963	1912	1921
Tom Walsh	Naples, Florida	03-16-1963	1906	1906
Hi West	Los Angeles, California	05-25-1963	1905	1911
Jack White	Indianapolis, Indiana	09-30-1963	1904	1904
Jimmy Wiggs	Xenia, Ohio	01-20-1963	1903	1906
Harry Williams	Huntington Park, California	12-21-1963	1913	1914
Johnnie Williams	Long Beach, California	09-08-1963	1914	1914
Larry Woodall	Cambridge, Massachusetts	05-16-1963	1920	1929
Red Worthington	Sepulveda, California	12-08-1963	1931	1934
Jim Wright	Oakland, California	04-10-1963	1927	1928
Carl Zamloch	Santa Barbara, California	08-19-1963	1913	1913
Player	Died In	Date of Death	Debut Year	Final Year
Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1963

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