Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1965

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1965

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 1965 A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Nick Altrock	Washington, D.C.	01-20-1965	1898	1933
Jimmy Austin	Laguna Beach, California	03-06-1965	1909	1929
Walter Barbare	Greenville, South Carolina	10-28-1965	1914	1922
Frank Barberich	Ocala, Florida	05-01-1965	1907	1910
Bill Bartley	Cincinnati, Ohio	05-17-1965	1903	1907
Jim Battle	Chico, California	09-30-1965	1927	1927
Hugh Bedient	Jamestown, New York	07-21-1965	1912	1915
Bruno Betzel	West Hollywood, Florida	02-07-1965	1914	1918
Harry Biemiller	Orlando, Florida	05-25-1965	1920	1925
Steve Biras	St. Louis, Missouri	04-21-1965	1944	1944
Fritz Brickell	Wichita, Kansas	10-15-1965	1958	1961
Bill Brinker	Arcadia, California	02-05-1965	1912	1912
Bill Brown	Lubbock, Texas	05-13-1965	1912	1912
Pat Burke	St. Louis, Missouri	07-07-1965	1924	1924
Jack Calvo	Miami, Florida	06-15-1965	1913	1920
Pep Clark	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	06-08-1965	1903	1903
Willis Cole	Madison, Wisconsin	10-11-1965	1909	1910
Frank Crossin	Kingston, Pennsylvania	12-06-1965	1912	1914
Jay Dahl	Salisbury, North Carolina	06-21-1965	1963	1963
Curt Davis	Covina, California	10-12-1965	1934	1946
Delos Drake	Findlay, Ohio	10-03-1965	1911	1915
John Dudra	Pana, Illinois	10-24-1965	1941	1941
Jim Joe Edwards	Sarepta, Mississippi	01-19-1965	1922	1928
Ike Eichrodt	Indianapolis, Indiana	07-14-1965	1925	1931
Eric Erickson	Jamestown, New York	05-19-1965	1914	1922
Harry Fanwell	Baltimore, Maryland	07-15-1965	1910	1910
Sam Fishburn	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	04-11-1965	1919	1919
Clarence Fisher	Point Pleasant, West Virginia	11-02-1965	1919	1920
Charlie Fitzberger	Baltimore, Maryland	01-25-1965	1928	1928
Ed Fitzpatrick	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	10-23-1965	1915	1917
Lee Fohl	Cleveland, Ohio	10-30-1965	1902	1903
Frank Fuller	Warren, Michigan	10-29-1965	1915	1923
Larry Gilbert	New Orleans, Louisiana	02-17-1965	1914	1915
Ralph Good	Waterville, Maine	11-24-1965	1910	1910
Moonlight Graham	Chisholm, Minnesota	08-25-1965	1905	1905
Dave Gregg	Clarkston, Washington	11-12-1965	1913	1913
Bill Harris	Indian Trail, North Carolina	08-21-1965	1923	1938
Lefty Herring	Massapequa, New York	02-11-1965	1899	1904
Bill Hollahan	New York, New York	11-27-1965	1920	1920
Wally Hood	Hollywood, California	05-02-1965	1920	1922
Joe Hoover	Los Angeles, California	09-02-1965	1943	1945
Bill Hopper	Allen Park, Michigan	01-14-1965	1913	1915
Clarence Huber	Laredo, Texas	02-22-1965	1920	1926
Johnny Humphries	New Orleans, Louisiana	06-24-1965	1938	1946
Larry Jacobus	North College Hill, Ohio	08-19-1965	1918	1918
Walt Johnson	Minneapolis, Minnesota	01-14-1965	1912	1917
Phil Ketter	St. Louis, Missouri	04-09-1965	1912	1912
Rudy Kneisch	Baltimore, Maryland	04-06-1965	1926	1926
John Knight	Walnut Creek, California	12-19-1965	1905	1913
Cliff Knox	Oskaloosa, Iowa	09-24-1965	1924	1924
Brad Kocher	White Haven, Pennsylvania	01-13-1965	1912	1916
Ray Kremer	Pinole, California	02-08-1965	1924	1933
Bill Lauterborn	Andover, New York	04-19-1965	1904	1905
Otis Lawry	China, Maine	10-23-1965	1916	1917
Rudy Leopold	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	09-03-1965	1928	1928
Harry Lunte	St. Louis, Missouri	07-27-1965	1919	1920
Al Lyons	Inglewood, California	12-20-1965	1944	1948
Harvey MacDonald	Manoa, Pennsylvania	10-04-1965	1928	1928
Alex Main	Royal Oak, Michigan	12-29-1965	1914	1918
Frank Manush	Laguna Beach, California	01-05-1965	1908	1908
Pepper Martin	McAlester, Oklahoma	03-05-1965	1928	1944
Wid Matthews	Hollywood, California	10-05-1965	1923	1925
Jerry McCarthy	Oceanside, New York	10-03-1965	1948	1948
Bill McKechnie	Bradenton, Florida	10-29-1965	1907	1920
Mike McNally	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	05-29-1965	1915	1925
Johnny Mitchell	Birmingham, Michigan	11-04-1965	1921	1925
Hy Myers	Minerva, Ohio	05-01-1965	1909	1925
Lou Nagelsen	Fort Wayne, Indiana	10-21-1965	1912	1912
Dick Newsome	Ahoskie, North Carolina	12-15-1965	1941	1943
Pete Noonan	Great Barrington, Massachusetts	02-11-1965	1904	1907
Ted Odenwald	Shakopee, Minnesota	10-23-1965	1921	1922
Ivy Olson	Inglewood, California	09-01-1965	1911	1924
Fred Ostendorf	Kecoughtan, Virginia	03-02-1965	1914	1914
Frank Papish	Pueblo, Colorado	08-30-1965	1945	1950
Mike Pasquella	Bridgeport, Connecticut	04-05-1965	1919	1919
Rube Peters	Pompton Plains, New Jersey	02-07-1965	1912	1914
Wally Pipp	Grand Rapids, Michigan	01-11-1965	1913	1928
Stan Pitula	Hackensack, New Jersey	08-15-1965	1957	1957
Lee Quillin	St. Paul, Minnesota	05-14-1965	1906	1907
Branch Rickey	Columbia, Missouri	12-09-1965	1905	1914
Jimmy Ring	New York, New York	07-06-1965	1917	1928
Tink Riviere	Liberty, Texas	09-27-1965	1921	1925
Hank Robinson	North Little Rock, Arkansas	07-03-1965	1911	1918
Ed Roetz	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	03-16-1965	1929	1929
Wally Schang	St. Louis, Missouri	03-06-1965	1913	1931
Socks Seibold	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	09-21-1965	1915	1933
Ed Sherling	Enterprise, Alabama	11-16-1965	1924	1924
Chick Shorten	Scranton, Pennsylvania	10-23-1965	1915	1924
Bob Smith	West Los Angeles, California	12-27-1965	1913	1915
George Smith	Greenwich, Connecticut	01-07-1965	1916	1923
Jock Somerlott	Butler, Indiana	04-21-1965	1910	1911
Jim Stephens	Oxford, Alabama	01-02-1965	1907	1912
Dutch Sterrett	Baltimore, Maryland	12-09-1965	1912	1913
Guy Sturdy	Marshall, Texas	05-04-1965	1927	1928
Billy Sullivan	Newberg, Oregon	01-28-1965	1899	1916
Chick Tolson	Washington, D.C.	04-16-1965	1925	1930
Ira Townsend	Schulenburg, Texas	07-21-1965	1920	1921
Harry Trekell	Spokane, Washington	11-04-1965	1913	1913
Maurice Van Robays	Detroit, Michigan	03-01-1965	1939	1946
Bobby Vaughn	Seattle, Washington	04-11-1965	1909	1915
Dixie Walker	Leeds, Alabama	11-14-1965	1909	1912
Ernie Walker	Pell City, Alabama	04-01-1965	1913	1915
Paul Waner	Sarasota, Florida	08-29-1965	1926	1945
Dick Wantz	Inglewood, California	05-13-1965	1965	1965
Johnny Watson	Huntington, West Virginia	04-29-1965	1930	1930
Earl Webb	Jamestown, Tennessee	05-23-1965	1925	1933
Bert Whaling	Sawtelle, California	01-21-1965	1913	1915
Walt Whittaker	Pembroke, Massachusetts	08-07-1965	1916	1916
Jimmy Williams	St. Petersburg, Florida	01-16-1965	1899	1909
Ralph Young	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	01-24-1965	1913	1922
Player	Died In	Date of Death	Debut Year	Final Year
Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1965

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