Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1966

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1966

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 1966 A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Grady Adkins	Little Rock, Arkansas	03-31-1966	1928	1929
Dick Barrett	Seattle, Washington	10-30-1966	1933	1945
Frank Bennett	Wilmington, Delaware	03-18-1966	1927	1928
Earl Blackburn	Mansfield, Ohio	08-03-1966	1912	1917
Bill Bolden	Jefferson City, Tennessee	12-08-1966	1919	1919
Luther Bonin	Sycamore, Ohio	01-03-1966	1913	1914
Garland Braxton	Norfolk, Virginia	02-25-1966	1921	1933
Rube Bressler	Cincinnati, Ohio	11-07-1966	1914	1932
Jumbo Brown	Freeport, New York	10-02-1966	1925	1941
George Burns	Gloversville, New York	08-15-1966	1911	1925
Joe Casey	Melrose, Massachusetts	06-02-1966	1909	1918
Pug Cavet	San Luis Obispo, California	08-04-1966	1911	1915
Rex Cecil	Long Beach, California	10-30-1966	1944	1945
Jack Coffey	Bronx, New York	02-14-1966	1909	1918
Ralph Comstock	Toledo, Ohio	09-13-1966	1913	1918
Tom Connolly	Boston, Massachusetts	05-14-1966	1915	1915
Dick Cox	Morro Bay, California	06-01-1966	1925	1926
Bill Cramer	Fort Wayne, Indiana	09-11-1966	1912	1912
Bill Cronin	Newton, Massachusetts	10-26-1966	1928	1931
Al DeVormer	Grand Rapids, Michigan	08-29-1966	1918	1927
Art Decatur	Talladega, Alabama	04-25-1966	1922	1927
Frank Delahanty	Cleveland, Ohio	07-22-1966	1905	1915
Flame Delhi	San Rafael, California	05-09-1966	1912	1912
Wheezer Dell	Lone Pine, California	08-24-1966	1912	1917
Sam Dodge	Utica, New York	04-05-1966	1921	1922
Pat Donahue	Springfield, Ohio	01-31-1966	1908	1910
Chuck Dressen	Detroit, Michigan	08-10-1966	1925	1933
Oscar Dugey	Dallas, Texas	01-01-1966	1913	1920
Bob Elliott	San Diego, California	05-04-1966	1939	1953
Cliff Fannin	Sandusky, Ohio	12-11-1966	1945	1952
Doc Farrell	Livingston, New Jersey	12-20-1966	1925	1935
Lou Finney	Lafayette, Alabama	04-22-1966	1931	1947
Pete Fox	Detroit, Michigan	07-05-1966	1933	1945
Fred Fussell	Syracuse, New York	10-23-1966	1922	1929
John Gaddy	Albemarle, North Carolina	05-03-1966	1938	1938
Gussie Gannon	Erie, Pennsylvania	04-12-1966	1895	1895
Chappie Geygan	Columbus, Ohio	03-15-1966	1924	1926
Patsy Gharrity	Beloit, Wisconsin	10-10-1966	1916	1930
Lee Gooch	Raleigh, North Carolina	05-18-1966	1915	1917
Hank Gowdy	Columbus, Ohio	08-01-1966	1910	1930
Al Grabowski	Memphis, New York	10-29-1966	1929	1930
Tom Gulley	St. Charles, Arkansas	11-24-1966	1923	1926
Harry Hanson	Savannah, Georgia	10-05-1966	1913	1913
Joe Harris	Melrose, Massachusetts	04-12-1966	1905	1907
Arnold Hauser	Aurora, Illinois	05-22-1966	1910	1915
Harry Hedgpeth	Richmond, Virginia	07-30-1966	1913	1913
Bernie Henderson	Linden, Texas	06-06-1966	1921	1921
Bill Henderson	Pensacola, Florida	10-06-1966	1930	1930
Elmer Johnson	Hollywood, Florida	10-31-1966	1914	1914
Sam Jones	Barnesville, Ohio	07-06-1966	1914	1935
Maury Kent	Iowa City, Iowa	04-19-1966	1912	1913
Marty Krug	Glendale, California	06-27-1966	1912	1922
Mike Loan	Springfield, Pennsylvania	11-12-1966	1912	1912
Lee Magee	Columbus, Ohio	03-14-1966	1911	1919
Rolla Mapel	San Diego, California	04-06-1966	1919	1919
Bill McCabe	Chicago, Illinois	09-02-1966	1918	1920
Ralph McConnaughey	Detroit, Michigan	06-04-1966	1914	1914
Stover McIlwain	Buffalo, New York	01-15-1966	1957	1958
Marty McManus	St. Louis, Missouri	02-18-1966	1920	1934
Tommy McMillan	Orlando, Florida	07-15-1966	1908	1912
Herb McQuaid	Richmond, California	04-04-1966	1923	1926
Bing Miller	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	05-07-1966	1921	1936
Hack Miller	Dallas, Texas	11-21-1966	1944	1945
Mike Milosevich	East Chicago, Indiana	02-04-1966	1944	1945
Roy Moran	Atlanta, Georgia	07-18-1966	1912	1912
Lew Moren	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	11-02-1966	1903	1910
Bill Morrisette	Virginia Beach, Virginia	03-25-1966	1915	1920
Johnny Morrison	Louisville, Kentucky	03-20-1966	1920	1930
Jake Munch	Lansdowne, Pennsylvania	06-08-1966	1918	1918
Rollie Naylor	Fort Worth, Texas	06-18-1966	1917	1924
Tacks Neuer	Northumberland, Pennsylvania	01-14-1966	1907	1907
Joel Newkirk	Eldorado, Illinois	01-22-1966	1919	1920
Jack Niemes	Hamilton, Ohio	03-04-1966	1943	1943
George O'Brien	Columbus, Ohio	03-24-1966	1915	1915
Gene Paulette	Little Rock, Arkansas	02-08-1966	1911	1920
Alex Pearson	Rochester, Pennsylvania	10-30-1966	1902	1903
Jack Peerson	Ft. Walton Beach, Florida	10-23-1966	1935	1936
Parson Perryman	Starke, Florida	09-12-1966	1915	1915
Jesse Purnell	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	07-04-1966	1904	1904
Finners Quinlan	Scranton, Pennsylvania	02-17-1966	1913	1915
Goldie Rapp	LaMesa, California	07-01-1966	1921	1923
Andy Reese	Tupelo, Mississippi	01-10-1966	1927	1930
Aaron Robinson	Lancaster, South Carolina	03-09-1966	1943	1951
Ray Rolling	St. Paul, Minnesota	08-25-1966	1912	1912
Jack Rowan	Dayton, Ohio	09-29-1966	1906	1914
William Rumler	Lincoln, Nebraska	05-26-1966	1914	1917
Bobby Schang	Sacramento, California	08-29-1966	1914	1927
Red Smith	Atlanta, Georgia	10-11-1966	1911	1919
Mose Solomon	Miami, Florida	06-25-1966	1923	1923
Elmer Steele	Rhinebeck, New York	03-09-1966	1907	1911
Jim Stevens	Baltimore, Maryland	09-25-1966	1914	1914
Lil Stoner	Enid, Oklahoma	06-26-1966	1922	1931
Bill Stumpf	Crownsville, Maryland	02-14-1966	1912	1913
John Sullivan	Milton, Pennsylvania	04-01-1966	1920	1921
Homer Summa	Los Angeles, California	01-29-1966	1920	1930
Bob Swift	Detroit, Michigan	10-17-1966	1940	1953
Mike Tresh	Detroit, Michigan	10-04-1966	1938	1949
Hippo Vaughn	Chicago, Illinois	05-29-1966	1908	1921
Rip Vowinkel	Oswego, New York	07-13-1966	1905	1905
Bill Walker	East St. Louis, Illinois	06-14-1966	1927	1936
Walt Walsh	Avon By The Sea, New Jersey	01-15-1966	1920	1920
Dick Ward	Freeland, Washington	05-30-1966	1934	1935
Denney Wilie	Hayward, California	06-20-1966	1911	1915
Rinaldo Williams	Cottonwood, Arizona	04-24-1966	1914	1914
Joe Willis	Ironton, Ohio	12-04-1966	1911	1913
Frank Withrow	Omaha, Nebraska	09-05-1966	1920	1922
Elmer Yoter	Camp Hill, Pennsylvania	07-26-1966	1921	1928
Herman Young	Ipswich, Massachusetts	12-13-1966	1911	1911
Sam Zoldak	New Hyde Park, New York	08-25-1966	1944	1952
Player	Died In	Date of Death	Debut Year	Final Year
Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1966

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