Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1971

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1971

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 1971 A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Joe Agler	Massillon, Ohio	04-26-1971	1912	1915
Clyde Barfoot	Highland Park, California	03-11-1971	1922	1926
Les Barnhart	Scottsdale, Arizona	10-07-1971	1928	1930
Ralph Birkofer	Cincinnati, Ohio	03-16-1971	1933	1937
Jack Boyle	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	04-03-1971	1912	1912
Norm Branch	Navasota, Texas	11-21-1971	1941	1942
Bert Brenner	St. Louis Park, Minnesota	04-11-1971	1912	1912
Bobby Burke	Joliet, Illinois	02-08-1971	1927	1937
Mitch Chetkovich	Grass Valley, California	08-24-1971	1945	1945
Lou Chiozza	Memphis, Tennessee	02-28-1971	1934	1939
Bill Clarkson	Raleigh, North Carolina	08-27-1971	1927	1929
Dave Coble	Orlando, Florida	10-15-1971	1939	1939
Bruce Connatser	Terre Haute, Indiana	01-27-1971	1931	1932
Cliff Daringer	Sacramento, California	12-26-1971	1914	1914
Artie Dede	Keene, New Hampshire	09-06-1971	1916	1916
Shorty Dee	Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts	08-12-1971	1915	1915
Jack Doscher	Park Ridge, New Jersey	05-27-1971	1903	1908
Bill Dreesen	Mt. Vernon, New York	11-09-1971	1931	1931
George Dunlop	Meriden, Connecticut	12-12-1971	1913	1914
Cedric Durst	San Diego, California	02-16-1971	1922	1930
Eddie Edmonson	Leesburg, Florida	05-10-1971	1913	1913
Elmer Eggert	Rochester, New York	04-09-1971	1927	1927
Chester Emerson	Augusta, Maine	07-02-1971	1911	1912
Howard Fahey	Clearwater, Florida	10-24-1971	1912	1912
Ed Fallenstein	Orange, New Jersey	11-24-1971	1931	1933
Joe Fautsch	New Hope, Minnesota	03-16-1971	1916	1916
Tom Fitzsimmons	Oakland, California	12-20-1971	1919	1919
Elmer Flick	Bedford, Ohio	01-09-1971	1898	1910
Goose Goslin	Bridgeton, New Jersey	05-15-1971	1921	1938
Bert Graham	Cottonwood, Arizona	06-19-1971	1910	1910
Charlie Grover	Emmett Township, Michigan	05-24-1971	1913	1913
Charlie Harding	Bold Spring, Tennessee	10-30-1971	1913	1913
Slim Harrell	Hillsboro, Texas	04-30-1971	1912	1912
Mickey Harris	Farmington, Michigan	04-15-1971	1940	1952
Joe Hassler	Duncan, Oklahoma	09-04-1971	1928	1930
Myril Hoag	High Springs, Florida	07-28-1971	1931	1945
Bill Holden	Pensacola, Florida	09-14-1971	1913	1914
Chuck Hostetler	Fort Collins, Colorado	02-18-1971	1944	1945
Bill James	Oroville, California	03-10-1971	1913	1919
Sam Jones	Morgantown, West Virginia	11-05-1971	1951	1964
Wally Judnich	Glendale, California	07-12-1971	1940	1949
Bill Kellogg	Baltimore, Maryland	12-12-1971	1914	1914
Walt Kinney	Escondido, California	07-01-1971	1918	1923
Mike Konnick	Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	07-09-1971	1909	1910
Andy Kyle	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	09-06-1971	1912	1912
Ed Lafitte	Jenkintown, Pennsylvania	04-12-1971	1909	1915
Frank Lamanske	Olney, Illinois	08-04-1971	1935	1935
Erv Lange	Maywood, Illinois	04-24-1971	1914	1914
Chick Lathers	Petoskey, Michigan	07-26-1971	1910	1911
Dud Lee	Denver, Colorado	01-07-1971	1920	1926
Joe Lotz	Castro Valley, California	01-01-1971	1916	1916
Bill Mack	Elmira, New York	09-30-1971	1908	1908
Frank Mack	Clearwater, Florida	07-02-1971	1922	1925
Cy Malis	North Hollywood, California	01-12-1971	1934	1934
Heinie Manush	Sarasota, Florida	05-12-1971	1923	1939
Mike Massey	Shreveport, Louisiana	10-17-1971	1917	1917
Carl Mays	El Cajon, California	04-04-1971	1915	1929
Jeff McCleskey	Americus, Georgia	05-11-1971	1913	1913
Jim McCloskey	Jersey City, New Jersey	08-18-1971	1936	1936
Polly McLarry	Bonham, Texas	11-04-1971	1912	1915
Earl McNeely	Sacramento, California	07-16-1971	1924	1931
Rube Melton	Greer, South Carolina	09-11-1971	1941	1947
Bud Messenger	Lansing, Michigan	11-04-1971	1924	1924
Chief Meyers	San Bernardino, California	07-25-1971	1909	1917
Hack Miller	Oakland, California	09-17-1971	1916	1925
Walter Mueller	St. Louis, Missouri	08-16-1971	1922	1926
Billy Mullen	St. Louis, Missouri	05-04-1971	1920	1928
Judge Nagle	Santa Rosa, California	05-26-1971	1911	1911
Ron Northey	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	04-16-1971	1942	1957
Dink O'Brien	Monterey Park, California	11-04-1971	1923	1923
Walter Ockey	Staten Island, New York	12-04-1971	1944	1944
Roberto Ortiz	Miami, Florida	09-15-1971	1941	1950
Joe Palmisano	Albuquerque, New Mexico	11-05-1971	1931	1931
Steve Partenheimer	Mansfield, Ohio	06-16-1971	1913	1913
Harry Pattee	Lynchburg, Virginia	07-17-1971	1908	1908
Rusty Pence	Hot Springs, Arkansas	08-11-1971	1921	1921
Jesse Petty	St. Paul, Minnesota	10-23-1971	1921	1930
Ray Phelps	Fort Pierce, Florida	07-07-1971	1930	1936
Johnny Podgajny	Chester, Pennsylvania	03-02-1971	1940	1946
Irv Porter	Lynn, Massachusetts	02-20-1971	1914	1914
Sam Post	Portsmouth, Virginia	03-31-1971	1922	1922
Doc Prothro	Memphis, Tennessee	10-14-1971	1920	1926
Troy Puckett	Winchester, Indiana	04-13-1971	1911	1911
Hal Rhyne	Orangevale, California	01-07-1971	1926	1933
Harry Rice	Portland, Oregon	01-01-1971	1923	1933
Mike Ryba	Brookline Station, Missouri	12-13-1971	1935	1946
Gus Salve	Providence, Rhode Island	03-29-1971	1908	1908
Ferdie Schupp	Los Angeles, California	12-16-1971	1913	1922
Tripp Sigman	Augusta, Georgia	03-08-1971	1929	1930
Vern Spencer	Wixom, Michigan	06-03-1971	1920	1920
Harry Suter	Topeka, Kansas	07-24-1971	1909	1909
Tommy Thompson	Auburn, California	05-24-1971	1933	1939
Woody Upchurch	Buies Creek, North Carolina	10-23-1971	1935	1936
Murray Wall	Lone Oak, Texas	10-08-1971	1950	1959
Dee Walsh	St. Louis, Missouri	07-14-1971	1913	1915
Ed Weiland	Chicago, Illinois	07-12-1971	1940	1942
Tony Welzer	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	03-18-1971	1926	1927
Max West	Houston, Texas	04-25-1971	1928	1929
Jack White	Flushing, New York	06-19-1971	1927	1928
Lefty Wolf	New Orleans, Louisiana	09-25-1971	1921	1921
Harry Wolfe	Fort Wayne, Indiana	07-28-1971	1917	1917
Steve Yerkes	Lansdale, Pennsylvania	01-31-1971	1909	1916
Player	Died In	Date of Death	Debut Year	Final Year
Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1971

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