Yogi Berra was looking up at the scoreboard on Old Timers' Day, saw the list of Yankee greats who had recently died, and said, "Boy, I hope I never see my name up there." The research below, by Baseball Almanac, allows you to "check the scoreboard" and see every ballplayer who died during any given year.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The list of baseball players who died are sorted by default in alphabetical order, using the player's last name. However, you can sort the data to meet your needs. Click where it says "Died In" and the data will be sorted by the place of death. Click "Date of Death" and see it listed chronologically, for the given year. Debut Year and Final Year (in the majors) are also sortable.
"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)
Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1976MLB Players Who Died in 1976 | Return To Players by Year of Death |
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Player | Died In | Date of Death | Debut Year | Final Year |
George Aiton | North Hollywood, California | 08-16-1976 | 1912 | 1912 |
John Andre | Centerville, Massachusetts | 11-25-1976 | 1955 | 1955 |
Chick Autry | Santa Rosa, California | 01-16-1976 | 1907 | 1909 |
Fred Baczewski | Culver City, California | 11-14-1976 | 1953 | 1955 |
Bill Bagwell | Choudrant, Louisiana | 10-05-1976 | 1923 | 1925 |
Al Baird | Shreveport, Louisiana | 11-27-1976 | 1917 | 1919 |
Jesse Baker | West Los Angeles, California | 07-29-1976 | 1919 | 1919 |
Dan Bankhead | Houston, Texas | 05-02-1976 | 1947 | 1951 |
Joe Berry | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 04-29-1976 | 1921 | 1922 |
Linc Blakely | Oakland, California | 09-28-1976 | 1934 | 1934 |
John Bottarini | Jemez Springs, New Mexico | 10-08-1976 | 1937 | 1937 |
Frank Brazill | Oakland, California | 11-03-1976 | 1921 | 1922 |
Mandy Brooks | Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin | 12-06-1976 | 1925 | 1926 |
Max Carey | Miami, Florida | 05-30-1976 | 1910 | 1929 |
Blackie Carter | Greenville, South Carolina | 09-10-1976 | 1925 | 1926 |
Paul Chervinko | Danville, Illinois | 06-03-1976 | 1937 | 1938 |
Mark Christman | St. Louis, Missouri | 10-09-1976 | 1938 | 1949 |
Earle Combs | Richmond, Kentucky | 07-21-1976 | 1924 | 1935 |
Bob Cooney | Glens Falls, New York | 05-04-1976 | 1931 | 1932 |
Chet Covington | Pembroke Park, Florida | 06-11-1976 | 1944 | 1944 |
Ken Crawford | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 11-11-1976 | 1915 | 1915 |
Buddy Crump | Raleigh, North Carolina | 09-26-1976 | 1924 | 1924 |
Press Cruthers | Kenosha, Wisconsin | 12-27-1976 | 1913 | 1914 |
Bud Culloton | Kingston, New York | 11-09-1976 | 1925 | 1926 |
Claude Davenport | Nueces County, Texas | 06-13-1976 | 1920 | 1920 |
George Dickey | DeWitt, Arkansas | 06-16-1976 | 1935 | 1947 |
Blix Donnelly | Olivia, Minnesota | 06-20-1976 | 1944 | 1951 |
Ed Durham | Chester, South Carolina | 04-27-1976 | 1929 | 1933 |
Jimmy Dykes | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 06-15-1976 | 1918 | 1939 |
George Earnshaw | Little Rock, Arkansas | 12-01-1976 | 1928 | 1936 |
Gene Elliott | Huntingdon, Pennsylvania | 01-05-1976 | 1911 | 1911 |
Joe Erautt | Portland, Oregon | 10-06-1976 | 1950 | 1951 |
Homer Ezzell | San Antonio, Texas | 08-03-1976 | 1923 | 1925 |
Red Faber | Chicago, Illinois | 09-25-1976 | 1914 | 1933 |
Pete Falsey | Los Angeles, California | 05-23-1976 | 1914 | 1914 |
Vern Fear | Spencer, Iowa | 09-06-1976 | 1952 | 1952 |
Alex Ferguson | Sepulveda, California | 04-26-1976 | 1918 | 1929 |
Wes Ferrell | Sarasota, Florida | 12-09-1976 | 1927 | 1941 |
Rube Foster | Bokoshe, Oklahoma | 03-01-1976 | 1913 | 1917 |
Marion Fricano | Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico | 05-18-1976 | 1952 | 1955 |
Milt Galatzer | San Francisco, California | 01-29-1976 | 1933 | 1939 |
Bert Gallia | Devine, Texas | 03-19-1976 | 1912 | 1920 |
Larry Gardner | St. George, Vermont | 03-11-1976 | 1908 | 1924 |
Eusebio Gonzalez | Havana, Cuba | 02-14-1976 | 1918 | 1918 |
Ned Harris | West Palm Beach, Florida | 12-18-1976 | 1941 | 1946 |
Ziggy Hasbrouck | Garland, Texas | 02-09-1976 | 1916 | 1917 |
Bud Heine | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 09-02-1976 | 1921 | 1921 |
Les Hennessey | New York, New York | 11-20-1976 | 1913 | 1913 |
Jim Henry | Memphis, Tennessee | 08-15-1976 | 1936 | 1939 |
Les Howe | Woodmere, New York | 07-16-1976 | 1923 | 1924 |
Bill Hunnefield | Nantucket, Massachusetts | 08-28-1976 | 1926 | 1931 |
Walt Irwin | Spring Lake, Michigan | 08-18-1976 | 1921 | 1921 |
John Karst | Cape May Court House, New Jersey | 05-21-1976 | 1915 | 1915 |
Vic Keen | Salisbury, Maryland | 12-10-1976 | 1918 | 1927 |
Frank Kellert | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 11-19-1976 | 1953 | 1956 |
Ed Kinsella | Bloomington, Illinois | 01-17-1976 | 1905 | 1910 |
Lou Klein | Metairie, Louisiana | 06-20-1976 | 1943 | 1951 |
Jack Knight | San Antonio, Texas | 07-30-1976 | 1922 | 1927 |
Jim Konstanty | Oneonta, New York | 06-11-1976 | 1944 | 1956 |
Jack Kraus | San Antonio, Texas | 01-02-1976 | 1943 | 1946 |
Ernie Krueger | Waukegan, Illinois | 04-22-1976 | 1913 | 1925 |
Dick Lajeskie | Ramsey, New Jersey | 08-15-1976 | 1946 | 1946 |
Al Lakeman | Spartanburg, South Carolina | 05-25-1976 | 1942 | 1954 |
Otis Lambeth | Moran, Kansas | 06-05-1976 | 1916 | 1918 |
King Lear | Waynesboro, Pennsylvania | 10-31-1976 | 1914 | 1915 |
Regis Leheny | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 11-02-1976 | 1932 | 1932 |
Walt Lynch | Daytona Beach, Florida | 12-21-1976 | 1922 | 1922 |
Duke Maas | Mount Clemens, Michigan | 12-07-1976 | 1955 | 1961 |
Harry Malmberg | San Francisco, California | 10-29-1976 | 1955 | 1955 |
Paul Maloy | Sandusky, Ohio | 03-18-1976 | 1913 | 1913 |
Firpo Marberry | Mexia, Texas | 06-30-1976 | 1923 | 1936 |
Mike McCormick | Los Angeles, California | 04-13-1976 | 1940 | 1951 |
Mike Meola | Fair Lawn, New Jersey | 09-01-1976 | 1933 | 1936 |
Dee Miles | Birmingham, Alabama | 11-02-1976 | 1935 | 1943 |
Johnny Miljus | Fort Harrison, Montana | 02-11-1976 | 1915 | 1929 |
Monroe Mitchell | Valdosta, Georgia | 09-04-1976 | 1923 | 1923 |
Bill Mizeur | Decatur, Illinois | 08-27-1976 | 1923 | 1924 |
Eddie Moore | Fort Myers, Florida | 02-10-1976 | 1923 | 1934 |
Bob Moose | Martins Ferry, Ohio | 10-09-1976 | 1967 | 1976 |
Freddie Muller | Davis, California | 10-20-1976 | 1933 | 1934 |
Walter Murphy | Houston, Texas | 03-23-1976 | 1931 | 1931 |
Danny Murtaugh | Chester, Pennsylvania | 12-02-1976 | 1941 | 1951 |
Elmer Myers | Collingswood, New Jersey | 07-29-1976 | 1915 | 1922 |
Ernie Nevers | Greenbrae, California | 05-03-1976 | 1926 | 1928 |
Floyd Newkirk | Clayton, Missouri | 04-15-1976 | 1934 | 1934 |
Jimmy O'Connell | Bakersfield, California | 11-11-1976 | 1923 | 1924 |
Jim O'Neill | Chambersburg, Pennsylvania | 09-05-1976 | 1920 | 1923 |
Prince Oana | Austin, Texas | 06-19-1976 | 1934 | 1945 |
Harry Otis | Teaneck, New Jersey | 01-29-1976 | 1909 | 1909 |
Johnny Pasek | Niagara Falls, New York | 03-13-1976 | 1933 | 1934 |
Al Platte | Grand Rapids, Michigan | 08-29-1976 | 1913 | 1913 |
Rip Russell | Los Alamitos, California | 09-26-1976 | 1939 | 1947 |
Heinie Scheer | New Haven, Connecticut | 03-21-1976 | 1922 | 1923 |
Carey Selph | Houston, Texas | 02-24-1976 | 1929 | 1932 |
John Shovlin | Bethesda, Maryland | 02-16-1976 | 1911 | 1920 |
Eddie Silber | Dunedin, Florida | 10-26-1976 | 1937 | 1939 |
Bill Skiff | Bronxville, New York | 12-25-1976 | 1921 | 1926 |
Ed Sperber | Cincinnati, Ohio | 01-05-1976 | 1924 | 1925 |
Dwight Stone | Glendale, California | 06-03-1976 | 1913 | 1914 |
Danny Thompson | Rochester, Minnesota | 12-10-1976 | 1970 | 1976 |
Bert Tooley | Marshall, Michigan | 08-17-1976 | 1911 | 1912 |
Leo Townsend | Mobile, Alabama | 12-03-1976 | 1920 | 1921 |
Ken Trinkle | Paoli, Indiana | 05-10-1976 | 1943 | 1949 |
Elmer Tutwiler | Pensacola, Florida | 05-03-1976 | 1928 | 1928 |
Johnny Walker | Hollywood, Florida | 08-19-1976 | 1919 | 1921 |
Lon Warneke | Hot Springs, Arkansas | 06-23-1976 | 1930 | 1945 |
Player | Died In | Date of Death | Debut Year | Final Year |
MLB Players Who Died in 1976 | Research by Baseball Almanac |
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