Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1979

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)
Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1979

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Jerry Akers Bay Pines, Florida 05-15-1979 1912 1912
Ed Albrecht Centreville, Illinois 12-29-1979 1949 1950
Dale Alexander Greeneville, Tennessee 03-02-1979 1929 1933
Elbert Andrews Greenwood, South Carolina 11-25-1979 1925 1925
Ken Ash Clarksburg, West Virginia 11-15-1979 1925 1930
Johnny Bassler Santa Monica, California 06-29-1979 1913 1927
Lou Bauer Pomona, New Jersey 02-04-1979 1918 1918
Johnny Berger Lake Charles, Louisiana 05-07-1979 1922 1927
Ray Blades Lincoln, Illinois 05-18-1979 1922 1932
Cliff Bolton Lexington, North Carolina 04-21-1979 1931 1941
Abe Bowman Longview, Texas 10-11-1979 1914 1915
Herb Bremer Columbus, Georgia 11-28-1979 1937 1939
Bill Brenzel Oakland, California 06-12-1979 1932 1935
Hank Butcher Hazel Crest, Illinois 12-28-1979 1911 1912
Milt Byrnes St. Louis, Missouri 02-01-1979 1943 1945
Lew Carpenter Marietta, Georgia 04-25-1979 1943 1943
Virgil Cheeves Dallas, Texas 05-05-1979 1920 1927
Bob Chesnes Everett, Washington 05-23-1979 1948 1950
Joe Conzelman Mountain Brook, Alabama 04-17-1979 1913 1915
Sam Dailey Columbia, Missouri 12-02-1979 1929 1929
Bill DeKoning Palm Harbor, Florida 07-26-1979 1945 1945
Charlie Deal Covina, California 09-16-1979 1912 1921
Lindsay Deal Little Rock, Arkansas 04-18-1979 1939 1939
Bert Delmas Huntington Beach, California 12-04-1979 1933 1933
Pedro Dibut Hialeah, Florida 12-04-1979 1924 1925
Luke Easter Euclid, Ohio 03-29-1979 1949 1954
Sam Edmonston Corpus Christi, Texas 04-12-1979 1907 1907
Allen Elliott St. Louis, Missouri 05-06-1979 1923 1924
Al Evans Wilson, North Carolina 04-06-1979 1939 1951
Freddie Fitzsimmons Yucca Valley, California 11-18-1979 1925 1943
Nemo Gaines Warrenton, Virginia 01-26-1979 1921 1921
Alex Gaston Marina del Rey, California 02-08-1979 1920 1929
Norman Glaser Parma, Ohio 05-27-1979 1920 1920
Fred Graf Chattanooga, Tennessee 10-04-1979 1913 1913
Stan Hack Dixon, Illinois 12-15-1979 1932 1947
Hinkey Haines Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania 01-09-1979 1923 1923
Charlie Hargreaves Neptune, New Jersey 05-09-1979 1923 1930
Andy Harrington Boise, Idaho 01-26-1979 1925 1925
Mel Ingram Medford, Oregon 10-28-1979 1929 1929
Sig Jakucki Galveston, Texas 05-28-1979 1936 1945
Tom Jenkins Weymouth, Massachusetts 05-03-1979 1925 1932
Percy Jones Dallas, Texas 03-18-1979 1920 1930
Rick Joseph Santiago, Santiago, Dominican Republic 09-08-1979 1964 1970
Rudy Kallio Newport, Oregon 04-06-1979 1918 1925
Frankie Kelleher Stockton, California 04-13-1979 1942 1943
Ed Klieman Homosassa, Florida 11-15-1979 1943 1950
Clyde Kluttz Salisbury, North Carolina 05-12-1979 1942 1952
Wally Kopf Hamilton County, Ohio 04-30-1979 1921 1921
Fred Koster St. Matthews, Kentucky 04-24-1979 1931 1931
Sam Leslie Pascagoula, Mississippi 01-21-1979 1929 1938
Duffy Lewis Salem, New Hampshire 06-17-1979 1910 1921
Tom Lovelace Dallas, Texas 07-12-1979 1922 1922
Pat Maloney Pawtucket, Rhode Island 06-27-1979 1912 1912
Fred Martin Chicago, Illinois 06-11-1979 1946 1950
Marty McHale Hempstead, New York 05-07-1979 1910 1916
Jim Mooney Johnson City, Tennessee 04-27-1979 1931 1934
Jim Mosolf Dallas, Oregon 12-28-1979 1929 1933
Thurman Munson Green Township, Summit County, Ohio 08-02-1979 1969 1979
Bobby Murray Nashua, New Hampshire 01-04-1979 1923 1923
Johnny Priest Washington, D.C. 11-04-1979 1911 1912
Earl Pruess Branson, Missouri 08-28-1979 1920 1920
Lou Raymond Rochester, New York 05-02-1979 1919 1919
Charlie Ripple Wilmington, North Carolina 05-06-1979 1944 1946
Bunny Roser Rocky Hill, Connecticut 05-06-1979 1922 1922
Morrie Schick Hazel Crest, Illinois 10-25-1979 1917 1917
Bill Schindler Perryville, Missouri 02-06-1979 1920 1920
Bob Schultz Nashville, Tennessee 03-31-1979 1951 1955
Harry Simpson Akron, Ohio 04-03-1979 1951 1959
Bud Sketchley Los Angeles, California 12-19-1979 1942 1942
Cy Slapnicka Cedar Rapids, Iowa 10-20-1979 1911 1918
Scottie Slayback Cincinnati, Ohio 11-30-1979 1926 1926
Joe Smaza Royal Oak, Michigan 05-30-1979 1946 1946
Vinnie Smith Virginia Beach, Virginia 12-14-1979 1941 1946
Ed Stauffer St. Petersburg, Florida 07-02-1979 1923 1925
Bill Steen Signal Hill, California 03-13-1979 1912 1915
Amos Strunk Llanerch, Pennsylvania 07-22-1979 1908 1924
Dizzy Sutherland Washington, D.C. 08-26-1979 1949 1949
Yank Terry Bloomington, Indiana 11-04-1979 1940 1945
Forrest Thompson Charlotte, North Carolina 02-26-1979 1948 1949
Red Tramback Albany, New York 12-28-1979 1940 1940
Hal Trosky Cedar Rapids, Iowa 06-18-1979 1933 1946
Bill Vargus Hyannis, Massachusetts 02-12-1979 1925 1926
Hal Wagner Riverside, New Jersey 08-07-1979 1937 1949
Hap Ward Elmer, New Jersey 09-13-1979 1912 1912
Link Wasem South Laguna, California 03-06-1979 1937 1937
George Washburn Baton Rouge, Louisiana 01-05-1979 1941 1941
Lefty West Hendersonville, North Carolina 07-23-1979 1944 1945
Mack Wheat Los Banos, California 08-14-1979 1915 1921
Charlie Wiedemeyer Lake Geneva, Florida 10-27-1979 1934 1934
Steamboat Williams Deer River, Minnesota 06-29-1979 1914 1916
Eddie Wilson Hamden, Connecticut 04-11-1979 1936 1937
Ray Wolf Fort Worth, Texas 10-06-1979 1927 1927
Del Young San Francisco, California 12-08-1979 1937 1940

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1979


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