Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1984

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 1984

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Tommie Aaron Atlanta, Georgia 08-16-1984 1962 1971
Walter Alston Oxford, Ohio 10-01-1984 1936 1936
Loren Babe Omaha, Nebraska 02-14-1984 1952 1953
Edgar Barnhart Columbia, Missouri 09-14-1984 1924 1924
Walt Bashore Sebring, Florida 09-26-1984 1936 1936
Rabbit Benton Mesquite, Texas 06-07-1984 1922 1922
Charlie Blackburn New Port Richey, Florida 03-09-1984 1915 1921
Art Butler Fall River, Massachusetts 10-07-1984 1911 1916
Dixie Carroll Jacksonville, Florida 10-13-1984 1919 1919
Ed Carroll Rossville, Maryland 10-13-1984 1929 1929
Paul Carter Lake Park, Georgia 09-11-1984 1914 1920
Cuckoo Christensen Menlo Park, California 12-20-1984 1926 1927
Moose Clabaugh Tucson, Arizona 07-11-1984 1926 1926
Stan Coveleski South Bend, Indiana 03-20-1984 1912 1928
Red Cox Roanoke, Virginia 10-15-1984 1920 1920
Joe Cronin Osterville, Massachusetts 09-07-1984 1926 1945
Bruce Cunningham Hayward, California 03-08-1984 1929 1932
Ike Davis Tucson, Arizona 04-02-1984 1919 1925
Spud Davis Birmingham, Alabama 08-14-1984 1928 1945
Leo Dixon Chicago, Illinois 04-11-1984 1925 1929
John Douglas Miami, Florida 02-11-1984 1945 1945
Roy Easterwood Graham, Texas 08-24-1984 1944 1944
Johnny Enzmann Riverhead, New York 03-14-1984 1914 1920
Aubrey Epps Ackerman, Mississippi 11-13-1984 1935 1935
Walt French Mountain Home, Arkansas 05-13-1984 1923 1929
Jackie Gallagher Gladwyne, Pennsylvania 09-10-1984 1923 1923
Debs Garms Glen Rose, Texas 12-16-1984 1932 1945
Johnny Gill Nashville, Tennessee 12-26-1984 1927 1936
Billy Goodman Sarasota, Florida 10-01-1984 1947 1962
Ival Goodman Cincinnati, Ohio 11-25-1984 1935 1944
Howie Gorman Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 04-29-1984 1937 1938
Nick Goulish Youngstown, Ohio 05-15-1984 1944 1945
Fred Hahn Valhalla, New York 08-16-1984 1952 1952
Bert Hamric Springboro, Ohio 08-08-1984 1955 1958
Ray Harrell Alexandria, Louisiana 01-28-1984 1935 1945
Jim Hegan Lynn, Massachusetts 06-17-1984 1941 1960
Hank Helf Austin, Texas 10-27-1984 1938 1946
Waite Hoyt Cincinnati, Ohio 08-25-1984 1918 1938
Chet Kehn San Diego, California 04-05-1984 1942 1942
George Kelly Burlingame, California 10-13-1984 1915 1932
Leo Kiely Montclair, New Jersey 01-18-1984 1951 1960
Joe Kuhel Kansas City, Kansas 02-26-1984 1930 1947
Charley Lau Key Colony Beach, Florida 03-18-1984 1956 1967
Gene Layden Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 12-12-1984 1915 1915
Billy Lee West Hazleton, Pennsylvania 01-06-1984 1915 1916
Del Lundgren Lindsborg, Kansas 10-19-1984 1924 1927
Lyle Luttrell Chattanooga, Tennessee 07-11-1984 1956 1957
Red Lutz Cincinnati, Ohio 02-22-1984 1922 1922
Gus Mancuso Houston, Texas 10-26-1984 1928 1945
Johnny Marcum Louisville, Kentucky 09-10-1984 1933 1939
Duke Markell Fort Lauderdale, Florida 06-14-1984 1951 1951
Gonzalo Marquez Cagua, Aragua, Venezuela 12-20-1984 1972 1974
Joe Marty Sacramento, California 10-04-1984 1937 1941
Dale Matthewson Blairsville, Georgia 02-20-1984 1943 1944
Buckshot May Bakersfield, California 03-15-1984 1924 1924
Bill McGhee Decatur, Georgia 03-10-1984 1944 1945
Lynn McGlothen Dubach, Louisiana 08-14-1984 1972 1982
Art McLarney Seattle, Washington 12-20-1984 1932 1932
Bill Moore Corning, New York 01-24-1984 1925 1925
Doyt Morris Gastonia, North Carolina 07-04-1984 1937 1937
Baby Ortiz Central Senado, Cuba 03-27-1984 1944 1944
Jess Pike San Diego, California 03-28-1984 1946 1946
Babe Pinelli Daly City, California 10-22-1984 1918 1927
Jimmy Pofahl Owatonna, Minnesota 09-14-1984 1940 1942
Hugh Poland Guthrie, Kentucky 03-29-1984 1943 1948
Howie Reed Corpus Christi, Texas 12-07-1984 1958 1971
Earl Reid Cullman, Alabama 05-11-1984 1946 1946
Bobby Rhawn Danville, Pennsylvania 06-09-1984 1947 1949
Elmer Riddle Columbus, Georgia 05-14-1984 1939 1949
Johnny Rigney Lombard, Illinois 10-21-1984 1937 1947
Jim Roberts Columbus, Mississippi 06-24-1984 1924 1925
Charlie Robertson Fort Worth, Texas 08-23-1984 1919 1928
Bob Rothel Huron, Ohio 03-21-1984 1945 1945
Skeeter Scalzi Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 08-25-1984 1939 1939
Al Schacht Waterbury, Connecticut 07-14-1984 1919 1921
Bill Shores Purcell, Oklahoma 02-19-1984 1928 1936
Steve Slayton Manchester, New Hampshire 12-20-1984 1928 1928
Elmer Smith Columbia, Kentucky 08-03-1984 1914 1925
Rufus Smith Aiken, South Carolina 08-21-1984 1927 1927
Karl Spooner Vero Beach, Florida 04-10-1984 1954 1955
Charley Suche San Antonio, Texas 02-11-1984 1938 1938
George Tomer Perry, Iowa 12-15-1984 1913 1913
Bill Trotter Arlington, Massachusetts 08-26-1984 1937 1944
Charlie Uhlir Spirit Lake, Iowa 07-09-1984 1934 1934
Bill Warwick San Antonio, Texas 12-19-1984 1921 1926
Leon Williams Atlanta, Georgia 11-20-1984 1926 1926
Glenn Wright Olathe, Kansas 04-06-1984 1924 1935
Russ Young Roseville, California 05-13-1984 1931 1931

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 1984


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