Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 2009

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 2009

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 2009 A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Nick Adenhart	Fullerton, California	04-09-2009	2008	2009
James Atkins	Hanceville, Alabama	02-28-2009	1950	1952
Del Bates	Spokane, Washington	09-24-2009	1970	1970
Ed Blake	Swansea, Illinois	04-15-2009	1951	1957
Johnny Blanchard	Robbinsdale, Minnesota	03-25-2009	1955	1965
Buddy Blattner	Chesterfield, Missouri	09-04-2009	1942	1949
Nino Bongiovanni	San Jose, California	01-06-2009	1938	1939
Earle Brucker	El Cajon, California	03-28-2009	1948	1948
Ron Cash	Tampa, Florida	04-22-2009	1973	1974
Jackie Collum	Grinnell, Iowa	08-29-2009	1951	1962
Gene Corbett	Salisbury, Maryland	01-28-2009	1936	1938
Frank Dasso	Seattle, Washington	06-08-2009	1945	1946
Mike Derrick	Lexington, South Carolina	01-14-2009	1970	1970
Dom DiMaggio	Marion, Massachusetts	05-08-2009	1940	1953
Bob Dillinger	Santa Clarita, California	11-07-2009	1946	1951
Alec Distaso	Macomb, Illinois	07-13-2009	1969	1969
Cal Ermer	Chattanooga, Tennessee	08-08-2009	1947	1947
Mark Fidrych	Northborough, Massachusetts	04-13-2009	1976	1980
Ben Flowers	Wilson, North Carolina	02-18-2009	1951	1956
Herman Franks	Salt Lake City, Utah	03-30-2009	1939	1949
Lonny Frey	Coeur D' Alene, Idaho	09-13-2009	1933	1948
Gabe Gabler	Overland Park, Kansas	02-07-2009	1959	1961
Purnal Goldy	Denver, Colorado	09-21-2009	1962	1963
Preston Gomez	Fullerton, California	01-13-2009	1944	1944
Ray Hamrick	Nashville, Tennessee	06-09-2009	1943	1944
Gene Handley	Tucson, Arizona	04-12-2009	1946	1947
Woodie Held	Dubois, Wyoming	06-11-2009	1954	1969
Ramon Hernandez	Carolina, Puerto Rico	02-04-2009	1967	1977
Jessie Hollins	Trinity River, Polk County, Texas	07-09-2009	1992	1992
Larry Jansen	Verboort, Oregon	10-10-2009	1947	1956
Roy Johnson	San Francisco de Campeche, Campeche, Mexico	01-26-2009	1982	1985
George Kell	Swifton, Arkansas	03-24-2009	1943	1957
Bill Kelso	North Kansas City, Missouri	05-11-2009	1964	1968
Jim Kirby	Nashville, Tennessee	07-17-2009	1949	1949
Bill Kirk	Lititz, Pennsylvania	10-26-2009	1961	1961
Jay Kleven	San Lorenzo, California	06-30-2009	1976	1976
Ron Klimkowski	Plainview, New York	11-13-2009	1969	1972
Barry Lersch	Aurora, Colorado	10-04-2009	1969	1974
Bill Lillard	San Luis Obispo, California	06-09-2009	1939	1940
Jack Littrell	Louisville, Kentucky	06-09-2009	1952	1957
Whitey Lockman	Phoenix, Arizona	03-17-2009	1945	1960
Jack Lohrke	San Jose, California	04-29-2009	1947	1953
Eddie Lyons	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	01-25-2009	1947	1947
Ron Moeller	Cincinnati, Ohio	11-02-2009	1956	1963
Danny Morejon	Miami, Florida	04-27-2009	1958	1958
Joe Pactwa	Hutchins, Texas	03-10-2009	1975	1975
Gene Patton	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	06-25-2009	1944	1944
Len Perme	Hayward, California	01-24-2009	1942	1946
Jack Phillips	Chelsea, Michigan	08-30-2009	1947	1957
Brian Powell	Tallahassee, Florida	10-05-2009	1998	2004
Luis Quintana	Lake Park, Florida	07-27-2009	1974	1975
Herman Reich	Fallbrook, California	10-22-2009	1949	1949
Tommy Reis	Ocala, Florida	11-06-2009	1938	1938
Dusty Rhodes	Las Vegas, Nevada	06-17-2009	1952	1959
Dave Roberts	Short Gap, West Virginia	01-09-2009	1969	1981
Humberto Robinson	Brooklyn, New York	09-29-2009	1955	1960
Eduardo Rodriguez	Barceloneta, Puerto Rico	03-06-2009	1973	1979
Bob Roselli	Rocklin, California	11-05-2009	1955	1962
Johnny Schaive	Springfield, Illinois	05-11-2009	1958	1963
Bob Scherbarth	Presque Isle, Wisconsin	01-31-2009	1950	1950
Howie Schultz	St. Paul, Minnesota	10-30-2009	1943	1948
Craig Stimac	San Marino, Italy	01-16-2009	1980	1981
Tom Sturdivant	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	02-28-2009	1955	1964
Joe Tepsic	Bald Eagle, Pennsylvania	02-23-2009	1946	1946
Don Thompson	Asheville, North Carolina	09-28-2009	1949	1954
Ted Uhlaender	Atwood, Kansas	02-12-2009	1965	1972
Elmer Weingartner	Elyria, Ohio	03-15-2009	1945	1945
Bill Werber	Charlotte, North Carolina	01-22-2009	1930	1942
Carl Willey	Ellsworth, Maine	07-21-2009	1958	1965
Davey Williams	Farmer's Branch, Texas	08-17-2009	1949	1955
Frank Williams	Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada	01-09-2009	1984	1989
George Williams	Detroit, Michigan	05-14-2009	1961	1964
Ed Wolfe	Modesto, California	03-08-2009	1952	1952
Hal Woodeshick	Houston, Texas	06-14-2009	1956	1967
Player	Died In	Date of Death	Debut Year	Final Year
Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 2009

Who was the first Major League player to commit suicide? Which baseball suicide occurred in an Asylum? Which one took place inside a police station? Find out by reading through our list of baseball suicides.

Did you know that the fewest number of baseball deaths occurred during the month of June? For a comprehensive chart check out our Baseball Player Obituaries & Death by Month Chart.

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