Major League Baseball Players Who Died in California / Played in 1922

Hall of Fame Manager Casey Stengel once quipped, "Most people my age are dead - you could look it up." The table below allows you to "look it up", as it is a comprehensive historical analysis of every major league baseball players' place of death. Selecting a state or country will bring up a sortable chart with every player in history who died in that particular area.

"Baseball is a game dominated by vital ghosts; it's a fraternity, like no other we have of the active and the no longer so, the living and the dead." - Richard Gilman in The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball (Jonathan Fraser Light, 2005)
Major League Baseball Players Who Died in California / Played in 1922

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death

Jimmy Austin Laguna Beach, California 03-06-1965 1909 1929
Clyde Barfoot Highland Park, California 03-11-1971 1922 1926
Johnny Bassler Santa Monica, California 06-29-1979 1913 1927
Josh Billings Santa Monica, California 12-30-1981 1913 1923
Tony Boeckel La Jolla, California 02-16-1924 1917 1923
Sam Bohne Palo Alto, California 05-23-1977 1916 1926
Frank Brazill Oakland, California 11-03-1976 1921 1922
Ike Caveney San Francisco, California 07-06-1949 1922 1925
Bert Cole San Mateo, California 05-30-1975 1921 1927
Joe Connolly San Francisco, California 03-30-1960 1921 1924
Wilbur Cooper Encino, California 08-07-1973 1912 1926
Hooks Cotter Los Angeles, California 08-06-1955 1922 1924
Johnny Couch Palo Alto, California 12-08-1975 1917 1925
Bill Cunningham Colusa, California 09-26-1953 1921 1924
George Cutshaw San Diego, California 08-22-1973 1912 1923
Bill Doran Santa Monica, California 03-09-1978 1922 1922
Cedric Durst San Diego, California 02-16-1971 1922 1930
Alex Ferguson Sepulveda, California 04-26-1976 1918 1929
Art Fletcher Los Angeles, California 02-06-1950 1909 1922
Alex Gaston Marina del Rey, California 02-08-1979 1920 1929
Duke Gillespie Vallejo, California 02-15-1954 1922 1922
Walt Golvin Gardena, California 06-11-1973 1922 1922
Bert Griffith Bishop, California 05-05-1973 1922 1924
Lou Guisto Napa, California 10-15-1989 1916 1923
Earl Hamilton Anaheim, California 11-17-1968 1911 1924
Fred Haney Beverly Hills, California 11-09-1977 1922 1929
Fred Hofmann St. Helena, California 11-19-1964 1919 1928
Carl Holling Santa Rosa, California 07-18-1962 1921 1922
Wally Hood Hollywood, California 05-02-1965 1920 1922
Harry Hooper Santa Cruz, California 12-18-1974 1909 1925
Ernie Johnson Monrovia, California 05-01-1952 1912 1925
Bob Jones San Diego, California 08-30-1964 1917 1925
George Kelly Burlingame, California 10-13-1984 1915 1932
Marty Krug Glendale, California 06-27-1966 1912 1922
Pete Lapan Norwalk, California 01-05-1953 1922 1923
Bevo LeBourveau Nevada City, California 12-10-1947 1919 1929
Duster Mails San Francisco, California 07-05-1974 1915 1926
Al Mamaux Santa Monica, California 12-31-1962 1913 1924
Les Mann Pasadena, California 01-14-1962 1913 1928
Cliff Markle Temple City, California 05-24-1974 1915 1924
Speed Martin Lemon Grove, California 06-14-1983 1917 1922
Carl Mays El Cajon, California 04-04-1971 1915 1929
Pat McNulty Hollywood, California 05-04-1963 1922 1927
Bob Meusel Downey, California 11-28-1977 1920 1930
Irish Meusel Long Beach, California 03-01-1963 1914 1927
Hack Miller Oakland, California 09-17-1971 1916 1925
John Mohardt LaJolla, California 11-24-1961 1922 1922
Eddie Mulligan San Rafael, California 03-15-1982 1915 1928
Lefty O'Doul San Francisco, California 12-07-1969 1919 1934
Joe Oeschger Rohnert Park, California 07-28-1986 1914 1925
Red Oldham Costa Mesa, California 01-28-1961 1914 1926
Ivy Olson Inglewood, California 09-01-1965 1911 1924
Elmer Pence San Francisco, California 09-17-1968 1922 1922
Bill Pertica Los Angeles, California 12-28-1967 1918 1923
Bill Piercy Long Beach, California 08-28-1951 1917 1926
Herman Pillette Sacramento, California 04-30-1960 1917 1924
Babe Pinelli Daly City, California 10-22-1984 1918 1927
Lerton Pinto Oxnard, California 05-13-1983 1922 1924
Goldie Rapp LaMesa, California 07-01-1966 1921 1923
Johnny Rawlings Inglewood, California 10-16-1972 1914 1926
Ray Rohwer Davis, California 01-24-1988 1921 1922
Muddy Ruel Palo Alto, California 11-13-1963 1915 1934
Walter Schmidt Modesto, California 07-04-1973 1916 1925
Karl Schnell Palo Alto, California 05-31-1992 1922 1923
Ferdie Schupp Los Angeles, California 12-16-1971 1913 1922
Jigger Statz Corona Del Mar, California 03-16-1988 1919 1928
Casey Stengel Glendale, California 09-29-1975 1912 1925
Homer Summa Los Angeles, California 01-29-1966 1920 1930
Zeb Terry Los Angeles, California 03-14-1988 1916 1922
Roxy Walters Alameda, California 06-03-1956 1915 1925
Kettle Wirts Sacramento, California 07-12-1968 1921 1924

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in California / Played in 1922



If you have ever wondered what month most ballplayers passed away in, or if you enjoy reading baseball obituaries, then Baseball Almanac suggests you visit our Baseball Player Obituaries & Death by Month Chart.

Baseball Almanac is aware that researching baseball players by their place of death is common data found easily on the Internet today. We, as you are well aware, enjoy taking that extra step here and have taken that common data and added this amazing chart which will enable you to see a historical breakdown of players from any given year in history by their place of death:
 
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1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925
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Did you know that Frank Ringo was the first Major League baseball player to committ suicide? On April 12, 1889, he ingested a lethal dose of morphine, died of the drug overdose, and became the first baseball suicide in history.

     

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