Major League Baseball Players Who Died in California / Played in 1931

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 1931

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death

Dick Bartell Alameda, California 08-04-1995 1927 1946
Clyde Beck Temple City, California 07-15-1988 1926 1931
Wally Berger Redondo Beach, California 11-30-1988 1930 1940
George Blaeholder Garden Grove, California 12-29-1947 1925 1936
Tiny Chaplin National City, California 03-25-1939 1928 1936
Howard Craghead San Diego, California 07-14-1962 1931 1933
Bruce Cunningham Hayward, California 03-08-1984 1929 1932
Taylor Douthit Fremont, California 05-28-1986 1923 1933
Taylor Douthit Fremont, California 05-28-1986 1923 1933
Leo Durocher Palm Springs, California 10-07-1991 1925 1945
Freddie Fitzsimmons Yucca Valley, California 11-18-1979 1925 1943
Larry French San Diego, California 02-09-1987 1929 1942
Lefty Gomez Greenbrae, California 02-17-1989 1930 1943
Chick Hafey Calistoga, California 07-02-1973 1924 1937
Hal Haid Los Angeles, California 08-13-1952 1919 1933
Babe Herman Glendale, California 11-27-1987 1926 1945
Don Hurst Los Angeles, California 12-06-1952 1928 1934
Smead Jolley Alameda, California 11-17-1991 1930 1933
Willie Kamm Belmont, California 12-21-1988 1923 1935
Willie Kamm Belmont, California 12-21-1988 1923 1935
John Kerr Long Beach, California 10-19-1993 1923 1934
Mark Koenig Willows, California 04-22-1993 1925 1936
Ray Kremer Pinole, California 02-08-1965 1924 1933
Red Kress Los Angeles, California 11-29-1962 1927 1946
Lyn Lary Downey, California 01-09-1973 1929 1940
Tony Lazzeri San Francisco, California 08-06-1946 1926 1939
Ernie Lombardi Santa Cruz, California 09-26-1977 1931 1947
Bill Marshall Sacramento, California 05-05-1977 1931 1934
Doc Marshall Lake San Marcos, California 09-01-1999 1929 1932
Hank McDonald Hemet, California 10-17-1982 1931 1933
Hal McKain Sacramento, California 01-24-1970 1927 1932
Earl McNeely Sacramento, California 07-16-1971 1924 1931
Ed Montague Daly City, California 06-17-1988 1928 1932
Lefty O'Doul San Francisco, California 12-07-1969 1919 1934
Ernie Orsatti Canoga Park, California 09-04-1968 1927 1935
Marv Owen Mountain View, California 06-22-1991 1931 1940
Urbane Pickering Modesto, California 05-13-1970 1931 1932
George Quellich Johnsville, California 08-31-1958 1931 1931
Jimmie Reese Santa Ana, California 07-13-1994 1930 1932
Gordon Rhodes Long Beach, California 03-22-1960 1929 1936
Hal Rhyne Orangevale, California 01-07-1971 1926 1933
Charlie Root Hollister, California 11-05-1970 1923 1941
Jack Rothrock San Bernardino, California 02-02-1980 1925 1937
Muddy Ruel Palo Alto, California 11-13-1963 1915 1934
Muddy Ruel Palo Alto, California 11-13-1963 1915 1934
Gordon Slade Long Beach, California 01-02-1974 1930 1935
Joe Sprinz Fremont, California 01-11-1994 1930 1933
Lin Storti Ontario, California 07-24-1982 1930 1933
Bill Sweeney San Diego, California 04-18-1957 1928 1931
Bud Teachout Laguna Beach, California 05-11-1985 1930 1932
Fay Thomas Chatsworth, California 08-12-1990 1927 1935
Fresco Thompson Fullerton, California 11-20-1968 1925 1934
Sloppy Thurston Los Angeles, California 09-14-1973 1923 1933
Johnny Vergez Davis, California 07-15-1991 1931 1936
Hub Walker San Jose, California 11-26-1982 1931 1945
Red Worthington Sepulveda, California 12-08-1963 1931 1934
Russ Young Roseville, California 05-13-1984 1931 1931

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in California / Played in 1931



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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1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895
1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905
1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915
1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925
1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935
1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945
1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965
1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

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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