Major League Baseball Players Who Died in California / Played in 1937

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 1937

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death

Dick Bartell Alameda, California 08-04-1995 1927 1946
Wally Berger Redondo Beach, California 11-30-1988 1930 1940
Wally Berger Redondo Beach, California 11-30-1988 1930 1940
Julio Bonetti Belmont, California 06-17-1952 1937 1940
Frenchy Bordagaray Ventura, California 04-13-2000 1934 1945
Earl Browne Whittier, California 01-12-1993 1935 1938
Bill Brubaker Laguna Hills, California 04-02-1978 1932 1943
Earle Brucker San Diego, California 05-08-1981 1937 1943
Dolph Camilli San Mateo, California 10-21-1997 1933 1945
Gilly Campbell Los Angeles, California 02-21-1973 1933 1938
George Caster Lakewood, California 12-18-1955 1934 1946
Italo Chelini San Francisco, California 08-25-1972 1935 1937
Merv Connors Berkeley, California 01-08-2006 1937 1938
Bill Conroy Citrus Heights, California 11-13-1997 1935 1944
Frankie Crosetti Stockton, California 02-11-2002 1932 1948
Babe Dahlgren Arcadia, California 09-04-1996 1935 1946
Curt Davis Covina, California 10-12-1965 1934 1946
Frank Demaree Los Angeles, California 08-30-1958 1932 1944
Vince DiMaggio North Hollywood, California 10-03-1986 1937 1946
Leo Durocher Palm Springs, California 10-07-1991 1925 1945
Charlie English Pasadena, California 06-25-1999 1932 1937
Freddie Fitzsimmons Yucca Valley, California 11-18-1979 1925 1943
Freddie Fitzsimmons Yucca Valley, California 11-18-1979 1925 1943
Larry French San Diego, California 02-09-1987 1929 1942
Frank Gabler Long Beach, California 11-01-1967 1935 1938
Frank Gabler Long Beach, California 11-01-1967 1935 1938
Augie Galan Fairfield, California 12-28-1993 1934 1949
Lefty Gomez Greenbrae, California 02-17-1989 1930 1943
Joe Gonzales Torrance, California 11-16-1996 1937 1937
Hank Greenberg Beverly Hills, California 09-04-1986 1930 1947
Lee Grissom Corning, California 10-04-1998 1934 1941
Chick Hafey Calistoga, California 07-02-1973 1924 1937
Gene Hasson Pomona, California 07-30-2003 1937 1938
Tommy Heath Los Gatos, California 02-26-1967 1935 1938
Don Heffner Pasadena, California 08-01-1989 1934 1944
Babe Herman Glendale, California 11-27-1987 1926 1945
Jesse Hill Pasadena, California 08-31-1993 1935 1937
Jesse Hill Pasadena, California 08-31-1993 1935 1937
Eddie Joost Fair Oaks, California 04-12-2011 1936 1955
Pinky Jorgensen Santa Cruz, California 05-02-1996 1937 1937
Alex Kampouris Sacramento, California 05-29-1993 1934 1943
Nub Kleinke Off Marin Coast, California 03-16-1950 1935 1937
Bill Knickerbocker Sebastopol, California 09-08-1963 1933 1942
Lou Koupal San Gabriel, California 12-08-1961 1925 1937
Lyn Lary Downey, California 01-09-1973 1929 1940
Cookie Lavagetto Orinda, California 08-10-1990 1934 1947
Tony Lazzeri San Francisco, California 08-06-1946 1926 1939
Ernie Lombardi Santa Cruz, California 09-26-1977 1931 1947
Tony Malinosky Oxnard, California 02-08-2011 1937 1937
Joe Marty Sacramento, California 10-04-1984 1937 1941
Eddie Mayo Banning, California 11-27-2006 1936 1948
Mel Mazzera Stockton, California 12-17-1997 1935 1940
Lefty Mills Riverside, California 09-23-1982 1934 1940
Bruce Ogrodowski San Francisco, California 03-05-1956 1936 1937
Marv Owen Mountain View, California 06-22-1991 1931 1940
Monte Pearson Fresno, California 01-27-1978 1932 1941
Charlie Root Hollister, California 11-05-1970 1923 1941
Jack Rothrock San Bernardino, California 02-02-1980 1925 1937
Les Scarsella San Francisco, California 12-17-1958 1935 1940
Bill Schuster El Monte, California 06-28-1987 1937 1945
Merv Shea Sacramento, California 01-27-1953 1927 1944
Tuck Stainback Camarillo, California 11-29-1992 1934 1946
Hank Steinbacher Sacramento, California 04-03-1977 1937 1939
Fred Tauby Concord, California 11-23-1955 1935 1937
Jim Tobin Oakland, California 05-19-1969 1937 1945
Arky Vaughan Eagleville, California 08-30-1952 1932 1948
Hub Walker San Jose, California 11-26-1982 1931 1945
Link Wasem South Laguna, California 03-06-1979 1937 1937
Phil Weintraub Palm Springs, California 06-21-1987 1933 1945
Phil Weintraub Palm Springs, California 06-21-1987 1933 1945
Roy Weir Anaheim, California 09-30-1989 1936 1939
Del Young San Francisco, California 12-08-1979 1937 1940

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in California / Played in 1937



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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