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Major League Baseball Players Who Died in California / Played in 1945
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.
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"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) |
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| Player |
Died In |
Date of Death |
Debut Year |
Final Year |
| Buster Adams |
Rancho Mirage, California |
09-01-1990 |
1939 |
1947 |
| Buster Adams |
Rancho Mirage, California |
09-01-1990 |
1939 |
1947 |
| Al Benton |
Lynwood, California |
04-14-1968 |
1934 |
1952 |
| Joe Berry |
Anaheim, California |
09-27-1958 |
1942 |
1946 |
| Frenchy Bordagaray |
Ventura, California |
04-13-2000 |
1934 |
1945 |
| Jack Brewer |
Sun City, California |
11-30-2003 |
1944 |
1946 |
| Dolph Camilli |
San Mateo, California |
10-21-1997 |
1933 |
1945 |
| George Caster |
Lakewood, California |
12-18-1955 |
1934 |
1946 |
| George Caster |
Lakewood, California |
12-18-1955 |
1934 |
1946 |
| Vince Castino |
Sacramento, California |
03-06-1967 |
1943 |
1945 |
| Rex Cecil |
Long Beach, California |
10-30-1966 |
1944 |
1945 |
| Sam Chapman |
Kentfield, California |
12-22-2006 |
1938 |
1951 |
| Mitch Chetkovich |
Grass Valley, California |
08-24-1971 |
1945 |
1945 |
| Loyd Christopher |
Richmond, California |
09-05-1991 |
1945 |
1947 |
| Loyd Christopher |
Richmond, California |
09-05-1991 |
1945 |
1947 |
| Russ Christopher |
Richmond, California |
12-05-1954 |
1942 |
1948 |
| Dain Clay |
Chula Vista, California |
08-28-1994 |
1943 |
1946 |
| Pete Coscarart |
Escondido, California |
07-24-2002 |
1938 |
1946 |
| 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 |
| Vince DiMaggio |
North Hollywood, California |
10-03-1986 |
1937 |
1946 |
| Leo Durocher |
Palm Springs, California |
10-07-1991 |
1925 |
1945 |
| Bob Elliott |
San Diego, California |
05-04-1966 |
1939 |
1953 |
| Jesse Flores |
Orange, California |
12-17-1991 |
1942 |
1950 |
| Augie Galan |
Fairfield, California |
12-28-1993 |
1934 |
1949 |
| Al Gionfriddo |
Solvang, California |
03-14-2003 |
1944 |
1947 |
| Hank Greenberg |
Beverly Hills, California |
09-04-1986 |
1930 |
1947 |
| Hal Gregg |
Bishop, California |
05-13-1991 |
1943 |
1952 |
| Orval Grove |
Carmichael, California |
04-20-1992 |
1940 |
1949 |
| Babe Herman |
Glendale, California |
11-27-1987 |
1926 |
1945 |
| Oris Hockett |
Torrance, California |
03-23-1969 |
1938 |
1945 |
| Joe Hoover |
Los Angeles, California |
09-02-1965 |
1943 |
1945 |
| Don Johnson |
Laguna Beach, California |
04-06-2000 |
1943 |
1948 |
| Earl Jones |
Fresno, California |
01-24-1989 |
1945 |
1945 |
| Eddie Joost |
Fair Oaks, California |
04-12-2011 |
1936 |
1955 |
| Andy Karl |
LaJolla, California |
04-08-1989 |
1943 |
1947 |
| Russ Kerns |
Placerville, California |
08-21-2000 |
1945 |
1945 |
| Eddie Lake |
Castro Valley, California |
06-07-1995 |
1939 |
1950 |
| Johnny Lindell |
Newport Beach, California |
08-27-1985 |
1941 |
1954 |
| Ernie Lombardi |
Santa Cruz, California |
09-26-1977 |
1931 |
1947 |
| Vic Lombardi |
Fresno, California |
12-07-1997 |
1945 |
1950 |
| Peanuts Lowrey |
Inglewood, California |
07-02-1986 |
1942 |
1955 |
| Eddie Mayo |
Banning, California |
11-27-2006 |
1936 |
1948 |
| Clyde McCullough |
San Francisco, California |
09-18-1982 |
1940 |
1956 |
| Ray Medeiros |
San Mateo, California |
06-06-2003 |
1945 |
1945 |
| Steve Mesner |
San Diego, California |
04-06-1981 |
1938 |
1945 |
| Catfish Metkovich |
Costa Mesa, California |
05-17-1995 |
1943 |
1954 |
| Tommy Nelson |
San Diego, California |
09-24-1973 |
1945 |
1945 |
| Joe Orengo |
San Francisco, California |
07-24-1988 |
1939 |
1945 |
| Joe Orrell |
Chula Vista, California |
01-12-1993 |
1943 |
1945 |
| Erv Palica |
Huntington Beach, California |
05-29-1982 |
1945 |
1956 |
| Marino Pieretti |
San Francisco, California |
01-30-1981 |
1945 |
1950 |
| Ray Prim |
Monte Rio, California |
04-29-1995 |
1933 |
1946 |
| Del Rice |
Buena Park, California |
01-26-1983 |
1945 |
1961 |
| Len Rice |
Sonora, California |
06-13-1992 |
1944 |
1945 |
| Don Ross |
Arcadia, California |
03-28-1996 |
1938 |
1946 |
| Don Ross |
Arcadia, California |
03-28-1996 |
1938 |
1946 |
| Bill Salkeld |
Los Angeles, California |
04-22-1967 |
1945 |
1950 |
| Jack Salveson |
Norwalk, California |
12-28-1974 |
1933 |
1945 |
| Ed Sauer |
Thousand Oaks, California |
07-01-1988 |
1943 |
1949 |
| Hank Sauer |
Burlingame, California |
08-24-2001 |
1941 |
1959 |
| Charley Schanz |
Sacramento, California |
05-28-1992 |
1944 |
1950 |
| Bill Schuster |
El Monte, California |
06-28-1987 |
1937 |
1945 |
| Tom Seats |
San Ramon, California |
05-10-1992 |
1940 |
1945 |
| Bert Shepard |
Highland, California |
06-16-2008 |
1945 |
1945 |
| Hal Spindel |
San Clemente, California |
07-28-2002 |
1939 |
1946 |
| Tuck Stainback |
Camarillo, California |
11-29-1992 |
1934 |
1946 |
| Red Steiner |
Gardena, California |
11-16-2001 |
1945 |
1945 |
| Red Steiner |
Gardena, California |
11-16-2001 |
1945 |
1945 |
| Vern Stephens |
Long Beach, California |
11-03-1968 |
1941 |
1955 |
| Jim Tobin |
Oakland, California |
05-19-1969 |
1937 |
1945 |
| Jim Tobin |
Oakland, California |
05-19-1969 |
1937 |
1945 |
| Johnny Tobin |
Oakland, California |
01-18-1982 |
1945 |
1945 |
| Hub Walker |
San Jose, California |
11-26-1982 |
1931 |
1945 |
| Les Webber |
Santa Maria, California |
11-13-1986 |
1942 |
1948 |
| Phil Weintraub |
Palm Springs, California |
06-21-1987 |
1933 |
1945 |
| Whitey Wietelmann |
San Diego, California |
03-26-2002 |
1939 |
1947 |
| Jim Wilson |
Newport Beach, California |
09-02-1986 |
1945 |
1958 |
| Pinky Woods |
Los Angeles, California |
10-30-1982 |
1943 |
1945 |
| Player |
Died In |
Date of Death |
Debut Year |
Final Year |
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Major League Baseball Players Who Died in California / Played in 1945
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