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.

"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 1945

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death

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

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in California / Played in 1945



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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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