Major League Baseball Players Who Died in California / Played in 1953

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 1953

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death

Dick Aylward Spring Valley, California 06-11-1983 1953 1953
Fred Baczewski Culver City, California 11-14-1976 1953 1955
Fred Baczewski Culver City, California 11-14-1976 1953 1955
Wayne Belardi Santa Cruz, California 10-21-1993 1950 1956
Ray Boone San Diego, California 10-17-2004 1948 1960
Ray Boone San Diego, California 10-17-2004 1948 1960
Roger Bowman Los Angeles, California 07-21-1997 1949 1955
Jim Brideweser El Toro, California 08-25-1989 1951 1957
Roy Campanella Woodland Hills, California 06-26-1993 1948 1957
Andy Carey Costa Mesa, California 12-15-2011 1952 1962
Billy Consolo Westlake Village, California 03-27-2008 1953 1962
George Crowe Rancho Cordova, California 01-18-2011 1952 1961
Hank Edwards Anaheim, California 06-22-1988 1941 1953
Bob Elliott San Diego, California 05-04-1966 1939 1953
Bob Elliott San Diego, California 05-04-1966 1939 1953
Ferris Fain Georgetown, California 10-18-2001 1947 1955
Dee Fondy Redlands, California 08-19-1999 1951 1958
Jim Gilliam Inglewood, California 10-08-1978 1953 1966
Tommy Glaviano Sacramento, California 01-19-2004 1949 1953
Bill Glynn San Diego, California 01-15-2013 1949 1954
Marv Grissom Red Bluff, California 09-19-2005 1946 1959
Marv Grissom Red Bluff, California 09-19-2005 1946 1959
Eddie Joost Fair Oaks, California 04-12-2011 1936 1955
Bob Lemon Long Beach, California 01-11-2000 1941 1958
Johnny Lindell Newport Beach, California 08-27-1985 1941 1954
Johnny Lindell Newport Beach, California 08-27-1985 1941 1954
Jack Lohrke San Jose, California 04-29-2009 1947 1953
Peanuts Lowrey Inglewood, California 07-02-1986 1942 1955
Bill MacDonald Shasta Lake, California 05-04-1991 1950 1953
John Mackinson Reseda, California 10-17-1989 1953 1955
Woody Main Whittier, California 06-27-1992 1948 1953
Eddie Mathews La Jolla, California 02-18-2001 1952 1968
Carmen Mauro Carmichael, California 12-19-2003 1948 1953
Carmen Mauro Carmichael, California 12-19-2003 1948 1953
Carmen Mauro Carmichael, California 12-19-2003 1948 1953
Clyde McCullough San Francisco, California 09-18-1982 1940 1956
Catfish Metkovich Costa Mesa, California 05-17-1995 1943 1954
Catfish Metkovich Costa Mesa, California 05-17-1995 1943 1954
Bob Nieman Corona, California 03-10-1985 1951 1962
Erv Palica Huntington Beach, California 05-29-1982 1945 1956
Duane Pillette San Jose, California 05-06-2011 1949 1956
Jerry Priddy North Hollywood, California 03-03-1980 1941 1953
Dick Rand Moreno Valley, California 01-22-1996 1953 1957
Del Rice Buena Park, California 01-26-1983 1945 1961
Bill Rigney Walnut Creek, California 02-20-2001 1946 1953
Dick Rozek Indio, California 09-27-2001 1950 1954
Hank Sauer Burlingame, California 08-24-2001 1941 1959
Bill Serena Hayward, California 04-17-1996 1949 1954
Bud Sheely Sacramento, California 10-17-1985 1951 1953
Jack Shepard Atherton, California 12-31-1994 1953 1956
Duke Snider Escondido, California 02-27-2011 1947 1964
Vern Stephens Long Beach, California 11-03-1968 1941 1955
Vern Stephens Long Beach, California 11-03-1968 1941 1955
Bud Stewart Palo Alto, California 06-21-2000 1941 1954
Hank Thompson Fresno, California 09-30-1969 1947 1956
Gus Triandos San Jose, California 03-28-2013 1953 1965
Ben Wade Los Angeles, California 12-02-2002 1948 1955
Bill Werle San Mateo, California 11-27-2010 1949 1954
Bill Wight Mount Shasta, California 05-17-2007 1946 1958
Bill Wight Mount Shasta, California 05-17-2007 1946 1958
Jim Wilson Newport Beach, California 09-02-1986 1945 1958
Gus Zernial Fresno, California 01-20-2011 1949 1959

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in California / Played in 1953



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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