Major League Baseball Players Who Died in Canada

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 Canada

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death

Vince Barton Toronto, Ontario, Canada 09-13-1973 1931 1932
Tom Burgess Lambeth, Ontario, Canada 11-24-2008 1954 1962
Paul Calvert Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada 02-01-1999 1942 1951
John Cerutti Toronto, Ontario, Canada 10-03-2004 1985 1991
Jim Cockman Guelph, Ontario, Canada 09-28-1947 1905 1905
Chub Collins Dundas, Ontario, Canada 05-20-1914 1884 1885
Frank Colman London, Ontario, Canada 02-19-1983 1942 1947
Earl Cook Markham, Ontario, Canada 11-21-1996 1941 1941
Ed Delahanty Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada 07-02-1903 1888 1903
Don Drysdale Montreal, Québec, Canada 07-03-1993 1956 1969
Steve Dunn London, Ontario, Canada 05-05-1933 1884 1884
Bob Emslie St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada 04-26-1943 1883 1885
Harry Fisher Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 09-20-1981 1951 1952
George Gibson London, Ontario, Canada 01-25-1967 1905 1918
Roland Gladu Montreal, Québec, Canada 07-26-1994 1944 1944
Glen Gorbous Calgary, Alberta, Canada 06-12-1990 1955 1957
Alex Hardy Toronto, Ontario, Canada 04-22-1940 1902 1903
Mike Jones Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 03-24-1894 1890 1890
Oscar Judd Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada 12-27-1995 1941 1948
Joe Knight Lynhurst, Ontario, Canada 10-16-1938 1884 1890
Len Koenecke Toronto, Ontario, Canada 09-17-1935 1932 1935
Eddie Kolb Calgary, Alberta, Canada 10-01-1949 1899 1899
Joe Kostal Guelph, Ontario, Canada 10-17-1933 1896 1896
Joe Krakauskas Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 07-08-1960 1937 1946
Andy Kyle Toronto, Ontario, Canada 09-06-1971 1912 1912
George LeClair Farnham, Québec, Canada 10-10-1918 1914 1915
Dan Lewandowski Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 07-19-1996 1951 1951
Red Long Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 08-11-1929 1902 1902
Georges Maranda Levis, Québec, Canada 07-14-2000 1960 1962
Phil Marchildon Toronto, Ontario, Canada 01-10-1997 1940 1950
Walt Masters Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 07-10-1992 1931 1939
Ralph McCabe Windsor, Ontario, Canada 05-03-1974 1946 1946
Bill Mountjoy London, Ontario, Canada 05-19-1894 1883 1885
Dan O'Connor Guelph, Ontario, Canada 03-03-1942 1890 1890
Fred O'Neill London, Ontario, Canada 03-07-1892 1887 1887
Harry O'Neill Ridgetown, Ontario, Canada 09-05-1969 1922 1923
Tip O'Neill Montreal, Québec, Canada 12-31-1915 1883 1892
Bill Pfann Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 06-03-1904 1894 1894
Dick Phillips Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada 03-29-1998 1962 1966
Ed Pinnance Walpole Island, Ontario, Canada 12-12-1944 1903 1903
Jim Pirie Dundas, Ontario, Canada 06-02-1934 1883 1883
John Pomorski Brampton, Ontario, Canada 12-06-1977 1934 1934
Billy Reid London, Ontario, Canada 06-26-1940 1883 1884
Goody Rosen Toronto, Ontario, Canada 04-06-1994 1937 1946
Ernie Ross Toronto, Ontario, Canada 03-28-1950 1902 1902
Dave Rowan Toronto, Ontario, Canada 07-30-1955 1911 1911
Pete Schmidt Pembroke, Ontario, Canada 03-11-1973 1913 1913
Shag Shaughnessy Montreal, Québec, Canada 05-15-1969 1905 1908
Vince Shields Plaster Rock, New Brunswick, Canada 10-16-1952 1924 1924
Bill Smith Toronto, Ontario, Canada 08-09-1886 1884 1884
Cooney Snyder Toronto, Ontario, Canada 03-09-1917 1898 1898
Ed Somerville London, Ontario, Canada 10-01-1877 1876 1876
Kid Speer Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 01-13-1946 1909 1909
Kid Summers Toronto, Ontario, Canada 10-16-1895 1893 1893
Tug Thompson Guelph, Ontario, Canada 08-01-1938 1882 1884
Harry Weber Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 12-15-1921 1884 1884
Will White Port Carling, Ontario, Canada 08-31-1911 1877 1886
Frank Williams Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada 01-09-2009 1984 1989
Fred Winchell Toronto, Ontario, Canada 08-08-1958 1909 1909
Ed Wingo Lachine, Québec, Canada 12-05-1964 1920 1920

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in Canada



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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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
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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.