Major League Baseball Players Who Died in Florida / Played in 1958

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 Florida / Played in 1958

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death

Earl Battey Ocala, Florida 11-15-2003 1955 1967
Don Bessent Jacksonville, Florida 07-07-1990 1955 1958
Steve Boros Deland, Florida 12-29-2010 1957 1965
Bob Buhl Titusville, Florida 02-16-2001 1953 1967
Lew Burdette Winter Garden, Florida 02-06-2007 1950 1967
Harry Chiti Haines City, Florida 01-31-2002 1950 1962
Ryne Duren Lake Wales, Florida 01-06-2011 1954 1965
Mike Fornieles St. Petersburg, Florida 02-11-1998 1952 1963
Hersh Freeman Orlando, Florida 01-17-2004 1952 1958
Hersh Freeman Orlando, Florida 01-17-2004 1952 1958
Jim Fridley Port Charlotte, Florida 02-28-2003 1952 1958
Billy Goodman Sarasota, Florida 10-01-1984 1947 1962
Fred Hatfield Tallahassee, Florida 05-22-1998 1950 1958
Fred Hatfield Tallahassee, Florida 05-22-1998 1950 1958
Jim Hearn Boca Grande, Florida 06-10-1998 1947 1959
Pancho Herrera Miami, Florida 04-28-2005 1958 1961
Gil Hodges West Palm Beach, Florida 04-02-1972 1943 1963
Dixie Howell Hollywood, Florida 03-18-1960 1940 1958
Hal Jeffcoat Tampa, Florida 08-30-2007 1948 1959
Billy Klaus Sarasota, Florida 12-03-2006 1952 1963
Clem Labine Vero Beach, Florida 03-02-2007 1950 1962
Charley Lau Key Colony Beach, Florida 03-18-1984 1956 1967
Dale Long Palm Coast, Florida 01-27-1991 1951 1963
Danny Morejon Miami, Florida 04-27-2009 1958 1958
Les Moss Longwood, Florida 08-29-2012 1946 1958
Steve Ridzik Bradenton, Florida 01-08-2008 1950 1966
Robin Roberts Temple Terrace, Florida 05-05-2010 1948 1966
Freddy Rodriguez Miami, Florida 06-11-2009 1958 1959
Bob Shaw Tequesta, Florida 09-23-2010 1957 1967
Bob Shaw Tequesta, Florida 09-23-2010 1957 1967
Chuck Stobbs Sarasota, Florida 07-11-2008 1947 1961
Chuck Stobbs Sarasota, Florida 07-11-2008 1947 1961
George Susce Matlacha, Florida 05-08-2010 1955 1959
George Susce Matlacha, Florida 05-08-2010 1955 1959
Pete Whisenant Port Charlotte, Florida 03-22-1996 1952 1961
Hoyt Wilhelm Sarasota, Florida 08-23-2002 1952 1972
Hoyt Wilhelm Sarasota, Florida 08-23-2002 1952 1972
Ted Williams Crystal River, Florida 07-05-2002 1939 1960
Casey Wise Naples, Florida 02-20-2007 1957 1960
Early Wynn Venice, Florida 04-04-1999 1939 1963

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in Florida / Played in 1958



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:
 
1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885
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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