Major League Baseball Players Who Died in Illinois / Played in 1890

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 Illinois / Played in 1890

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death

Jim Andrews Chicago, Illinois 12-27-1907 1890 1890
Cap Anson Chicago, Illinois 04-14-1922 1876 1897
Charlie Bartson Peoria, Illinois 06-09-1936 1890 1890
Bob Caruthers Peoria, Illinois 08-05-1911 1884 1893
Bill Garfield Danville, Illinois 12-16-1941 1889 1890
Charlie Getzien Chicago, Illinois 06-19-1932 1884 1892
John Hayner Lake Forest, Illinois 01-14-1929 1890 1890
Marty Honan Chicago, Illinois 08-20-1908 1890 1891
Jerry Kane East St. Louis, Illinois 06-16-1949 1890 1890
Ed Mars Chicago, Illinois 12-09-1941 1890 1890
Ed Mayer Chicago, Illinois 05-15-1946 1890 1891
Tony Mullane Chicago, Illinois 04-25-1944 1881 1894
Al Myers Marshall, Illinois 12-24-1927 1884 1891
Darby O'Brien Peoria, Illinois 06-15-1893 1887 1892
Pete O'Brien York Township, Illinois 06-30-1937 1887 1890
Hank O'Day Chicago, Illinois 07-02-1935 1884 1890
Fred Pfeffer Chicago, Illinois 04-10-1932 1882 1897
John Pickett Chicago, Illinois 07-04-1922 1889 1892
George Pinkney Peoria, Illinois 11-10-1926 1884 1893
Old Hoss Radbourn Bloomington, Illinois 02-05-1897 1880 1891
Fred Roat Oregon, Illinois 09-24-1913 1890 1892
Jimmy Ryan Chicago, Illinois 10-29-1923 1885 1903
Harry Sage Rock Island, Illinois 05-27-1947 1890 1890
Mort Scanlan Chicago, Illinois 12-29-1928 1890 1890
Crazy Schmit Chicago, Illinois 10-05-1940 1890 1901
Fred Smith Chicago, Illinois 11-19-1926 1890 1890
Billy Sunday Chicago, Illinois 11-06-1935 1883 1890
Billy Sunday Chicago, Illinois 11-06-1935 1883 1890
Sy Sutcliffe Wheaton, Illinois 02-13-1893 1884 1892
Deacon White St. Charles Township, Illinois 07-07-1939 1876 1890
Walt Wilmot Chicago, Illinois 02-01-1929 1888 1898
Pat Wright Springfield, Illinois 05-29-1943 1890 1890
George Ziegler Kankakee, Illinois 07-22-1916 1890 1890

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in Illinois / Played in 1890



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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