Major League Baseball Players Who Died in New York / Played in 1887

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 New York / Played in 1887

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death

Myron Allen Kingston, New York 03-08-1924 1883 1888
Tug Arundel Auburn, New York 09-05-1912 1882 1888
Buck Becannon New York, New York 11-05-1923 1884 1887
Jack Burdock Brooklyn, New York 11-27-1931 1876 1891
Oyster Burns Brooklyn, New York 11-11-1928 1884 1895
Doc Bushong Brooklyn, New York 08-19-1908 1876 1890
Roger Carey New York, New York 02-08-1895 1887 1887
Scrappy Carroll Buffalo, New York 11-14-1942 1884 1887
Frank Chapman Newburgh, New York 12-02-1937 1887 1887
Bill Collins Brooklyn, New York 06-08-1893 1887 1891
Hub Collins Brooklyn, New York 05-21-1892 1886 1892
Paul Cook Rochester, New York 05-25-1905 1884 1891
Sam Crane New York, New York 06-26-1925 1880 1890
Con Daily Brooklyn, New York 06-14-1928 1884 1896
Tom Daly Brooklyn, New York 10-29-1938 1887 1903
Pat Dealy Buffalo, New York 12-16-1924 1884 1890
Jim Devlin Troy, New York 12-14-1900 1886 1889
Dude Esterbrook Middletown, New York 04-30-1901 1880 1891
Bill Fagan Troy, New York 03-21-1930 1887 1888
Sid Farrar New York, New York 05-07-1935 1883 1890
Joe Gerhardt Middletown, New York 03-11-1922 1876 1891
Joe Gerhardt Middletown, New York 03-11-1922 1876 1891
George Gore Utica, New York 09-16-1933 1879 1892
Mike Griffin Utica, New York 04-10-1908 1887 1898
Jackie Hayes Brooklyn, New York 04-25-1905 1882 1890
Joe Hornung Howard Beach, New York 10-30-1931 1879 1890
Arlie Latham Garden City, New York 11-29-1952 1880 1909
Doc Leitner New York, New York 05-18-1937 1887 1887
Jack Lynch Bronx, New York 04-20-1923 1881 1890
John McGlone Brooklyn, New York 11-22-1927 1886 1888
Doggie Miller Brooklyn, New York 04-06-1909 1884 1896
John Munyan Endicott, New York 02-18-1945 1887 1891
George Myers Buffalo, New York 12-14-1926 1884 1889
Candy Nelson Brooklyn, New York 09-04-1910 1878 1890
Candy Nelson Brooklyn, New York 09-04-1910 1878 1890
Tom O'Rourke New York, New York 07-19-1929 1887 1890
Dave Orr Richmond Hill, New York 06-02-1915 1883 1890
Lip Pike Brooklyn, New York 10-10-1893 1876 1887
Danny Richardson New York, New York 09-12-1926 1884 1894
Hardy Richardson Utica, New York 01-14-1931 1879 1892
Chief Roseman Brooklyn, New York 07-04-1938 1882 1890
Chief Roseman Brooklyn, New York 07-04-1938 1882 1890
Chief Roseman Brooklyn, New York 07-04-1938 1882 1890
Emmett Seery Saranac Lake, New York 08-07-1930 1884 1892
John Shaffer Endicott, New York 11-21-1926 1886 1887
Hank Simon Albany, New York 01-01-1925 1887 1890
Lou Sylvester Brooklyn, New York 05-05-1936 1884 1887
Mike Tiernan New York, New York 11-07-1918 1887 1899
Jim Whitney Binghamton, New York 05-21-1891 1881 1890
Stump Wiedman New York, New York 03-02-1905 1880 1888
Stump Wiedman New York, New York 03-02-1905 1880 1888
Stump Wiedman New York, New York 03-02-1905 1880 1888

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in New York / Played in 1887



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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