Major League Baseball Players Who Died in New York / Played in 1927

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 1927

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Jumbo Brown Freeport, New York 10-02-1966 1925 1941
Bob Cremins Pelham Manor, New York 03-27-2004 1927 1927
Mose Eggert Rochester, New York 04-09-1971 1927 1927
Lou Gehrig Riverdale, Bronx County, New York 06-02-1941 1923 1939
Joe Genewich Lockport, New York 12-21-1985 1922 1930
Hal Goldsmith Riverhead, New York 10-20-1985 1926 1929
Johnny Grabowski Albany, New York 05-23-1946 1924 1931
Hank Grampp New York, New York 03-24-1986 1927 1929
Bubber Jonnard New York, New York 08-23-1977 1920 1935
Carl Lind New York, New York 08-04-1946 1927 1930
Rabbit Maranville New York, New York 01-05-1954 1912 1935
Hugh McQuillan Jamaica, New York 08-26-1947 1918 1927
Hugh McQuillan Jamaica, New York 08-26-1947 1918 1927
Art Mills Utica, New York 07-23-1975 1927 1928
George Mogridge Rochester, New York 03-04-1962 1911 1927
Johnny Mokan Buffalo, New York 02-10-1985 1921 1927
Herb Pennock New York, New York 01-30-1948 1912 1934
Norman Plitt New York, New York 02-01-1954 1918 1927
Norman Plitt New York, New York 02-01-1954 1918 1927
Jimmy Ring Breezy Point, New York 07-06-1965 1917 1928
Dick Rudolph Bronx, New York 10-20-1949 1910 1927
Babe Ruth New York, New York 08-16-1948 1914 1935
Bob Shawkey Syracuse, New York 12-31-1980 1913 1927
Specs Toporcer Huntington Station, New York 05-17-1989 1921 1928
Ty Tyson Buffalo, New York 08-16-1953 1926 1928
Clay Van Alstyne Hudson, New York 01-05-1960 1927 1928
Jack White Flushing, New York 06-19-1971 1927 1928

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in New York / Played in 1927


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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