Major League Baseball Players Who Died in Ohio / Played in 1915

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 Ohio / Played in 1915

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Joe Agler Massillon, Ohio 04-26-1971 1912 1915
Joe Agler Massillon, Ohio 04-26-1971 1912 1915
Red Ames Warren, Ohio 10-08-1936 1903 1919
Red Ames Warren, Ohio 10-08-1936 1903 1919
George Anderson Cleveland, Ohio 05-28-1962 1914 1918
Marty Becker Cincinnati, Ohio 09-25-1957 1915 1915
Bob Bescher London, Ohio 11-29-1942 1908 1918
Harry Billiard Wooster, Ohio 06-03-1923 1908 1915
Earl Blackburn Mansfield, Ohio 08-03-1966 1912 1917
Bill Bradley Cleveland, Ohio 03-11-1954 1899 1915
Roger Bresnahan Toledo, Ohio 12-04-1944 1897 1915
Rube Bressler Cincinnati, Ohio 11-07-1966 1914 1932
Al Bridwell Portsmouth, Ohio 01-23-1969 1905 1915
Ralph Comstock Toledo, Ohio 09-13-1966 1913 1918
Ralph Comstock Toledo, Ohio 09-13-1966 1913 1918
Rollin Cook Toledo, Ohio 08-11-1975 1915 1915
Jake Daubert Cincinnati, Ohio 10-09-1924 1910 1924
Frank Delahanty Cleveland, Ohio 07-22-1966 1905 1915
Jim Delahanty Cleveland, Ohio 10-17-1953 1901 1915
Delos Drake Findlay, Ohio 10-03-1965 1911 1915
Pat Duncan Columbus, Ohio 07-17-1960 1915 1924
Steve Evans Cleveland, Ohio 12-28-1943 1908 1915
Steve Evans Cleveland, Ohio 12-28-1943 1908 1915
John Fluhrer Columbus, Ohio 07-17-1946 1915 1915
Harry Fritz Columbus, Ohio 11-04-1974 1913 1915
Wally Gerber Columbus, Ohio 06-19-1951 1914 1929
Frank Gilhooley Toledo, Ohio 07-11-1959 1911 1919
Hank Gowdy Columbus, Ohio 08-01-1966 1910 1930
Tommy Griffith Cincinnati, Ohio 04-13-1967 1913 1925
Heinie Groh Cincinnati, Ohio 08-22-1968 1912 1927
Al Halt Sandusky, Ohio 01-22-1973 1914 1918
Bubbles Hargrave Cincinnati, Ohio 02-23-1969 1913 1930
Thomas Healy Cleveland, Ohio 01-15-1974 1915 1916
Bill Hinchman Columbus, Ohio 02-20-1963 1905 1920
Pete Johns Cleveland, Ohio 08-09-1964 1915 1918
Sam Jones Barnesville, Ohio 07-06-1966 1914 1935
George Kaiserling Steubenville, Ohio 03-02-1918 1914 1915
Benny Kauff Columbus, Ohio 11-17-1961 1912 1920
Larry Kopf Anderson Township, Ohio 10-15-1986 1913 1923
Frank LaPorte Newcomerstown, Ohio 09-25-1939 1905 1915
Jack Lewis Steubenville, Ohio 02-25-1956 1911 1915
Lee Magee Columbus, Ohio 03-14-1966 1911 1919
Rube Marshall Dover, Ohio 06-11-1980 1912 1915
Harry McCluskey Toledo, Ohio 06-07-1962 1915 1915
George McQuillan Columbus, Ohio 03-30-1940 1907 1918
George McQuillan Columbus, Ohio 03-30-1940 1907 1918
Earl Moseley Alliance, Ohio 07-01-1963 1913 1916
Hy Myers Minerva, Ohio 05-01-1965 1909 1925
George O'Brien Columbus, Ohio 03-24-1966 1915 1915
Steve O'Neill Cleveland, Ohio 01-26-1962 1911 1928
Emilio Palmero Toledo, Ohio 07-15-1970 1915 1928
Dode Paskert Cleveland, Ohio 02-12-1959 1907 1921
Roger Peckinpaugh Cleveland, Ohio 11-17-1977 1910 1927
Hank Ritter Akron, Ohio 09-03-1964 1912 1916
Eppa Rixey Cincinnati, Ohio 02-28-1963 1912 1933
Slim Sallee Higginsport, Ohio 03-23-1950 1908 1921
Al Schulz Gallipolis, Ohio 12-13-1931 1912 1916
Tom Sheehan Chillicothe, Ohio 10-29-1982 1915 1926
Fred Smith Cleveland, Ohio 05-28-1961 1913 1917
Fred Smith Cleveland, Ohio 05-28-1961 1913 1917
Billy Southworth Columbus, Ohio 11-15-1969 1913 1929
George Textor Massillon, Ohio 03-10-1954 1914 1915
Fred Trautman Bucyrus, Ohio 02-15-1964 1915 1915
Terry Turner Cleveland, Ohio 07-18-1960 1901 1919
Bill Wambsganss Lakewood, Ohio 12-08-1985 1914 1926
Carl Weilman Hamilton, Ohio 05-25-1924 1912 1920
Del Young Cleveland, Ohio 12-17-1959 1909 1915

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in Ohio / Played in 1915


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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