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

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death

Dave Anderson Chester, Pennsylvania 03-22-1897 1889 1890
Dave Anderson Chester, Pennsylvania 03-22-1897 1889 1890
Jersey Bakley Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 02-17-1915 1883 1891
Mark Baldwin Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 11-10-1929 1887 1893
Charlie Bastian Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 11-10-1943 1884 1891
Tun Berger Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 06-10-1907 1890 1892
Lou Bierbauer Erie, Pennsylvania 01-31-1926 1886 1898
Sumner Bowman Millersburg, Pennsylvania 01-11-1954 1890 1891
Sumner Bowman Millersburg, Pennsylvania 01-11-1954 1890 1891
Grant Briggs Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 05-31-1928 1890 1895
Dick Buckley Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 12-12-1929 1888 1895
Bart Cantz Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 02-12-1943 1888 1890
Ed Carfrey Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10-02-1921 1890 1890
George Carman Lancaster, Pennsylvania 06-16-1929 1890 1890
Fred Clement Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 12-25-1930 1890 1890
Jack Clements Norristown, Pennsylvania 05-23-1941 1884 1900
John Coleman Bristol, Pennsylvania 01-27-1915 1890 1890
Ben Conroy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 11-25-1937 1890 1890
Ed Cushman Erie, Pennsylvania 09-26-1915 1883 1890
Joe Daly Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 03-21-1943 1890 1892
Dell Darling Erie, Pennsylvania 11-20-1904 1883 1891
George Davis Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10-17-1940 1890 1909
Fred Dunlap Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 12-01-1902 1880 1891
Fred Dunlap Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 12-01-1902 1880 1891
Henry Easterday Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 03-30-1895 1884 1890
Henry Easterday Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 03-30-1895 1884 1890
Henry Easterday Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 03-30-1895 1884 1890
Duke Esper Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 08-31-1910 1890 1898
Duke Esper Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 08-31-1910 1890 1898
Duke Esper Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 08-31-1910 1890 1898
Jim Fogarty Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 05-20-1891 1884 1890
Pud Galvin Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 03-07-1902 1879 1892
Robert Gibson Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 12-19-1949 1890 1890
Robert Gibson Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 12-19-1949 1890 1890
Harry Gilbert Pottstown, Pennsylvania 12-23-1909 1890 1890
John Gilbert Pottstown, Pennsylvania 11-12-1903 1890 1890
Kid Gleason Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 01-02-1933 1888 1912
Herb Goodall Mansfield, Pennsylvania 01-20-1938 1890 1890
Louis Graff Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 04-16-1955 1890 1890
Jim Gray Allegheny, Pennsylvania 01-31-1938 1884 1893
Jim Gray Allegheny, Pennsylvania 01-31-1938 1884 1893
Ed Green Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 11-01-1912 1890 1890
Bill Greenwood Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 05-02-1902 1882 1890
Bill Grey Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 12-08-1932 1890 1898
Ad Gumbert Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 04-23-1925 1888 1896
Billy Gumbert Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 04-13-1946 1890 1893
Bill Hallman Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 09-11-1920 1888 1903
Pete Hasney Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 05-24-1908 1890 1890
Charlie Heard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 02-20-1945 1890 1890
Bill Johnson Chester, Pennsylvania 07-17-1942 1884 1892
Joe Kappel Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 07-08-1929 1884 1890
Frank Keffer Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 04-17-1923 1890 1890
Matt Kilroy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 03-02-1940 1886 1898
Andy Knox Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 09-14-1940 1890 1890
Henry Larkin Reading, Pennsylvania 01-31-1942 1884 1893
Connie Mack Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 02-08-1956 1886 1896
Al Maul Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 05-03-1958 1884 1901
Jack McFetridge Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 01-10-1917 1890 1903
Jim McTamany Lenni, Pennsylvania 04-16-1916 1885 1891
Henry Meyers Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 06-28-1898 1890 1890
Jocko Milligan Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 08-29-1923 1884 1893
Ed Morris Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 04-12-1937 1884 1890
Mike Morrison Erie, Pennsylvania 06-16-1955 1887 1890
Mike Morrison Erie, Pennsylvania 06-16-1955 1887 1890
Joe Mulvey Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 08-21-1928 1883 1895
Jack O'Brien Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 11-20-1910 1882 1890
Charlie Parsons Mansfield, Pennsylvania 03-24-1936 1886 1890
Bill Phillips Charleroi, Pennsylvania 10-25-1941 1890 1903
Marr Phillips Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 04-01-1928 1884 1890
Tom Quinn Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 07-24-1932 1886 1890
Billy Rhines Ridgway, Pennsylvania 01-30-1922 1890 1899
Orator Shafer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 01-22-1922 1877 1890
Frank Shugart Clearfield, Pennsylvania 09-09-1944 1890 1901
Germany Smith Altoona, Pennsylvania 12-01-1927 1884 1898
Charles Snyder Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 03-03-1901 1890 1890
Jack Stivetts Ashland, Pennsylvania 04-18-1930 1889 1899
Cub Stricker Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 11-19-1937 1882 1893
Ed Swartwood Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 05-15-1924 1881 1892
John Tener Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 05-19-1946 1885 1890
Phil Tomney Reading, Pennsylvania 03-18-1892 1888 1890
Steve Toole Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 03-28-1919 1886 1890
Jim Toy Cresson, Pennsylvania 03-13-1919 1887 1890
George Wood Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 04-04-1924 1880 1892
Henry Youngman Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 01-24-1936 1890 1890

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in Pennsylvania / 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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