Major League Baseball Players Who Died in California / Played in 1941

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 California / Played in 1941

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death

Charlie Root Hollister, California 11-05-1970 1923 1941
Freddie Fitzsimmons Yucca Valley, California 11-18-1979 1925 1943
Leo Durocher Palm Springs, California 10-07-1991 1925 1945
Dick Bartell Alameda, California 08-04-1995 1927 1946
Dick Bartell Alameda, California 08-04-1995 1927 1946
Larry French San Diego, California 02-09-1987 1929 1942
Larry French San Diego, California 02-09-1987 1929 1942
Lefty Gomez Greenbrae, California 02-17-1989 1930 1943
Hank Greenberg Beverly Hills, California 09-04-1986 1930 1947
Ernie Lombardi Santa Cruz, California 09-26-1977 1931 1947
Arky Vaughan Eagleville, California 08-30-1952 1932 1948
Frankie Crosetti Stockton, California 02-11-2002 1932 1948
Monte Pearson Fresno, California 01-27-1978 1932 1941
Frank Demaree Los Angeles, California 08-30-1958 1932 1944
Frank Demaree Los Angeles, California 08-30-1958 1932 1944
Dolph Camilli San Mateo, California 10-21-1997 1933 1945
Bill Knickerbocker Sebastopol, California 09-08-1963 1933 1942
Johnny Babich Richmond, California 01-19-2001 1934 1941
Frenchy Bordagaray Ventura, California 04-13-2000 1934 1945
Lee Grissom Corning, California 10-04-1998 1934 1941
George Caster Lakewood, California 12-18-1955 1934 1946
Al Benton Lynwood, California 04-14-1968 1934 1952
Don Heffner Pasadena, California 08-01-1989 1934 1944
Augie Galan Fairfield, California 12-28-1993 1934 1949
Alex Kampouris Sacramento, California 05-29-1993 1934 1943
Curt Davis Covina, California 10-12-1965 1934 1946
Tuck Stainback Camarillo, California 11-29-1992 1934 1946
Cookie Lavagetto Orinda, California 08-10-1990 1934 1947
Lee Grissom Corning, California 10-04-1998 1934 1941
Augie Galan Fairfield, California 12-28-1993 1934 1949
Babe Dahlgren Arcadia, California 09-04-1996 1935 1946
Babe Dahlgren Arcadia, California 09-04-1996 1935 1946
Eddie Joost Fair Oaks, California 04-12-2011 1936 1955
Jim Tobin Oakland, California 05-19-1969 1937 1945
Vince DiMaggio North Hollywood, California 10-03-1986 1937 1946
Joe Marty Sacramento, California 10-04-1984 1937 1941
Joe Gordon Sacramento, California 04-14-1978 1938 1950
Sam Chapman Kentfield, California 12-22-2006 1938 1951
Sam Nahem Berkeley, California 04-19-2004 1938 1948
Steve Mesner San Diego, California 04-06-1981 1938 1945
Oris Hockett Torrance, California 03-23-1969 1938 1945
Max West Sierra Madre, California 12-31-2003 1938 1948
Dario Lodigiani Napa, California 02-10-2008 1938 1946
Pete Coscarart Escondido, California 07-24-2002 1938 1946
Jim Tabor Sacramento, California 08-22-1953 1938 1947
Bill Posedel Livermore, California 11-28-1989 1938 1946
Bill Clemensen Alta, California 02-18-1994 1939 1946
Johnny Berardino Los Angeles, California 05-19-1996 1939 1952
Eddie Lake Castro Valley, California 06-07-1995 1939 1950
Bob Elliott San Diego, California 05-04-1966 1939 1953
Joe Orengo San Francisco, California 07-24-1988 1939 1945
Manny Salvo Vallejo, California 02-07-1997 1939 1943
Whitey Wietelmann San Diego, California 03-26-2002 1939 1947
Rip Russell Los Alamitos, California 09-26-1976 1939 1947
Herman Besse Los Angeles, California 08-13-1972 1940 1946
Wally Judnich Glendale, California 07-12-1971 1940 1949
Clyde McCullough San Francisco, California 09-18-1982 1940 1956
Dick Conger Los Angeles, California 02-16-1970 1940 1943
Mike McCormick Los Angeles, California 04-13-1976 1940 1951
Bobby Sturgeon San Dimas, California 03-10-2007 1940 1948
Buddy Gremp Manteca, California 01-30-1995 1940 1942
Pete Reiser Palm Springs, California 10-25-1981 1940 1952
Orval Grove Carmichael, California 04-20-1992 1940 1949
Jerry Priddy North Hollywood, California 03-03-1980 1941 1953
Moe Franklin Harbor City, California 03-16-1978 1941 1942
Johnny Lindell Newport Beach, California 08-27-1985 1941 1954
Vern Stephens Long Beach, California 11-03-1968 1941 1955
Hersh Lyons Inglewood, California 04-08-2008 1941 1941
Bob Lemon Long Beach, California 01-11-2000 1941 1958
Bud Stewart Palo Alto, California 06-21-2000 1941 1954
Ray Lamanno Berkeley, California 02-09-1994 1941 1948
Lou Novikoff South Gate, California 09-30-1970 1941 1946
Lou Stringer Lake Forest, California 10-19-2008 1941 1950
Wimpy Quinn Santa Monica, California 09-01-1954 1941 1941
Hank Sauer Burlingame, California 08-24-2001 1941 1959
Hank Edwards Anaheim, California 06-22-1988 1941 1953
Benny Zientara Lake Elsinore, California 04-16-1985 1941 1948
Vern Freiburger Palm Springs, California 02-27-1990 1941 1941

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in California / Played in 1941



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.

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook