Major League Baseball Players Who Died in New York / Played in 1902

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 1902

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death

Johnny Evers Albany, New York 03-28-1947 1902 1929
Patsy Dougherty Bolivar, New York 04-30-1940 1902 1911
Pete Lamer Brooklyn, New York 10-24-1931 1902 1907
Joe McGinnity Brooklyn, New York 11-14-1929 1899 1908
Joe Wall Brooklyn, New York 07-17-1936 1901 1902
Tom Daly Brooklyn, New York 10-29-1938 1887 1903
Fred Jacklitsch Brooklyn, New York 07-18-1937 1900 1917
Joe McGinnity Brooklyn, New York 11-14-1929 1899 1908
Lave Winham Brooklyn, New York 09-12-1951 1902 1903
Willie Keeler Brooklyn, New York 01-01-1923 1892 1910
Bill Dahlen Brooklyn, New York 12-05-1950 1891 1911
Joe Wall Brooklyn, New York 07-17-1936 1901 1902
Ernie Courtney Buffalo, New York 02-29-1920 1902 1908
Heinie Smith Buffalo, New York 06-25-1939 1897 1903
Jimmy Collins Buffalo, New York 03-06-1943 1895 1908
Ernie Courtney Buffalo, New York 02-29-1920 1902 1908
Lefty Davis Collins, New York 02-04-1919 1901 1907
Ed Phelps East Greenbush, New York 01-31-1942 1902 1913
John Warner Far Rockaway, New York 12-21-1943 1895 1908
Bill Donovan Forsyth, New York 12-09-1923 1898 1918
Billy Lush Hawthorne, New York 08-28-1951 1895 1904
George Browne Hyde Park, New York 12-09-1920 1901 1912
George Browne Hyde Park, New York 12-09-1920 1901 1912
Jack Harper Jamestown, New York 09-30-1950 1899 1906
Dike Varney Long Island City, New York 04-23-1950 1902 1902
Libe Washburn Malone, New York 03-22-1940 1902 1903
Jack Cronin Middletown, New York 07-12-1929 1895 1904
Jack Cronin Middletown, New York 07-12-1929 1895 1904
Jack Cronin Middletown, New York 07-12-1929 1895 1904
Heinie Wagner New Rochelle, New York 03-20-1943 1902 1918
John McGraw New Rochelle, New York 02-25-1934 1891 1906
John McGraw New Rochelle, New York 02-25-1934 1891 1906
Henry Thielman New York, New York 09-02-1942 1902 1903
Luis Castro New York, New York 09-24-1941 1902 1902
Andy Coakley New York, New York 09-27-1963 1902 1911
Cy Seymour New York, New York 09-20-1919 1896 1913
Henry Thielman New York, New York 09-02-1942 1902 1903
Gene McCann New York, New York 04-26-1943 1901 1902
Cy Seymour New York, New York 09-20-1919 1896 1913
Billy Gilbert New York, New York 08-08-1927 1901 1909
Aleck Smith New York, New York 07-09-1919 1897 1906
Bill Duggleby Redfield, New York 08-30-1944 1898 1907
Bill Duggleby Redfield, New York 08-30-1944 1898 1907
Case Patten Rochester, New York 05-31-1935 1901 1908
Red Dooin Rochester, New York 05-14-1952 1902 1916
Christy Mathewson Saranac Lake, New York 10-07-1925 1900 1916
Germany Schaefer Saranac Lake, New York 05-16-1919 1901 1918
Bill Dinneen Syracuse, New York 01-13-1955 1898 1909
Hughie Hearne Troy, New York 09-22-1932 1901 1903
Ed Murphy Weedsport, New York 01-29-1935 1898 1903

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in New York / Played in 1902



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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