Major League Baseball Players Who Died in South Carolina

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 South Carolina

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death

Rufus Smith Aiken, South Carolina 08-21-1984 1927 1927
Tommy Dunbar Aiken, South Carolina 03-16-2011 1983 1985
Johnny Temple Anderson, South Carolina 01-09-1994 1952 1964
Roy Mahaffey Anderson, South Carolina 07-23-1969 1926 1936
Norm Brown Bennettsville, South Carolina 05-31-1995 1943 1946
Dan Griner Bishopville, South Carolina 06-03-1950 1912 1918
Russ Lyon Calhoun Falls, South Carolina 12-24-1975 1944 1944
Emil Huhn Camden, South Carolina 09-05-1925 1915 1917
Art Brouthers Charleston, South Carolina 09-28-1959 1906 1906
Doc McJames Charleston, South Carolina 09-23-1901 1895 1901
Tom Colcolough Charleston, South Carolina 12-10-1919 1893 1899
Hugh East Charleston, South Carolina 11-02-1981 1941 1943
Pat Luby Charleston, South Carolina 04-24-1899 1890 1895
John Purdin Charleston, South Carolina 03-28-2010 1964 1969
Ed Durham Chester, South Carolina 04-27-1976 1929 1933
Claude Crocker Clinton, South Carolina 12-19-2002 1944 1945
Cal Cooper Clinton, South Carolina 07-04-1994 1948 1948
Chick Galloway Clinton, South Carolina 11-07-1969 1919 1928
Kirby Higbe Columbia, South Carolina 05-06-1985 1937 1950
Art Jones Columbia, South Carolina 11-25-1980 1932 1932
Jesse Fowler Columbia, South Carolina 09-23-1973 1924 1924
Jim Scoggins Columbia, South Carolina 08-16-1923 1913 1913
Rufe Clarke Columbia, South Carolina 02-08-1983 1923 1924
Barney Martin Columbia, South Carolina 10-30-1997 1953 1953
Logan Drake Columbia, South Carolina 06-01-1940 1922 1924
Bob Hazle Columbia, South Carolina 04-25-1992 1955 1958
Flint Rhem Columbia, South Carolina 07-30-1969 1924 1936
Joe Schultz Columbia, South Carolina 04-13-1941 1912 1925
Neil Chrisley Conway, South Carolina 05-18-2013 1957 1961
Harry Byrd Darlington, South Carolina 05-14-1985 1950 1957
Fred Stem Darlington, South Carolina 09-05-1964 1908 1909
Ted Petoskey Elgin, South Carolina 11-30-1996 1934 1935
Lou Lombardo Fort Mill, South Carolina 06-11-2001 1948 1948
Pelham Ballenger Gantt, South Carolina 12-08-1948 1928 1928
Walter Barbare Greenville, South Carolina 10-28-1965 1914 1922
Don Buddin Greenville, South Carolina 06-30-2011 1956 1962
Virgil Stallcup Greenville, South Carolina 05-02-1989 1947 1953
Blackie Carter Greenville, South Carolina 09-10-1976 1925 1926
Al Yeargin Greenville, South Carolina 05-08-1937 1922 1924
Joe Jackson Greenville, South Carolina 12-05-1951 1908 1920
Champ Osteen Greenville, South Carolina 12-14-1962 1903 1909
Jack Owens Greenville, South Carolina 11-14-1958 1935 1935
Bill Voiselle Greenwood, South Carolina 01-31-2005 1942 1950
Elbert Andrews Greenwood, South Carolina 11-25-1979 1925 1925
Rube Melton Greer, South Carolina 09-11-1971 1941 1947
Sam Page Greeville, South Carolina 05-29-2002 1939 1939
Gus Keriazakos Hilton Head, South Carolina 05-04-1996 1950 1955
Danny Clyburn Lancaster, South Carolina 02-07-2012 1997 1999
Aaron Robinson Lancaster, South Carolina 03-09-1966 1943 1951
Mike Cunningham Lancaster, South Carolina 12-10-1969 1906 1906
Frank Ellerbe Latta, South Carolina 07-08-1988 1919 1924
George Jeffcoat Leesville, South Carolina 10-13-1978 1936 1943
Mike Derrick Lexington, South Carolina 01-14-2009 1970 1970
John Boozer Lexington, South Carolina 01-24-1986 1962 1969
John McMakin Lyman, South Carolina 09-25-1956 1902 1902
Norm McMillan Marion, South Carolina 09-28-1969 1922 1929
Ralph McLaurin McColl, South Carolina 02-11-1943 1908 1908
Clise Dudley Moncks Corner, South Carolina 01-12-1989 1929 1933
Fritz Von Kolnitz Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 03-18-1948 1914 1916
Garland Lawing Murrells Inlet, South Carolina 09-27-1996 1946 1946
Dave Odom Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 11-19-1987 1943 1943
Chuck Coles Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 01-25-1996 1958 1958
Jim Mattox Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 10-12-1973 1922 1923
Bill Baker Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 04-13-2006 1940 1949
Johnny Wertz Newberry, South Carolina 09-24-1990 1926 1929
Pee-Wee Wanninger North Augusta, South Carolina 03-07-1981 1925 1927
Ken Wood North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 11-22-2007 1948 1953
Syd Smith Orangeburg, South Carolina 06-05-1961 1908 1915
Van Mungo Pageland, South Carolina 02-12-1985 1931 1945
John Buzhardt Prosperity, South Carolina 06-15-2008 1958 1968
Ed Freed Rock Hill, South Carolina 11-15-2002 1942 1942
Jim Waugh Rock Hill, South Carolina 02-16-2010 1952 1953
Red Barbary Simpsonville, South Carolina 09-27-2003 1943 1943
Art Fowler Spartanburg, South Carolina 01-29-2007 1954 1964
Al Lakeman Spartanburg, South Carolina 05-25-1976 1942 1954
George Banks Spartanburg, South Carolina 03-01-1985 1962 1966
Red Howell Travelers Rest, South Carolina 10-01-1950 1941 1941
Junior Wooten Williamston, South Carolina 08-12-2006 1947 1948
Ben Shields Woodruff, South Carolina 01-24-1982 1924 1931
Sam Lanford Woodruff, South Carolina 09-14-1970 1907 1907

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in South Carolina



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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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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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