Major League Baseball Players Who Died in Florida / Played in 1914

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 Florida / Played in 1914

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death

Joe Houser Orlando, Florida 01-03-1953 1914 1914
Larry Cheney Daytona Beach, Florida 01-06-1969 1911 1919
Nap Lajoie Daytona Beach, Florida 02-07-1959 1896 1916
Bruno Betzel West Hollywood, Florida 02-07-1965 1914 1918
Fred Merkle Daytona Beach, Florida 03-02-1956 1907 1926
Clyde Milan Orlando, Florida 03-03-1953 1907 1922
Pat Moran Orlando, Florida 03-07-1924 1901 1914
Fin Wilson Coral Gables, Florida 03-09-1959 1914 1915
Billy Purtell Bradenton, Florida 03-17-1962 1908 1914
Zinn Beck West Palm Beach, Florida 03-19-1981 1913 1918
Edd Roush Bradenton, Florida 03-21-1988 1913 1931
George Moriarty Miami, Florida 04-08-1964 1903 1916
Ernie Manning Pensacola, Florida 04-28-1973 1914 1914
Del Wertz Sarasota, Florida 05-26-1958 1914 1914
Ed Walsh Pompano Beach, Florida 05-26-1959 1904 1917
Max Carey Miami, Florida 05-30-1976 1910 1929
Vern Duncan Daytona Beach, Florida 06-01-1954 1913 1915
Cad Coles Miami, Florida 06-30-1942 1914 1914
Joe Tinker Orlando, Florida 07-27-1948 1902 1916
Burt Shotton Lake Wales, Florida 07-29-1962 1909 1923
Bob Fisher Jacksonville, Florida 08-04-1963 1912 1919
Dummy Murphy Tallahassee, Florida 08-10-1962 1914 1914
George McAvoy Miami, Florida 08-19-1952 1914 1914
Jean Dubuc Fort Myers, Florida 08-28-1958 1908 1919
Eddie Ainsmith Fort Lauderdale, Florida 09-06-1981 1910 1924
Cy Pieh Jacksonville, Florida 09-12-1945 1913 1915
Bill Holden Pensacola, Florida 09-14-1971 1913 1914
Bill Holden Pensacola, Florida 09-14-1971 1913 1914
Bert Humphries Orlando, Florida 09-21-1945 1910 1915
Tommy Leach Haines City, Florida 09-29-1969 1898 1918
Fritz Mollwitz Bradenton, Florida 10-03-1967 1913 1919
Fritz Mollwitz Bradenton, Florida 10-03-1967 1913 1919
Frank Fletcher St. Petersburg, Florida 10-07-1974 1914 1914
Grover Hartley Daytona Beach, Florida 10-19-1964 1911 1934
Bill McKechnie Bradenton, Florida 10-29-1965 1907 1920
Elmer Johnson Hollywood, Florida 10-31-1966 1914 1914
Mickey Doolin Orlando, Florida 11-01-1951 1905 1918
Joe Bush Fort Lauderdale, Florida 11-01-1974 1912 1928
Clem Clemens St. Petersburg, Florida 11-02-1967 1914 1916
Merito Acosta Miami, Florida 11-17-1963 1913 1918
Bill Doak Bradenton, Florida 11-26-1954 1912 1929
Wilbur Good Brooksville, Florida 12-30-1963 1905 1918

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in Florida / Played in 1914



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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