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

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death

Herold Juul Chicago, Illinois 01-04-1942 1914 1914
Larry Pratt Peoria, Illinois 01-05-1969 1914 1915
Buck Weaver Chicago, Illinois 01-31-1956 1912 1920
Mysterious Walker Oak Park, Illinois 02-01-1958 1910 1915
Bob Groom Belleville, Illinois 02-19-1948 1909 1918
Ray Demmitt Glen Ellyn, Illinois 02-19-1956 1909 1919
Ray Demmitt Glen Ellyn, Illinois 02-19-1956 1909 1919
Joe Berger Rock Island, Illinois 03-05-1956 1913 1914
Fred Beck Havana, Illinois 03-12-1962 1909 1915
Harry LaRoss Chicago, Illinois 03-22-1954 1914 1914
Jake Kafora Chicago, Illinois 03-23-1928 1913 1914
Jack Farrell Chicago, Illinois 03-24-1918 1914 1915
Jim Bluejacket Pekin, Illinois 03-26-1947 1914 1916
Frank Harter Breese, Illinois 04-14-1959 1912 1914
Gus Williams Sterling, Illinois 04-16-1964 1911 1915
Joe Benz Chicago, Illinois 04-22-1957 1911 1919
Erv Lange Maywood, Illinois 04-24-1971 1914 1914
Felix Chouinard Hines, Illinois 04-28-1955 1910 1915
Felix Chouinard Hines, Illinois 04-28-1955 1910 1915
Felix Chouinard Hines, Illinois 04-28-1955 1910 1915
Earl Tyree Rushville, Illinois 05-17-1954 1914 1914
Ray Schalk Chicago, Illinois 05-19-1970 1912 1929
Max Fiske Chicago, Illinois 05-25-1928 1914 1914
Hippo Vaughn Chicago, Illinois 05-29-1966 1908 1921
Jack Kading Chicago, Illinois 06-02-1964 1910 1914
Matt Zeiser Chicago, Illinois 06-10-1942 1914 1914
Art Wilson Chicago, Illinois 06-12-1960 1908 1921
Fred Kommers Chicago, Illinois 06-14-1943 1913 1914
Fred Kommers Chicago, Illinois 06-14-1943 1913 1914
Ed Sweeney Chicago, Illinois 07-04-1947 1908 1919
Max Flack Belleville, Illinois 07-31-1975 1914 1925
Norm Glockson Maywood, Illinois 08-05-1955 1914 1914
Leo Kavanagh Chicago, Illinois 08-10-1950 1914 1914
Henry Keupper Marion, Illinois 08-14-1960 1914 1914
Jeff Pfeffer Chicago, Illinois 08-15-1972 1911 1924
Eddie Stack Chicago, Illinois 08-28-1958 1910 1914
Ward Miller Dixon, Illinois 09-04-1958 1909 1917
Braggo Roth Chicago, Illinois 09-11-1936 1914 1921
Bill Jackson Peoria, Illinois 09-24-1958 1914 1915
Red Faber Chicago, Illinois 09-25-1976 1914 1933
Jack Warhop Freeport, Illinois 10-04-1960 1908 1915
George Pierce Joliet, Illinois 10-11-1935 1912 1917
Nick Allen Hines, Illinois 10-16-1939 1914 1920
Elmer Koestner Fairbury, Illinois 10-27-1959 1910 1914
Elmer Koestner Fairbury, Illinois 10-27-1959 1910 1914
Tuffy Stewart Chicago, Illinois 11-18-1934 1913 1914
Polly Wolfe Morris, Illinois 11-21-1938 1912 1914
Cozy Dolan Chicago, Illinois 12-10-1958 1909 1922
Delos Brown Carbondale, Illinois 12-21-1964 1914 1914
Al Shaw Danville, Illinois 12-30-1974 1907 1915

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in Illinois / 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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