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Major League Baseball Players Who Died in Illinois / Played in 1946
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.
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"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) |
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| Player |
Died In |
Date of Death |
Debut Year |
Final Year |
| Art Lopatka |
Elk Grove Village, Illinois |
03-10-2007 |
1945 |
1946 |
| Ted Pawelek |
Chicago Heights, Illinois |
02-12-1964 |
1946 |
1946 |
| Vern Olsen |
Maywood, Illinois |
07-13-1989 |
1939 |
1946 |
| Vern Curtis |
Cairo, Illinois |
06-24-1992 |
1943 |
1946 |
| Bob Carpenter |
Evergreen Park, Illinois |
10-19-2005 |
1940 |
1947 |
| Nick Etten |
Hinsdale, Illinois |
10-18-1990 |
1938 |
1947 |
| Si Johnson |
Sheridan, Illinois |
05-12-1994 |
1928 |
1947 |
| Stan Hack |
Dixon, Illinois |
12-15-1979 |
1932 |
1947 |
| Roger Wolff |
Chester, Illinois |
03-23-1994 |
1941 |
1947 |
| Joe Grace |
Murphysboro, Illinois |
09-18-1969 |
1938 |
1947 |
| Johnny Rigney |
Lombard, Illinois |
10-21-1984 |
1937 |
1947 |
| Si Johnson |
Sheridan, Illinois |
05-12-1994 |
1928 |
1947 |
| Joe Grace |
Murphysboro, Illinois |
09-18-1969 |
1938 |
1947 |
| Johnny McCarthy |
Mundelein, Illinois |
09-13-1973 |
1934 |
1948 |
| Frank Whitman |
Maryville, Illinois |
02-06-1994 |
1946 |
1948 |
| Terry Moore |
Collinsville, Illinois |
03-29-1995 |
1935 |
1948 |
| Fritz Ostermueller |
Quincy, Illinois |
12-17-1957 |
1934 |
1948 |
| Emil Kush |
River Grove, Illinois |
11-26-1969 |
1941 |
1949 |
| Nels Potter |
Mt. Morris, Illinois |
09-30-1990 |
1936 |
1949 |
| Johnny Ostrowski |
Chicago, Illinois |
11-13-1992 |
1943 |
1950 |
| Emil Verban |
Quincy, Illinois |
06-08-1989 |
1944 |
1950 |
| Russ Bauers |
Hines, Illinois |
01-21-1995 |
1936 |
1950 |
| Mickey Haefner |
New Athens, Illinois |
01-03-1995 |
1943 |
1950 |
| Fred Martin |
Chicago, Illinois |
06-11-1979 |
1946 |
1950 |
| Emil Verban |
Quincy, Illinois |
06-08-1989 |
1944 |
1950 |
| Phil Masi |
Mt. Prospect, Illinois |
03-29-1990 |
1939 |
1952 |
| Lou Boudreau |
Olympia Fields, Illinois |
08-10-2001 |
1938 |
1952 |
| Erv Dusak |
Glendale Heights, Illinois |
11-06-1994 |
1941 |
1952 |
| Don Kolloway |
Blue Island, Illinois |
06-30-1994 |
1940 |
1953 |
| Dutch Leonard |
Springfield, Illinois |
04-17-1983 |
1933 |
1953 |
| Johnny Sain |
Downers Grove, Illinois |
11-07-2006 |
1942 |
1955 |
| Dizzy Trout |
Harvey, Illinois |
02-28-1972 |
1939 |
1957 |
| Russ Meyer |
Oglesby, Illinois |
11-16-1997 |
1946 |
1959 |
| Player |
Died In |
Date of Death |
Debut Year |
Final Year |
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Major League Baseball Players Who Died in Illinois / Played in 1946
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