Major League Baseball Players Who Died in Washington

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 Washington

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death
Charlie Briggs Seattle, Washington 03-10-1920 1884 1884
William McLaughlin Gig Harbor, Washington 03-21-1936 1884 1884
Fergy Malone Seattle, Washington 01-18-1905 1876 1884
Clarence Cross Seattle, Washington 06-23-1931 1884 1887
Charlie Hall Tacoma, Washington 06-24-1921 1887 1887
Bill Burdick Spokane, Washington 10-23-1949 1888 1889
Floyd Ritter Stevenson, Washington 02-07-1943 1890 1890
Tim O'Rourke Seattle, Washington 04-20-1938 1890 1894
Dan Dugdale Seattle, Washington 03-09-1934 1886 1894
Jack Fanning Aberdeen, Washington 06-10-1917 1889 1894
George Bristow Bellingham, Washington 10-17-1939 1899 1899
Ed Bruyette Peshastin, Washington 08-05-1940 1901 1901
Amos Rusie Seattle, Washington 12-06-1942 1889 1901
Bill Karns Seattle, Washington 11-15-1941 1901 1901
Eddie Hickey Tacoma, Washington 03-25-1941 1901 1901
Ed Fisher Spokane, Washington 07-24-1951 1902 1902
Bob Blewett Sedro Woolley, Washington 03-17-1958 1902 1902
Phil Geier Spokane, Washington 09-25-1967 1896 1904
Jack Hickey Seattle, Washington 12-28-1941 1904 1904
Willy Wilson Seattle, Washington 10-28-1925 1906 1906
Con Starkel Tacoma, Washington 01-19-1933 1906 1906
Emil Frisk Seattle, Washington 01-27-1922 1899 1907
Pug Bennett Kirkland, Washington 09-12-1935 1906 1907
Hunky Shaw Yakima, Washington 07-03-1969 1908 1908
Cy Neighbors Tacoma, Washington 05-20-1964 1908 1908
Bill Yohe Bremerton, Washington 12-24-1938 1909 1909
Del Howard Seattle, Washington 12-24-1956 1905 1909
Irv Higginbotham Seattle, Washington 06-12-1959 1906 1909
Dave Skeels Spokane, Washington 12-02-1926 1910 1910
Harry Howell Spokane, Washington 05-22-1956 1898 1910
Bill Bailey Seattle, Washington 10-27-1967 1911 1911
Charlie Faust Fort Steilacoom, Washington 06-18-1915 1911 1911
Bert Hall Seattle, Washington 07-11-1948 1911 1911
Les Wilson Edmonds, Washington 04-04-1969 1911 1911
Jesse Baker Tacoma, Washington 09-26-1972 1911 1911
Dave Gregg Clarkston, Washington 11-12-1965 1913 1913
Harry Trekell Spokane, Washington 11-04-1965 1913 1913
Marty O'Toole Aberdeen, Washington 02-18-1949 1908 1914
Jack Lelivelt Seattle, Washington 01-20-1941 1909 1914
Ray Callahan Olympia, Washington 01-23-1973 1915 1915
Charlie Schmutz Seattle, Washington 06-27-1962 1914 1915
Karl Adams Everett, Washington 09-17-1967 1914 1915
Bobby Vaughn Seattle, Washington 04-11-1965 1909 1915
Charlie Mullen Seattle, Washington 06-06-1963 1910 1916
Doc Waldbauer Yakima, Washington 07-16-1969 1917 1917
Ham Hyatt Liberty Lake, Washington 09-11-1963 1909 1918
Win Noyes Cashmere, Washington 04-08-1969 1913 1919
Elmer Leifer Everett, Washington 09-26-1948 1921 1921
Don Rader Walla Walla, Washington 06-26-1983 1913 1921
Roy Moore Seattle, Washington 04-05-1951 1920 1923
Leo Taylor Seattle, Washington 05-20-1982 1923 1923
Bill Lasley Seattle, Washington 08-21-1990 1924 1924
Leon Cadore Spokane, Washington 03-16-1958 1915 1924
Pip Koehler Tacoma, Washington 12-08-1986 1925 1925
Vean Gregg Aberdeen, Washington 07-29-1964 1911 1925
Tom Sullivan Seattle, Washington 08-16-1944 1925 1925
Jack Fournier Tacoma, Washington 09-05-1973 1912 1927
Kid Willson Union Gap, Washington 04-17-1964 1918 1927
George Burns Kirkland, Washington 01-07-1978 1914 1929
Ira Flagstead Olympia, Washington 03-13-1940 1917 1930
Frank Mulroney Aberdeen, Washington 11-11-1985 1930 1930
Red Badgro Kent, Washington 07-13-1998 1929 1930
Earl Sheely Seattle, Washington 09-16-1952 1921 1931
Jim Moore Seattle, Washington 05-19-1973 1928 1932
Art McLarney Seattle, Washington 12-20-1984 1932 1932
Dick Gyselman Seattle, Washington 09-20-1990 1933 1934
Dick Ward Freeland, Washington 05-30-1966 1934 1935
Joe Coscarart Sequim, Washington 04-05-1993 1935 1936
Al Niemiec Kirkland, Washington 10-29-1995 1934 1936
Wayne Osborne Vancouver, Washington 03-13-1987 1935 1936
Ed Brandt Spokane, Washington 11-01-1944 1928 1938
Roy Johnson Tacoma, Washington 09-10-1973 1929 1938
Floyd Stromme Wenatchee, Washington 02-07-1993 1939 1939
Chris Hartje Seattle, Washington 06-26-1946 1939 1939
Earl Averill Everett, Washington 08-16-1983 1929 1941
Joe Sullivan Sequim, Washington 04-08-1985 1935 1941
Jack Wilson Edmonds, Washington 04-19-1995 1934 1942
Alan Strange Seattle, Washington 06-27-1994 1934 1942
Jo-Jo White Tacoma, Washington 10-09-1986 1932 1944
Barney Koch Tacoma, Washington 06-06-1987 1944 1944
Moon Mullen Stanwood, Washington 02-28-2013 1944 1944
Tom Turner Kennewick, Washington 05-14-1986 1940 1944
Bob Johnson Tacoma, Washington 07-06-1982 1933 1945
Ed Wheeler Centralia, Washington 08-04-1983 1945 1945
Harlond Clift Yakima, Washington 04-27-1992 1934 1945
Dick Barrett Seattle, Washington 10-30-1966 1933 1945
Chet Johnson Seattle, Washington 04-10-1983 1946 1946
Johnny Lazor Renton, Washington 12-09-2002 1943 1946
Frank Dasso Seattle, Washington 06-08-2009 1945 1946
Al Libke Wenatchee, Washington 03-07-2003 1945 1946
Mike Budnick Seattle, Washington 12-02-1999 1946 1947
Ed Bahr Seattle, Washington 04-06-2007 1946 1947
Andy Anderson Seattle, Washington 07-18-1982 1948 1949
Jeff Heath Seattle, Washington 12-09-1975 1936 1949
Bob Chesnes Everett, Washington 05-23-1979 1948 1950
Marv Rickert Oakville, Washington 06-03-1978 1942 1950
Bob DiPietro Yakima, Washington 09-03-2012 1951 1951
Earl Johnson Seattle, Washington 12-03-1994 1940 1951
Niles Jordan Sedro-Woolley, Washington 03-15-2008 1951 1952
Hal Keller Sequim, Washington 06-05-2012 1949 1952
Charlie White Seatac, Washington 05-26-1998 1954 1955
Ted Tappe Wenatchee, Washington 02-13-2004 1950 1955
Jim Dyck Cheney, Washington 01-11-1999 1951 1956
Tony Roig Spokane Valley, Washington 10-20-2010 1953 1956
Bill Kennedy Seattle, Washington 04-09-1983 1948 1957
Bill Harris Kennewick, Washington 05-28-2011 1957 1959
Bobby Adams Gig Harbor, Washington 02-13-1997 1946 1959
Jerry Staley Vancouver, Washington 01-02-2008 1947 1961
Ken Lehman Sedro-Wooley, Washington 12-04-2010 1952 1961
Earl Torgeson Everett, Washington 11-08-1990 1947 1961
Tom Baker Port Townsend, Washington 03-09-1980 1963 1963
John Hoffman Seattle, Washington 12-27-2001 1964 1965
Cap Peterson Tacoma, Washington 05-16-1980 1962 1969
Bubba Morton Seattle, Washington 01-14-2006 1961 1969
Ray Oyler Seattle, Washington 01-26-1981 1965 1970
Del Bates Spokane, Washington 09-24-2009 1970 1970
Ron Herbel Tacoma, Washington 01-20-2000 1963 1971
Pete Mikkelsen Mabton, Washington 11-29-2006 1964 1972
Jim Kremmel Spokane, Washington 10-12-2012 1973 1974
Ken Brett Spokane, Washington 11-18-2003 1967 1981

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in Washington


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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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