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Major League Baseball Players Who Died in California / Played in 1951
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 |
| Wayne Belardi |
Santa Cruz, California |
10-21-1993 |
1950 |
1956 |
| Johnny Berardino |
Los Angeles, California |
05-19-1996 |
1939 |
1952 |
| Johnny Bero |
Gardena, California |
05-11-1985 |
1948 |
1951 |
| Ray Boone |
San Diego, California |
10-17-2004 |
1948 |
1960 |
| Roger Bowman |
Los Angeles, California |
07-21-1997 |
1949 |
1955 |
| Jim Brideweser |
El Toro, California |
08-25-1989 |
1951 |
1957 |
| Roy Campanella |
Woodland Hills, California |
06-26-1993 |
1948 |
1957 |
| Milo Candini |
Manteca, California |
03-17-1998 |
1943 |
1951 |
| Sam Chapman |
Kentfield, California |
12-22-2006 |
1938 |
1951 |
| Sam Chapman |
Kentfield, California |
12-22-2006 |
1938 |
1951 |
| Merl Combs |
Riverside, California |
07-08-1981 |
1947 |
1952 |
| Chuck Connors |
Los Angeles, California |
11-10-1992 |
1949 |
1951 |
| Tod Davis |
West Covina, California |
12-31-1978 |
1949 |
1951 |
| Con Dempsey |
Redwood City, California |
08-05-2006 |
1951 |
1951 |
| Bob Dillinger |
Santa Clarita, California |
11-07-2009 |
1946 |
1951 |
| Bob Dillinger |
Santa Clarita, California |
11-07-2009 |
1946 |
1951 |
| Bruce Edwards |
Sacramento, California |
04-25-1975 |
1946 |
1956 |
| Bruce Edwards |
Sacramento, California |
04-25-1975 |
1946 |
1956 |
| Hank Edwards |
Anaheim, California |
06-22-1988 |
1941 |
1953 |
| Hank Edwards |
Anaheim, California |
06-22-1988 |
1941 |
1953 |
| Bob Elliott |
San Diego, California |
05-04-1966 |
1939 |
1953 |
| Ferris Fain |
Georgetown, California |
10-18-2001 |
1947 |
1955 |
| Dee Fondy |
Redlands, California |
08-19-1999 |
1951 |
1958 |
| Tommy Glaviano |
Sacramento, California |
01-19-2004 |
1949 |
1953 |
| Gordon Goldsberry |
Laguna Hills, California |
02-23-1996 |
1949 |
1952 |
| Joe Hatten |
Redding, California |
12-16-1988 |
1946 |
1952 |
| Joe Hatten |
Redding, California |
12-16-1988 |
1946 |
1952 |
| Nippy Jones |
Sacramento, California |
10-03-1995 |
1946 |
1957 |
| Eddie Joost |
Fair Oaks, California |
04-12-2011 |
1936 |
1955 |
| Spider Jorgensen |
Rancho Cucamonga, California |
11-06-2003 |
1947 |
1951 |
| Bob Lemon |
Long Beach, California |
01-11-2000 |
1941 |
1958 |
| Jack Lohrke |
San Jose, California |
04-29-2009 |
1947 |
1953 |
| Peanuts Lowrey |
Inglewood, California |
07-02-1986 |
1942 |
1955 |
| Gene Mauch |
Rancho Mirage, California |
08-08-2005 |
1944 |
1957 |
| Carmen Mauro |
Carmichael, California |
12-19-2003 |
1948 |
1953 |
| Mike McCormick |
Los Angeles, California |
04-13-1976 |
1940 |
1951 |
| Clyde McCullough |
San Francisco, California |
09-18-1982 |
1940 |
1956 |
| Lloyd Merriman |
Fresno, California |
01-20-2004 |
1949 |
1955 |
| Catfish Metkovich |
Costa Mesa, California |
05-17-1995 |
1943 |
1954 |
| Tom Morgan |
Anaheim, California |
01-13-1987 |
1951 |
1963 |
| Bob Nieman |
Corona, California |
03-10-1985 |
1951 |
1962 |
| Erv Palica |
Huntington Beach, California |
05-29-1982 |
1945 |
1956 |
| Duane Pillette |
San Jose, California |
05-06-2011 |
1949 |
1956 |
| Johnny Pramesa |
Los Angeles, California |
09-09-1996 |
1949 |
1952 |
| Jerry Priddy |
North Hollywood, California |
03-03-1980 |
1941 |
1953 |
| Pete Reiser |
Palm Springs, California |
10-25-1981 |
1940 |
1952 |
| Dino Restelli |
San Carlos, California |
08-08-2006 |
1949 |
1951 |
| Del Rice |
Buena Park, California |
01-26-1983 |
1945 |
1961 |
| Bill Rigney |
Walnut Creek, California |
02-20-2001 |
1946 |
1953 |
| Dick Rozek |
Indio, California |
09-27-2001 |
1950 |
1954 |
| Hank Sauer |
Burlingame, California |
08-24-2001 |
1941 |
1959 |
| Bill Serena |
Hayward, California |
04-17-1996 |
1949 |
1954 |
| Bud Sheely |
Sacramento, California |
10-17-1985 |
1951 |
1953 |
| Duke Snider |
Escondido, California |
02-27-2011 |
1947 |
1964 |
| Vern Stephens |
Long Beach, California |
11-03-1968 |
1941 |
1955 |
| Bud Stewart |
Palo Alto, California |
06-21-2000 |
1941 |
1954 |
| Hank Thompson |
Fresno, California |
09-30-1969 |
1947 |
1956 |
| Tom Upton |
Downey, California |
03-24-2008 |
1950 |
1952 |
| Bill Werle |
San Mateo, California |
11-27-2010 |
1949 |
1954 |
| Bill Wight |
Mount Shasta, California |
05-17-2007 |
1946 |
1958 |
| Jim Wilson |
Newport Beach, California |
09-02-1986 |
1945 |
1958 |
| Gus Zernial |
Fresno, California |
01-20-2011 |
1949 |
1959 |
| Gus Zernial |
Fresno, California |
01-20-2011 |
1949 |
1959 |
| Player |
Died In |
Date of Death |
Debut Year |
Final Year |
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Major League Baseball Players Who Died in California / Played in 1951
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