Major League Baseball Players Who Died in Kansas

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 Kansas

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death

Raleigh Aitchison Columbus, Kansas 09-26-1958 1911 1915
Hub Andrews Dodge City, Kansas 03-11-2012 1947 1948
Tom Angley Wichita, Kansas 10-26-1952 1929 1929
Lore Bader LeRoy, Kansas 06-02-1973 1912 1918
Jack Banta Hutchinson, Kansas 09-17-2006 1947 1950
Virgil Barnes Wichita, Kansas 07-24-1958 1919 1928
Charlie Bates Topeka, Kansas 01-29-1980 1927 1927
Hank Bauer Lenexa, Kansas 02-09-2007 1948 1961
Lloyd Bishop Wichita, Kansas 06-18-1968 1914 1914
Bob Boyd Wichita, Kansas 09-07-2004 1951 1961
Herb Bradley Clay Center, Kansas 10-16-1959 1927 1929
Fred Brickell Wichita, Kansas 04-08-1961 1926 1933
Fritz Brickell Wichita, Kansas 10-15-1965 1958 1961
Gil Britton Parsons, Kansas 06-20-1983 1913 1913
Curly Brown Spring Hill, Kansas 06-10-1968 1911 1915
Bill Burke Atchison, Kansas 03-17-1939 1887 1887
Frank Bushey Topeka, Kansas 03-18-1972 1927 1930
Fred Clarke Winfield, Kansas 08-14-1960 1894 1915
Lou Clinton Wichita, Kansas 12-06-1997 1960 1967
Pat Collins Kansas City, Kansas 05-20-1960 1919 1929
Lee Dashner El Dorado, Kansas 12-16-1959 1913 1913
Don Dennis Fort Scott, Kansas 03-22-2007 1965 1966
Murry Dickson Kansas City, Kansas 09-21-1989 1939 1959
George Dockins Clyde, Kansas 01-22-1997 1945 1947
Bull Durham Bentley, Kansas 06-28-1960 1904 1909
John Durham Coffeyville, Kansas 05-07-1949 1902 1902
Bob Edmundson Lawrence, Kansas 08-14-1931 1906 1908
Joe Ellick Kansas City, Kansas 04-21-1923 1878 1884
Art Evans Wichita, Kansas 01-08-1952 1932 1932
Owen Friend Wichita, Kansas 10-14-2007 1949 1956
Gabe Gabler Overland Park, Kansas 02-07-2009 1959 1961
Dale Gear Topeka, Kansas 09-23-1951 1896 1901
Bob Grim Shawnee, Kansas 10-23-1996 1954 1962
Don Gutteridge Pittsburg, Kansas 09-07-2008 1936 1948
George Hale Wichita, Kansas 11-01-1945 1914 1918
Frank Hansford Fort Scott, Kansas 12-14-1952 1898 1898
Jack Harper Halstead, Kansas 06-18-1927 1915 1915
Gus Hetling Wichita, Kansas 10-13-1962 1906 1906
Chief Hogsett Hays, Kansas 07-17-2001 1929 1944
Oscar Horstmann Salina, Kansas 05-11-1977 1917 1919
Frank Isbell Wichita, Kansas 07-15-1941 1898 1909
Woody Jensen Wichita, Kansas 10-05-2001 1931 1939
Ken Johnson Wichita, Kansas 04-06-2004 1947 1952
Deacon Jones Pittsburg, Kansas 12-28-1952 1916 1918
Sherman Jones Kansas City, Kansas 02-21-2007 1960 1962
Tex Jones Wichita, Kansas 02-26-1938 1911 1911
Pete Kilduff Pittsburg, Kansas 02-14-1930 1917 1921
Joe Kuhel Kansas City, Kansas 02-26-1984 1930 1947
Otis Lambeth Moran, Kansas 06-05-1976 1916 1918
Del Lundgren Lindsborg, Kansas 10-19-1984 1924 1927
Harry Maupin Parsons, Kansas 08-25-1952 1898 1899
Guy McFadden Topeka, Kansas 03-10-1911 1895 1895
Howie McFarland Wichita, Kansas 04-07-1993 1945 1945
Archie McKain Salina, Kansas 05-21-1985 1937 1943
Rufus Meadows Wichita, Kansas 05-10-1970 1926 1926
Butch Nieman Topeka, Kansas 11-02-1993 1943 1945
Johnny O'Connor Bonner Springs, Kansas 05-30-1982 1916 1916
Paul Penson Merriam, Kansas 05-03-2006 1954 1954
Red Phillips Wichita, Kansas 02-01-1988 1934 1936
Arnie Portocarrero Kansas City, Kansas 06-21-1986 1954 1960
Dan Quisenberry Leawood, Kansas 09-30-1998 1979 1990
Willie Ramsdell Wichita, Kansas 10-08-1969 1947 1952
Charlie Rhodes Caney, Kansas 10-26-1918 1906 1909
Jerry Robertson Burlington, Kansas 03-24-1996 1969 1970
Chuck Rose Salina, Kansas 08-04-1961 1909 1909
Otto Schomberg Ottawa, Kansas 05-03-1927 1886 1888
Clay Smith Winfield, Kansas 03-05-2002 1938 1940
Harry Suter Topeka, Kansas 07-24-1971 1909 1909
Wiley Taylor Westmoreland, Kansas 07-08-1954 1911 1914
Jug Thesenga Wichita, Kansas 12-03-2002 1944 1944
Bob Thurman Wichita, Kansas 10-31-1998 1955 1959
Ted Uhlaender Atwood, Kansas 02-12-2009 1965 1972
Ted Welch Great Bend, Kansas 01-07-1943 1914 1914
Mike Welday Leavenworth, Kansas 05-28-1942 1907 1909
Ed Willett Wellington, Kansas 05-10-1934 1906 1915
Claude Willoughby McPherson, Kansas 08-14-1973 1925 1931
Ralph Winegarner Wichita, Kansas 04-14-1988 1930 1949
Spades Wood Wichita, Kansas 05-18-1986 1930 1931
Glenn Wright Olathe, Kansas 04-06-1984 1924 1935

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in Kansas



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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:
 
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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
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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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