Baseball Player Obituaries

Baseball Almanac presents a list of baseball player obituaries and a comprehensive chart of ballplayer deaths by month. Chart note: All currently known deaths are included. Chart is current through date listed.

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"I don't know what the pitch was (to Bill Mazeroski in game seven). All I know is it was the wrong one." - Ralph Terry

Baseball Player Obituaries & Death by Month Chart

Number of Major League Players Who Died in Each Month

Number of Major League Players Who Died in Each Month

Tommie Aaron Obituary (stats) Matt Kilroy Obituary (stats)
Harry Agganis Obituary (stats) Nap Lajoie Obituary (stats)
Cap Anson Obituary (stats) Tony Lazzeri Obituary (stats)
Gene Bearden Obituary (stats) Tony Lupien Obituary (stats)
Lou Berberet Obituary (stats) Mickey Mantle Obituary (stats)
Jim Bivin Obituary (stats) Roger Maris Obituary (stats)
Walt Bond Obituary (stats) Eddie Mathews Obituary (stats)
Wally Burnette Obituary (stats) Joe Medwick Obituary (stats)
Moe Burtschy Obituary (stats) Rube Melton Obituary (stats)
Roy Campanella Obituary (stats) Fred Merkle Obituary (stats)
Norm Cash Obituary (stats) Frank Orkie Obituary (stats)
Fred Clarke Obituary (stats) Jim Park Obituary (stats)
Mickey Cochrane Obituary (stats) Pee Wee Reese Obituary (stats)
Chubby Dean Obituary (stats) George Sisler Obituary (stats)
Ed Delahanty Obituary (stats) Glen Stewart Obituary (stats)
Jim Doyle Obituary (stats) Tris Speaker Obituary (stats)
Hal Epps Obituary (stats) Lee Stine Obituary (stats)
Ray Fisher Obituary (stats) Snuffy Stirnweiss Obituary (stats)
Dee Fondy Obituary (stats) Max Surkont Obituary (stats)
Nellie Fox Obituary (stats) Honus Wagner Obituary (stats)
Jimmie Foxx Obituary (stats) Leon Wagner Obituary (stats)
Carl Furillo Obituary (stats) Ken Weafer Obituary (stats)
Eddie Gaedel Obituary (stats) Smoky Joe Wood Obituary (stats)
Ben Geraghty Obituary (stats) Cy Young Obituary (stats)
Mule Haas Obituary (stats) Ross Youngs Obituary (stats)
Addie Joss Obituary (stats)

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Did you know that Baseball Almanac has a specific page for umpire burial locations, umpire gravesite photos and umpire obituaries online?

The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball (1997) by Jonathan Fraser Light has an entire section dedicated to Baseball Related Deaths (pg 199); here are some entries from that great book:

"He's dead at the present time." - Casey Stengel (on the status of a colleague)

"Most people my age are dead — you could look it up." - Casey Stengel

"George (Brett) is getting to be such a monster that I'd hate to die in a car wreck with the guy. You'd be listed as: Others Killed." - Clint Hurdle (1981)

Source: The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball (1997, Jonathan Fraser Light)

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