Yogi Berra was looking up at the scoreboard on Old Timers' Day, saw the list of Yankee greats who had recently died, and said, "Boy, I hope I never see my name up there." The research below, by Baseball Almanac, allows you to "check the scoreboard" and see every ballplayer who died during any given year.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The list of baseball players who died are sorted by default in alphabetical order, using the player's last name. However, you can sort the data to meet your needs. Click where it says "Died In" and the data will be sorted by the place of death. Click "Date of Death" and see it listed chronologically, for the given year. Debut Year and Final Year (in the majors) are also sortable.
"If anybody talks about a dead guy during a broadcast, I'll sack 'em. I'm sick of dead guys. Whenever I turn on baseball, all I hear about is dead guys. If I hear a name, I'm going to ask: 'Is he dead?' And if he is, you're fired." - Fox Sports President David Hill in The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball (Jonathan Fraser Light, 2005)
Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 2011MLB Players Who Died in 2011 | Return To Players by Year of Death |
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Player | Died In | Date of Death | Debut Year | Final Year |
Francisco de la Rosa | Baltimore, Maryland | 01-06-2011 | 1991 | 1991 |
Ryne Duren | Lake Wales, Florida | 01-06-2011 | 1954 | 1965 |
Red Borom | Dallas, Texas | 01-07-2011 | 1944 | 1945 |
Jose Vidal | La Romana, La Romana, Dominican Republic | 01-07-2011 | 1966 | 1969 |
Dave Sisler | St. Louis, Missouri | 01-09-2011 | 1956 | 1962 |
Roy Hartsfield | Ball Ground, Georgia | 01-15-2011 | 1950 | 1952 |
Perry Currin | San Antonio, Texas | 01-17-2011 | 1947 | 1947 |
George Crowe | Rancho Cordova, California | 01-18-2011 | 1952 | 1961 |
Al Grunwald | Chatsworth, California | 01-18-2011 | 1955 | 1959 |
Jose Ortiz | Yabucoa, Puerto Rico | 01-20-2011 | 1969 | 1971 |
Gus Zernial | Fresno, California | 01-20-2011 | 1949 | 1959 |
Ron Piche | Verdun, Québec, Canada | 02-03-2011 | 1960 | 1966 |
Woodie Fryman | Lexington, Kentucky | 02-04-2011 | 1966 | 1983 |
Cliff Dapper | Fallbrook, California | 02-08-2011 | 1942 | 1942 |
Tony Malinosky | Oxnard, California | 02-08-2011 | 1937 | 1937 |
Chuck Tanner | New Castle, Pennsylvania | 02-11-2011 | 1955 | 1962 |
Gino Cimoli | Roseville, California | 02-12-2011 | 1956 | 1965 |
Joe Frazier | Broken Arrow, Oklahoma | 02-15-2011 | 1947 | 1956 |
Len Gilmore | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 02-18-2011 | 1944 | 1944 |
Spook Jacobs | Milford, Delaware | 02-18-2011 | 1954 | 1956 |
Buddy Lewis | Gastonia, North Carolina | 02-18-2011 | 1935 | 1949 |
Greg Goossen | Sherman Oaks, California | 02-26-2011 | 1965 | 1970 |
Duke Snider | Escondido, California | 02-27-2011 | 1947 | 1964 |
Scott Cary | Coldwater, Michigan | 02-28-2011 | 1947 | 1947 |
Bob McNamara | Rancho Bernardo, California | 03-09-2011 | 1939 | 1939 |
Mitchell Page | Glendale, Arizona | 03-12-2011 | 1977 | 1984 |
Marty Marion | Ladue, Missouri | 03-15-2011 | 1940 | 1953 |
Fred Sanford | Salt Lake City, Utah | 03-15-2011 | 1943 | 1951 |
Tommy Dunbar | Aiken, South Carolina | 03-16-2011 | 1983 | 1985 |
Charlie Metro | Buckingham, Virginia | 03-18-2011 | 1943 | 1945 |
Tom McAvoy | Stillwater, New York | 03-19-2011 | 1959 | 1959 |
Bob Rush | Mesa, Arizona | 03-19-2011 | 1948 | 1960 |
Normie Roy | Nashua, New Hampshire | 03-22-2011 | 1950 | 1950 |
Tom Silverio | Santiago, Santiago, Dominican Republic | 04-02-2011 | 1970 | 1972 |
Eddie Joost | Fair Oaks, California | 04-12-2011 | 1936 | 1955 |
Reno Bertoia | Windsor, Ontario, Canada | 04-15-2011 | 1953 | 1962 |
Bobo Osborne | Woodstock, Georgia | 04-15-2011 | 1957 | 1963 |
Jim Heise | Orlando, Florida | 04-21-2011 | 1957 | 1957 |
Bobby Thompson | Charlotte, North Carolina | 04-25-2011 | 1978 | 1978 |
Don Miles | Humble, Texas | 04-26-2011 | 1958 | 1958 |
Mike Krsnich | Mesquite, Nevada | 04-30-2011 | 1960 | 1962 |
Luis Peraza | Caguas, Puerto Rico | 05-03-2011 | 1969 | 1969 |
Duane Pillette | San Jose, California | 05-06-2011 | 1949 | 1956 |
Carlos Pascual | Miami, Florida | 05-12-2011 | 1950 | 1950 |
Mel Queen | Morro Bay, California | 05-13-2011 | 1964 | 1972 |
Harmon Killebrew | Scottsdale, Arizona | 05-17-2011 | 1954 | 1975 |
Jim Pyburn | Jasper, Alabama | 05-21-2011 | 1955 | 1957 |
Paul Splittorff | Blue Springs, Missouri | 05-25-2011 | 1970 | 1984 |
Bill Harris | Kennewick, Washington | 05-27-2011 | 1957 | 1959 |
Jose Pagan | Sebring, Florida | 06-07-2011 | 1959 | 1973 |
Jim Northrup | Grand Blanc, Michigan | 06-08-2011 | 1964 | 1975 |
John Braun | Oceanside, California | 06-10-2011 | 1964 | 1964 |
Ted Gray | Delray Beach, Florida | 06-15-2011 | 1946 | 1955 |
Richie Myers | Yreka, California | 06-24-2011 | 1956 | 1956 |
Elmer Sexauer | Atlanta, Georgia | 06-27-2011 | 1948 | 1948 |
Billy Baldwin | Hudson, Ohio | 06-28-2011 | 1975 | 1976 |
Don Buddin | Greenville, South Carolina | 06-30-2011 | 1956 | 1962 |
Wes Covington | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | 07-04-2011 | 1956 | 1966 |
Dick Williams | Las Vegas, Nevada | 07-07-2011 | 1951 | 1964 |
Howard Hilton | Ventura, California | 07-12-2011 | 1990 | 1990 |
Tex Nelson | Mesquite, Texas | 07-22-2011 | 1955 | 1957 |
Mike Palm | Scituate, Massachusetts | 07-24-2011 | 1948 | 1948 |
Hideki Irabu | Rancho Palos Verdes, California | 07-27-2011 | 1997 | 2002 |
Alex Pitko | Mesa, Arizona | 08-01-2011 | 1938 | 1939 |
Joe Caffie | Warren, Ohio | 08-01-2011 | 1956 | 1957 |
Al Federoff | Gilbert, Arizona | 08-02-2011 | 1951 | 1952 |
Joe Trimble | Lincoln, Rhode Island | 08-11-2011 | 1955 | 1957 |
Bob Will | Woodstock, Illinois | 08-11-2011 | 1957 | 1963 |
Ernie Johnson | Cumming, Georgia | 08-12-2011 | 1950 | 1959 |
Mike Flanagan | Monkton, Maryland | 08-24-2011 | 1975 | 1992 |
Frank Fanovich | New Smyrna Beach, Florida | 08-27-2011 | 1949 | 1953 |
Jesse Jefferson | Midlothian, Virginia | 09-08-2011 | 1973 | 1981 |
Bill Taylor | Acton, California | 09-15-2011 | 1954 | 1958 |
Danny Litwhiler | Clearwater, Florida | 09-23-2011 | 1940 | 1951 |
Eddie Bockman | Millbrae, California | 09-29-2011 | 1946 | 1949 |
Johnny Schmitz | Weston, Wisconsin | 10-01-2011 | 1941 | 1956 |
John Romonosky | Columbus, Ohio | 10-02-2011 | 1953 | 1959 |
Vic LaRose | Phoenix, Arizona | 10-03-2011 | 1968 | 1968 |
Ralph Hodgin | Burlington, North Carolina | 10-04-2011 | 1939 | 1948 |
Cy Buker | Greenwood, Wisconsin | 10-11-2011 | 1945 | 1945 |
Paul Martin | San Diego, California | 10-11-2011 | 1955 | 1955 |
Don Williams | Floyd, Virginia | 10-16-2011 | 1958 | 1962 |
Merritt Ranew | Valdosta, Georgia | 10-18-2011 | 1962 | 1969 |
Roy Smalley | Sahuarita, Arizona | 10-22-2011 | 1948 | 1958 |
Bert Cueto | Charlotte, North Carolina | 10-25-2011 | 1961 | 1961 |
Dave Cole | Hagerstown, Maryland | 10-26-2011 | 1950 | 1955 |
Ricky Adams | Rancho Cucamonga, California | 10-28-2011 | 1982 | 1985 |
Mickey Scott | Binghamton, New York | 10-30-2011 | 1972 | 1977 |
Matty Alou | Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic | 11-03-2011 | 1960 | 1974 |
Bob Forsch | Weeki Wachee, Florida | 11-03-2011 | 1974 | 1989 |
Benny McCoy | Grandville, Michigan | 11-09-2011 | 1938 | 1941 |
Charlie Lea | Collierville, Tennessee | 11-11-2011 | 1980 | 1988 |
Nick Strincevich | Valparaiso, Indiana | 11-11-2011 | 1940 | 1948 |
Sonny Dixon | Charlotte, North Carolina | 11-19-2011 | 1953 | 1956 |
Greg Halman | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 11-21-2011 | 2010 | 2011 |
Joe Lonnett | Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania | 12-05-2011 | 1956 | 1959 |
Randy Stein | Rancho Cucamonga, California | 12-12-2011 | 1978 | 1982 |
Andy Carey | Costa Mesa, California | 12-15-2011 | 1952 | 1962 |
Bud Bloomfield | Huntsville, Arkansas | 12-21-2011 | 1963 | 1964 |
Don Mueller | St. Louis, Missouri | 12-28-2011 | 1948 | 1959 |
Rosman Garcia | Aragua, Venezuela | 12-29-2011 | 2003 | 2004 |
Ted Beard | Fishers, Indiana | 12-30-2011 | 1948 | 1958 |
Player | Died In | Date of Death | Debut Year | Final Year |
MLB Players Who Died in 2011 | Research by Baseball Almanac |
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