Major League Baseball Players Who Died in Rhode Island

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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Major League Baseball Players Who Died in Rhode Island

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Place of Death

Bill Mellor Bridgeton, Rhode Island 11-05-1940 1902 1902
John Hamill Bristol, Rhode Island 12-06-1911 1884 1884
Cap Crowell Central Falls, Rhode Island 09-30-1962 1915 1916
Guerdon Whiteley Cranston, Rhode Island 11-23-1925 1884 1885
Hi Ladd Cranston, Rhode Island 05-07-1948 1898 1898
Jack Egan Cranston, Rhode Island 12-22-1950 1894 1894
Mike Roarke Cranston, Rhode Island 07-27-2019 1961 1964
Dave Stenhouse Cranston, Rhode Island 11-11-2023 1962 1964
Jimmy Cooney Cranston, Rhode Island 07-01-1903 1890 1892
Ed Conley Cumberland, Rhode Island 10-16-1894 1884 1884
John LaRose Cumberland, Rhode Island 01-14-2021 1978 1978
Daff Gammons East Greenwich, Rhode Island 09-24-1963 1901 1901
Chet Nichols Lincoln, Rhode Island 03-27-1995 1951 1964
Joe Trimble Lincoln, Rhode Island 08-11-2011 1955 1957
Dick Teed Newport, Rhode Island 08-17-2014 1953 1953
Joe Connolly North Smithfield, Rhode Island 09-01-1943 1913 1916
Tim McNamara North Smithfield, Rhode Island 11-05-1994 1922 1926
Dennis Driscoll Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02-21-1901 1885 1885
Charley Bassett Pawtucket, Rhode Island 05-28-1942 1884 1892
Chet Nichols Pawtucket, Rhode Island 07-11-1982 1926 1932
Bill Vinton Pawtucket, Rhode Island 09-03-1893 1884 1885
Pat Maloney Pawtucket, Rhode Island 06-27-1979 1912 1912
Paddy Greene Providence, Rhode Island 10-20-1934 1902 1903
Art Hagan Providence, Rhode Island 03-25-1936 1883 1884
Pat Friel Providence, Rhode Island 01-15-1924 1890 1891
John Flynn Providence, Rhode Island 03-23-1935 1910 1912
Dinty Gearin Providence, Rhode Island 03-11-1959 1923 1924
Tom Lovett Providence, Rhode Island 03-19-1928 1885 1894
Joe Flynn Providence, Rhode Island 12-22-1933 1884 1884
Martin Flaherty Providence, Rhode Island 06-10-1920 1881 1881
Morgan Murphy Providence, Rhode Island 10-03-1938 1890 1901
Hal Neubauer Providence, Rhode Island 09-09-1949 1925 1925
Pat Duff Providence, Rhode Island 09-11-1925 1906 1906
John Doyle Providence, Rhode Island 12-24-1915 1882 1882
Jim Connor Providence, Rhode Island 09-03-1950 1892 1899
Fred Corey Providence, Rhode Island 11-27-1912 1878 1885
Dan Sullivan Providence, Rhode Island 10-26-1893 1882 1886
Charlie Reilly Providence, Rhode Island 11-04-1904 1879 1884
Charlie Babington Providence, Rhode Island 03-22-1957 1915 1915
George Bignell Providence, Rhode Island 01-16-1925 1884 1884
Charlie Robinson Providence, Rhode Island 05-18-1913 1884 1885
John Cattanach Providence, Rhode Island 11-10-1926 1884 1884
Bill Sullivan Providence, Rhode Island 10-08-1905 1890 1890
Joe Start Providence, Rhode Island 03-27-1927 1876 1886
Wally Snell Providence, Rhode Island 07-23-1980 1913 1913
Edgar Smith Providence, Rhode Island 11-03-1892 1883 1890
Gus Salve Providence, Rhode Island 03-29-1971 1908 1908
Eddie Eayrs Warwick, Rhode Island 11-30-1969 1913 1921
Jimmy Cooney Warwick, Rhode Island 08-07-1991 1917 1928
John Frill Westerly, Rhode Island 09-28-1918 1910 1912
Henri Rondeau Woonsocket, Rhode Island 05-28-1943 1913 1916
Pete LePine Woonsocket, Rhode Island 12-03-1949 1902 1902

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in Rhode Island

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If you have ever wondered what month most ballplayers passed away in, or if you enjoy reading baseball obituaries, then Baseball Almanac suggests you visit our Baseball Player Obituaries & Death by Month Chart.

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
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
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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.