Ever Hear of Charlie Ferguson?

[Bill Burgess]

Introducing Charles J. Ferguson:
Born: April 17, 1863, Charlottesville, VA
Died: April 29, 1888, Philadelphia, PA, at age of 25, of typhoid fever
BB/TR; 6'0, 165


He attracted attention while pitching for the independent Richmond, VA team. He shut out Boston's ML team on 4 singles.

In 1884, he signed with the Philadelphia Nationals.

In 1884, he went 21-25 for them. 3.54 ERA;

In 1885, he was 26-20. 2.22 ERA. In 61 games, he hit .308, .368, .379

In 1886, he was 30-9. ERA - 1.98. Finished with 11 straight wins.

In 1887, he was 22-10. 3.00 ERA; In 72 games, he hit .337, .417, .470, which included 14 doubles, 6 triples, and 3 homers, in only 264 ABs.

Now one might say that he was a fairly good pitcher, but others were even better. And you would be right. But, . . . pitching wasn't all of Charlie's talents.

He was a superlative player in the field too. In fact, when he wasn't pitching, he was doing duties elsewhere, and very well at them too.

He played OF 53 games, 2B 27 games, and 3B 8 games. His versatility was rare, even for a league in its formative stages, where specialization hadn't locked in yet, and many players were noted for their ability to be plugged in to a variety of utility positions, including pitching.

Twice he hit over .300 with power. He covered CF with good speed.

At the end of 1887, his team had the chance to finish 2nd. So Charlie played 2B for the final 17 games, when he wasn't pitching. He won 7 games, hit .361 and fielded .963. His team won 16 of its last 17 games and came in 2nd.

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Bill Hanna had this to say about Charlie, in a June, 1924 article for Baseball Magazine.

"Ferguson belongs in the "twenty-five" because he was the game's best all around player. There have been men who could look after as many positions, but none who could play them all so well. Ferguson was a good (garbled) regular of any ball club of the present; he was a good second baseman, not just a fill-er-in, but good: he could play the outfield well enough to make the absence of the regular no handicap, and he was a first class batter. There hasn't been an all around man since his day to equal him."

Wilbert Robinson had this to say about Charlie. In June, 1931, rated him 5th greatest player of all time.
"Hans Wagner was one. Back in the old, old days the Phillies had a man who could pitch like a streak and play the infield, too. His name was Charley Ferguson. You can't leave him off. There's Hughey Jennings, too. He was an unbeatable shortstop. As I said before, it's unfair to name just a few. Think of the many good ones I've never seen! But if I have to name the best five you can put down Cobb, Keeler, Ruth, Wagner and Ferguson for me."
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[Brian McKenna]

he also coached baseball at princeton during the off-season

[runningshoes]

Now one might say that he was a fairly good pitcher, but others were even better. And you would be right. But, . . . pitching wasn't all of Charlie's talents.


From Baseball Magazine, January, 1916, pg. 22 WM. A. Phelon

“There are fans today who swear Bill Lange was the greatest of all the players – he could hit like Delahanty, steal bases just like Cobb, and play half a dozen field positions more than middling well. Still others of an earlier day place Charlie Ferguson upon the pedestal – for Ferguson, as the story goes, could do anything that Cobb, Lange and Delahanty ever did, and, in addition, was a mighty pitcher. But Ferguson’s career was too short; he died too soon; and the man to wear the laurels of Time’s greatest player surely must be one whose big league history was one extending over many years.”

[runningshoes]

Ferguson pitched the first no-hitter in Philles history in 1885 against the Providence Grays. His 30 wins in 1886 placed him 6th, only one win behind Chicago White Stocking Jim McCormick, and 12 wins behind the Detroit Wolverine’s Lady Baldwin and the New York Giant’s Tim Keefe who led the National League that year with 42 wins. . His 1.98 ERA that year, was second only behind St Louis Maroon’s Harry Boyle who finished up the year at 1.76. Ferguson also had two saves that year finishing at the top in that category. He finished second in shutouts, tying teammate Dan Casey.

[runningshoes]

It was Bill Phelon, one of my favorite sports writers who got me to over-rate Bill Lange in the first place. He over-did it with Lange's hitting, which was not up there. And for Phelon to say Lange's hitting rivaled Delahanty's or Cobb's was ludicrous.

I guess it was difficult for them to look at everything objectively. Those writers didn't have the same 20/20 hindsight we have today and were probably going by what they either saw themselves or what, I'm sure, influential writing and stories they heard back then.

[Bill Burgess]

Fantastic contributions, RS53!! Keep up your sensational work!! Kudos.

Bill

[csh19792001]

Runningshoes-
Thank you for providing all of this information for all of us- very nice work!

[Imapotato]

Ferguson pitched the first no-hitter in Philles history in 1885 against the Providence Grays. His 30 wins in 1886 placed him 6th, only one win behind Chicago White Stocking Jim McCormick, and 12 wins behind the Detroit Wolverine’s Lady Baldwin and the New York Giant’s Tim Keefe who led the National League that year with 42 wins. . His 1.98 ERA that year, was second only behind St Louis Maroon’s Harry Boyle who finished up the year at 1.76. Ferguson also had two saves that year finishing at the top in that category. He finished second in shutouts, tying teammate Dan Casey.


Beat me to it

One of the Phillies 1st superstars

[baseballPAP]

So Bill, is there any explantion as to why he just disappeared from baseball at 24?

[runningshoes]

So Bill, is there any explanation as to why he just disappeared from baseball at 24?

Actually, there's a very good explanation.

He was dead.

Born: April 17, 1863, Charlottesville, VA
Died: April 29, 1888, Philadelphia, PA, at age of 25, of typhoid fever
BB/TR; 6'0, 165

He was born in April and died shortly after his 25th birthday. He pitched the last game of the season on October 8, 1887 against the New York Giants. Phillies won 6-3. Ferguson and Jack Clement formed the battery that day.

Unfortunately, the Chicago-Pittsburg game is the only one in the Chicago Tribune with a detailed box score that day. I can tell which runs came in which innings and who the pitchers and catchers were, but that's about it.

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Philadelphia scored all six of their runs in the first two innings and the Giants staged a late comeback that obviously fell short.

[Bill Burgess]

So Bill, is there any explanation as to why he just disappeared from baseball at 24?

"There seemed to be no limit to his virtues, but his end came all too suddenly. In the spring of 1888 he contracted typhoid fever and died 12 days after his 25th birthday." (The Biographical Encyclopedia, from the editors of Total Baseball, 2000, pp. 350)

[Imapotato]

Alot of early players died of things we take for granted now

Especially Typhoid fever, blood poisoning and Bright's Disease (a kidney ailment that killed the most ballplayers IIRC)

[runningshoes]

Thanks guys...should have done my own homework :)

Hey, I thoroughly enjoy researching this stuff.

Any time. Just pose the question.

[Brian McKenna]

Alot of early players died of things we take for granted now

Especially Typhoid fever, blood poisoning and Bright's Disease (a kidney ailment that killed the most ballplayers IIRC)

TB and malaria were also big problems - especially malaria with men who played in the south or in latin america -- some of these medical conditions were sometimes used as a polite euphemism for syphilis and cirrhosis or similar ailments

TB, malaria/typhoid fever and pneumonia killed a lot more than bright's disease

players were sometimes placed in sanitoriums and such for what we now call rehab but what was often referred to then as TB or another ailment

[Bill Burgess]

One of my proudest projects is my sports writers index. Have over 600. You would be surprised how many died in their 40's. I am. Often were sick for 2 weeks or less, and gone.

Oh, what did you say? You question me? Well then. Take a gander at these early ages of death for sports writers, announcers, owners, managers, coaches, umpires, scouts, etc.


Sports Writers:

Lewis E. Meacham 32
William McDonald Spink (Taylor's uncle)37
Oliver Perry (OP) Caylor 47
Harry M. Weldon 45
Frank Leonardo Hough 55
Charles Bentley Power 52
Hugh Edmund (Hek) Keough 48
Gustave W. Axelson 57
William Henry Locke 43
William W. Douglas 42
Joseph M. McCready 53
William Arlie (Bill) Phelon 53
Julius Edgar (J. Ed) Grillo 49
William Wrothe Aulick 41
William George (Billy) Murphy 49
William Arthur (Bill) Rafter 47
Charles Emmet Van Loan 42
Wilson M. (Bill) Tackaberry 48
Bozeman Bulger 55
Warren Howard Mann 59
William Joseph (Bill) (Red) Cochran47
William O'Connell McGeehan 54
Malcolm A. MacLean 46
Ralph Stuart Davis 57
James McClure Gould 59
William Sanford Forman 61
William Frederick (W. Fred) Ford 57
Harry Walter Bullion 52
Robert Wallace Maxwell 38
Edward B. Mullen 59
William Joseph Slocum 59
John W. McConaughy 49
Alfred Damon Runyon 62
George Bernard Underwood 58
James E. (Jim) O'Phelan 48
Ringgold Wilmer Lardner 48
Wilton Simpson (Bill) Farnsworth 60
Howard Perry Lewis 59
John Peter (Jack) Gallagher 60
Frank Burton (Burt) Whitman 62
Nicholas J. (Nick) Flatley 44
Robert Emmet Dundon 46
Wayne Keith Otto 51
Robert Wintrop Beall 48
Herbert S. Jaspan 53
Matthew Heywood Campbell Broun 51
William Guille Wedge, Jr. 62
Edward Leo Joseph (Eddie) Hurley 49
William S. (Willie) Hennigan 52
Samuel Damon Otis 55
Lloyd Downs Lewis 57
John J. Alcock 53
Richard Farrington 59
James S. Carolyn 52
James Carter (Scoop) Latimer 58
William Henry (Hank) Simmons 50
James P. Dawson 57
Henry L. Farrell 59
William B. Loftus 42
James Renwick (Jim) Harrison 36
James Francis (Jimmy) Corcoran 48
Arch Burdette Ward 58
Rutherford (Rud) Rennie 59
Walter Francis (Gunboat) Hudson 35
Zygmunt Stephen Kaminski 46
Frank MacDonnell 43
Manila Grant (Bud) Shaver 47
John Barret (Jack) Miley 46
Russell John Newland 54
William J. McCullough 52
Julius Lewis 45
John J. Sheridan 41
Edward Joseph McAuley 58
Donald E. Basenfelder 41
Robert Eugene Ray 37
Franklin Allan (Whitey) Lewis 54
James Anton (Jim) Burchard 56
Volney P. Walsh 33
Abbott Joseph (A.J.) Liebling 59
Frank A. (Gibby) Gibbons 58
John Gillooly 59
Joseph B. Kelley 57
Herbert F. Simons 60
Ben Epstein 51
Hyman Hurwitz 56
Edwin J. Delaney 56
Tommy Devine 57
John Abbott Lardner 47
William J. Briordy 55
Robert C. Morrison 56
Luther (Dean) Eagle 58
Paul J. Elliott 58
John Wendell Smith 58
Francis Bonaventure (Bonnie) Ryan 59
Louis Simon 58
Ray Downing Knight 59
Michael Gillooly 50
Leland Gaither (Lee) Allen 54
Hy Turkin 40
Robert C. (Corky) Lamm 58
William E. (Eddie) Read 56
Robert (Bob) Allison 57
Wendell A. (Wendy) Foltz 55
Paul McLaughlin Campbell 53
Richard D. Baker 55
William J. (Jack) Hennigan 53
Charles R. (Bob) Englert 54
Thomas Rodgers 58
David J. Grote 59
Lloyd A. Armstrong 52
Fred A. Ciampa 51
William R. (Bill) Roeder 59
James K. (Jimmy) Bell 50
John (Jack) Murphy 57
George William (Bill) Givens 50
Ira (Bill) Searby 47
Earl Morey 48
Herbert A. (Herby) Kirby 47
Samuel J. (Sammy) Glassman 48
John P. (Jack) Horrigan 47
Leonard Shecter 47
Howard M. Sigmand 47
Jack Raymond Murphy, Jr. 47
Richard P. Koster 58
Elmore L. Keener, Jr. 37
Francis M. White 38
Harold Brown 34
James Curtis (Kurt) McGregor 31
Frank E. Barrett, Jr. 29
Vern N. Plagenhoef 45
Thomas Murray Boswell

Announcers:

Thomas Graham McNamee 53
Harry Edwin Heilmann 56
Arch Linn McDonald 59
Van Patrick 58
John F. MacLean 52
Bill O'Donnell 56
Bill Enis 39

Owners:

Charles Abraham Stoneham 59
William Louis Veeck, Sr. 55
Harry Herbert Frazee 49
John Louis Comiskey 54
James J. (Jimmy) Wood 53
Dorothy (Comiskey) Rigley (daughter of J. Louis) 54
Grace Lucille Comiskey (daughter of J. Louis) 31
James J. (Jimmy) Wood 53

Miscellaneous:

John F. Luitich 57
Ernest Sargent Barnard 56
Charles C. Pyle 47
Harry Mitchell Grabiner 57
Harold (Hal) Mathewson 59
Charles (Chick) O'Malley 56
Joseph Walton Haynes 49
A. Bartlett Giamatti 51
Elvin (Ted) Malick 32
Harry G. Fallon 32

Managers/Coaches:

Frank Gibson Selee 49
William (Buck) Ewing 46
Patrick Joseph Moran 48
Frank Leroy Chance 47
Miller James Huggins 50
Daniel Philip (Dan) Howley 58
Daniel Edward (Danny) Murtaugh 59

Scouts:

Vernon Thomas (Vern) Morgan 47
William Thomas (Billy) Doyle 57
William Joseph Barrett 50
Harold T. (Hal) Martin, Sr. 59
Joseph Patrick Monahan 55

Umpires:

John F. Sheridan 52
Robert Lee (Bob) Carruthers 47
Timothy Carroll Hurst 49
Francis H. (Silk) O'Loughlin 46
Joseph O'Brien 50
Fred (Bull) Perine 38
John (Jack) Pollock 52
Frank Wilson 38
Louis Charles Kolls 48
William Aloysus (Bill) McGowan 58
Roy R. (Cotton) Van Graflin 59
Robert Vavasour (Bob) Ferguson 49
John H. Gaffney 58
David F. (Dave) Sullivan 33
Hiram G. (Buck) Ebright 57
F. J. Hawkins 54
John A. (Jack) Holland 54
Charles Bentley Power 52
Stephen J. Kane 45
Eugene Fenley (Bob) Hart 57
George Cockill, Sr. 56
Charles (Cy) Rigler 53
Sherwood Robert Magee 44
Charles H. (Cy) Pfirman 46
Frank Wilson 38
Edward J. (Ed) Conahan 52
Leopold T. (Paul) Sentelle 45
William T. (Bill) Brennan 47
John H. (Jack) McQuaid 36
Peter A. (Pete) Harrison 46

Sports Writers in progress:

David Litton Reid 37
Michael J. Kelly 33
George W. Munson 47
Charles G. Seymour 37
Donald Parker 44

[Imapotato]

TB and malaria were also big problems - especially malaria with men who played in the south or in latin america -- some of these medical conditions were sometimes used as a polite euphemism for syphilis and cirrhosis or similar ailments

TB, malaria/typhoid fever and pneumonia killed a lot more than bright's disease

players were sometimes placed in sanitoriums and such for what we now call rehab but what was often referred to then as TB or another ailment


Actually Bright's disease and consumption were higher then Malaria and typhoid....but you are right on TB

From the deadball era site
http://www.thedeadballera.com/tooyoung.html

1873: CY BENTLEY (22)....................CONSUMPTION

1879: JIMMY HALLINAN (30)....................INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWEL

1881: HUGH CAMPBELL (34)....................PHTHISIS PULMONALIS

1881: CHUB SULLIVAN (25)....................CONSUMPTION

1882: WILLIAM HULBERT (49) NL PRESIDENT....................HEART FAILURE

1883: JIM DEVLIN (34)....................CONSUMPTION

1884: ART CROFT (29)....................TYPHOID PNEUMONIA

1884: JIM EGAN (26)....................BRAIN FEVER

1884: JOHN MORRISSEY (28)....................CONSUMPTION

1885: HERMAN DEHLMAN (33)....................TYPHOID FEVER

1886: DENNY DRISCOLL (30)....................CONSUMPTION

1886: BERNIE GRAHAM (26)....................TYPHOID FEVER

1887: JUD BIRCHALL (32)....................PULMONARY AILMENT

1887: ALEX McKINNON (30)....................TYPHOID PNEUMONIA

1888: ASA BRAINERD (47)....................PNEUMONIA

1888: BILL COLLVER (21)....................SPINAL DISEASE

1888: AMOS CROSS (27)....................CONSUMPTION

1888: CHARLIE FERGUSON (25)....................TYPHOID PNEUMONIA

1899: TOM GILLEN (26)....................CONGESTION OF LUNGS AND HEART DISEASE

1889: HARRY McCORMICK (33)....................CHOLERA

1890: PETE DONNELLY (40)....................PHTHISIS PULMONALIS

1890: JOHN WEYHING (20)....................CONSUMPTION

1891: JOHN CASSIDY (36)....................DROPSY

1891: LARRY CORCORAN (31)....................BRIGHTS DISEASE

1891: BILL CROWLEY (34)....................BRIGHTS DISEASE

1891: JIM FOGARTY (27)....................CONSUMPTION

1891: JIM WHITNEY (33)....................CONSUMPTION

1892: NED BLIGH (27)....................TYPHOID FEVER

1892: HUB COLLINS (28)....................TYPHOID PNEUMONIA

1892: FRANK "SILVER" FLINT (36)....................CONSUMPTION

1892: ED GLENN (31)....................CONSUMPTION

1892: FRANK MILLARD (27)....................FEVER

1892: JOHN F. "DARBY" O'BRIEN (24)....................PNEUMONIA

1892: FRED "TIP" O'NEILL (26)....................CONSUMPTION

1892: ED ROWEN (34)....................INTERNAL HEMORRHAGE

1893: WILLIAM H. "DARBY" O'BRIEN (29)....................CONSUMPTION

1893: LIPMAN PIKE (48)....................HEART DISEASE

1893: FRED SIEFKE (23)....................BRIGHTS DISEASE

1893: SY SUTCLIFFE (30)....................BRIGHTS DISEASE

1894: ED CONLEY (30)....................PHTHISIS PULMONALIS

1894: CHARLIE DUFFEE (28)....................CONSUMPTION

1894: BOB "DEATH TO FLYING THINGS" FERGUSON (49)....................APOPLEXY

1894: BILL MOUNTJOY (35)....................CONSUMPTION

1894: MIKE "KING" KELLY (36)....................PNEUMONIA

1894: NED WILLIAMSON (36)....................DROPSY COMPLICATED BY CONSUMPTION

1894: YANK ROBINSON (34)....................PHTHISIS PULMONALIS

1895: ROGER CAREY (29)....................PHTHISIS PULMONALIS

1895: JOHN EWING (31)....................TUBERCULOSIS

1896: CURT WELCH (34)....................CONSUMPTION

1897: WILLARD BROWN (31)....................CONSUMPTION

1897: DAVE FOUTZ (40)....................ASTHMA

1897: JIGGS PARROTT (26)....................CONSUMPTION

1897: BILL QUARLES (27)....................CONSUMPTION

1897: CHARLES RADBOURN (42)....................COMPLICATIONS FROM SYPHILIS

1897: JAKE SEYMOUR (43)....................BRIGHTS DISEASE

1897: JOE SULLIVAN (27)....................CONSUMPTION

1898: BOBBY MATHEWS (46)....................PARESIS CAUSED BY SYPHILIS

1899: ED GASTFIELD (34)....................PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

1899: EGYPTIAN HEALY (33)....................PHTHISIS PULMONALIS

1899: BILL McGUNNIGLE (44)....................BREAKDOWN OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM

1900: "BREWERY JACK" TAYLOR (26)....................BRIGHTS DISEASE

1900: BALD BILLY BARNIE (47)....................PNEUMONIA COMPLICATED BY ASTHMATIC BRONCHITIS

1900: SILVER BILL PHILLIPS (43)....................SYPHILITIC LOCOMOTOR ATAXIA

1900: HARRY WHEELER (42)....................SYPHILITIC LOCOMOTOR ATAXIA

1901: JOHN CAHILL (36)....................PNEUMONIA

1901: GEORGE FLYNN (30)....................PULMONARY HEMORRHAGE DUE TO PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

1902: TOM BURNS (45)....................HEART ATTACK

1902: TIM DONAHUE (32)....................ADDISON'S DISEASE

1902: FRED DUNLAP (43)....................TUBERCULAR DISTENDED RECTUM

1902: TED FIRTH (46)....................PHTHISIS PULMONALIS

1902: PUD GALVIN (45)....................CATARRH OF THE STOMACH

1902: WILLIAM V. HAWKE (32)....................CARCINOMA

1902: MIKE MANSELL (44)....................PNEUMONIA

1902: EDDIE O'MEARA (29)....................FLUID ON THE BRAIN AND RHEUMATISM

1902: GEORGE PRENTISS (26)....................TYPHOID FEVER

1902: CHARLIE SWEENEY (38)....................CONSUMPTION

1903: FATTY BRIODY (44)....................DILATION OF THE HEART

1903: PETE CONWAY (43)....................NEURALGIA OF THE HEART AND FEVER

1903: JIMMY COONEY SR (37)....................PNEUMONIA

1903: CHICKEN WOLF (41)....................BRAIN TRAUMA

1904: HARRY ARUNDEL (49)....................BRIGHTS DISEASE

1904: BOBBY CARGO (32)....................PNEUMONIA

1904: FRED CARROLL (40)....................HEART ATTACK

1904: JOHN CLAPP (53)....................APOPLEXY

1904: DELL DARLING (40)....................COMPLICATIONS FROM AN OLD BASEBALL INJURY

1904: CARL DEWALD (36)....................MYOCARDITIS

1904: SHORTY FULLER (36)....................CONSUMPTION

1904: GEORGE RADBOURN (47)....................ENDOCARDITIS AND DROPSY

1905: FRANK BONNER (36)....................BLOOD POISONING

1905: PETE BROWNING (44)....................COMPLICATIONS FROM MASTOIDITIS

1905: NED CUTHBERT (59)....................ENDOCARDITIS

1905: JIMMY GARDNER (30)....................EAR ABSCESS

1905: SAM GILLEN (37)....................PNEUMONIA

1905: BILL GOODENOUGH (42)....................CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE

1905: DICK HIGHAM (53)....................PNEUMONIA COMPLICATED BY BRIGHTS DISEASE

1905: BILLY TAYLOR (35)....................DELIRIUM AND TREMORS

1906: JOE CASSIDY (23)....................COMPLICATIONS FROM MALARIA

1906: TOAD RAMSEY (41)....................PNEUMONIA

1907: JIM ANDREWS (42)....................PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

1907: CHARLIE BUFFINTON (46)....................CORONARY HEART DISEASE

1907: COZY DOLAN (34)....................TYPHOID PNEUMONIA

1907: JAKE EVANS (48)....................UREMIA AND ACUTE NEPHRITIS

1907: CLAUDE GOUZZIE (34)....................PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

1907: WHITEY GIBSON (39)....................APOPLEXY

1907: BILLY KLUSMAN (42)....................CONSUMPTION

1907: FRANK McCARTON (52)....................INTESTINAL GANGRENE AND PERITONITIS

1908: SIMEON BULLAS (46)....................PNEUMONIA

1908: DOC BUSHONG (51)....................KIDNEY DISEASE

1908: FORREST CRAWFORD (26)....................BLOOD POISONING

1908: NED GARVIN (34)....................CONSUMPTION

1908: MIKE GRIFFIN (43)....................PNEUMONIA

1908: FRED KETCHAM (32)....................HEART DISEASE

1908: CHARLIE NYCE (37)....................CONSUMPTION

1908: SHADOW PYLE (47)....................FOUND DEAD IN BED FROM A HEART ATTACK

1908: PETE SOMMERS (41)....................CONSUMPTION

1908: BILL TRAFFLEY (48)....................TUBERCULOSIS

1909: GEORGE BARCLAY (32)....................APPENDICITIS

1909: JOHN CLARKSON (47)....................PNEUMONIA

1909: GEORGE A. DECKER (40)....................CONSUMPTION

1909: BUCK EWING (47)....................DIABETES AND PARALYSIS

1909: BILL HOGG (29)....................ACUTE FEVER AND NEPHRITIS

1909: RUDY KEMMLER (40)....................CHRONIC ORGANIC HEART DISEASE

1909: HERMAN LONG (43)....................CONSUMPTION

1909: DOGGIE MILLER (44)....................BRIGHTS DISEASE

1909: TOGIE PITTINGER (37)....................BRIGHTS DISEASE

1909: BILL POPP (32)....................DEMENTIA PARALYTICA (ADVANCED SYPHILIS)

1909: DOC POWERS (38)....................ACUTE CARDIAC DILATION CAUSED BY GANGRENE OF THE BOWEL

1909: JIMMY SEBRING (27)....................BRIGHTS DISEASE

1909: FRANK SELEE (49)....................CONSUMPTION

1910: CHARLIE BARBER (56)....................PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

1910: TED CONOVER (42)....................CONSUMPTION

1910: JOHN DEASLEY (49)....................ACUTE HYDROCEPHALUS

1910: TOM DORAN (29)....................CONSUMPTION

1910: DUKE ESPER (42)....................BRIGHTS DISEASE

1910: MIKE HINES (46)....................PROGRESSIVE PARALYSIS

1910: BUG HOLLIDAY (43) ....................SYPHILITIC LOCOMOTOR ATAXIA

1910: FRANK LAFFERTY (55)....................HEART DISEASE

1910: TOM LOFTUS (53)....................THROAT CANCER

1910: SANDY McDOUGAL (36) ....................TYPHOID FEVER

1910: JIM NEALON (35) ....................TYPHOID FEVER

1910: JACK K. O'BRIEN (50) ....................BRIGHTS DISEASE

1910: BOB PETTIT (49) ....................HEMORRHAGE

1910: LOU SCHIAPPACASSE (29) ....................TYPHOID FEVER

1910: HARRY STALEY (43) ....................EFFECTS FROM AN OPERATION

1910: ALAN STORKE (25)....................COMPLICATIONS FROM A LUNG OPERATION

1910: CY VOHREES (35) ....................BRAIN TUMOR

1910: SAM WISE (52) ....................APPENDICITIS

1911: BOB CARUTHERS (47)....................COMPLICATIONS FROM A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

1911: DAD CLARKE (46)....................PARALYSIS

1911: DAD CLARKSON (44)....................PERITONITIS

1911: EMIL GEISS (44)....................CHRONIC ARTERIAL RHEUMATISM

1911: LEO HAFFORD (21)....................TYPHOID FEVER

1911: ADDIE JOSS (31)....................TUBERCULAR SPINAL MENINGITIS

1911: SIMON NICHOLLS (28)....................COMPLICATIONS FROM PELVIC PERITONITIS SURGERY

1911: STANLEY ROBISON (54) CARDINALS OWNER....................BLOOD POISONING

1911: JACK ROWE (53)....................NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

1911: JOE R. WALSH (46)....................CONSUMPTION

1912: GUS ALBERTS (51)....................PLEUROPNEUMONIA

1912: TUG ARUNDEL (50)....................PARALYSIS

1912: SAM BARKLEY (53).....................CHRONIC PARENCHYUDNIS

1912: CUPID CHILDS (45)....................BRIGHTS DISEASE

1912: JIM DOYLE (30)....................COMPLICATIONS FROM AN APPENDECTOMY

1912: PEMBROKE FINLAYSON (23)....................GENERAL PERITONITIS AND MYOCARDIAL ADENITIS

1912: BILL FINLEY (49)....................STRICKEN AT HOME WITH A HEART ATTACK

1912: LEONIDAS LEE (51)....................HEART ATTACK

1912: HEINIE HEITMULLER (30)....................TYPHOID PNEUMONIA

1912: HARRY LYONS (46)....................PARALYSIS

1912: LEFTY MARR (49)....................HEART DISEASE

1912: FRANK MURPHY (32)....................PARALYSIS

1912: LOU POLCHOW (31)....................BRIGHTS DISEASE

1912: ACE STEWART (43)....................COMPLICATION OF DISEASE

1912: DICK VAN ZANT (48)....................BLEEDING ULCER

1912: PIGGY WARD (45)....................PARESIS RESULTING FROM A FALL THREE YEARS EARLIER

1913: ELMER CLEVELAND (51)....................HEART ATTACK

1913: TOM DOLAN (54)....................A COMPLICATION OF DISEASES

1913: JIGGS DONAHUE (34)....................SYPHILIS INDUCED PARESIS

1913: RED DONAHUE (40)....................PARALYSIS

1913: JACK FEE (45)....................NEPHRITIS

1913: BUD FOWLER (54)....................PERNICIOUS ANEMIA

1913: MIKE HEYDON (39)....................MENINGITIS

1913: ROSCOE MILLER (36)....................TUBERCULOSIS

1913: MONTE McFARLAND (42)....................PNEUMONIA

1913: ED "THE ONLY" NOLAN (55)....................NEPHRITIS

1913: JOHN J. O'BRIEN (42)....................PNEUMONIA

1913: HAL O'HAGEN (39)....................HEART FAILURE

1913: LOU SOCKALEXIS (42)....................HEART DISEASE BROUGHT ON BY ALCOHOLISM

1914: BUSTER BROWN (32)....................ACUTE LYMPHANGITIS AND PHEBITIS

1914: BERT DORR (51)....................CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE COMPLICATED BY SEVERE ALCOHOLISM AND ARTERIO SCLEROSIS

1914: PADDY FOX (45)....................MITRAL REGURGENCY DUE TO ACUTE MYOCARDITIS

1914: CHARLIE GANZEL (51)....................CANCER

1914: GID GARDNER (55)....................AORTIC ANEURISM

1914: WILLIE GARONI (37)....................CONSUMPTION

1914: DANNY GREEN (38)....................LOCOMOTOR ATOXIA AND PARALYSIS DUE TO ADVANCED SYPHILIS

1914: OSSIE SCHRECKENGOST (39)....................UREMIA

1914: HARRY STEINFELDT (36)....................PARALYSIS

1914: RUBE WADDELL (37)....................TUBERCULOSIS

1914: FARMER VAUGHAN (49)....................PNEUMONIA

1914: PODGE WEIHE (51)....................ACUTE CELLULITIS OF THE NECK

1915: JACK ALLEN (59)....................CANCER

1915: ART BALL (39)....................LIVER CIRRHOSIS AND PERITONITIS WITH PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

1915: JOHN CARBINE (59)....................LIVER CANCER

1915: PAT CRISHAM (38)....................LOBAR PNEUMONIA AND ACUTE NEPHRITIS

1915: MIKE DePANGHER (56)....................CEREBRAL SCLEROSIS

1915: JIM DONNELLY (49)....................PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

1915: CHARLES "VICTORY" FAUST (34)....................PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

1915: FRANK FIGGEMEIER (40)....................CHRONIC ALCOHOLISM

1915: ANDREW FREEDMAN (55) FORMER GIANTS OWNER....................APOPLEXY

1915: MARC HALL (27)....................CHRONIC NEPHRITIS

1915: TIM HURST (49)....................ACUTE INDIGESTION

1915: BRICKYARD KENNEDY (5O)....................TUBERCULOSIS

1915: TIP O'NEILL (57)....................HEART ATTACK

1915: DAVE ORR (55)....................HEART DISEASE

1915: ADONIS TERRY (50)....................PNEUMONIA

1915: LOUIS VAN ZELST (20) (ATLETICS MASCOT/BAT BOY)....................BRIGHTS DISEASE

1916: SCOOPS CAREY (46)....................MITRAL REGURGITATION AND MITRAL STENOSIS

1916: LEONARD "KING" COLE (29)....................CANCER

1916: ED DOHENY (43)....................COMPLICATIONS FROM A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

1916: FRED DONOVAN (39)....................BRIGHTS DISEASE

1916: HOWARD EARL (39)....................HEART ATTACK

1916: CHICK EVANS (26)....................GENERAL SEPTICEMIA AND ENDOCARDITIS DUE TO GONORRHEA

1916: BEN FROELICH (28)....................PNEUMONIA

1916: BILL GEORGE (51)....................EFFECTS FROM AN OPERATION

1916: JUL KUSTUS (33)....................TUBERCULOSIS

1916: MIKE ROACH (40)....................EFFECTS FROM AN OPERATION

1916: BUD SHARPE (34)....................HEART ATTACK

1916: SKYROCKET SMITH (48)....................NEPHRITIS

1917: CY ALBERTS (35)....................AFTER SURGERY FOR ULCERATED KIDNEYS

1917: WIL CALIHAN (51)....................PNEUMONIA

1917: BILL CLAY (42)....................HEART DISEASE

1917: JACK FANNING (51)....................RESPIRATORY ARREST CAUSED BY A VIOLENT COUGHING SPELL

1917: HENRY MATHEWSON (30)....................TUBERCULOSIS

1917: JACK McFETRIDGE (47)....................ACUTE INDIGESTION

1917: ART WEAVER (37)....................ASTHMA

1918: FRANK ARELLANAS (36)....................INFLUENZA

1918: JAKE BECKLEY (50)....................HEART DISEASE

1918: GEORGE BONE (41)....................PNEUMONIA

1918: HARRY CHAPMAN (30)....................PNEUMONIA

1918: LARRY CHAPPELL (28)....................INFLUENZA

1918: JACK CROOKS (51)....................DIED IN AN INSANE ASYLUM

1918: WALT DICKSON (40)....................PNEUMONIA

1918: EMMETT HEIDRICK (39)....................INFLUENZA AND PLEURISY

1918: GEORGE LeCLAIR (31)....................INFLUENZA

1918: SILK O' LOUGHLIN AL UMPIRE....................INFLUENZA

1918: LARRY PAPE (35)....................CANCER

1918: OWEN SHANNON (32)....................PNEUMONIA

1918: CY SWAIN (44)....................PNEUMONIA

1918: SILENT MIKE TIERNAN (51)....................TUBERCULOSIS

1918: WILLIAM H. YAWKEY (FORMER TIGERS OWNER) (43)....................INFLUENZA

1919: JOHN BATES (50)....................ATOXIA

1919: LEFTY DAVIS (44)....................GENERAL PARALYSIS

1919: GROVER GILMORE (31)....................TYPHOID FEVER

1919: JOE PEITZ (50).....................PHTHISIS PULMONALIS

1919: ART RICO (22)....................ACUTE APPENDICITIS AND PERITONITIS

1919: GERMANY SCHAEFER (42)....................HEMORRHAGE

1919: CY SEYMOUR (46)....................TUBERCULAR PHTHISIS

1919: BROADWAY ALECK SMITH (47)....................CHRONIC ENDOCARDITIS

1919: JAKE STENZEL (51)....................INFLUENZA

1920: ED BARRY (37)....................CEREBRAL SPINAL MENINGITIS

1920: GEORGE BROWNE (44)....................TUBERCULOSIS

1920: ERNIE COURTNEY (45)....................CEREBRAL EDEMA

1920: DOC CURLEY (46)....................PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

1920: ALEX FARMER (39)....................CHRONIC MYOCARDITIS

1920: MIKE GOODFELLOW (54)....................STROKE

1920: BILL HALLMAN (53)....................HEART ATTACK

1920: HARRY JORDAN (47)....................LOBAR PNEUMONIA

1920: JOE LEONARD (25)....................ACUTE APPENDICITIS

1920: JACK LAPP (35)....................PNEUMONIA

1920: MATTY McINTYRE (39)....................INFLUENZA DUE TO ACUTE NEPHRITIS

1920: BILL McTIGUE (44)....................TUBERCULOSIS

1920: PHIL REARDON (36)....................ACUTE HEART DILATION AND PLEURISY

1920: ED SIEVER (42)....................HEART DISEASE

1920: HARRY SPARROW (YANKEES BUSINESS MANAGER) (45)....................HEART DISEASE

1920: CARL VAN DAGRIFT (44)....................APPENDICITIS

1921: HARRY ARNDT (42).....................TUBERCULOSIS

1921: JULIE FREEMAN (52)....................CORONARY HEART DISEASE AND PLEURISY

1922: BILL ARMOUR (53)....................CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE

1922: PETE CHILDS (50) ....................CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER

1922: PICKLES DILLHOEFER (27)....................TYPHOID PNEUMONIA

1922: CHARLIE FRANK (52) ....................AFTER A LONG ILLNESS

1922: EMIL FRISK (57)....................PERITONITIS COMPLICATED BY A RETRO-PERITONEAL PURULENT INFECTION

1922: FRANK GENINS (55)....................PERITONITIS DUE TO A PERFORATED DUODINAL ULCER

1922: BILL GOECKEL (51) ....................PNEUMONIA

1922: DANNY HOFFMAN (42)....................TUBERCULOSIS

1922: GEORGE HOGAN (36)....................TUBERCULOSIS

1922: PAT KILHULLEN (32) ....................AFTER A LONG ILLNESS

1922: PAT MEANEY (30) ....................COMPLICATION FROM A VARIETY OF DISEASES

1922: TOMMY McCARTHY (59)....................CANCER COMPLICATED BY PNEUMONIA

1922: AUSTIN McHENRY (27)....................BRAIN TUMOR

1922: DICK PADDEN (54)....................STROKE

1922: BILLY RHINES (52)....................HEART DISEASE

1922: J. HARRY SMITH (31) ....................PNEUMONIA

1922: JAKE STAHL (43)....................PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS WITH TUBERCULOSIS LARYNGITIS

1923: ED "GOAT" ANDERSON (43) ....................STOMACH CANCER

1923: CLAUDE ELLIOT (43)....................AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS

1923: BILL GREVELL (25) ....................PNEUMONIA

1923: MARTY HOGAN (51) ....................PNEUMONIA

1923: WEE WILLIE KEELER (50)....................HEART DISEASE

1923: GENE KRAPP (35)....................COLON CANCER

1923: BILLY MAINS (57)....................HEART ATTACK

1923: WARREN McLAUGHLIN (47)....................COMPLICATIONS FROM SURGERY

1923: JACK NABORS (36)....................INFLUENZA INDUCED HEART DISEASE

1923: PAUL SENTELL (44) ....................APPENDICITIS

1923: BIFF SHEEHAN (55) ....................PNEUMONIA

1923: DOTS MILLER (37)....................TUBERCULOSIS

1924: FRANK CHANCE (47)....................TUBERCULOSIS AND BRAIN SURGERY COMPLICATIONS

1924: JAKE DAUBERT (40)....................COMPLICATIONS FROM AN APPENDECTOMY

1925: SHORTY GALLAGHER (52)....................MITRAL INSUFFICIENCY

1924: PERCY HAUGHTON (FORMER BRAVES OWNER) (48)....................ANGINA PECTORIS

1924: GEORGE HODSON (55)....................HEART ATTACK

1924: GEORGE KAHLER (34)....................CHRONIC NEPHRITIS AND DIABETES

1924: MOXIE MANUEL (42) ....................PERITONITIS

1924: PAT MORAN (48)....................BRIGHTS DISEASE

1924: GEORGE NICOL (53)....................COMPLICATIONS FROM DIABETES

1924: CARL WEILMAN (34)....................GENERAL SEPSIS AND TUBERCULAR THROAT

1925: PAT DUFF (51)....................GENERAL PARESIS

1925: DUKE FARRELL (58)....................STOMACH CANCER

1925: SAM FROCK (41)....................PAROTIDITIS

1925: CHRISTY MATHEWSON (45)....................TUBERCULOSIS

1925: HARVEY McCLELLAN (30)....................GALL BLADDER AILMENT

1925: JIM MULLIN (41)....................COMPLICATION OF DISEASES

1926: EMIL BATCH (46)....................ACUTE CARDIAC DILATION

1926: MOOSE BAXTER 50)....................MENINGITIS AND STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION

1926: JOHNNY BEALL (44)....................ACUTE MYOCARDITIS

1926: AL BURCH (42)....................CARDIAC DISEASE

1926: OTTO HESS (47)....................TUBERCULOSIS

1926: EDDIE PLANK (50)....................STROKE

1926: HENRY SCHMIDT (52)....................HEART FAILURE

1927: BILLY GILBERT (52)....................STROKE

1927: BEN HUNT (38)....................TUBERCULOSIS AND ALCOHOLISM

1927: MIKE LYNCH (47)....................HEART ATTACK

1927: ROSS YOUNGS (30)....................BRIGHTS DISEASE

1928: CHUCK CORGAN (25)....................STOMACH CANCER

1928: JACK DUNN (56)....................HEART ATTACK

1928: MAX FISKE (39)....................LOBAR PNEUMONIA

1928: HUGHIE JENNINGS (58)....................TUBERCULAR SPINAL MENINGITIS

1928: EDDIE KILLIAN (51)....................CANCER

1928: IKE McCAULEY (36)....................PNEUMONIA

1928: CLAUDE ROSSMAN (46)....................COMPLICATIONS FROM A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

1928: URBAN SHOCKER (38)....................LOBAR PNEUMONIA DUE TO HEART DISEASE

1928: HOMER SMOOT (44)....................SPINAL MENINGITIS

1929: BERT BLUE (51)....................LOBAR PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY

1929: JOHN CASTLE (45)....................PNEUMONIA

1929: TIM FLOOD (52)....................ANEURYSM

1929: ED FOSTER (40)....................CHRONIC PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

1929: HARRY FRAZEE (48) FORMER RED SOX OWNER....................BRIGHTS DISEASE

1929: AL GOCHNAUER (54)....................PNEUMONIA

1929: MILLER HUGGINS (49)....................ERYSIPELAS (BLOOD POISONING)

1929: SHERRY MAGEE (44)....................PNEUMONIA

1929: IRON MAN McGINNITY (58)....................STOMACH CANCER

1929: JAKE THIELMAN (48)....................CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE

1929: DUTCH ULRICH (29)....................PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY

1930: HARRY BAUMGARTNER (38)....................INFARCTION FROM TROPHIC ULCERS

1930: HAL CARLSON (38)....................STOMACH ULCERS

1930: BILL DAM (45)....................LYMPHO-BLASTOMA OF THE SMALL INTESTINES WITH AN OBSTRUCTION COMPLICATED BY ACUTE MYOCARDITIS

1930: WAYLAND DEAN (27)....................PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

1930: PETE KILLDUFF (36)....................APPENDICITIS OPERATION

1930: LEW McCARTY (41)....................CEREBRAL EMBOLISM DUE TO PHLEBITIS OF THE LEFT THIGH

1930: GINGER SHINAULT (38)....................TUBERCULOSIS

1930: JOE WILHOIT (44)....................LUNG CANCER

1931: ERNEST S. BARNARD (40) AMERICAN LEAGUE PRESIDENT....................HEART ATTACK

1931: JACK CHESBRO (57)....................CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE

1931: TEX COVINGTON (44)....................CORONARY THROMBOSIS AND MYOCARDITIS

1931: POP DILLON (57)....................LIVER CANCER COMPLICATED BY AN INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION

1931: LEE DRESSEN (41)....................STOMACH AILMENT

1931: SAM DREYFUSS (35) (VP/TREASURER: PIRATES)....................PNEUMONIA

1931: JOE GANNON (54)....................CORONARY SCLEROSIS

1931: AL NIEHAUS (32)....................PNEUMONIA

1931: AL SCHULZ (42)....................EPILEPSY

1931: CARL SITTON (48)....................HEART ATTACK

1931: CHINO SMITH (NEGRO LEAGUE STAR) (27)....................YELLOW FEVER

1931: ANDY SOMMERVILLE (55)....................CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE

1932: CHARLIE CARR (55)....................HEART ATTACK

1932: SAM DREYFUSS (35) PIRATES VP....................PNEUMONIA

1932: HADDIE GILL (33) ....................COMPLICATIONS FROM AN APPENDICITIS OPERATION

1932: HARRY KANE (49)....................HEART DISEASE

1932: OTTO NEU (37)....................INTESTINAL INFLUENZA

1932: BOSS SCHMIDT (52)....................INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION

1933: ODY ABBOTT (44)....................ARTERIOSCLEROSIS COMPLICATED BY PNEUMONIA

1933: FRANK ALLEN (44)....................ATHLETES HEART DUE TO ACUTE DILATION OF THE LEFT VENTRICLE

1933: ELLIOT BIGELOW (35)....................MENINGITIS

1933: HAL DEVINEY (39)....................CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE

1933: "TURKEY MIKE" DONLIN (55)....................HEART ATTACK

1933: MICKEY FINN (29)....................COMPLICATIONS FROM A STOMACH OPERATION

1933: LARRY FREUND (58)....................CORONARY THROMBOSIS

1933: HARRY HINCHMAN (54)....................HEART DISEASE

1933: RING LARDNER (BASEBALL WRITER) (48)....................HEART DISEASE

1933: WILLIAM L. VEECK (CUBS PRESIDENT) (56)....................LEUKEMIA AND INFLUENZA

1934: LES COX (29)....................GENERAL PERITONITIS DUE TO AAPPENDECTOMYbr>
1934: TOM DALEY (50)....................CORONARY SCLEROSIS

1934: RAY FRANCIS (41)....................HEART ATTACK

1934: ROMER GREY (59)....................HEART DILATION

1934: PIANO LEGS HICKMAN (58)....................HEART ATTACK

1934: CARL LUNDGREN (54)....................HEART ATTACK

1934: GUY MORTON (41)....................HEART ATTACK DUE TO OVERINDULGENCE OF ALCOHOL

1934: ED WILLETT (50)....................HEART ATTACK

1935: SWEDE CARLSTROM (47)....................SPINAL MMENINGITISbr>
1935: JAY CASHION (44)....................HEART ATTACK / FOUND DEAD IN A CABIN AT LAKE MILLICENT, SUPERIOR, WI

1935: JOHN FLYNN (51)....................METASTASIZED CANCER OF THE RIGHT KIDNEY

1935: LUKE GALVENICH (51)....................ACUTE NNEPHRITISDUE TO A BOWL OBSTRUCTION

1935: BRAD HOGG (47)....................TUBERCULOSIS CONTRACTED FROM A DRINKING DIPPER AT THE COMMON WELL OF HIS HOME TOWN

1935: CY RIGLER (53) NL UMPIRE....................BRAIN TUMOR

1935: GEORGE ROSS (42)....................PNEUMONIA

1936: RED AMES (54)....................EMPHYSEMA

1936: DAN COSTELLO (43)....................LOBAR PNEUMONIA DUE TO CHRONIC BRONCHITIS AND NEPHRITIS

1936: JIMMY DYGERT (51)....................PNEUMONIA

1936: CHARLIE GIRARD (51)....................HHODGKIN'SDISEASE

1936: TOM ROGERS (44)....................PNEUMONIA

1936: CHARLES H. STONEHAM (GIANTS OWNER) (59)....................BRIGHTS DISEASE AND NEPHRITIS

1937: BRUNO BLOCK (52)....................TUBERCULOSIS

1937: DANNY CLARK (43)....................NEURAL SYPHILIS

1937: MIKE DEVINE (45)....................HEART ATTACK

1937: BILL FOXEN (52)....................PPERI URETHRALABSCESS AND MYOCARDIAL FAILURE

1937: GEORGE GILHAM (37)....................HHODGKIN'SDISEASE

1937: CLYDE HATTER (29)....................HEART ATTACK

1937: STAN REES (38)....................HEART ATTACK

1937: JERRY UPP (53)....................HEART DISEASE

1937: ED WALSH JR (32)....................COMPLICATIONS FROM RHEUMATIC FEVER

1937: OTTO WILLIAMS (59)....................PNEUMONIA

1938: JAMES CURRY (45)....................CEREBRAL EMBOLISM

1938: RUBE ELLIS (52)....................HEART ATTACK

1938: BOB FOTHERGILL (40)....................STROKE

1938: ART GRIGGS (55)....................HODGKIN'S DISEASE

1938: FRED HOHMANN (53)....................HEART ATTACK

1938: GEORGE MERRITT (57)....................HEART ATTACK

1938: LES NUNAMAKER (49)....................CCARCINOMAOF THE THYROID

1938: CY PFIRMAN (NL UMPIRE) (47)....................KIDNEY FAILURE

1939: NICK ALLEN (51)....................METASTATIC BLADDER CANCER

1939: SWEETBREADS BAILEY (44)....................PITUITARY GLAND CANCER

1939: DALLAS BRADSHAW (44)....................CANCER

1939: JOHN LOUIS COMISKEY (53) (WHITE SOX OWNER)....................PNEUMONIA

1939: BILLY DOYLE (TIGERS SCOUT) (57)....................CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE

1939: RED DOWNS (56)....................CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER

1939: CLYDE ENGLE (55)....................CORONARY SCLEROSIS

1939: CLIFF HEATHCOTE (40)....................PULMONARY EMBOLISM

1939: FRANK LaPORTE (59)....................HEART AILMENT

1939: ED LENNOX (55)....................METASTASIZED CANCER

1939: RALPH J. MILLER (43)....................PERITONITIS

1939: ALLAN SOTHORON (46)....................ACUTE HEPATITIS BROUGHT ON BY CHRONIC ALCOHOLISM

1940: JOHN ADAMS (49)....................INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION

1940: LOGAN DRAKE (39)....................DELIRIUM AND RENAL FAILURE DUE TO CHRONIC ALCOHOLISM

1940: GEORGE McQUILLAN (54)....................CORONARY THROMBOSIS COMPLICATED BY ASTHMA

1940: RAY MORGAN (50)....................HEART AILMENT AND PNEUMONIA

1940: OLLIE TUCKER (38)....................BRAIN TUMOR

1940: JOHNNY WELCH (38)....................TUBERCULOSIS AND MENINGITIS

1941: WILSON COLLINS (51)....................CARDIO RENAL VASCULAR FAILURE

1941: LOU GEHRIG (37)....................AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS

1941: ERNIE KOOB (49)....................PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

1941: JACK LELIVELT (55)....................HEART ATTACK

1941: JOE SCHULTZ SR. (47)....................ACUTE TOXIC HEPATITIS

1941: HOWIE SHANKS (51)....................HEART ATTACK

1941: IVY WINGO (50)....................CHRONIC BRONCHITIS

1942: EDWARD J. BURNS (53)....................APOPLEXY

1942: HAPPY FINNERAN (50)....................LOBAR PNEUMONIA

1942: PINKY HARGRAVE (46)....................HEART ATTACK

1942: VAL PICINICH (46)....................PNEUMONIA

1943: JOE CONNOLLY (59)....................CORONARY HEART DISEASE

1943: KID DURBIN (57)....................CORONARY THROMBOSIS

1943: PAT MALONE (41)....................ACUTE PANCREATITIS

1944: LLOYD CHRISTENBURY (49)....................HEART ATTACK

1944: ROBERT W. CLARK (46)....................LUNG CANCER

1944: ED CLOUGH (35)....................HYPERTENSIVE CARDIO-VASCULAR RENAL DISEASE

1944: BILL CUNNINGHAM (57)....................HEART ATTACK

1944: HARRY DAUBERT (51)....................LOBAR PNEUMONIA

1944: DIXIE DAVIS (51)....................CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE

1944: JOE DEBERRY (47)....................CEREBRAL THROMBOSIS

1944: JACK ENZENROTH (58)....................CORONARY OCCLUSION

1944: CLAUDE HENDRIX (54)....................PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

1944: DAN HOWLEY (58)....................HEART ATTACK

1944: ELMER MILLER (54)....................HEART ATTACK

1945: TED BLANKENSHIP (43)....................PNEUMONIA DUE TO CCIRRHOSISOF THE LIVER

1945: CY BLANTON (37)....................MULTIPLE INTERNAL HEMORRHAGES DUE TO HEPATIC CCIRRHOSISbr>
1945: TED CATHER (55)....................CORONARY THROMBOSIS

1945: DICK COTTER (55)....................PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

1945: CHICK FEWSTER (49)....................CORONARY OCCLUSION

1945: MIKE FITZGERALD (54)....................PERFORATED DUODENAL ULCER

1945: CY PIEH (59)....................HEART ATTACK

1945: FRED TYLER (53)....................PERITONITIS DUE TO A PERFORATED ULCER

1945: CHARLIE FRYE (30)....................RUPTURED GASTRIC ULCER

1945: BOBBY VEACH (57)....................CANCER

1946: TOM DALY (54)....................COLON CANCER

1946: BILL DEITRICK (44)....................COLON CANCER

1946: BILL DELANCEY (35)....................TUBERCULOSIS

1946: BILL EVANS (52)....................ANGINA PECTORIS

1946: CHICK FULLIS (42)....................UREMIA

1946: WALTER JOHNSON (59)....................BRAIN TUMOR

1946: ART REINHART (47)....................CANCER

1946: ARLIE TARBERT (42)....................CORONARY THROMBOSIS

1946: JEFF TESREAU (57)....................STROKE

1947: TOMMY CLARKE (57)....................HEART ATTACK

1947: JOE COBB (52)....................HEART ATTACK COMPLICATED BY EXPOSURE TO THE COLD

1947: ENSIGN COTTRELL (58)....................SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE DUE TO A RUPTURED CEREBRAL ARTERY

1947: JOSH GIBSON (35)....................BRAIN TUMOR

1947: JOE GINGRAS (53)....................HEART ATTACK

1947: POL PERRITT (55)....................TUBERCULOSIS

1947: BILL WILLIAMS (59)....................HEART ATTACK

1947: JIMMIE WILSON (46)....................HEART ATTACK

1948: BUSTER CATON (51)....................CORONARY OCCLUSION

1948: FIDGETY PHIL COLLINS (48)....................CANCER

1948: RICH DURNING (55)....................PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

1948: RUSS ENNIS (51)....................CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE DUE TO HYPERTENSION

1948: HERB PENNOCK (53)....................CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE

1948: BABE RUTH (53)....................THROAT CANCER

1948: HACK WILSON (48)....................INTERNAL HEMORRHAGE COMPLICATED BY INFLUENZA

1949: HERMAN BELL (51)....................CORONARY OCCLUSION

1949: ERNIE BONHAM (36)....................IIRREVERSIBLESHOCK AND CARDIAC FAILURE DUE TO CHRONIC APPENDICITIS AND COLON CANCER

1949: ERV BRAME (48)....................HEART ATTACK

1949: JOE CALLAHAN (32)....................CEREBRAL EMBOLISM COMPLICATED BY RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE AND PNEUMONIA

1949: IKE CAVENEY (54)....................TUBERCULOSIS

1949: BILL CISSELL (45)....................MYOCARDIAL DEGENERATION

1949: BUCK DANNER (58)....................MULTIPLE MYELOMA

1949: LARRY DOUGLAS (59)....................CEREBRAL APOPLEXY AND HYPERTENSION

1949: FRANK GLEICH (55)....................CORONARY THROMBOSIS AND CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE

1949: ROBERT HANNEGAN (46) (CARDINALS OWNER)....................HEART DISEASE

1949: ERIC McNAIR (39)....................HEART ATTACK

1949: LEN MADDEN (59)....................CANCER

1949: FRANK NALEWAY (46)....................MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

1950: CHICK AUTRY (46)....................CORONARY THROMBOSIS

1950: KIKI CUYLER (50)....................HEART ATTACK

1950: NUB KLEINKE (39)....................HEART ATTACK WHILE FISHING OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST

1951: BILL BARRETT (50)....................CORONARY THROMBOSIS

1951: ADAM COMOROSKY (45)....................ACUTE MYOCARDIAL FAILURE DUE TO SYPHILIS

1951: DEE COUSINEAU (51)....................MYOCARDITIS

1951: HANK DEBERRY (56)....................HEART ATTACK

1951: CARL DOYLE (40)....................PULMONARY INFARCTION

1951: OX ECKHARDT (49)....................HEART ATTACK

1951: WALLY GERBER (59)....................HEART ATTACK

1951: HARRY HEILMANN (56)....................LUNG CANCER

1951: BILL PIERCY (55)....................HEART ATTACK

1951: JOE ROGALSKI (39)....................AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS

1951: BILL WAGNER (57)....................CANCER

1951: BIFF WYSONG (46)....................CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER

1952: TOM ANGLEY (48)....................BRONCHIO PNEUMONIA DUE TO MYOCARDITIS AND RENAL INSUFFICIENCY

1952: JULIO BONETTI (41)....................CORONARY OCCLUSION

1952: PETE DAGLIA (45)....................CORONARY THROMBOSIS

1952: ART EVANS (50)....................STOMACH CANCER

1952: HAL HAID (54)....................MYOCARDIAL FAILURE

1952: DON HURST (47)....................PULMONARY TUMOR COMPLICATED BY METASTATIC CANCER

1952: EARL SHEELY (59)....................HEART AILMENT

1952: STEVE SUNDRA (41)....................CANCER

1953: LARRY BENTON (54)....................CORONARY OCCLUSION WHILE PLAYING GOLF

1953: DON BRENNAN (49)....................PULMONARY EMBOLISM

1953: MIKE CANTWELL (56)....................CORONARY IINSUFFICIENCYbr>
1953: LEON CHAGNON (50)....................PERFORATED DUODENAL ULCER

1953: BILL CUNNINGHAM (58)....................HEART ATTACK

1953: DOLLY GRAY (55)....................BRAIN CANCER

1953: HERB GORMAN (28)....................HEART ATTACK WHILE PLAYING A GAME FOR THE SAN DIEGO PADRES OF THE PCL

1953: RAY GRIMES (59)....................HEART AILMENT

1953: ALEX ISABEL (DODGERS SCOUT (53)....................HEART ATTACK

1953: LOU McEVOY (50)....................CANCER

1953: JIM TABOR (36)....................HEART ATTACK

1953: CHARLIE WORKMAN (37)....................BLEEDING ULCER

1954: MAURICE ARCHDEACON (56)....................HYPERTENSIVE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

1954: GEORGE CAITHAMER (43)....................ENCEPHALITIS

1954: OSCAR CHARLESTON (57)....................HEART ATTACK

1954: RUSS CHRISTOPHER (37)....................RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE

1954: HARRY COURTNEY (56)....................CORONARY THROMBOSIS DUE TO RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE

1954: FRANK FAHEY (58)....................ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE RECTUM

1954: ART GARDINER (54)....................HEPATIC-RENAL FAILURE AND LYMPHOMA WITH LIVER CIRRHOSIS

1954: DUKE GILLESPIE (53)....................CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE DUE TO CORONARY ARTERY SCLEROSIS

1954: GEORGE GRANTHAM (53)....................CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE

1954: WILLIAM HARRIS (DODGERS SCOUT) (48)....................STROKE

1954: CHICK HOLMES (57)....................CORONARY OCCLUSION

1954: FABIAN KOWALIK (46)....................CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER

1954: BILL McGOWAN (AL UMP) (58)....................HEART ATTACK

1954: NORMAN PLITT (53)....................HEART ATTACK

1955: MORRIE ADERHOLT (39)....................RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE

1955: DICK ADKINS (34)....................CCARCINOMATOSISCAUSED BY BRAIN CANCER

1955: HARRY AGGANIS (26)....................EMBOLISM

1955: GEORGE CASTER (48)....................HEART ATTACK

1955: HOOKS COTTER (55)....................PERITONITIS DUE TO GANGRENE

1955: REGGIE GRABOWSKI (47)....................HEART DISEASE

1955: FRANKIE HAYES (40)....................RETRO PERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE

1955: CLINT BROWN (50)....................HEART ATTACK

1955: LYNN NELSON (49)....................COLON CANCER

1955: BERT WILSON (44) (CUBS BROADCASTER)....................HEART ATTACK

1957: JOE GIARD (57)....................MMETASTASIZEDLUNG CANCER

1956: CLAUDE DAVIDSON (59)....................CEREBRAL THROMBOSIS COMPLICATED BY A PULMONARY EMBOLISM

1956: BIG ED HEUSSER (46)....................LYMPHOSARCOMA

1956: JOHN KANE (56)....................HEART ATTACK

1956: GEORGE PUCCINELLI (48)....................HEART ATTACK

1956: AL SIMMONS (52)....................HEART ATTACK

1957: ED BAECHT (50)....................PULMONARY EMBOLISM

1957: FRED BENNETT (55)....................HEART ATTACK

1957: MAX BUTCHER (46)....................CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER

1957: JIMMY JORDAN (49)....................BLEEDING ULCER

1957: FRITZ OSTERMUELLER (50)....................CANCER

1957: TOMMY THEVENOW (53)....................CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE

1958: HARRY BALDWIN (58).....................SHOCK AND RENAL FAILURE

1958: MORT COOPER (45).....................CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER

1958: TOMMY De LA CRUZ (46)....................HEART DISEASE

1958: FRANK DEMAREE (48)....................INTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE BROUGHT ON BY ACUTE ALCOHOLISM

1958: JOHN FREEMAN (57)....................BRONCHIO PNEUMONIA CCOMPLICATEDBY AN OESOPHAGEALHEMORRHAGE AND CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER

1958: BERNIE FRIBERG (59).....................HEART ATTACK

1958: WALLY GILBERT (57)....................PULMONARY EDEMA

1958: HARRY KELLEY (52)....................HEART ATTACK

1958: CHUCK KLEIN (53)....................CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE

1958: PHIL PAGE (52)....................HEART ATTACK

1959: JOHNNY ALLEN (53).....................HEART DISEASE

1959: MORRIE ARNOVICH (48)....................CORONARY OCCLUSION

1959: RED BARNES (54)....................LYMPHOSARCOMA

1959: WALT BEALL (59)....................CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE

1959: FRANK "PORKY" BISCAN (39)....................HEART ATTACK

1959: DON BLACK (42)....................CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE

1959: JIM BOTTOMLEY (59)....................HEART ATTACK

1959: JOHNNY BURNETT (55)....................LEUKEMIA

1959: BRUCE CALDWELL (53)....................CANCER

1959: JIMMY HITCHCOCK (48)....................HEART ATTACK

1959: JIMMY RIPPLE (49)....................ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS

1959: BLONDY RYAN (53)....................HEART AILMENT

1960: VERN BICKFORD (39)....................STOMACH CANCER

1960: VIC DELMORE (NL UMPIRE) (43)....................HEART DISEASE

1960: VALLIE EAVES (48)....................PULMONARY HEMORRHAGE

1960: KEN GABLES (40)....................RESPIRATORY FAILURE DUE TO PULMONARY EDEMA AND CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE

1960: DIXIE HOWELL (40)....................HEART ATTACK

1960: ARNOLD JOHNSON (54) ATHLETICS PRESIDENT....................CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE

1960: JOE KRAKAUSKAS (44)....................PNEUMONIA

1960: KEN LANDENBERGER (31)....................LEUKEMIA

1960: ARCH McDONALD (SENATORS/ YANKEES BROADCASTER) (59)....................HEART ATTACK

1961: FRED ATKINSON (54)....................LOBAR PNEUMONIA DUE TO HYPERTENSIVE HEART DISEASE

1967: HAL BEVAN (37)....................KIDNEY INFECTION

1961: FRED BRICKELL (54)....................HEART ATTACK

1961: GUY CANTRELL (51)....................CEREBRO VASCULAR ACCIDENT DUE TO CHRONIC ALCOHOLISM AND ASTHMA

1961: BRANCH RICKEY JR. (47) PIRATES EXECUTIVE....................HEPATITIS AND DIABETES COMPLICATED BY PNEUMONIA

1961: SCHOOLBOY ROWE (48)....................HEART ATTACK

1961: DON SAVAGE (42)....................DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY (DIABETES INDUCED KIDNEY DISEASE)

1962: BILL AKERS (57)....................ACUTE BRONCHITIS AND BRONCHIO PNEUMONIA DUE TO METASTATIC CANCER OF THE LEFT GROIN

1962: MICKEY COCHRANE (59)....................LYMPHO-SARCOMA

1962: HARRY FELDMAN (42)....................MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION DUE TO AN ACUTE CORONARY OCCLUSION

1962: RED KRESS (55)....................HEART ATTACK

1962: BOBO NEWSOME (55)....................CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER

1962: RIP RADCLIFF (56)....................HEART ATTACK

1962: JOE VOSMIK (52)....................CANCER

1962: PEP YOUNG (54)....................ACUTE CORONARY OCCLUSION

1963: JUNIE BARNES (52)....................METASTATIC LIVER AND COLON CANCER

1963: ED CONNOLLY (55)....................CORONARY OCCLUSION

1963: JESS CORTAZZO (58)....................CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE DUE TO HYPERTENSIVE HEART DISEASE

1963: HERB CROMPTON (51)....................CARDIAC ARREST

1963: STU FLYTHE (51)....................PULMONARY EMBOLISM DUE TO MILATERAL BRONCHIOPNEUMONIA AND METASTATIC ADENOCARCINO

1963: BEN GERAGHTY (50)....................ACUTE CORONARY THROMBOSIS

1963: JOHN "SENATOR" GRIFFIN (59) DODGERS CLUBHOUSE MAN....................HEART ATTACK

1963: BUMP HADLEY (58)....................HEART ATTACK

1963: JOHNNY HUTCHINGS (47)....................UREMIA

1963: DAVE JOLLY (38)....................BRAIN TUMOR

1963: BILL KNICKERBOCKER (51)....................HEART ATTACK

1963: HERB SCHWARTS (44) AL UMPIRE....................CANCER

1964: HARLEY BOSS (55)....................MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

1964: DICK CULLER (49)....................PERIPHERAL VASCULAR COLLAPSE

1964: HANK ERICKSON (57)....................MYOCARDITIS PNEUMONIA AND TREMORS COMPLICATED BY ALCOHOLISM

1964: JIM UMBRICHT (33)....................CANCER

1964: FRED HUTCHINSON (45)....................CANCER

1964: RABBIT WARSTLER (59)....................CANCER

1965: STEVE BIRAS (43)....................CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE

1965: FRITZ BRICKELL (30)....................CANCER

1965: JOE HOOVER (55)....................HEART ATTACK

1965: MAURICE VAN ROBAYS (50)....................PNEUMONIA

1965: DICK WANTZ (25)....................BRAIN TUMOR

1966: JUMBO BROWN (59)....................CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE

1966: REX CECIL (49)....................HEPATIC FAILURE DUE TO NUTRITIONAL CIRRHOSIS

1966: HAL DIXON (FORMER NL UMPIRE (46)....................HEART ATTACK

1966: BOB ELLIOT (49)....................RUPTURED VEIN IN HIS LOWER WINDPIPE

1966: CLIFF FANNIN (42)....................CORONARY OCCLUSION

1966: LOU FINNEY (55)....................CORONARY THROMBOSIS

1966: PETE FOX (57)....................CANCER

1966: JOHNNY KEANE (55)....................HEART ATTACK

1966: STOVER McILWAIN (26)....................CANCER

1966: MIKE MILOSOVICH (50)....................HEART DISEASE

1966: AARON ROBINSON (50)....................CANCER

1966: BOB SWIFT (51)....................CANCER

1966: MIKE TRESH (52)....................CANCER

1966: SAM ZOLDAK (47)....................PULMONARY EMBOLISM

1967: ORVILLE ARMBRUST (56)....................MULTIPLE MYELOMA

1967: JIM ASBELL (53)....................PULMONARY ATELECTASIS, DUE TO CEREBRAL EDEMA AND RUPTURED CEREBRAL ANEURYSM

1967: HAL BEVAN (37)....................KIDNEY INFECTION

1967: WALT BOND (29)....................LEUKEMIA

1967: VINCE CASTINO (49)....................LUNG CANCER

1967: MIKE CHARTAK (51)....................PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

1967: FRANK GABLER (55)....................ARTERIOSCLERATIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

1967: TOOKIE GILBERT (38)....................HEART ATTACK

1967: SKINNY GRAHAM (57)....................BILATERAL BRONCHIECTOSIS

1967: JOE HAYNES (48)....................HEART ATTACK

1967: RALPH LaPOINTE (45)....................CANCER

1968: BILL DRESCHER (46)....................MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

1968: ELLIS KINDER (54)....................COMPLICATIONS FROM OPEN HEART SURGERY

1968: DICK MARLOWE (39)....................CANCER

1968: VERN STEPHENS (48)....................HEART ATTACK

1969: BEN CARDONI (48)....................PULMONARY EDEMA DUE TO MYOCARDIAL INSUFFICIENCY

1969: MONK DUBIEL (51)....................CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER

1969: GLENN ELLIOTT (49)....................CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE DUE TO A METASTATIC BRAIN TUMOR

1969: CHARLIE FUCHS (56)....................HEART DISEASE

1969: PINKY HIGGINS (59)....................HEART ATTACK

1969: DON HOAK (41)....................HEART ATTACK CHASING HIS BROTHER-IN-LAWS STOLEN CAR

1969: LOU JACKSON (33)....................PANCREATIC INFECTION

1969: RAY MACK (52)....................CANCER

1969: DANNY O'CONNELL (42)....................CORONARY OCCLUSION

1969: HANK THOMPSON (43)....................STROKE

1969: JIM TOBIN (56)....................HEART ATTACK AFTER VASCULAR SURGERY

1970: DICK BROWN (35)....................BRAIN TUMOR

1970: CHUBBY DEAN (55)....................ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

1970: CAL DRUMMOND (AL UMPIRE) (52)....................CEREBRAL INFARCTION

1970: GENE FORD (58)....................MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION DUE TO ARTERIOSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE

1970: LES FUSSELMAN (49)....................BILATERAL BRONCHIOPNEUMONIA

1970: JIMMY GRANT (51)....................CARDIAC FAILURE

1970: LEE HANDLEY (56)....................HEART ATTACK

1970: RUDY YORK (56)....................LUNG CANCER

1971: MICKEY HARRIS (54)....................HEART ATTACK

1971: SAD SAM JONES (45)....................CANCER

1971: WALLY JUDNICH (54)....................HEPATIC FAILURE

1971: RON NORTHEY (50)....................HEART ATTACK DUE TO ARTERIOSCLEROTIC CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE

1971: TONY VENZON (NL UMPIRE) (56)....................COMPLICATIONS FROM OPEN HEART SURGERY

1971: VERLON 'RUBE' WALKER (CUBS PITCHING COACH) (42)....................LEUKEMIA

1972: FRANK DREWS (55)....................CANCER

1972: AL GERHEAUSER (54)....................HEART ATTACK

1972: GIL HODGES (47)....................HEART ATTACK

1972: LEFTY PHILLIPS (53)....................ASTHMA ATTACK

1972: JACKIE ROBINSON (53)....................HEART ATTACK

1972: DIZZY TROUT (56)....................STOMACH CANCER

1972: EDDIE WAITKUS (53)....................CANCER

1972: FRANK ZAK (49)....................HEART ATTACK

1973: AL BRAZLE (59)....................HEART ATTACK

1973: HERM WEHMEIER (46)....................COLLAPSED AND DIED FROM A HEART ATTACK WHILE TESTIFYING IN AN EMBEZZLEMENT TRIAL

1974: AUGIE BERGAMO (57)....................PANCREATIC CANCER

1974: BOB CHRISTIAN (28)....................LEUKEMIA

1974: VAN PATRICK (TIGERS ANNOUNCER) (58)....................PANCREATIC CANCER

1975: STEVE FILLIPOWITZ (53)....................COMPLICATIONS FROM A KIDNEY OPERATION

1975: NELLIE FOX (48)....................CANCER

1975: JIM McGLOTHLIN (32)....................LEUKEMIA

1975: CLINT COURTNEY (48)....................HEART ATTACK

1975: VERN MORGAN (47)....................TWINS FIRST BASE COACH DIED WHILE WAITING FOR A KIDNEY TTRANSPLANT

1976: JOHN ANDRE (53)....................ADENOCARCINOMA DUE TO METASTASIS TO THE BRAIN

1976: DAN BANKHEAD (55)....................CANCER

1976: JOE ERAUTT (55)....................PPARKINSON'SDISEASE

1976: MARION FRICANO (52)....................PNEUMONIA

1976: FRANK KELLERT (52)....................LYMPHOMA

1976: LOU KLEIN (57)....................STROKE

1976: JIM KONSTANTY (59)....................STOMACH CANCER

1976: DUKE MAAS (47)....................COMPLICATIONS FROM ARTHRITIS

1976: DANNY MURTAUGH (59)....................STROKE

1976: DANNY THOMPSON (29)....................LEUKEMIA

1977: JIM GLADD (55)....................HEART DISEASE

1977: SHERM LOLLAR (53)....................CANCER

1977: STUBBY OVERMIRE (57)....................STROKE

1977: RON WILLIS (34)....................BRAIN TUMOR

1978: BILLY COX (58)....................CANCER

1978: JUNIOR GILLIAM (49)....................STROKE

1978: PHIL PAINE (47)....................BRAIN TUMOR

1978: DICK RISENHOOVER (RANGERS ANNOUNCER) (51)....................LIVER CANCER

1979: ED ALBRECHT (50)....................HEART ATTACK

1979: RICK JOSEPH (40)....................DIABETES

1979: BILL LUCAS (42) BRAVES VICE PRESIDENT....................CARDIAC ARREST

1979: ART WILLIAMS (44) NL UMPIRE....................BRAIN SEIZURE

1980: TOM BAKER (45)....................CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE COMPLICATED BY CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER

1980: BILL CONNELLY (55)....................CANCER

1980: BOB HOOPER (57)....................HEART ATTACK

1980: ELSTON HOWARD (50)....................HEART DISEASE

1980: CAP PETERSON (37)....................KIDNEY DISEASE

1980: BOB PORTERFIELD (56)....................LYMPHOMA

1980: BOB TROWBRIDGE (49)....................BLOOD CLOT IN THE HEART

1981: JAKE BROWN (33)....................LEUKEMIA

1981: STEVE MACKO (27)....................CANCER

1981: RAY OYLER (42)....................HEART ATTACK

1982: KEN BOYER (51)....................CANCER

1982: NESTOR CHYLAK (59)....................HEART ATTACK

1982: JACKIE JENSEN (55)....................HEART ATTACK

1982: ERV PALICA (54)....................HEART ATTACK

1982: WALLY POST (52)....................CANCER

1983: CHET BOAK (48)....................HEART ATTACK

1983: WILLIE JONES (58)....................CANCER

1983: CARL MORTON (39)....................HEART ATTACK WHILE JOGGING

1983: BILL SARNI (55)....................HEART DISEASE

1983: MEL WRIGHT (55)....................HEART FAILURE

1984: LOREN BABE (56)....................CANCER

1984: BILLY GOODMAN (54)....................CANCER

1984: LEO KIELY (54)....................CANCER

1984: LYLE LUTTRELL (54)....................HEART ATTACK

1984: TOMMIE AARON (44)......................LEUKEMIA

1984: CHARLIE LAU (50)....................CANCER

1984: HOWIE REED (47)....................CANCER

1984: KARL SPOONER (52)....................CANCER

1985: GEORGE BANKS (46)....................AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS

1985: CURT BARCLAY (53)....................CANCER

1985: DICK DROTT (49)....................STOMACH CANCER

1985: BILL KUNKEL (48)....................CANCER

1985: ROGER MARIS (51)....................LYMPHOMA

1985: GROVER POWELL (44)....................ACUTE LEUKEMIA

1986: JOHN BOOZER (47)....................HODGKIN'S DISEASE

1986: JOE SPARMA (44)....................HEART DISEASE

1987: JERRY ADAIR (50)....................LIVER CANCER

1987: CAMELIO CARREON (50)....................CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER

1987: NINO ESPINOSA (34)....................HEART ATTACK

1987: DICK HOWSER (51)....................BRAIN TUMOR

1987: DON McMAHON (57)....................HEART ATTACK

1987: TOM MORGAN (56)....................STROKE

1987: GEORGE SMITH (49)....................CANCER

1988: LEN CHURCH (46)....................HEART ATTACK

1988: HARVEY KUENN (58)....................COMPLICATIONS FROM HEART DISEASE AND DIABETES

1988: LEE WEYER (51) NL UMPIRE....................HEART ATTACK

1989: RICK ANDERSON (35) ....................HEART ATTACK (HIS BODY WAS FOUND WITH AN AUTOGRAPH REQUEST IN HIS HAND)

1989: JOE FOY (46)....................HEART ATTACK

1989: NICK BREMIGAN (43) AL UMP....................HEART ATTACK

1989: BART GIAMATTI (51) BASEBALL COMMISSIONER....................HEART ATTACK

1989: RODNEY HAMPTON (35) TIGERS SCOUT....................CANCER

1990: MARSHALL BRIDGES (59)....................CANCER

1990: TONY CONIGLIARO (45)....................PNEUMONIA AND KIDNEY FAILURE

1990: LARRY COX (42)....................EMBOLISM

1990: ROLAND ROMERO (19) TEXAS RANGERS MINOR LEAGUER....................HEART ATTACK

1991: CHRIS SHORT (53)....................RUPTURED BRAIN ANEURYSM

1991: ALAN WIGGINS (32)....................A.I.D.S.

1991: CLAY KIRBY (43)....................HEART ATTACK

1992: CELERINO SANCHEZ (48)....................ANEURYSM

1993: DON DRYSDALE (56)....................HEART ATTACK

1993: DERON JOHNSON (53)....................LUNG CANCER

1993: CAL KOONCE (52)....................CANCER

1994: RAY BARE (44)....................LEUKEMIA

1994: CHARLEY SMITH (57)....................COMPLICATIONS FROM KNEE SURGERY

1994: CESAR TOVAR (54)....................PANCREATIC CANCER

1995: GLENN BURKE (42)....................A.I.D.S.

1995: VON McDANIEL (56)....................STROKE

1995: VADA PINSON (57)....................STROKE

1995: CECIL UPSHAW (52)....................HEART ATTACK

1995: BOB VESELIC (40)....................CANCER

1996: GENE BRABENDER (55)....................HEART ATTACK

1996: JOHN McSHERRY (51) NL UMP....................HEART ATTACK UMPING ON OPENING DAY

1996: ROGER FREED (49)....................HEART ATTACK

1997: CURT FLOOD (59)....................THROAT CANCER

1997: DWIGHT LOWRY (39)....................HEART FAILURE

1997: DOUG MILLION (22) ROCKIES MINOR LEAGUER.....................ASTHMA ATTACK

1997: RANDY DONISTHORPE (23) REDS MINOR LEAGUER....................SEIZURE

1997: DUANE JOSEPHSON (54)....................HEART DISEASE

1998: MARK BELANGER (54)....................LUNG CANCER

1998: LARRY BRADFORD (48)....................HEART ATTACK

1998: DAN QUISENBERRY (45)....................BRAIN TUMOR

2000: CHICO SALMON (59)....................HEART ATTACK

2001: CURT BLEFARY (57)....................CHRONIC PANCREATITIS

2001: JOHN LeROY (26)....................ANEURYSM

2001: JOE LOVITTO (50)....................CANCER

2001: DICK SELMA (57)....................LIVER CANCER

2002: JIM SPENCER (54)....................HEART ATTACK

2002: AL COWENS (50)....................HEART ATTACK

2002: DARRYL KILE (33)....................CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS

2002: DARRYL PORTER( 50)....................EXCITED DELIRIUM

2002: MIKE PAYNE (40)....................EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS

2002: ANGEL "TITO" RODRIGUEZ (FLORIDA MARLINS BROADCASTER) (48)....................LUNG CANCER

2003: STEVE BECHLER (23)....................ORGAN FAILURE DUE TO HEAT STROKE

2003: JACK HAYS (TIGERS SCOUT) (48)....................LEUKEMIA

2003: BOB KAMMEYER (52)....................PULMONARY EMBOLISM

2003: NORM McRAE (55)....................CANCER

2003: BILLY PARKER (56)....................CANCER

2003: BOBBY BONDS (57)....................BRAIN TUMOR AND HEART DISEASE

2003: GREG BIAGINI (FORMER ORIOLES COACH) (51)....................KIDNEY CANCER

2003: KEN BRETT (55)....................BRAIN TUMOR

2003: SEAN KIMMERLING(METS ROVING GAME REPORTER) (37)....................COMPLICATIONS FROM TESTICULAR CANCER

[Brian McKenna]

bright's disease was hardly the killer suggested - i am well aware of the deadballera.com and it proves my point more than the bright's disease argument - that tb (consumption) and pnemonia were greater concerns

that list is not comprehensive in the least and it does not include anyone other than major league ballplayers who for the most part lived in the north, especially, northeast

malaria was prevalent in the south and took a great many lives of baseball men in the minors, negro leagues and in latin america - the terms malaria and typhoid fever were often used interchangeably

and of course, the spanish flu killed 20-40 million worldwide at the end of wwi

[Bill Burgess]

You know, it's a funny thing, what stuff is remembered. Few know it today, but around 1917-18, the Spanish Influenza decimated the entire world, and killed more people than WWI did. And yet hardly any attention is mentioned to it today.

I don't know if any ballplayers died of it and they called it pneumonia or something else.

Wikipedia article on the 1918 Spanish Flu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu)

Wikipedia article on the Black Death (Bubonic Plague) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death)

http://jvi.asm.org/cgi/content/full/76/15/7860

[Brian McKenna]

The Spanish flu was first detected at an army barracks in Kansas in March 1918. It spread quickly killing 675,000 Americans and between 20 and 40 million worldwide within months. This epidemic was unusual in that the bulk of its sufferers were neither young nor old.

pro baseball players to die in military service due to the spanish flu:
Harry Acton
Larry Chappell
Harry Glenn
Frank Healey
John Inglis
Arthur Kimbro
Ralph Worrell

there is a book coming out at the end of the year or so about the end of baseball careers for reasons other than the normal injuries, retirements, etc.

[Bill Burgess]

Here's the scarey part. Like the Bubonic Plague (Black Death) that decimated the world in the Middle Ages, the influenza virus pandemic of 1918 was never stopped by a cure. The virus mutated out of being able to kill humans.

These scarey invisible viral mutants come from out of the blue and continue mutating. The 'bird flu' of today could evolve like that. The faster we develope drugs to cure them, the faster they mutate mathmathically around the drugs.

[Vintagebb]

Add Frank Arellanes to the list of fatalities from Spanish Influenza. Ironically, he was first Mexican American in the majors.

[RuthMayBond]

Introducing Charles J. Ferguson:
Wasn't he the guy who read the KORN news on Hee Haw? :rofl: