ACCIDENTS
BASEBALL NOTABLES WHO DIED BY WAY OF
ACCIDENTS
| 1861: JIM CREIGHTON
(21)....................RUPTURED INGUINAL HERNIA FROM SWINGING AT A
PITCH 1872: AL THAKE (22)....................DROWNED WHILE FISHING OFF FORT HAMILTON IN NEW YORK 1886: WILLIAM E. SMITH (?)....................BROKE HIS BACK IN A DIVING ACCIDENT 1887: JOHN AKE (25)....................DROWNED TRYING TO ROW THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER 1888: JOHN GLENN (39)....................ACCIDENTALLY SHOT BY A COP WHILE BEING PROTECTED BY A LYNCH MOB 1888: DENNY MACK (37)....................INTERNAL HEMMORHAGE AND SEIZURES FROM A FALL AT HOME 1891: JERRY DORGAN (35)....................ALCOHOL POISONING 1893: EMORY NUSZ (27)....................FELL FROM AND RUN OVER BY A TRAIN 1894: JIM GALLAGHER (?)....................ACCIDENTAL FALL FROM RAILROAD CAR 1895: ED COLGAN (37)....................KILLED COUPLING RAILROAD ACCIDENT 1895: JIM McLAUGHLIN (34)....................TROLLEY ACCIDENT 1900: ED KNOUFF (32)....................RENAL FAILURE DUE TO COMPLICATIONS FROM A BROKEN BACK 1900: WALTER PLOCK (30)....................BRIDGE ACCIDENT 1900: JOHN TRAFFLEY (38)....................BRAIN INJURY 1900: FRED ZAHNER (30)....................DROWNED 1901: DENNIS DRISCOLL (?)....................BOILER EXPLOSION AT A BLEACH FACTORY 1901: JIM DUNCAN (30)....................DROWNED 1901: DOC McJAMES (28)...................THROWN FROM A CARRIAGE 1901: CHARLES SNYDER (?)....................FRACTURED HIS SKULL WHILE BEING EVICTED FROM A HOTEL 1902: DAVE EGGLER (50)...................HIT BY A TRAIN 1903: HARDIE HENDERSON (40)....................RUN OVER BY A TRAIN TROLLEY 1903: ED DELAHANTY (35)....................FELL OVER NIAGARA FALLS 1905: AL MAYS (39)....................DROWNED 1905: PETE DOWLING (?)....................HIT BY A TRAIN 1906: GEORGE DAVIES (38)....................ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSE OF MEDICATION BEING USED AS A SEDATIVE 1907: NAT HICKS (62)....................GAS ASPHYXIATION IN A HOTEL ROOM 1909: MIKE DORGAN (55).....................BLOOD POISONING AFTER KNEE SURGERY FOR AN OLD PLAYING INJURY 1909: WILLIAM BEDFORD (CUBAN GIANTS 2ND BASEMAN).....................HIT BY LIGHTNING AT INLET PARK IN ATLANTIC CITY 1910: JACK HORNER (46)....................SKULL FRACTURE FROM SLIPPING IN THE BATHTUB 1911: JERRY O'BRIEN (47)....................DROWNED 1911: WIL WHITE (56)....................DROWNED 1911: ED CERMAK (29)....................HIT IN THE THROAT BY A BASEBALL UMPING IN THE COTTON STATES LEAGUE 1911: ED GLENN (36)....................FELL INTO A RAILROAD PIT 1912: RUBE TAYLOR (34)....................SKULL WAS CRUSHED WHEN HE WAS RUN OVER BY A STREET CAR 1912: CHARLIE WAITT (59)....................FELL WHILE WASHING A WINDOW 1912: FRED COREY (55)....................GAS ASPHYXIATION IN A HOTEL ROOM 1912: CHARLIE SPRAGUE (48)....................HEAD INJURY 1913: JOE STEWART (33)....................FELL OUT A WINDOW 1914: DANNY GREEN (38)....................COMPLICATIONS FROM A BEANING SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE 1914: WILLIE MILLS (36)....................RAILROAD ACCIDENT 1914: HEINE REITZ (47)....................HIT BY A CAR (HE WAS THE FIRST MAJOR LEAGUER KILLED BY AN AUTO) 1915: ROY EVANS (41)....................DIED IN A HURRICANE 1915: OTIS JOHNSON (32)....................SHOT IN A HUNTING ACCIDENT 1916: JOHN DODGE (27)....................HIT BY A PITCHED BALL WHILE PLAYING IN THE MINOR LEAGUES 1916: BOB UNGLAUB (35)....................CRUSHED IN A RAILROAD PIT 1916: REDDY MACK (50)....................FELL AND FRACTURED HIS SKULL 1917: WILLIE SUDHOFF (42)....................BRAIN INJURY 1918: CARL DRUHOT (35)....................SHIPYARD ACCIDENT 1918: RALPH SHARMAN (23)....................DROWNED 1918: JOHN McCLOSKEY (36)....................MINE EXPLOSION 1918: BOB CLARK (56)....................BURNED 1919: HARRY BLAKE (45)....................BURNED 1920: RAY CHAPMAN (29)....................HIT IN THE HEAD BY A PITCH FROM YANKEES PITCHER CARL MAYS 1920: DICK BAYLESS (36)....................COPPER MINE EXPLOSION 1921: SOCKS SEYBOLD (51)....................CAR CRASH 1922: JOHN COLEMAN (59)....................HIT BY A CAR 1923: JIM SCOGGINS (32)....................BRAIN INJURY AFTER BEING HIT IN THE HEAD BY A BASEBALL 1923: WILD BILL DONOVAN (47)....................TRAIN WRECK 1924: TONY BOECKEL (31)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1924: JAY HUGHES (50)....................FELL FROM A TRAIN TRESTLE AND FRACTURED HIS SKULL 1925: MARV GOODWIN (34)....................CRASHED HIS PLANE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT WHILE A MEMBER ARMY AIR FORCE RESERVE 1925: EMIL HUHN (33)....................TEAM BUS ACCIDENT 1925: CHARLIE IRWIN (56)....................HIT BY A BUS 1926: OTIS CLYMER (50)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1927: GERMANY SMITH (64)....................HIT BY A CAR 1928: JACK RIDGWAY (38)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1929: DENNY WILLIAMS (29)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1929: WALT LERIAN (26)....................HIT BY A TRUCK 1929: TOM CROOKE (44)....................BUS ACCIDENT 1929: RUPERT MILLS (36)....................DROWNED 1929: DAN LONG (61)....................RAILROAD ACCIDENT 1930: GUS SANBERG (33)....................BURNED 1930: GUY TUTWILER (41)....................TRAIN ACCIDENT 1930: SANDY PIEZ (38)....................DROWNED WHEN HIS CAR HIT SOME ICE AND SKIDDED OFF A BRIDGE 1930: ARLIE POND (58)....................COMPLICATIONS FROM A BOTCHED APENDECTOMY 1930: JACK B. POWELL (38)....................CHOKED ON A STEAK 1931: SAM BROWN (53)....................FOUND DEAD IN HIS GARAGE FROM ACCIDENTAL CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING 1931: CHARLIE FERGUSON (56)....................DROWNED 1931: MARK STEWART (42)....................HIT BY A DRUNK DRIVER 1932: LON KNIGHT (78)....................GAS ASPHYXIATION 1932: LOU WIDRIG (61) REDS TREASURER / PART-OWNER.....................PNEUMONIA RESULTING FROM BURNS FROM A HOTEL FIRE 1932: DOUG NEFF (40)....................DROWNED WHEN HE FELL OFF A BOAT 1932: HOWARD FREIGAU (29)....................DROWNED 1933: TOMMY DOWD (64)....................DROWNED 1933: FRED WOOD (70)....................HIT BY A CAR 1934: JOHN KANE (51)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1934: ROWDY ELLIOT (33)....................FELL FROM A WINDOW 1934: DAN DUGDALE (69)....................HIT BY A TRUCK 1934: ADRIAN LYNCH (37)....................DROVE HIS CAR INTO A DITCH 1934: JOE WARD (49)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1935: FRANK NAVIN (64)....................HEART ATTACK AND FALL WHILE RIDING HIS HORSE 1935: CHARLIE SULLIVAN (32)....................HIS CAR WAS HIT BY A TRAIN 1935: REX DeVOGT (47)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1936: BRAGGO ROTH (44).....................CAR WAS HIT BY A TRUCK 1937: EDDIE FOSTER (49).....................KILLED BY A HIT AND RUN DRIVER 1937: HARRY WOLVERTON (63)....................KILLED BY A HIT AND RUN DRIVER 1937: HI JASPER (56)....................FELL OFF A TRUCK 1937: ANDY BEDNAR (29)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1937: GENE CONNELL (31)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1937: RUBE BENTON (50)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1938: EARL CLARK (30)....................AUTO / STREETCAR CRASH 1938: RED HILL (45)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1938: STILL BILL HILL (63)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1939: TINY CHAPLIN (33)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1939: PETE HENNING (51)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1940: AXEL LINDSTROM (44)....................CONCUSSION FROM A FALL ON THE STREET 1940: HAL KRAUSE (53)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1940: PATSY McGAFFIGAN (52)....................DROWNED 1941: RUBE KISINGER (64)....................TRAIN ACCIDENT WHILE ON DUTY AS A RAILROAD BRIDGE ENGINEER 1941: JOE BOEHLING (50)....................FELL OFF A PORCH 1941: GEORGE GILPATRICK (66)....................FELL AND FRACTURED HIS SKULL 1942: BOB BESCHER (58)....................CAR/TRAIN COLLISION 1942: CAD COLES (56)....................DROWNED 1942: FRANK CONNAUGHTON (73)....................HIT BY A CAR 1942: CHAD KIMSEY (36)....................CRASHED A TRUCK INTO A BRIDGE 1942: SLIM LOVE (52)....................HIT BY A CAR 1942: ALVIN MONTGOMERY (21)....................AUTO WRECK 1942: HARRY SPIES (76)....................HIT BY A CAR 1942: HACK SIMMONS (57)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1944: ED BRANDT (39)....................HIT BY A CAR 1945: BILL HOBBS (51)....................SHOT IN A HUNTING ACCIDENT 1946: HICK CADY (60)....................HOTEL ROOM FIRE 1946: BILL FINCHER (51)....................SHOT BY ACCIDENT 1946: JOHNNY GRABOWSKI (46)....................BURNS FROM A FIRE 1946: CHRIS HARTJE (31)....................BURNS FROM A TEAM BUS ACCIDENT IN THE MINOR LEAGUES 1946: EMIL BILDILLI (34)....................CRASHED HIS CAR INTO A TREE ON HIS 34TH BIRTHDAY 1946: JOHN WOODS (48)....................CRASHED HIS CAR INTO A TRUCK 1947: JIMMY SHECKARD (68)....................HIT BY A CAR 1947: TOM SULLIVAN (87)....................HIT BY A CAR 1947: BILL KEEN (54)....................CAR / TRAIN CRASH 1947: WOODY CROWSON (28)....................TRUCK / BUS ACCIDENT 1947: PHIL STREMMEL (67)....................CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING 1948: FRANK BROWNING (65)....................BURNED 1948: PETE KNISELY (60)....................FELL OFF A TRESTLE 1948: CHICK BOWEN (51)....................FELL OUT A WINDOW 1948: ROY ELLAM (62)....................HIT BY A FALLING WEIGHT 1949: JOHN CARDEN (27)....................ELECTROCUTED 1949: MARTY O'TOOLE (60)....................FELL DOWN A STAIRS 1949: BILL STEELE (64)....................HIT BY A STREETCAR 1950: JING JOHNSON (56)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1950: DUKE KENWORTHY (64)....................DROWNED WHILE FISHING OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA 1951: JACK CAMERON (66)....................BURNED 1951: VANCE PAGE (45)....................FELL OFF A BARN AND FRACTURED HIS SKULL 1951: RUBE VINSON (72)....................FELL WHILE WASHING A WINDOW 1952: RAY JACOBS (50)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1952: BURT KEELEY (72)....................COMPLICATIONS FROM A FRACTURED HIP 1952: ARKY VAUGHAN (40)....................DROWNED WHILE FISHING 1953: ROY VAN GRAFLAN (54) (FORMER AMERICAN LEAGUE UMPIRE).....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1954: LES CHANNELL (68)....................FELL AT HOME AND BROKE HIS HIP 1954: EARL WHITEHILL (54)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1955: RUBE DeGROFF (76)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1956: TOMMY SEWELL (50)....................DROWNED 1956: DANNY CLAIRE (59)....................BURNED 1956: TOM GASTALL (24)....................DROWNED WHEN HIS PLANE CRASHED INTO CHESAPEAKE BAY 1956: CHARLIE PEETE (27)....................PLANE CRASH ON HIS WAY TO WINTER BALL IN VENEZUELA 1957: DIXIE LEVERETT (62)....................INJURIES FROM A FALL 1957: IVY GRIFFIN (60)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1957: CHARLIE BABINGTON (61)....................INJURIES FROM A FALL 1958: JOE BERRY (53)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1958: HOWIE FITZGERALD (56)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1958: WALT LONERGAN (72)....................FELL AND FRACTURED HIS SKULL 1958: BILL McAFEE (50)....................PLANE CRASH 1958: WALT MEINERT (67)....................INJURIES FROM A FALL WHILE LOADING A SHAFT AT WORK 1958: MEL OTT (49)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1958: JACK PHILLIPS (39)....................ELECTROCUTED 1958: GEORGE QUELLICH (52)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1958: SNUFFY STIRNWEISS (39)....................TRAIN WRECK 1959: BOILERYARD CLARKE (90)....................HIP FRACTURE 1959: TERRY LYONS (50)....................GAS ASPHYXIATION BY HIS DENTIST 1959: ED McFARLAND (85)....................INJURIES FROM A FALL 1960: FRITZ CLAUSEN (90)....................INJURIES FROM A FALL 1960: UKE CLANTON (62)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1960: BOB THORPE (25)....................ELECTROCUTED 1960: WIL THOMPSON (91)....................COMPLICATIONS FROM A BROKEN HIP 1962: JOHNNY SCALZI (55)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1962: BILL BELL (28)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1962: POSSUM WHITTED (72)....................COMPLICATIONS FROM A HIP INJURY 1963: DAVE SHEAN (79)....................AUTO ACCIDENT (DROVE HIS CAR INTO A FENCE) 1963: KARL DREWS (43)....................HIT BY A DRUNK DRIVER 1963: ED HOCK (64)....................DROWNED 1963: DINNY McNAMARA (58)....................HIT BY A CAR 1964: TED PAWELEK (44)....................CAR / TRUCK CRASH 1964: KEN HUBBS (22)....................PLANE CRASH 1964: FRED VAUGHN (45)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1964: LEFTY SCOTT (48)....................SKULL FRACTURE 1964: AL WINGO (66)....................CAR / TRUCK CRASH 1964: ED PIPGRASS (58)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1965: JIM JOE EDWARDS (70)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1965: JAY DAHL (19)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1965: DICK NEWSOME (56)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1965: JACK QUINLAN (38) (CUBS RADIO ANNOUNCER)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1966: JOHN GADDY (52)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1966: JACK NIEMES (46)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1966: BING MILLER (71)....................HEART ATTACK AFTER A CAR ACCIDENT 1966: FRANK DELAHANTY (83)....................INJURIES FROM A FALL 1966: TOM GULLEY (66)....................DROWNED 1967: JACK MEYER (34)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1967: JIMMIE FOXX (59)....................CHOKED ON A PIECE OF MEAT 1968: AL BENTON (57)....................MOTEL FIRE/EXPLOSION 1968: NED PORTER (63)....................EXPLOSION ON A CABIN CRUISER 1968: DON RUDOLPH (37)....................CRUSHED BY A DUMP TRUCK 1968: NESTOR CHAVEZ (21)....................JET AIRLINER CRASH 1969: MILT GRAY (55)....................AUTO / TRAIN ACCIDENT 1969: JOE GRACE (55)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1969: CURT ROBERTS (40)....................HIT BY A CAR WHILE CHANGING A FLAT 1970: MAL EASON (91)....................HOUSE FIRE 1970: HERMAN HILL (25)....................DROWNED 1970: PAUL EDMONDSON (27)....................AUTO ACCIDENT ON HIS WAY TO SPRING TRAINING 1970: SHERRY ROBERTSON (51)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1970: JOE WYATT (70)....................SHOT IN A HUNTING ACCIDENT 1971: GEORGE KIRKSEY (67) (ASTROS PART OWNER 1962-66)....................CAR ACCIDENT IN FRANCE 1971: RUBE MELTON (54)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1971: MIKE RYBA (68)....................FELL OFF A LADDER WHILE TRIMMING BRANCHES 1972: CHICO RUIZ (33)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1972: MOE BERG (70)....................INJURIES FROM A FALL AT HOME 1972: ROBERTO CLEMENTE (38)....................AIRPLANE CRASH 1973: PAT HARDGROVE (77)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1973: FRANKIE FRISCH (74)....................INJURIES FROM AN AUTO ACCIDENT 1974: JOHN WEEKLY (37)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1975: IRV MEDLINGER (48)....................PLANE CRASH 1976: JOHN BOTTARINI (58)....................DROWNED WHEN HIS BOAT OVERTURNED 1976: BOB MOOSE (29)....................AUTO ACCIDENT ON HIS 29TH BIRTHDAY 1977: DANNY FRISELLA (30)....................DUNE BUGGY ACCIDENT ON NEW YEARS DAY 1977: MIKE MILEY (22)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1977: JOHN CHAMBERS (66)....................DROWNED WHEN HIS FISHING BOAT OVERTURNED 1977: DICK FARRELL (43)....................AUTO ACCIDENT IN ENGLAND 1977: BOB KLINGER (69)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1977: RON WILLIS (34)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1978: MIKE GAZELLA (81)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1979: THURMAN MUNSON (32)....................PRIVATE JET CRASH 1980: WENTY FORD (33)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1981: DICK HOOVER (55)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1981: AL BOOL (84)....................TRACTOR OVERTURNED 1982: LOU DIMURO (AL UMP)....................HIT BY A CAR 1982: RANDY BOBB (34)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1982: FRANCISCO BARRIOS (28)....................HEART ATTACK FROM AN ACCIDENTAL DRUG OVERDOSE 1986: ROBERTO PENA (45)....................ACCIDENTAL ALCOHOL POISONING 1983: BOB HALL (59)....................HIT BY A CAR 1983: RAY SANDERS (66)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1984: LYNN McGLOTHEN (34)....................GAS ASPHYXIATION FROM A MOBILE HOME FIRE 1984: GONZALO MARQUEZ (38)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1985: JOE WOOD (65)....................CARBON MONOXIDE / SOOT INHALATION 1986: EDDIE SOLOMON (34)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1986: NORM CASH (51)....................DROWNED 1986: JOE DeSA (27)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1987: JOHN BURROWS (73)....................DIED IN A FIRE 1987: FRED NEWMAN (45)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1987: DICK STELLO (NL UMP)....................HIT BY A CAR 1987: JIM BREWER (49)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1988: CARL HUBBELL (85)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1989: SPECS TOPOCER (90)....................FELL 1989: BILLY MARTIN (61)...................CAR ACCIDENT 1989: STEVE SENTENEY (33)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1990: BO DIAZ (37)....................CRUSHED BY A SATELLITE DISH 199O: DON BESSENT (58)....................ACCIDENTAL ALCOHOL POISONING 1990: AURELIO MONTEAGUDO (47)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1991: JIM HARDIN (47)....................PLANE CRASH 1992: AURELIO LOPEZ (44)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1992: ROD SCURRY (36)....................ACCIDENTAL DRUG OVERDOSE 1993: BILL ATWOOD (81)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1993: VERN KENNEDY (85)....................HOME ACCIDENT (ROOF FROM A SHED FELL ON HIM) 1993: BOB MILLER (54)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1993: TIM CREWS (31)....................BOATING ACCIDENT 1993: STEVE OLIN (27)....................BOATING ACCIDENT 1993: CLIFF YOUNG (29)....................TRUCK ACCIDENT 1994: JIM McKNIGHT (57)....................CAR CRASH 1994: ERIC SHOW (37)....................ACCIDENTAL DRUG OVERDOSE 1995: WILLIAMS SUERO (29)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1996: JOE HOERNER (60)....................FARM ACCIDENT 1996: JERRY MAY (52)....................FARM ACCIDENT 1996: DANNY MONZON (49)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1996: JERRY ROBERTSON (52)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1996: MIKE SHARPERSON (34)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1997: JOSE OLIVA (26)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1998: RED BADGRO (95)....................COMPLICATIONS FROM A FALL 1998: CHET HOFF (107)....................COMPLICATIONS FROM A FALL 1998: RUFINO LINARES (47)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1999: KEN ROBINSON(29)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1999: TIM LAYANA(35)....................CAR CRASH 1999: CATFISH HUNTER (53)....................COMPLICATIONS FROM A FALL AT HOME WHILE SUFFERING FROM ALS 2000: AURELIO RODRIGUEZ (52)....................HIT BY A CAR WHILE WALKING 2000: ANDUJAR CEDENO (31)....................CAR ACCIDENT 2001: MIGUEL DEL TORO (29)....................CAR ACCIDENT 2001: AL LARY (72)....................DROWNED 2001: CLEM DREISEWERD (85)....................HEAD INJURIES FROM A FALL AT HOME 2002: FRANK CROSETTI (91)....................COMPLICATIONS FROM A FALL AT HOME 2002: MIKE DARR (23) PADRES OUTFIELDER....................ROLLOVER SPORT UTILITY ACCIDENT 2002: JIM McKEE (55)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 2003: SONNY SENERCHIA (72)....................MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT 2003: RIVERBOAT SMITH (76)....................INJURIES FROM A TRACTOR ACCIDENT MINOR LEAGUERS AND EXECUTIVES 1906: FRANK KING (?) (PENNSYLVANIA LEAGUE)....................RUN OVER BY A TRAIN 1902: KID MONROE (?) (TRI-STATE LEAGUE)....................CRUSHED BY A TRAIN 1906: THOMAS F. BURKE (LYNN, NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE)....................FRACTURED SKULL / BEANED BY FALL RIVER PITCHER JOE YEAGER 1906: HERB WHITLEY (BURLINGTON PATHFINDERS, IOWA STATE LEAGUE)....................FRACTURED SKULL / BEANED BY WATERLOO PITCHER FRED EVANS 1909: CHARLES PINKNEY (22)....................KILLED BY A PITCHED BALL WHILE PLAYING FOR DAYTON (OHIO) BALL CLUB IN SEPTEMBER 1909: CHARLES TENHUY (?) (DAYTON, CENTRAL LEAGUE)....................FRACTURED SKULL / BEANED BY PITCHER HAGERMAN OF GRAND RAPIDS ON /23/1909 1910: PHILIP FORNEY UMPIRE (WESTERN ASSOCIATION)....................HIT OVER THE LEFT EYE, DIED OF PARALYSIS 1914: GARDNER LOWE (MINOR LEAGUE PITCHER)....................INFECTION COMPLICATIONS FROM BEING HIT BY A PITCHED BALL THE PREVIOUS SUMMER 1920: CARL JAGER (AMATEUR PLAYER, PLAINWELL, MI)....................HIT IN THE HEAD BY A PITCH, DIED THE SAME DAY AS RAY CHAPMAN 1920: DELOS PETERMAN (26) (PIRATES MINOR LEAGUER)....................CRUSHED BY A CRANE AT A FOUNDRY IN OAKVILLE, PA 1933: HARRY G. FALLON (BRAVES TRAVELING SECRETARY)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1933: JAMES P. McANDREWS (NEW YORK/PENN LEAGUE UMPIRE)....................TRAIN WRECK 1936: GEORGE TKACH (SUPERIOR: NORTHERN LEAGUE)....................HIT BY A PITCH 1938: LINUS (SKEETER) EBNET (23)....................INJURIES FROM A BEANING PLAYING FOR WINNIPEG OF THE NORTHERN LEAGUE 1938: CHARLES RAY TUMELTY (25) (MINOR LEAGUER)....................INJURIES FROM A COLLISION AT HOME PLATE 1947: JIM "STORMY" DAVIS (20) (BALLINGER: LONGHORNE LEAGUE).....................HEMMORRHAGE FROM A BEANING ON 7/3/1947. DIED 7 DAYS LATER 1950: WILLIAM CORVALLIS (20) (DODGERS MINOR LEAGUER)....................TOBOGGAN / AUTO ACCIDENT 1950: ROLLAND LEE DUNN (23) (DODGERS MINOR LEAGUER).....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1950: RALPH "MONK" FRASER (20) (MINOR LEAGUER: EMPORIA VIRGINIA).....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1950: JIMMY GROH (19) (GRAND FORKS: NORTHERN LEAGUE).....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1950: JACK GUTIERREZ (25) (MINOR LEAGUE PITCHER).....................AUTO ACCIDENT IN HAVANA, CUBA 1950: CLIFFORD JANNI (39) (UMPIRE: ARIZONA-TEXAS LEAGUE).....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1950: ROBERT E. LARKIN (24) (0TTOWA: BORDER LEAGUE).....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1950: RICHARD PAUL MIX (26) (GIANTS MINOR LEAGUER).....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1950: BERT M. ROSEBERRY (20) (MINOR LEAGUER: EMPORIA VIRGINIA).....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1950: TONY SMERAGLIA (21) (ANNISTON: SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE).....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1951: WILLIAM COFFEY (21) (FOND DU LAC: WISCONSIN STATE LEAGUE).....................DROWNED 1951: RICHARD J. CONWAY (19) (TWIN FALLS PIONEER CLUB)....................STRUCK OVER THE HEART BY A THROWN BALL DURING PRE-GAME PRACTICE 1951: OTTIS JOHNSON (24) (OUTFIELDER, DOTHAN: ALABAMA-FLORIDA)....................SKULL FRACTURE / BEANED BY HEADLAND PITCHER JACK CLIFTON 1951: MICKEY MAHON (17) (FOND du LAC: WISCONSIN STATE LEAGUE).....................DROWNED IN A BOATING ACCIDENT 1951: ANDY STRONG (23) (CROWLEY: EVANGELINE LEAGUE)....................STRUCK BY A BOLT OF LIGHTNING DURING A GAME AT ALEXANDRIA, LA 1951: JIM WELCH (36) (UMPIRE: WEST TEXAS-NEW MEXICO LEAGUE).....................TRUCK COLLISION 1952: SAM STILL BREWER (28) (BROWNSVILLE: GULF COAST LEAGUE).....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1952: DAVID LEE JOHNSON (21) (COLUMBUS: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION).....................DEER HUNTING ACCIDENT 1952: MICHAEL FRANCIS MARTIN (67) (SENATORS SCOUT).....................AUTO COLLISION 1952: SAM NEAL (50) (CARTAKER OF LEGION FIELD / LONGVIEW: BIG STATE LEAGUE).....................ELECTROCUTED WHILE LOWERING A FLAG AT THE PARK 1952: JACK ROSEN (36) (SECRETARY: MIAMI BEACH / FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE).....................AUTO COLLISION 1953: RED CROWDER (23) (BIRMINGHAM: SOUTHERN LEAGUE).....................DROWNED 1953: BILL McMILLAN (22) (SOUIX CITY: WESTERN LEAGUE).....................HUNTING ACCIDENT 1953: WILLIAM EARL RAKES (24) (REIDSVILLE: CAROLINA LEAGUE).....................CAR OVERTURNED 1953: ALFRED SAHLBERG (23) (SPOKANE: WESTERN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE).....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1953: GILBERT F. SHIRK (22) (PUEBLO: WESTERN LEAGUE).....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1954: RAY CUCCHIARINI (23) (HOUSTON: TEXAS LEAGUE).....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1954: CARL LEE HACKFORD (24) (CHARLESTON: SALLY LEAGUE).....................ELECTORCUTED 1954: VIC MICHALEC (26) (TALLAHASSEE: FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE).....................DROWNED 1954: FRED C. MILLER (48) (MILWAUKEE BRAVES DIRECTOR).....................PLANE CRASH 1954: JOHN W. REESE (?) (BOISE: PIONEER LEAGUE).....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1954: DONALD ROBERT SWANSON (20) (ST.JEAN: PROVINCIAL LEAGUE).....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1955: RICHARD AVERY (20) (GIANTS MINOR LEAGUER).....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1956: HAROLD ROETTGER (41) (PIRATES ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT).....................DROWNED 1956: HENRY HOLCOMBE (31) (SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION UMP).....................INJURIES FROM AN AUTO ACCIDENT FIVE WEEKS EARLIER 1956: WILFREDO SALAS (32) (VERACRUZ: MEXICAN LEAGUE).....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1957: JOEL HOWARD PARKEY (18) (BLUEFIELD: APPALACHIAN LEAGUE).....................AUTO ACCIDENT FIVE WEEKS EARLIER 1957: GROVER SEITZ (50) (MANAGER: PLAINVIEW / SOUTHWESTERN LEAGUE).....................AUTO / TRAIN CRASH 1958: RON ANASTASIO (22) (MINOT: NORTHERN LEAGUE).....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1958: KEITH FRIEND (18) (MINOT: NORTHERN LEAGUE).....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1958: JAMES H. GRIEVES (38) (GM: YORK /EASTERN LEAGUE).....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1960: ELIO RIBET (18) (PALATKA: FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE).....................DROWNED 1961: WALTER E. COSGRIFF (47) (PRESIDENT: SALT LAKE PCL).....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1961: FRANK JACKSON (21) (PIRATES MINOR LEAGUER).....................ACCIDENTALLY SHOT 1961: LIONEL ROGERS (20) (FRESNO: CALIFORNIA LEAGUE).....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1962: BOBBY JOE CASE (25) (MOBILE: SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION).....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1962: AL HUBBARD (22) (BRAVES MINOR LEAGUER).....................ACCIDENTAL ASPHIXIATION 1962: ROBERTO VEA (28) (MEXICO CITY TIGERS: MEXICAN LEAGUE)....................BUS ACCIDENT 1964: SAMMY ROY FOUNTAIN (26) (PITCHER / DURHAM:CAROLINA LEAGUE)....................BUS ACCIDENT 1964: GERALD HIGHFILL (13) (BATBOY / WENATCHEE: NORTHERN LEAGUE)....................HIT BY A LINE DRIVE IN PRE-GAME PRACTICE 1964: JEROME HUMMITZSCH (23) (PITCHER / AUSTIN: TEXAS LEAGUE)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1964: RICHARD TAMS (22) (PITCHER / WYTHEVILLE: APPALACHIN LEAGUE)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1964: LARRY SHOEMAKER (19) (CATCHER / QUINCEY: MIDWEST LEAGUE)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1966: JULIO DeARCOS (43) (INDIANS SCOUT)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1967: ROBERT CHINDAMO (21) (1ST BASE-OUTFIELD / MEDFORD: NORTHWEST LEAGUE)....................DROWNED IN THE SNAKE RIVER IN IDAHO 1967: RICKEY LANE DAVIS (19) (OUTFIELDER / DULUTH-SUPERIOR: NORTHERN LEAGUE)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1968: MICHAEL McCREADY (19) (PITCHER / METS MINOR LEAGUER)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1968: ASA SMALL (26) (PITCHER / COLUMBUS: INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE)....................HOUSE FIRE 1969: BILL SEINSOTH (22) (1ST BASEMAN / BAKERSFIELD: CALIFORNIA LEAGUE)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1973: FRANK CALO (48) NL SCOUT.....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1974: ALFREDO FRANCISCO EDMEAD (18) SALEM (CAROLINA LEAGUE)....................INJURIES FROM A COLLISION WITH A TEAMMATE 1974: BRUCE "HEINIE" HEINBECHNER (23) ANGELS MINOR LEAGUER).....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1979: MARK EDWARD WEEMS (22) (ORIOLES MINOR LEAGUER).....................DROWNED IN THE CARRIBEAN 1976: RICHARD FERRELL (21) (CATCHER/GREAT FALLS OF THE PIONEER ROOKIE LEAGUE).....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1979: JACK BUTTERFIELD (50) (YANKEES VP IN CHARGE OF SCOUTING AND PLAYER DEVELOPMENT).....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1981: GEORGE THOMPSON (55) (A's SCOUT).....................HIT BY A CAR 1984: TONY LATHEM (21) (RED SOX MINOR LEAGUER).....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1984: STEPHEN ALLEN REISH (24) (ROYALS MINOR LEAGUER).....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1985: RAMON LORA (30) (PHILLIES AND BLUE JAYS MINOR LEAGUER).....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1985: BOB SOUZA (22) (TIGERS MINOR LEAGUER).....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1988: GREG FERGUSON (22) (A's MINOR LEAGUE PITCHER)....................AUTO ACCIDENT 1995: GEORGE OMACHI (?) (ASTROS ASSOCIATE SCOUT)....................CAR ACCIDENT 1996: MIKE DIEBOLD (22) (TIGERS MINOR LEAGUER)....................CAR ACCIDENT AFTER A SEIZURE 2001: GERIK BAXTER (21) (SAN DIEGO PADRES FIRST-ROUND DRAFT CHOICE)....................PICK-UP TRUCK ACCIDENT NEAR INDIO, CA 2001: MARTIN BORYCZEWSKI (29) (FORMER TIGERS AND PIRATES MINOR LEAGUER)....................KILLED AT THE W.T.C. (CANTOR FIZGERALD EMPLOYEE) 2001: BRIAN COLE (22) (MET'S DOUBLE A MINOR LEAGUE OUTFIELDER)....................PICK-UP TRUCK ACCIDENT 2001: JODY GAJEWSKI (19) (CATCHER: SOUTH EAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY)....................CAR ACCIDENT 2001: MARK HILDE (18) (OAKLAND A's 2001 DRAFT PICK)....................SAME PICK-UP TRUCK ACCIDENT THAT KILLED GERICK BAXTER 2001: LEIF McKINLEY (FORMER RED SOX MINOR LEAGUER) (30)....................LOST AT SEA 2001: MIKE WEINBERG (34) (FORMER TIGERS MINOR LEAGUER....................KILLED AT THE W.T.C. SERVING AS A MEMBER OF ENGINE 1, LADDER 24, NYFD 2003: JOSH BRINKLEY (30) (BANGOR LUMBERJACKS HITTING COACH) (NORTHEAST LEAGUE)....................HIT BY A CAR WHILE JOGGING 2003: STEPHEN GATES (27) (MEDIA RELATIONS DIRECTOR FOR THE NORTHEAST LEAGUE)....................HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT WHILE CHANGING A FLAT 2003: LEIGH NEUAGE (20) (FORMER DODGERS MINOR LEAGUE PITCHER)....................FELL 15 STORIES AT A SIDNEY AUSTRALIA HOTEL |