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A total of 86 players have died in Arizona

Batters Who Died in Arizona

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Batting Glossary

 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Ted Davidson        1965-1968  114    31    1    0   0   0   0    0    1   19  .000  .031  .000    0   0 2006-09-01 Bullhead City
 Ralph Erickson      1929-1930    8     4    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    1  .250  .250  .250    0   0 2002-06-27 Chandler
 Dernell Stenson     2003-2003   37    81   14   20   5   0   3   13   11   24  .247  .333  .420    0   0 2003-11-05 Chandler
 Bert Graham         1910-1910    8    26    1    3   2   1   0    5    1    0  .115  .148  .269    0   0 1971-06-19 Cottonwood
 Rinaldo Williams    1914-1914    4    15    1    4   2   0   0    0    0    0  .267  .267  .400    0   0 1966-04-24 Cottonwood
 Mal Eason           1900-1906  130   356   17   43   3   0   0   15   10    0  .121  .147  .129    2   0 1970-04-16 Douglas
 Oscar Purner        1895-1895    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1915-12-04 Douglas
 Emmett Bowles       1922-1922    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1959-09-03 Flagstaff
 Wally Smith         1911-1914  201   510   56  117  15  11   2   53   53   72  .229  .312  .314   12   4 1930-06-10 Florence
 John Henry          1910-1918  688  1920  161  397  54  15   2  171  244  189  .207  .303  .254   55   5 1941-11-24 Fort Huachuca
 Don Blasingame      1955-1966 1444  5296  731 1366 178  62  21  308  552  462  .258  .329  .327  105  60 2005-04-13 Fountain Hills
 Buzz Wetzel         1927-1927    2     1    1    1   0   0   0    0    0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000    0   0 1941-03-07 Globe
 Ed Watkins          1902-1902    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    1    0  .000  .250  .000    0   0 1933-03-29 Kelvin
 George Grantham     1922-1934 1444  4989  912 1508 292  93 105  712  717  526  .302  .392  .461  132  53 1954-03-16 Kingman
 Sammy Byrd          1929-1936  745  1700  304  465 101  10  38  220  198  178  .274  .350  .412   17  10 1981-05-11 Mesa
 Bob Kennedy         1939-1957 1483  4624  514 1176 196  41  63  514  364  443  .254  .309  .355   45  50 2005-04-07 Mesa
 Fred Wigington      1923-1923    4     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1980-05-08 Mesa
 Alex Beam           1889-1889    2     6    0    1   1   0   0    0    0    2  .167  .167  .333    0   0 1938-04-17 Nogales
 Blaine Thomas       1911-1911    2     2    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .500  .500  .500    0   0 1915-08-21 Payson
 Harvey Kuenn        1952-1966 1833  6913  951 2092 356  56  87  671  594  404  .303  .357  .408   68  56 1988-02-28 Peoria
 Jack Roche          1914-1917   59    49    3   14   2   2   0    9    4    9  .286  .364  .408    2   0 1983-03-30 Peoria
 Dick Whitman        1946-1951  285   638   93  165  37   3   2   67   51   46  .259  .316  .335   10   0 2003-02-12 Peoria
 Rod Beck            1991-2004  629    19    0    4   0   0   0    1    0   10  .211  .211  .211    0   0 2007-06-23 Phoenix
 Art Daney           1928-1928    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1988-03-11 Phoenix
 Mike Darr           1999-2001  188   542   63  148  28   5   5   67   67  135  .273  .353  .371   17   4 2002-02-15 Phoenix
 Bill DeLancey       1932-1940  219   598   79  173  32  10  19   85   85   74  .289  .380  .472    1   0 1946-11-28 Phoenix
 Warren Fitzgerald   1891-1892   38   127   16   21   3   2   1   11   15   46  .165  .264  .244    3   0 1930-11-07 Phoenix
 Danny Frisella      1967-1976  351    78    3   14   1   0   0    4    4   25  .179  .220  .192    2   0 1977-01-01 Phoenix
 Earl Grace          1929-1937  627  1877  169  493  83  10  31  251  185  130  .263  .331  .367    1   0 1980-12-22 Phoenix
 Red Hardy           1951-1951    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 2003-08-15 Phoenix
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Grover Land         1908-1915  293   910   62  221  21   6   0   80   27   44  .243  .271  .279   14   0 1958-07-22 Phoenix
 Bill Malarkey       1908-1908   15     6    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1956-12-12 Phoenix
 Mickey McDermott    1948-1961  443   619   71  156  29   2   9   74   52  112  .252  .312  .349    1   2 2003-08-07 Phoenix
 Tom McGuire         1914-1919   44    71    5   19   4   1   1   11    7   18  .268  .333  .394    0   0 1959-12-07 Phoenix
 Mike Mitchell       1907-1914 1124  4095  514 1138 130 104  27  514  368  216  .278  .340  .380  202   7 1961-07-16 Phoenix
 Art Nehf            1915-1929  464   915   90  192  29   5   8   76   86  122  .210  .281  .279    7   3 1960-12-18 Phoenix
 Tom O'Brien         1897-1900  427  1569  248  436  59  24  10  229  120    0  .278  .341  .365   55   0 1901-02-03 Phoenix
 Jiggs Parrott       1892-1895  318  1322  175  309  35  23   6  151   38   92  .234  .258  .309   62   0 1898-04-14 Phoenix
 Kirby Puckett       1984-1995 1783  7244 1071 2304 414  57 207 1085  450  965  .318  .360  .477  134  76 2006-03-06 Phoenix
 Alex Remneas        1912-1915    3     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    1    1  .000  .500  .000    0   0 1975-08-27 Phoenix
 Dutch Ruether       1917-1927  488   969   83  250  30  12   7  111   77  129  .258  .314  .335    3   1 1970-05-16 Phoenix
 Bob Scheffing       1941-1951  517  1357  105  357  53   9  20  187  103  127  .263  .316  .360    6   0 1985-10-26 Phoenix
 Walt Schulz         1920-1920    2     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    2  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1928-02-27 Prescott
 Tony Tonneman       1911-1911    2     5    0    1   1   0   0    3    1    0  .200  .333  .400    0   0 1951-08-04 Prescott
 Bob Allison         1958-1970 1541  5032  811 1281 216  53 256  796  795 1033  .255  .358  .471   84  50 1995-04-09 Rio Verde
 Les Barnhart        1928-1930    3     5    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    1  .200  .200  .200    0   0 1971-10-07 Scottsdale
 Joe Black           1952-1957  175    96    5   13   0   0   0    9    1   38  .135  .144  .135    0   0 2002-05-17 Scottsdale
 Jocko Conlan        1934-1935  128   365   55   96  18   4   0   31   33   13  .263  .328  .334    5   5 1989-04-16 Scottsdale
 Walker Cooper       1940-1957 1473  4702  573 1341 240  40 173  812  309  357  .285  .332  .464   18   1 1991-04-11 Scottsdale
 Charlie Grimm       1916-1936 2166  7917  908 2299 394 108  79 1078  578  410  .290  .341  .397   57  44 1983-11-15 Scottsdale
 Carl Hubbell        1928-1943  535  1288   95  246  30   2   4  101   33  172  .191  .212  .227    1   0 1988-11-21 Scottsdale
 Roy Johnson         1918-1918   10    15    1    1   0   0   0    0    0    9  .067  .067  .067    0   0 1986-01-10 Scottsdale
 Thornton Kipper     1953-1955   55    16    0    2   0   0   0    1    0    9  .125  .125  .125    0   0 2006-03-29 Scottsdale
 Bobby Mattick       1938-1942  206   690   54  161  31   1   0   64   33   60  .233  .269  .281    7   0 2004-12-16 Scottsdale
 Rosy Ryan           1919-1933  249   268   18   51   8   0   1   12   20   64  .190  .249  .231    0   2 1980-12-10 Scottsdale
 Gus Suhr            1930-1940 1435  5176  714 1446 288 114  84  818  718  433  .279  .368  .428   53   0 2004-01-15 Scottsdale
 Lefty Sullivan      1939-1939    7     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    2  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1988-11-01 Scottsdale
 Junior Thompson     1939-1947  185   200   13   45   8   1   0   18    6   52  .225  .248  .275    0   0 2006-08-24 Scottsdale
 Ollie Voigt         1924-1924    8     4    2    1   0   1   0    0    1    0  .250  .400  .750    0   0 1970-04-07 Scottsdale
 Monty Basgall       1948-1951  200   512   52  110  15   3   4   41   46   51  .215  .282  .279    1   0 2005-09-22 Sierra Vista
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Dud Branom          1927-1927   30    94    8   22   1   0   0   13    2    5  .234  .250  .245    2   1 1980-02-04 Sun City
 George Darrow       1934-1934   17    15    3    2   2   0   0    0    4    6  .133  .316  .267    0   0 1983-03-24 Sun City
 Xavier Rescigno     1943-1945  129    72    6    9   1   1   0    1   10   26  .125  .232  .167    0   0 2005-12-24 Sun City
 Billy Parker        1971-1973   94   252   29   56   4   2   3   21   19   60  .222  .276  .290    1   4 2003-02-09 Sun City West
 Rube Walberg        1923-1937  547   905   78  162  26   5   4   84   48  179  .179  .220  .232    2   1 1978-10-27 Tempe
 Ray Bates           1913-1917  154   515   51  120  20   9   2   70   24   48  .233  .277  .318   15   0 1970-08-15 Tucson
 Clarence Beers      1948-1948    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 2002-12-06 Tucson
 Cam Carreon         1959-1966  354   986  113  260  43   4  11  114   97  117  .264  .331  .349    3   4 1987-09-02 Tucson
 Moose Clabaugh      1926-1926   11    14    2    1   1   0   0    1    0    1  .071  .133  .143    0   0 1984-07-11 Tucson
 Lou Criger          1896-1912 1012  3202  337  709  86  50  11  342  309    0  .221  .295  .290   58   0 1934-05-14 Tucson
 Ike Davis           1919-1925  164   609  110  143  32  10   0   65   73   69  .235  .324  .320   19  14 1984-04-02 Tucson
 Rags Faircloth      1919-1919    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1953-10-05 Tucson
 Hal Griggs          1956-1959  107    79    5    7   1   1   0    4    3   45  .089  .131  .127    0   1 2005-05-10 Tucson
 Herb Herring        1912-1912    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1964-04-22 Tucson
 Otto Hess           1902-1915  280   714   63  154  21   9   5   58   27   54  .216  .248  .291    4   0 1926-02-25 Tucson
 Alex Kellner        1948-1959  323   643   49  138  16   1   4   57   30  106  .215  .251  .261    0   0 1996-05-03 Tucson
 Walt Kellner        1952-1953    3     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 2006-06-19 Tucson
 Swede Larsen        1936-1936    3     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 2005-10-08 Tucson
 Thornton Lee        1933-1948  375   835   63  167  24   4   4   66   27  208  .200  .226  .253    0   0 1997-06-09 Tucson
 Hank Leiber         1933-1942  813  2805  410  808 137  24 101  518  274  319  .288  .356  .462    5   0 1993-11-08 Tucson
 Clarence Maddern    1946-1951  104   238   17   59  12   1   5   29   12   26  .248  .301  .370    0   0 1986-08-09 Tucson
 Kenny Robinson      1995-1997   29     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1999-02-28 Tucson
 Kermit Wahl         1944-1951  231   642   58  145  23   6   3   50   68   72  .226  .302  .294    3   1 1987-09-16 Tucson
 Hal Warnock         1935-1935    6     7    1    2   2   0   0    0    0    3  .286  .286  .571    0   0 1997-02-08 Tucson
 Ed Wilkinson        1911-1911   10    13    2    3   0   0   0    1    0    0  .231  .231  .231    0   0 1918-04-09 Tucson
 Marsh Williams      1916-1916   10    19    0    2   0   0   0    1    1    6  .105  .150  .105    0   0 1935-02-22 Tucson
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+

Pitchers Who Died in Arizona

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Pitch Glossary

 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+
 Ted Davidson        1965-1968  11   7  .611  3.69  114   1   0   0   5  195.3  189   80  21   54  124 2006-09-01 Bullhead City
 Ralph Erickson      1929-1930   1   0 1.000  8.40    8   0   0   0   0   15.0   23   14   1   12    2 2002-06-27 Chandler
 Mal Eason           1900-1906  36  72  .333  3.39  125 113  90  10   1  944.3 1015  356  20  289  273 1970-04-16 Douglas
 Oscar Purner        1895-1895   0   0        9.00    1   0   0   0   0    2.0    4    2   1    3    0 1915-12-04 Douglas
 Emmett Bowles       1922-1922   0   0       27.00    1   0   0   0   0    1.0    2    3   0    1    0 1959-09-03 Flagstaff
 Buzz Wetzel         1927-1927   0   0        7.71    2   1   0   0   0    4.7    8    4   0    5    0 1941-03-07 Globe
 Fred Wigington      1923-1923   0   0        3.24    4   0   0   0   0    8.3   11    3   0    5    2 1980-05-08 Mesa
 Alex Beam           1889-1889   1   1  .500  6.50    2   2   2   0   0   18.0   11   13   0   15    1 1938-04-17 Nogales
 Blaine Thomas       1911-1911   0   0        0.00    2   2   0   0   0    4.7    3    0   0    7    0 1915-08-21 Payson
 Rod Beck            1991-2004  38  45  .458  3.30  704   0   0   0 286  768.0  703  282  97  191  644 2007-06-23 Phoenix
 Art Daney           1928-1928   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    1.0    1    0   0    0    0 1988-03-11 Phoenix
 Warren Fitzgerald   1891-1892  15  20  .429  3.66   37  36  33   3   0  310.0  325  126   8  106  114 1930-11-07 Phoenix
 Danny Frisella      1967-1976  34  40  .459  3.32  351  17   0   0  57  609.3  529  225  53  286  471 1977-01-01 Phoenix
 Red Hardy           1951-1951   0   0        6.75    2   0   0   0   0    1.3    4    1   0    1    0 2003-08-15 Phoenix
 Bill Malarkey       1908-1908   0   2  .000  2.57   15   0   0   0   2   35.0   31   10   1   10   12 1956-12-12 Phoenix
 Mickey McDermott    1948-1961  69  69  .500  3.91  291 156  54  11  14 1316.7 1161  572  87  838  757 2003-08-07 Phoenix
 Tom McGuire         1914-1919   5   6  .455  3.82   25  12   7   0   0  134.3  148   57   7   60   37 1959-12-07 Phoenix
 Art Nehf            1915-1929 184 120  .605  3.20  451 319 182  28  13 2707.7 2715  964 107  640  844 1960-12-18 Phoenix
 Alex Remneas        1912-1915   0   0        7.04    3   0   0   0   0    7.7    8    6   0    3    5 1975-08-27 Phoenix
 Dutch Ruether       1917-1927 137  95  .591  3.50  309 272 155  18   8 2124.7 2244  826  54  739  708 1970-05-16 Phoenix
 Walt Schulz         1920-1920   0   0        6.00    2   0   0   0   0    6.0   10    4   0    2    0 1928-02-27 Prescott
 Les Barnhart        1928-1930   1   1  .500  6.75    3   2   0   0   0   17.3   25   13   1    8    2 1971-10-07 Scottsdale
 Joe Black           1952-1957  30  12  .714  3.91  172  16   2   0  25  414.0  391  180  53  129  222 2002-05-17 Scottsdale
 Carl Hubbell        1928-1943 253 154  .622  2.98  535 431 260  36  33 3590.3 3461 1188 227  725 1677 1988-11-21 Scottsdale
 Roy Johnson         1918-1918   1   5  .167  3.42   10   8   3   0   0   50.0   47   19   0   34   12 1986-01-10 Scottsdale
 Thornton Kipper     1953-1955   3   4  .429  5.27   55   3   0   0   1   99.0  128   58  12   46   35 2006-03-29 Scottsdale
 Rosy Ryan           1919-1933  52  47  .525  4.14  248  73  29   1  19  881.0  941  405  33  278  315 1980-12-10 Scottsdale
 Lefty Sullivan      1939-1939   0   1  .000  4.26    7   1   0   0   0   12.7    9    6   0    9    4 1988-11-01 Scottsdale
 Junior Thompson     1939-1947  47  35  .573  3.26  185  68  27   6   7  686.7  602  249  35  328  315 2006-08-24 Scottsdale
 Ollie Voigt         1924-1924   1   0 1.000  5.51    8   1   0   0   0   16.3   21   10   1   13    4 1970-04-07 Scottsdale
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+
 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+
 George Darrow       1934-1934   2   6  .250  5.51   17   8   2   0   1   49.0   57   30   4   28   14 1983-03-24 Sun City
 Xavier Rescigno     1943-1945  19  22  .463  4.13  129  21   7   1  16  335.3  366  154  21  113  115 2005-12-24 Sun City
 Rube Walberg        1923-1937 155 141  .524  4.16  544 307 140  15  32 2644.0 2795 1223 163 1031 1085 1978-10-27 Tempe
 Clarence Beers      1948-1948   0   0       13.50    1   0   0   0   0    0.7    3    1   0    1    0 2002-12-06 Tucson
 Rags Faircloth      1919-1919   0   0        9.00    2   0   0   0   0    2.0    5    2   0    0    0 1953-10-05 Tucson
 Hal Griggs          1956-1959   6  26  .188  5.50  105  45   6   1   3  347.0  372  212  43  209  172 2005-05-10 Tucson
 Herb Herring        1912-1912   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    1.0    1    0   0    1    0 1964-04-22 Tucson
 Otto Hess           1902-1915  70  90  .438  2.98  198 165 129  18   5 1418.0 1355  469  25  448  580 1926-02-25 Tucson
 Alex Kellner        1948-1959 101 112  .474  4.41  321 250  99   9   5 1849.3 1925  906 184  747  816 1996-05-03 Tucson
 Walt Kellner        1952-1953   0   0        6.43    3   0   0   0   1    7.0    5    5   0    7    6 2006-06-19 Tucson
 Thornton Lee        1933-1948 117 124  .485  3.56  374 272 155  14  10 2331.3 2327  921 121  838  937 1997-06-09 Tucson
 Hank Leiber         1933-1942   0   1  .000  6.00    1   1   1   0   0    9.0    9    6   0    5    5 1993-11-08 Tucson
 Kenny Robinson      1995-1997   2   2  .500  3.91   29   0   0   0   0   48.3   35   21   8   26   40 1999-02-28 Tucson
 Marsh Williams      1916-1916   0   6  .000  7.89   10   4   3   0   0   51.3   71   45   4   31   17 1935-02-22 Tucson
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+

Managers who Died in Arizona

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+-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+
 Manager             YR From  To    G     W     L     WP  BstFin WstFin PostSsn Pennants WrldSer PlyrMgr Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+
 Bob Kennedy          4 1963-1968   545   264   278  .487    6      8      0        0       0            2005-04-07 Mesa          
 Harvey Kuenn         3 1975-1983   279   160   118  .576    1      5      1        1       0            1988-02-28 Peoria        
 Bob Scheffing        6 1957-1963   849   418   427  .495    2      8      0        0       0            1985-10-26 Phoenix       
 Charlie Grimm       19 1932-1960  2368  1287  1067  .547    1      8      4        4       0    PlyrMgr 1983-11-15 Scottsdale    
 Roy Johnson          1 1944-1944     1     0     1  .000    4      4      0        0       0            1986-01-10 Scottsdale    
 Bobby Mattick        2 1980-1981   268   104   164  .388    7      7      0        0       0            2004-12-16 Scottsdale    
+-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+

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