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A total of 71 players have died in Iowa

Batters Who Died in Iowa

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 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Charlie Frisbee     1899-1900   46   165   24   52   5   2   0   23   11    0  .315  .365  .370   10   0 1954-11-07 Alden
 Jesse Duryea        1889-1893  144   428   66   86  13   5   1   37   40   93  .201  .288  .262   17   0 1942-08-19 Algona
 Lynn King           1935-1939  175   207   28   43   4   1   0   21   28   18  .208  .302  .237    6   0 1972-05-11 Atlantic
 Ralph Bell          1912-1912    3     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1959-10-18 Burlington
 George Stovall      1904-1915 1414  5222  547 1382 231  56  15  564  172   94  .265  .292  .339  142   0 1951-11-05 Burlington
 George Zackert      1911-1912    6     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1977-02-18 Burlington
 Orie Arntzen        1943-1943   32    50    3    8   1   0   0    1    2   16  .160  .192  .180    0   0 1970-01-28 Cedar Rapids
 Hick Cady           1912-1919  355   901   83  216  47  11   1   74   66   91  .240  .297  .320    4   3 1946-03-03 Cedar Rapids
 Mike Chartak        1940-1944  256   765   96  186  34   7  21   98  104  112  .243  .337  .388    4   7 1967-07-25 Cedar Rapids
 Charlie Dexter      1896-1903  771  2866  429  749  94  24  16  346  198   34  .261  .318  .328  183   0 1934-06-09 Cedar Rapids
 Belden Hill         1890-1890    9    30    3    5   2   0   0    2    3    0  .167  .306  .233    6   0 1934-10-22 Cedar Rapids
 Bill Hoffer         1895-1901  180   560   82  128  21   9   1   48   34   27  .229  .292  .304   11   0 1959-07-21 Cedar Rapids
 Les Munns           1934-1936   64    54    4   11   2   1   0    2    1   13  .204  .218  .278    0   0 1997-02-28 Cedar Rapids
 Roy Radebaugh       1911-1911    2     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    2  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1945-01-17 Cedar Rapids
 Cy Slapnicka        1911-1918   10    23    0    3   0   0   0    2    1    8  .130  .200  .130    0   0 1979-10-20 Cedar Rapids
 Paul Speraw         1920-1920    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1962-02-22 Cedar Rapids
 Hal Trosky          1933-1946 1347  5161  835 1561 331  58 228 1012  545  440  .302  .371  .522   28  23 1979-06-18 Cedar Rapids
 Joe Weiss           1915-1915   29    85    6   19   1   2   0   11    3   24  .224  .250  .282    0   0 1967-07-07 Cedar Rapids
 Bill Zuber          1936-1947  224   229   10   31   4   5   0   11   10   66  .135  .172  .197    0   0 1982-11-02 Cedar Rapids
 Vive Lindaman       1906-1909  131   303   27   46   4   1   0   11   22    0  .152  .209  .172    1   0 1927-02-13 Charles City
 Roy Wilson          1928-1928    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1969-12-03 Clarion
 George Stone        1903-1910  849  3274  428  986 106  68  23  268  282    0  .301  .361  .396  133   0 1945-01-03 Clinton
 Red Downs           1907-1912  241   790   68  179  30  11   3   94   28   22  .227  .256  .304   13   0 1939-10-19 Council Bluffs
 Gene Baker          1953-1961  630  2230  265  590 109  21  39  227  184  219  .265  .321  .385   21  17 1999-12-01 Davenport
 Frankie Gustine     1939-1950 1261  4582  553 1214 222  47  38  480  369  427  .265  .322  .359   60   1 1991-04-01 Davenport
 Lefty Lorenzen      1913-1913    1     2    1    1   0   0   0    1    0    0  .500  .500  .500    0   0 1963-03-05 Davenport
 Adrian Lynch        1920-1920    5     9    2    2   0   0   0    1    1    2  .222  .300  .222    0   0 1934-03-16 Davenport
 Al Van Camp         1928-1932  140   444   44  116  20   6   0   41   24   42  .261  .301  .333    4   2 1981-02-02 Davenport
 Ossie Orwoll        1928-1929   94   221   34   65  15   3   0   28   18   35  .294  .347  .389    3   1 1967-05-08 Decorah
 Art Ewoldt          1919-1919    9    32    2    7   1   0   0    2    1    5  .219  .242  .250    0   0 1977-12-08 Des Moines
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Jim Grant           1923-1923    2     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1985-11-30 Des Moines
 Ed Hahn             1905-1910  553  2045  291  484  42  20   1  122  258    0  .237  .335  .278   59   0 1941-11-29 Des Moines
 Jesse Hoffmeister   1897-1897   48   188   33   58   6   9   3   36    8    0  .309  .337  .484    6   0 1933-01-14 Des Moines
 Chief Johnson       1913-1915  111   224   12   27   3   1   3   15   16  100  .121  .189  .183    3   0 1922-06-11 Des Moines
 Ike McAuley         1914-1925   64   179   14   44   8   2   0   13   11   28  .246  .293  .313    1   0 1928-04-06 Des Moines
 Charlie Sprague     1887-1890   60   219   27   50   5   6   1   20   17    2  .228  .293  .320   11   0 1912-12-31 Des Moines
 Babe Towne          1906-1906   14    36    3   10   0   0   0    6    7    0  .278  .395  .278    0   0 1938-10-29 Des Moines
 Bill Traffley       1878-1886  179   663   85  116  13  12   1   36   34    1  .175  .220  .235    8   0 1908-06-23 Des Moines
 Charlie Buelow      1901-1901   22    72    3    8   4   0   0    4    2    0  .111  .147  .167    0   0 1951-05-04 Dubuque
 Ed Keas             1888-1888    6    23    1    2   0   0   0    0    0    0  .087  .125  .087    0   0 1940-01-12 Dubuque
 Tom Loftus          1877-1883    9    33    3    6   0   0   0    0    2    1  .182  .229  .182    0   0 1910-04-16 Dubuque
 Lew Fonseca         1921-1933  937  3404  518 1075 203  50  31  485  186  199  .316  .355  .432   64  36 1989-11-26 Ely
 Gene Ford           1936-1938    5     6    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    2  .167  .167  .167    0   0 1970-09-07 Emmetsburg
 Wattie Holm         1924-1932  436  1493  207  410  73  26   6  174  100   86  .275  .322  .370   11   4 1950-05-19 Everly
 Jimmie Long         1922-1922    3     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    1    0  .000  .250  .000    0   0 1970-09-14 Ft.Dodge
 Joe Jaeger          1920-1920    2     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1963-12-13 Hampton
 Gil Paulsen         1925-1925    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1994-04-02 Harlan
 Maury Kent          1912-1913   24    38    2    8   1   0   0    5    3   10  .211  .268  .237    0   0 1966-04-19 Iowa City
 Otto Vogel          1923-1924  111   253   38   63  11   3   2   30   17   37  .249  .312  .340    6   7 1969-07-19 Iowa City
 Jerry Harrington    1890-1893  189   666   60  151  19   6   3   73   43   73  .227  .278  .287    8   0 1913-04-16 Keokuk
 Jack Saltzgaver     1932-1945  278   764  131  199  26   5  10   82  105   80  .260  .351  .347    9   4 1978-02-01 Keokuk
 Rip Williams        1911-1918  498  1186  111  314  51  23   2  145   95   80  .265  .328  .352   27   5 1933-07-23 Keokuk
 Johnny Niggeling    1938-1946  184   420   16   59   4   1   0   17   20  100  .140  .181  .155    0   1 1963-09-16 LeMars
 Duane Josephson     1965-1972  470  1505  147  388  58  12  23  164   92  174  .258  .303  .358    4  10 1997-01-30 New Hampton
 Tom Richardson      1917-1917    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1939-11-15 Onawa
 George Stueland     1921-1925   45    35    2    6   0   0   0    3    1   19  .171  .194  .171    0   0 1964-09-09 Onawa
 Cliff Knox          1924-1924    6    18    1    4   0   0   0    2    2    0  .222  .300  .222    0   0 1965-09-24 Oskaloosa
 Bud Clancy          1924-1934  522  1796  204  504  69  26  12  198  111  106  .281  .325  .368   19  16 1968-09-26 Ottumwa
 Joe Hovlik          1909-1911   16    15    2    1   0   0   0    0    5    0  .067  .300  .067    0   0 1951-11-03 Oxford Junction
 George Tomer        1913-1913    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1984-12-15 Perry
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Red Anderson        1937-1941   36    39    1   11   0   1   0    1    2   12  .282  .317  .333    0   0 1972-08-07 Sioux City
 Bob Black           1884-1884   38   146   25   36  14   2   1    0   10    0  .247  .295  .390    0   0 1933-03-21 Sioux City
 Buster Brown        1905-1913  235   522   38   95  23   7   3   23   18   65  .182  .211  .270    0   0 1914-02-09 Sioux City
 George Clark        1913-1913   11     4    0    2   1   0   0    0    0    0  .500  .500  .750    0   0 1940-11-14 Sioux City
 Grover Gilmore      1914-1915  258   941  144  269  47  20   2   79   63  158  .286  .341  .385   42   0 1919-11-25 Sioux City
 Vern Fear           1952-1952    4     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1976-09-06 Spencer
 Charlie Uhlir       1934-1934   14    27    3    4   0   0   0    3    2    6  .148  .207  .148    0   0 1984-07-09 Spirit Lake
 Roxie Lawson        1930-1940  209   283   26   49   5   3   0   17   12   57  .173  .209  .212    0   0 1977-04-09 Stockport
 Ducky Holmes        1895-1905  932  3601  539 1014 142  58  17  374  236   14  .282  .337  .367  236   0 1932-08-06 Truro
 Tom Hurd            1954-1956   99    29    3    8   1   0   0    1    1    5  .276  .300  .310    0   0 1982-09-05 Waterloo
 Bill Wagner         1914-1918   93   242   19   50   7   4   1   18   21   37  .207  .273  .281    1   0 1951-01-11 Waterloo
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+

Pitchers Who Died in Iowa

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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
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+
 Jesse Duryea        1889-1893  59  67  .468  3.45  143 130 104   5   3 1088.0 1101  417  41  349  416 1942-08-19 Algona
 Ralph Bell          1912-1912   0   0        9.00    3   0   0   0   0    6.0    8    6   1    8    5 1959-10-18 Burlington
 George Zackert      1911-1912   0   2  .000 11.88    5   1   0   0   0    8.3   19   11   0    7    6 1977-02-18 Burlington
 Orie Arntzen        1943-1943   4  13  .235  4.22   32  20   9   0   0  164.3  172   77   5   69   66 1970-01-28 Cedar Rapids
 Bill Hoffer         1895-1901  92  46  .667  3.75  161 142 125  10   3 1254.3 1333  523  22  453  314 1959-07-21 Cedar Rapids
 Les Munns           1934-1936   4  13  .235  4.76   61  15   4   0   2  181.7  203   96  14  105   58 1997-02-28 Cedar Rapids
 Roy Radebaugh       1911-1911   0   0        2.70    2   1   0   0   0   10.0    6    3   0    4    1 1945-01-17 Cedar Rapids
 Cy Slapnicka        1911-1918   1   6  .143  4.30   10   8   5   0   1   73.3   71   35   2   29   13 1979-10-20 Cedar Rapids
 Bill Zuber          1936-1947  43  42  .506  4.28  224  65  23   3   6  786.0  767  374  35  468  383 1982-11-02 Cedar Rapids
 Vive Lindaman       1906-1909  36  60  .375  2.92  131 101  83   7   2  904.0  876  293  22  296  286 1927-02-13 Charles City
 Roy Wilson          1928-1928   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    3.3    2    0   0    3    2 1969-12-03 Clarion
 Lefty Lorenzen      1913-1913   0   0       18.00    1   0   0   0   0    2.0    4    4   0    3    0 1963-03-05 Davenport
 Adrian Lynch        1920-1920   2   0 1.000  5.24    5   3   1   0   0   22.3   23   13   1   17    8 1934-03-16 Davenport
 Ossie Orwoll        1928-1929   6   7  .462  4.63   39   8   3   0   3  136.0  142   70  13   56   65 1967-05-08 Decorah
 Jim Grant           1923-1923   0   0       13.50    2   0   0   0   0    4.0   10    6   0    4    0 1985-11-30 Des Moines
 Chief Johnson       1913-1915  40  43  .482  2.95  111  85  44   9   2  688.3  667  226  15  192  304 1922-06-11 Des Moines
 Charlie Sprague     1887-1890  10   7  .588  4.51   24  17  13   0   0  161.7  162   81   1  101   76 1912-12-31 Des Moines
 Ed Keas             1888-1888   3   3  .500  2.29    6   6   6   0   0   51.0   53   13   1   12   18 1940-01-12 Dubuque
 Lew Fonseca         1921-1933   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    1.0    0    0   0    0    0 1989-11-26 Ely
 Gene Ford           1936-1938   0   0        9.56    5   0   0   0   0   16.0   23   17   1   12    2 1970-09-07 Emmetsburg
 Joe Jaeger          1920-1920   0   0       12.00    2   0   0   0   0    3.0    6    4   0    4    0 1963-12-13 Hampton
 Gil Paulsen         1925-1925   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    2.0    1    0   0    0    1 1994-04-02 Harlan
 Maury Kent          1912-1913   5   5  .500  4.66   23   9   2   1   0  100.3  112   52   3   49   25 1966-04-19 Iowa City
 Johnny Niggeling    1938-1946  64  69  .481  3.22  184 161  81  12   0 1250.7 1111  447  60  516  620 1963-09-16 LeMars
 George Stueland     1921-1925   9   6  .600  5.73   45  13   4   0   0  135.0  153   86   9   64   50 1964-09-09 Onawa
 Joe Hovlik          1909-1911   2   0 1.000  3.62   16   3   1   1   0   54.7   66   22   1   23   25 1951-11-03 Oxford Junction
 Red Anderson        1937-1941   5   8  .385  4.35   36   9   3   0   0  136.7  150   66   7   69   40 1972-08-07 Sioux City
 Bob Black           1884-1884   4   9  .308  3.22   16  15  13   0   0  123.0  127   44   1   17   93 1933-03-21 Sioux City
 Buster Brown        1905-1913  51 103  .331  3.21  234 165 106  10   4 1451.7 1368  517  36  631  501 1914-02-09 Sioux City
 George Clark        1913-1913   0   1  .000  9.00   11   1   0   0   0   19.0   22   19   1   19    5 1940-11-14 Sioux City
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+
 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+
 Vern Fear           1952-1952   0   0        7.88    4   0   0   0   0    8.0    9    7   1    3    4 1976-09-06 Spencer
 Roxie Lawson        1930-1940  47  39  .547  5.37  208  83  34   2  11  851.7  963  508  70  512  258 1977-04-09 Stockport
 Ducky Holmes        1895-1905   1   1  .500  6.58    4   2   1   0   0   26.0   42   19   1   12    3 1932-08-06 Truro
 Tom Hurd            1954-1956  13  10  .565  3.96   99   0   0   0  11  186.3  177   82  14   97   96 1982-09-05 Waterloo
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+

Managers who Died in Iowa

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+-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+
 Manager             YR From  To    G     W     L     WP  BstFin WstFin PostSsn Pennants WrldSer PlyrMgr Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+
 George Stovall       5 1911-1915   698   313   376  .454    3      8      0        0       0    PlyrMgr 1951-11-05 Burlington    
 Tom Loftus           9 1884-1903  1055   454   580  .439    2      8      0        0       0            1910-04-16 Dubuque       
 Lew Fonseca          3 1932-1934   318   120   196  .380    6      8      0        0       0    PlyrMgr 1989-11-26 Ely           
+-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+

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