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A total of 73 players have died in Kansas

Batters Who Died in Kansas

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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
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Raleigh Aitchison   1911-1915   34    59    4   10   0   0   0    2    9   17  .169  .279  .169    0   0 1958-09-26 Columbus
 Tom Angley          1929-1929    5    16    1    4   1   0   0    6    2    2  .250  .333  .313    0   0 1952-10-26 Wichita
 Lore Bader          1912-1918   22    22    1    4   0   0   0    1    0    3  .182  .217  .182    0   0 1973-06-02 LeRoy
 Jack Banta          1947-1950   69    61    3    7   1   0   0    3    4   11  .115  .169  .131    0   0 2006-09-17 Hutchinson
 Virgil Barnes       1919-1928  205   371   20   40   0   0   0    9    7  119  .108  .124  .108    0   2 1958-07-24 Wichita
 Charlie Bates       1927-1927    9    38    5    9   2   2   0    2    3    5  .237  .293  .395    3   1 1980-01-29 Topeka
 Hank Bauer          1948-1961 1544  5145  833 1424 229  57 164  703  521  638  .277  .346  .439   50  33 2007-02-09 Lenexa
 Lloyd Bishop        1914-1914    3     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1968-06-18 Wichita
 Bob Boyd            1951-1961  693  1936  253  567  81  23  19  175  167  114  .293  .349  .388    9  17 2004-09-07 Wichita
 Herb Bradley        1927-1929   24    21    0    5   0   0   0    1    0    3  .238  .238  .238    0   0 1959-10-16 Clay Center
 Fred Brickell       1926-1933  501  1448  221  407  54  23   6  131  106  121  .281  .335  .363   19   0 1961-04-08 Wichita
 Fritz Brickell      1958-1961   41    88    7   16   1   0   1    7    7   19  .182  .242  .227    0   0 1965-10-15 Wichita
 Gil Britton         1913-1913    3    12    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    2  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1983-06-20 Parsons
 Curly Brown         1911-1915   31    49    3   11   1   1   0    2    0    2  .224  .224  .286    0   0 1968-06-10 Spring Hill
 Bill Burke          1887-1887    2     8    1    2   0   0   0    1    0    1  .250  .250  .250    0   0 1939-03-17 Atchison
 Frank Bushey        1927-1930   12     9    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    3  .111  .111  .111    0   0 1972-03-18 Topeka
 Fred Clarke         1894-1915 2242  8568 1619 2672 361 220  67 1015  874  135  .312  .386  .429  506   0 1960-08-14 Winfield
 Lou Clinton         1960-1967  691  2153  270  532 112  31  65  269  188  418  .247  .308  .418   12   7 1997-12-06 Wichita
 Pat Collins         1919-1929  543  1204  146  306  46   6  33  168  235  202  .254  .378  .385    4   5 1960-05-20 Kansas City
 Lee Dashner         1913-1913    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1959-12-16 ElDorado
 Don Dennis          1965-1966   79    17    0    3   0   0   0    0    0    4  .176  .176  .176    0   0 2007-03-22 Fort Scott
 Murry Dickson       1939-1959  638  1095   81  253  34   5   3   82   12  105  .231  .241  .279    0   0 1989-09-21 Kansas City
 George Dockins      1945-1947   35    35    4    6   0   0   0    1    6   12  .171  .293  .171    0   0 1997-01-22 Clyde
 Bull Durham         1904-1909    9     7    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .143  .143  .143    0   0 1960-06-28 Bentley
 John Durham         1902-1902    5    15    3    1   0   0   0    0    2    0  .067  .176  .067    0   0 1949-05-07 Coffeyville
 Bob Edmondson       1906-1908   29    83    6   16   4   1   0    2    7    0  .193  .264  .265    0   0 1931-08-14 Lawrence
 Joe Ellick          1875-1884  116   487   77  106  12   0   0    2   19    4  .218  .247  .242    1   0 1923-04-21 Kansas City
 Art Evans           1932-1932    7     5    0    0   0   0   0    0    2    3  .000  .286  .000    0   0 1952-01-08 Wichita
 Dale Gear           1896-1901   69   238   25   57  11   3   0   25    8    1  .239  .267  .311    4   0 1951-09-23 Topeka
 Bob Grim            1954-1962  268   189   12   24   0   0   3   21   11   75  .127  .178  .175    0   0 1996-10-23 Shawnee
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 George Hale         1914-1918   60   103    5   18   3   1   0    9   11   21  .175  .261  .223    0   0 1945-11-01 Wichita
 Jack Harper         1915-1915    3     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    2  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1927-06-18 Halstead
 Gus Hetling         1906-1906    2     7    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .143  .143  .143    0   0 1962-10-13 Wichita
 Chief Hogsett       1929-1944  339   403   46   91  11   2   6   27   18   99  .226  .262  .308    0   0 2001-07-17 Hays
 Oscar Horstmann     1917-1919   50    52    1   10   2   0   0    2    3   16  .192  .236  .231    0   0 1977-05-11 Salina
 Frank Isbell        1898-1909 1119  4219  501 1056 158  62  13  455  190    0  .250  .289  .326  253   0 1941-07-15 Wichita
 Woody Jensen        1931-1939  738  2720  392  774 114  37  26  235   69  100  .285  .307  .382   20   0 2001-10-05 Wichita
 Ken Johnson         1947-1952  111    89   17   19   3   0   0    8    2   23  .213  .231  .247    1   0 2004-04-06 Wichita
 Deacon Jones        1916-1918   47    42    2    5   0   0   0    3    5   20  .119  .213  .119    1   0 1952-12-28 Pittsburg
 Sherman Jones       1960-1962   48    25    1    7   0   0   0    2    1    7  .280  .308  .280    0   0 2007-02-21 Lawrence
 Tex Jones           1911-1911    9    31    4    6   1   0   0    4    3    0  .194  .265  .226    1   0 1938-02-26 Wichita
 Pete Kilduff        1917-1921  428  1384  163  374  62  28   4  159  134  132  .270  .338  .364   28  15 1930-02-14 Pittsburg
 Joe Kuhel           1930-1947 2104  7984 1236 2212 412 111 131 1049  980  612  .277  .359  .406  178  90 1984-02-26 Kansas City
 Otis Lambeth        1916-1918   44    60    5   10   2   1   0    2    1   17  .167  .180  .233    0   0 1976-06-05 Moran
 Del Lundgren        1924-1927   56    51    6    7   0   2   0    1    1   21  .137  .154  .216    0   0 1984-10-19 Lindsborg
 Harry Maupin        1898-1899    7    17    0    3   0   0   0    1    0    0  .176  .176  .176    0   0 1952-08-25 Parsons
 Guy McFadden        1895-1895    4    14    1    3   0   0   0    2    0    2  .214  .214  .214    0   0 1911-03-10 Topeka
 Howie McFarland     1945-1945    6    11    0    1   0   0   0    2    0    3  .091  .091  .091    0   0 1993-04-07 Wichita
 Archie McKain       1937-1943  167   142   19   25   8   1   2    9   15   48  .176  .264  .289    0   0 1985-05-21 Salina
 Rufus Meadows       1926-1926    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1970-05-10 Wichita
 Butch Nieman        1943-1945  332  1050  147  269  46  14  37  167  129  119  .256  .339  .432   20   0 1993-11-02 Topeka
 Johnny O'Connor     1916-1916    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1982-05-30 Bonner Springs
 Paul Penson         1954-1954    5     7    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 2006-05-03 Merriam
 Red Phillips        1934-1936   29    45    5   13   2   1   0    2    1    4  .289  .304  .378    0   0 1988-02-01 Wichita
 Arnie Portocarrero  1954-1960  166   240   11   26   2   1   3   11   12   98  .108  .151  .163    0   0 1986-06-21 Kansas City
 Dan Quisenberry     1979-1990  674     6    0    1   0   0   0    1    1    1  .167  .286  .167    0   0 1998-09-30 Leawood
 Willie Ramsdell     1947-1952  111   141    5   22   2   0   0    4    8   35  .156  .201  .170    0   0 1969-10-08 Wichita
 Charlie Rhodes      1906-1909   26    48    5   10   3   0   0    1    2    0  .208  .240  .271    0   0 1918-10-26 Caney
 Jerry Robertson     1969-1970   49    56    3    5   0   0   0    1    2   34  .089  .121  .089    0   0 1996-03-24 Burlington
 Chuck Rose          1909-1909    3     7    1    0   0   0   0    0    1    0  .000  .125  .000    0   0 1961-08-04 Salina
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Otto Schomberg      1886-1888  214   777  155  220  29  23   7  122  123   44  .283  .389  .407   34   0 1927-05-03 Ottawa
 Clay Smith          1938-1940   18    11    0    0   0   0   0    0    1    6  .000  .083  .000    0   0 2002-03-05 Cambridge
 Harry Suter         1909-1909   18    32    1    3   0   0   0    0    2    0  .094  .147  .094    0   0 1971-07-24 Topeka
 Wiley Taylor        1911-1914   27    33    0    2   0   0   0    0    1    7  .061  .088  .061    0   0 1954-07-08 Westmoreland
 Jug Thesenga        1944-1944    5     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 2002-12-03 Wichita
 Bob Thurman         1955-1959  334   663  106  163  18  11  35  106   62  112  .246  .314  .465    1   4 1998-10-31 Wichita
 Ted Welch           1914-1914    3     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1943-01-06 Great Bend
 Mike Welday         1907-1909   53   109    5   22   1   1   0    5   10    0  .202  .269  .229    2   0 1942-05-28 Leavenworth
 Ed Willett          1906-1915  279   652   56  130  25  10   5   63   26   42  .199  .237  .291    1   0 1934-05-10 Wellington
 Claude Willoughby   1925-1931  219   272   14   39   3   0   0   13   20   73  .143  .202  .154    0   0 1973-08-14 McPherson
 Ralph Winegarner    1930-1949  136   185   28   51   7   1   5   28   15   43  .276  .330  .405    1   1 1988-04-14 Wichita
 Spades Wood         1930-1931   24    42    5   10   1   1   0    6    1    5  .238  .273  .310    0   0 1986-05-18 Wichita
 Glenn Wright        1924-1935 1119  4153  584 1219 203  76  94  723  209  407  .294  .328  .447   38  13 1984-04-06 Olathe
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+

Pitchers Who Died in Kansas

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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
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+
 Raleigh Aitchison   1911-1915  12  12  .500  3.01   34  22  10   3   0  206.3  193   69   7   67  101 1958-09-26 Columbus
 Lore Bader          1912-1918   5   3  .625  2.51   22   6   3   1   1   75.3   83   21   2   36   27 1973-06-02 LeRoy
 Jack Banta          1947-1950  14  12  .538  3.78   69  19   3   1   5  204.7  176   86  15  113  116 2006-09-17 Hutchinson
 Virgil Barnes       1919-1928  61  59  .508  3.66  205 135  58   7  11 1094.0 1192  445  46  293  275 1958-07-24 Wichita
 Lloyd Bishop        1914-1914   0   1  .000  5.63    3   1   0   0   0    8.0   14    5   0    3    1 1968-06-18 Wichita
 Herb Bradley        1927-1929   1   4  .200  5.93   24   7   3   1   0   74.3   87   49   3   25   20 1959-10-16 Clay Center
 Curly Brown         1911-1915   3   8  .273  4.20   28  11   6   1   0  128.7  129   60   2   50   52 1968-06-10 Spring Hill
 Bill Burke          1887-1887   0   1  .000  6.00    2   2   1   0   0   15.0   26   10   0    5    3 1939-03-17 Atchison
 Frank Bushey        1927-1930   0   1  .000  6.32   12   0   0   0   0   31.3   36   22   1   17    4 1972-03-18 Topeka
 Lee Dashner         1913-1913   0   0        5.40    1   0   0   0   0    1.7    0    1   0    0    2 1959-12-16 ElDorado
 Don Dennis          1965-1966   6   5  .545  3.69   79   1   0   0   8  114.7  120   47  11   33   54 2007-03-22 Fort Scott
 Murry Dickson       1939-1959 172 181  .487  3.66  625 338 149  27  23 3052.3 3029 1240 302 1058 1281 1989-09-21 Kansas City
 George Dockins      1945-1947   8   6  .571  3.55   35  12   5   2   0  131.7  142   52   6   40   34 1997-01-22 Clyde
 Bull Durham         1904-1909   2   0 1.000  5.28    9   2   1   0   1   29.0   37   17   0   12    6 1960-06-28 Bentley
 John Durham         1902-1902   1   1  .500  5.85    3   3   3   0   0   20.0   21   13   0   16    3 1949-05-07 Coffeyville
 Bob Edmondson       1906-1908   0   1  .000  4.50    2   1   1   0   0   10.0   10    5   0    2    0 1931-08-14 Lawrence
 Joe Ellick          1875-1884   0   1  .000  3.00    1   0   0   0   0    3.0    1    1   0    1    0 1923-04-21 Kansas City
 Art Evans           1932-1932   0   0        3.00    7   0   0   0   0   18.0   19    6   1   10    6 1952-01-08 Wichita
 Dale Gear           1896-1901   4  13  .235  4.21   27  18  16   1   1  186.0  234   87  10   28   41 1951-09-23 Topeka
 Bob Grim            1954-1962  61  41  .598  3.61  268  60  18   4  37  759.7  708  305  50  330  443 1996-10-23 Shawnee
 Jack Harper         1915-1915   0   0        3.12    3   0   0   0   0    8.7    5    3   0    1    3 1927-06-18 Halstead
 Chief Hogsett       1929-1944  63  87  .420  5.02  330 114  37   2  33 1222.0 1511  682  85  501  441 2001-07-17 Hays
 Oscar Horstmann     1917-1919   9   7  .563  3.67   50  15   4   1   1  176.7  154   72   5   80   61 1977-05-11 Salina
 Frank Isbell        1898-1909   4   7  .364  3.59   17  10   7   0   1   85.3   92   34   0   43   19 1941-07-15 Wichita
 Ken Johnson         1947-1952  12  14  .462  4.58   74  34   8   4   0  269.3  251  137  14  195  147 2004-04-06 Wichita
 Deacon Jones        1916-1918   7   5  .583  2.98   46  10   3   0   0  151.0  136   50   0   69   45 1952-12-28 Pittsburg
 Sherman Jones       1960-1962   2   6  .250  4.73   48   5   0   0   3  110.3  119   58  12   46   53 2007-02-21 Lawrence
 Otis Lambeth        1916-1918  11   9  .550  3.18   43  19   5   0   3  178.3  176   63   3   74   58 1976-06-05 Moran
 Del Lundgren        1924-1927   5  15  .250  6.51   56  19   5   2   0  184.0  220  133   9  118   54 1984-10-19 Lindsborg
 Harry Maupin        1898-1899   0   5  .000  9.63    7   5   4   0   0   43.0   77   46   0   10    6 1952-08-25 Parsons
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+
 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+
 Archie McKain       1937-1943  26  21  .553  4.26  165  34   8   1  16  486.3  529  230  26  208  188 1985-05-21 Salina
 Rufus Meadows       1926-1926   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    0.3    0    0   0    0    0 1970-05-10 Wichita
 Paul Penson         1954-1954   1   1  .500  4.50    5   3   0   0   0   16.0   14    8   1   14    3 2006-05-03 Merriam
 Red Phillips        1934-1936   4   4  .500  6.42   29   7   4   0   1  110.7  155   79  13   38   18 1988-02-01 Wichita
 Arnie Portocarrero  1954-1960  38  57  .400  4.32  166 117  33   5   2  817.3  778  392  82  320  338 1986-06-21 Kansas City
 Dan Quisenberry     1979-1990  56  46  .549  2.76  674   0   0   0 244 1043.3 1064  320  59  162  379 1998-09-30 Leawood
 Willie Ramsdell     1947-1952  24  39  .381  3.83  111  58  18   2   5  479.7  455  204  46  215  240 1969-10-08 Wichita
 Charlie Rhodes      1906-1909   7  11  .389  3.46   26  20  10   0   0  143.0  116   55   2   67   76 1918-10-26 Caney
 Jerry Robertson     1969-1970   5  16  .238  3.94   49  27   3   0   1  194.3  205   85  18   86  144 1996-03-24 Burlington
 Chuck Rose          1909-1909   1   2  .333  5.40    3   3   3   0   0   25.0   32   15   1    7    6 1961-08-04 Salina
 Clay Smith          1938-1940   1   1  .500  5.49   18   1   0   0   0   39.3   50   24   4   15   17 2002-03-05 Cambridge
 Harry Suter         1909-1909   2   3  .400  2.47   18   7   3   1   1   87.3   72   24   2   28   53 1971-07-24 Topeka
 Wiley Taylor        1911-1914   2  10  .167  4.10   27  17   4   1   0  120.7  113   55   0   65   45 1954-07-08 Westmoreland
 Jug Thesenga        1944-1944   0   0        5.11    5   1   0   0   0   12.3   18    7   0   12    2 2002-12-03 Wichita
 Ted Welch           1914-1914   0   0        6.00    3   0   0   0   0    6.0    6    4   0    3    2 1943-01-06 Great Bend
 Ed Willett          1906-1915 102  99  .507  3.08  274 202 142  12   5 1773.3 1719  606  24  565  600 1934-05-10 Wellington
 Claude Willoughby   1925-1931  38  58  .396  5.84  219 100  33   4   9  841.3 1111  546  56  406  175 1973-08-14 McPherson
 Ralph Winegarner    1930-1949   8   6  .571  5.33   70  11   7   0   0  194.3  229  115  13   89   89 1988-04-14 Wichita
 Spades Wood         1930-1931   6   9  .400  5.61   24  17   6   2   0  122.0  130   76   6   78   56 1986-05-18 Wichita
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+

Managers who Died in Kansas

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+-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+
 Manager             YR From  To    G     W     L     WP  BstFin WstFin PostSsn Pennants WrldSer PlyrMgr Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+
 Hank Bauer           8 1961-1969  1139   594   544  .522    1      9      1        1       1    PlyrMgr 2007-02-09 Lenexa        
 Fred Clarke         19 1897-1915  2829  1602  1181  .576    1     11      2        4       1    PlyrMgr 1960-08-14 Winfield      
 Joe Ellick           1 1884-1884    13     6     6  .500    5      5      0        0       0    PlyrMgr 1923-04-21 Kansas City   
 Joe Kuhel            2 1948-1949   308   106   201  .345    7      8      0        0       0            1984-02-26 Kansas City   
+-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+

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