A total of 70 players have died in South Carolina
Batters Who Died in South Carolina
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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 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Pat Luby 1890-1895 132 430 66 101 12 11 7 70 37 52 .235 .310 .363 11 0 1899-04-24 Charleston Doc McJames 1895-1901 178 537 42 87 13 4 0 39 17 19 .162 .188 .201 5 0 1901-09-23 Charleston Tom Colcolough 1893-1899 51 136 20 31 4 4 0 16 13 10 .228 .300 .316 1 0 1919-12-10 Charleston Jim Scoggins 1913-1913 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1923-08-16 Columbia Emil Huhn 1915-1917 184 560 40 128 22 5 1 47 32 56 .229 .273 .291 14 0 1925-09-05 Camden Al Yeargin 1922-1924 33 45 2 6 2 0 0 1 2 19 .133 .170 .178 0 0 1937-05-08 Greenville Logan Drake 1922-1924 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1940-06-01 Columbia Joe Schultz 1912-1925 703 1959 235 558 83 19 15 249 116 102 .285 .327 .370 35 16 1941-04-13 Columbia Ralph McLaurin 1908-1908 8 22 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 .227 .227 0 0 1943-02-11 McColl Fritz Von Kolnitz 1914-1916 115 226 15 48 9 1 0 19 15 33 .212 .264 .261 5 3 1948-03-18 Mount Pleasant Pelham Ballenger 1928-1928 3 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .111 .111 .111 0 0 1948-12-08 Greenville County Dan Griner 1912-1918 138 219 18 52 11 2 0 16 20 76 .237 .301 .306 2 1 1950-06-03 Bishopville Red Howell 1941-1941 11 7 0 2 0 0 0 2 4 2 .286 .545 .286 0 0 1950-10-01 Travelers Rest Joe Jackson 1908-1920 1332 4981 873 1772 307 168 54 785 519 158 .356 .423 .517 202 61 1951-12-05 Greenville John McMakin 1902-1902 4 11 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .182 .357 .182 0 0 1956-09-25 Lyman Jack Owens 1935-1935 2 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .250 .250 .250 0 0 1958-11-14 Greenville Art Brouthers 1906-1906 37 144 18 30 5 1 0 14 5 0 .208 .240 .257 4 0 1959-09-28 Charleston Syd Smith 1908-1915 146 397 24 98 21 1 2 40 22 1 .247 .291 .320 2 0 1961-06-05 Orangeburg Champ Osteen 1903-1909 83 304 27 60 6 6 2 31 10 0 .197 .233 .276 1 0 1962-12-14 Greenville Fred Stem 1908-1909 93 317 22 71 2 4 0 14 14 0 .224 .263 .256 6 0 1964-09-05 Darlington Walter Barbare 1914-1922 500 1777 173 462 52 21 1 156 88 121 .260 .297 .315 37 16 1965-10-28 Greenville Aaron Robinson 1943-1951 610 1839 208 478 74 11 61 272 337 194 .260 .375 .412 0 6 1966-03-09 Lancaster Roy Mahaffey 1926-1936 224 396 28 73 9 1 4 33 14 139 .184 .212 .242 0 0 1969-07-23 Anderson Flint Rhem 1924-1936 294 610 43 88 11 0 3 48 13 204 .144 .163 .177 0 0 1969-07-30 Columbia Norm McMillan 1922-1929 413 1356 157 353 74 16 6 147 95 133 .260 .313 .352 36 10 1969-09-28 Marion Chick Galloway 1919-1928 1076 3583 391 946 136 46 17 407 274 225 .264 .317 .342 79 71 1969-11-07 Clinton Mike Cunningham 1906-1906 6 12 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0 0 1969-12-10 Lancaster Sam Lanford 1907-1907 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0 0 1970-09-14 Woodruff Rube Melton 1941-1947 162 208 11 25 7 0 1 14 3 80 .120 .133 .168 0 0 1971-09-11 Greer Jesse Fowler 1924-1924 13 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .222 .300 .222 0 0 1973-09-23 Columbia +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Jim Mattox 1922-1923 51 83 15 21 2 2 0 4 1 8 .253 .279 .325 0 0 1973-10-12 Myrtle Beach Russ Lyon 1944-1944 7 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .182 .250 .182 0 0 1975-12-24 Charleston Ed Durham 1929-1933 145 202 8 24 2 0 0 10 10 63 .119 .160 .129 0 0 1976-04-27 Chester Al Lakeman 1942-1954 239 646 40 131 17 5 15 66 36 137 .203 .248 .314 0 0 1976-05-25 Spartanburg Blackie Carter 1925-1926 6 21 4 4 1 0 1 1 1 1 .190 .227 .381 0 0 1976-09-10 Greenville George Jeffcoat 1936-1943 70 39 3 5 0 0 0 2 1 13 .128 .150 .128 0 0 1978-10-13 Leesville Elbert Andrews 1925-1925 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1979-11-25 Greenwood Art Jones 1932-1932 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1980-11-25 Columbia Pee-Wee Wanninger 1925-1927 163 556 53 130 15 8 1 31 23 43 .234 .266 .295 5 9 1981-03-07 N.Augusta Hugh East 1941-1943 23 24 4 4 1 0 1 3 3 8 .167 .259 .333 0 0 1981-11-02 Charleston Ben Shields 1924-1931 13 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .077 .077 .077 0 0 1982-01-24 Woodruff Rufe Clarke 1923-1924 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1983-02-08 Columbia Rufus Smith 1927-1927 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1984-08-21 Aiken Van Mungo 1931-1945 410 787 56 174 24 4 0 74 29 164 .221 .250 .262 1 0 1985-02-12 Pageland George Banks 1962-1966 106 201 33 44 6 2 9 27 37 59 .219 .340 .403 0 1 1985-03-01 Spartanburg Kirby Higbe 1937-1950 418 660 35 101 14 2 3 47 15 135 .153 .172 .194 0 0 1985-05-06 Columbia Harry Byrd 1950-1957 187 262 16 42 2 0 0 14 9 60 .160 .188 .168 1 1 1985-05-14 Darlington John Boozer 1962-1969 172 74 2 12 0 0 0 2 2 24 .162 .184 .162 0 0 1986-01-24 Lexington Dave Odom 1943-1943 22 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1987-11-19 Myrtle Beach Frank Ellerbe 1919-1924 420 1453 179 389 58 22 4 152 72 136 .268 .306 .346 12 13 1988-07-08 Latta Clise Dudley 1929-1933 125 173 16 32 3 2 3 11 9 49 .185 .242 .277 0 0 1989-01-12 Moncks Corner Virgil Stallcup 1947-1953 587 2059 171 497 99 13 22 214 51 181 .241 .260 .334 9 4 1989-05-02 Greenville Johnny Werts 1926-1929 88 111 8 26 1 1 1 9 8 27 .234 .286 .288 0 0 1990-09-24 Newberry Bob Hazle 1955-1958 110 261 37 81 14 0 9 37 32 35 .310 .390 .467 1 3 1992-04-25 Columbia Johnny Temple 1952-1964 1420 5218 720 1484 208 36 22 395 648 338 .284 .363 .351 140 48 1994-01-09 Anderson Cal Cooper 1948-1948 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1994-07-04 Clinton Norm Brown 1943-1946 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1995-05-31 Bennettsville Chuck Coles 1958-1958 5 11 0 2 1 0 0 2 2 6 .182 .308 .273 0 0 1996-01-25 Myrtle Beach Gus Keriazakos 1950-1955 28 19 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 11 .105 .150 .105 0 0 1996-05-04 Hilton Head Garland Lawing 1946-1946 10 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 .133 .133 .133 0 0 1996-09-27 Murrells Inlet +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Ted Petoskey 1934-1935 10 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 .167 .167 .167 1 0 1996-11-30 Elgin Lou Lombardo 1948-1948 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 2001-06-11 Fort Mill Sam Page 1939-1939 4 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .429 .500 .429 0 0 2002-05-29 Greenville Ed Freed 1942-1942 13 33 3 10 3 1 0 1 4 3 .303 .378 .455 1 0 2002-11-15 Rock Hill Claude Crocker 1944-1945 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 0 0 2002-12-19 Clinton Red Barbary 1943-1943 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 2003-09-27 Simpsonville Bill Voiselle 1942-1950 246 464 21 68 10 0 0 30 25 100 .147 .190 .168 0 0 2005-01-31 Greenwood Bill Baker 1940-1949 263 588 45 145 25 5 2 68 68 30 .247 .328 .316 6 0 2006-04-13 Myrtle Beach Junior Wooten 1947-1948 94 282 34 68 8 3 1 24 24 25 .241 .305 .301 3 1 2006-08-12 Williamston Art Fowler 1954-1964 362 231 16 35 1 0 0 20 23 62 .152 .232 .156 0 0 2007-01-29 Spartanburg +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
Pitchers Who Died in South Carolina
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Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+ Pat Luby 1890-1895 40 41 .494 3.88 106 88 73 1 2 797.3 810 344 32 311 215 1899-04-24 Charleston Doc McJames 1895-1901 79 80 .497 3.43 178 162 137 6 4 1361.3 1414 519 19 563 593 1901-09-23 Charleston Tom Colcolough 1893-1899 14 11 .560 5.67 47 30 21 0 2 309.3 375 195 8 164 65 1919-12-10 Charleston Jim Scoggins 1913-1913 0 1 .000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 1923-08-16 Columbia Al Yeargin 1922-1924 1 12 .077 4.91 33 13 7 0 0 148.3 167 81 8 44 35 1937-05-08 Greenville Logan Drake 1922-1924 0 1 .000 7.71 10 1 0 0 0 18.7 24 16 0 16 11 1940-06-01 Columbia Dan Griner 1912-1918 28 55 .337 3.49 135 81 43 7 6 673.7 700 261 22 202 244 1950-06-03 Bishopville John McMakin 1902-1902 2 2 .500 3.09 4 4 4 0 0 32.0 34 11 0 11 6 1956-09-25 Lyman Roy Mahaffey 1926-1936 67 49 .578 5.01 224 128 45 0 5 1056.0 1181 588 84 452 365 1969-07-23 Anderson Flint Rhem 1924-1936 105 97 .520 4.20 294 229 91 8 10 1725.3 1958 805 113 529 534 1969-07-30 Columbia Mike Cunningham 1906-1906 1 0 1.000 3.21 5 1 1 0 0 28.0 29 10 1 9 15 1969-12-10 Lancaster Sam Lanford 1907-1907 0 1 .000 5.14 2 1 0 0 0 7.0 10 4 0 5 2 1970-09-14 Woodruff Rube Melton 1941-1947 30 50 .375 3.62 162 87 25 6 5 704.0 624 283 22 395 363 1971-09-11 Greer Jesse Fowler 1924-1924 1 1 .500 4.41 13 3 0 0 0 32.7 28 16 0 18 5 1973-09-23 Columbia Ed Durham 1929-1933 29 44 .397 4.45 143 71 23 3 1 641.7 677 317 45 202 204 1976-04-27 Chester Al Lakeman 1942-1954 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 1 1 1 0 0 1976-05-25 Spartanburg George Jeffcoat 1936-1943 7 11 .389 4.51 70 9 4 1 3 169.7 159 85 12 100 86 1978-10-13 Leesville Elbert Andrews 1925-1925 0 0 10.13 6 0 0 0 0 8.0 12 9 0 11 0 1979-11-25 Greenwood Art Jones 1932-1932 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 0 1 0 1980-11-25 Columbia Hugh East 1941-1943 2 6 .250 5.40 19 8 1 0 0 63.3 85 38 5 41 27 1981-11-02 Charleston Ben Shields 1924-1931 4 0 1.000 8.27 13 2 2 0 0 41.3 55 38 3 27 9 1982-01-24 Woodruff Rufe Clarke 1923-1924 1 1 .500 3.97 7 0 0 0 0 11.3 9 5 0 11 3 1983-02-08 Columbia Rufus Smith 1927-1927 0 0 3.38 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 8 3 0 3 2 1984-08-21 Aiken Van Mungo 1931-1945 120 115 .511 3.47 364 259 123 20 16 2113.0 1957 815 89 868 1242 1985-02-12 Pageland Kirby Higbe 1937-1950 118 101 .539 3.69 418 238 98 11 24 1952.3 1763 800 117 979 971 1985-05-06 Columbia Harry Byrd 1950-1957 46 54 .460 4.35 187 108 33 8 9 827.7 890 400 71 355 381 1985-05-14 Darlington John Boozer 1962-1969 14 16 .467 4.09 171 22 3 0 15 394.3 414 179 42 139 282 1986-01-24 Lexington Dave Odom 1943-1943 0 3 .000 5.27 22 3 1 0 2 54.7 54 32 3 30 17 1987-11-19 Myrtle Beach Clise Dudley 1929-1933 17 33 .340 5.03 100 52 18 1 2 420.3 540 235 25 156 106 1989-01-12 Moncks Corner Johnny Werts 1926-1929 15 21 .417 4.29 88 40 11 1 2 378.0 460 180 14 111 111 1990-09-24 Newberry +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+ Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+ Cal Cooper 1948-1948 0 0 45.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 5 5 1 1 0 1994-07-04 Clinton Norm Brown 1943-1946 0 1 .000 3.14 5 1 0 0 0 14.3 13 5 2 6 4 1995-05-31 Bennettsville Gus Keriazakos 1950-1955 2 5 .286 5.62 28 5 2 0 0 73.7 81 46 8 42 42 1996-05-04 Hilton Head Lou Lombardo 1948-1948 0 0 6.75 2 0 0 0 0 5.3 5 4 1 5 0 2001-06-11 Fort Mill Sam Page 1939-1939 0 3 .000 6.95 4 3 1 0 0 22.0 34 17 1 15 11 2002-05-29 Greenville Claude Crocker 1944-1945 0 0 6.75 3 0 0 0 1 5.3 8 4 0 6 2 2002-12-19 Clinton Bill Voiselle 1942-1950 74 84 .468 3.83 245 190 74 13 3 1373.3 1370 585 115 588 645 2005-01-31 Greenwood Junior Wooten 1947-1948 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 0 2 1 2006-08-12 Williamston Art Fowler 1954-1964 54 51 .514 4.03 362 90 25 4 32 1024.0 1039 458 99 308 539 2007-01-29 Spartanburg +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+
Managers who Died in South Carolina
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