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1929 Major League Baseball Died this Year

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Batting

Pitchers / Managers Below
Rk Yrs From To ASG WAR/pos G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Date of Death Died
1 Mark Baldwin 7 1887 1893 0 -4.9 348 1238 1155 109 188 21 18 10 106 18 82 368 .163 .219 .238 .457 Nov 10 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
2 Ollie Beard 3 1889 1891 0 7.2 331 1423 1307 195 353 34 34 4 173 73 112 61 .270 .330 .357 .687 May 28 Cincinnati, OH, USA
3 Frank Bishop 1 1884 1884 0 -0.1 4 16 16 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 .188 .188 .250 .438 Jun 18 Chicago, IL, USA
4 Red Bittmann 1 1889 1889 0 0.0 4 15 14 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 .286 .333 .286 .619 Nov 8 Cincinnati, OH, USA
5 Harvey Blauvelt 1 1890 1890 0 0.1 2 6 6 3 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 May 25 Trumansburg, NY, USA
6 Frank Bliss 1 1878 1878 0 -0.2 2 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 Jan 9 Nashville, TN, USA
7 Bert Blue 1 1908 1908 0 0.4 17 46 42 4 12 1 2 0 2 0 3 7 .286 .333 .405 .738 Sep 2 Detroit, MI, USA
8 Joe Borden 2 1875 1876 0 -1.0 39 152 149 22 28 3 0 0 8 0 0 3 4 .188 .204 .208 .412 Oct 14 Yeadon, PA, USA
9 Tony Brottem 3 1916 1921 0 -0.6 62 141 135 10 29 3 0 0 13 1 1 9 22 .215 .264 .237 .501 Aug 5 Chicago, IL, USA
10 Dick Buckley 8 1888 1895 0 3.9 524 1974 1833 213 449 72 14 26 216 25 98 188 .245 .291 .342 .633 Dec 12 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
11 George Carman 1 1890 1890 0 -1.3 27 102 93 9 16 2 0 0 7 5 8 .172 .245 .194 .439 Jun 16 Lancaster, PA, USA
12 Pete Cassidy 2 1896 1899 0 -1.0 101 413 382 39 98 15 1 3 48 11 17 20 .257 .307 .325 .632 Jul 9 Wilmington, DE, USA
13 John Castle 1 1910 1910 0 0.0 3 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 Apr 13 Philadelphia, PA, USA
14 Ice Box Chamberlain 10 1886 1896 0 0.7 332 1146 1051 114 213 33 14 9 110 27 85 98 .203 .267 .286 .553 Sep 22 Baltimore, MD, USA
15 Jack Cronin 7 1895 1904 0 -0.8 136 400 367 24 66 10 4 0 34 7 15 89 .180 .222 .229 .451 Jul 12 Middletown, NY, USA
16 Tom Crooke 2 1909 1910 0 -0.1 11 33 28 3 6 2 0 0 3 1 3 5 .214 .290 .286 .576 Apr 5 Quantico, VA, USA
17 Andy Cusick 4 1884 1887 0 -2.4 95 341 332 27 64 7 1 0 15 1 8 39 .193 .214 .220 .434 Aug 6 Chicago, IL, USA
18 Law Daniels 2 1887 1888 0 -1.7 109 409 383 55 86 7 1 2 60 27 22 .225 .274 .264 .538 Jan 7 Waltham, MA, USA
19 Babe Doty 1 1890 1890 0 0.0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 Nov 20 Toledo, OH, USA
20 Tim Flood 3 1899 1903 0 -1.2 231 906 816 70 190 26 6 3 86 23 42 103 .233 .280 .290 .571 Jun 15 St. Louis, MO, USA
21 Ed Flynn 1 1887 1887 0 -0.3 7 28 27 0 5 1 0 0 4 3 1 .185 .214 .222 .437 Aug 28 Chicago, IL, USA
22 Ed Foster 1 1908 1908 0 -0.1 6 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 Mar 1 Montgomery, AL, USA
23 Frank Gilmore 3 1886 1888 0 -2.5 50 173 163 6 7 0 0 0 3 2 9 78 .043 .098 .043 .141 Jul 21 Hartford, CT, USA
24 John Gochnaur 3 1901 1903 0 -0.7 264 1030 908 94 170 32 8 0 87 18 87 79 .187 .258 .240 .498 Sep 27 Altoona, PA, USA
25 Mike Golden 2 1875 1878 0 -0.7 107 420 415 38 90 9 3 0 35 3 2 5 48 .217 .226 .253 .479 Jan 11 Rockford, IL, USA
26 Lou Hardie 4 1884 1891 0 -1.1 81 330 300 28 67 10 3 3 21 8 30 56 .223 .294 .307 .601 Mar 5 Oakland, CA, USA
27 Charlie Hautz 2 1875 1884 0 0.6 26 110 107 5 30 3 0 0 4 5 1 3 9 .280 .300 .308 .608 Jan 24 St. Louis, MO, USA
28 Thorny Hawkes 2 1879 1884 0 0.4 102 409 401 40 94 10 3 0 20 8 14 .234 .249 .274 .524 Feb 2 Danvers, MA, USA
29 Fred Hayner 1 1890 1890 0 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jan 14 Lake Forest, IL, USA
30 Buck Hooker 2 1902 1903 0 -0.1 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jul 2 Richmond, VA, USA
31 Buck Hopkins 1 1907 1907 0 -0.2 15 58 44 7 6 3 0 0 3 2 10 13 .136 .333 .205 .538 Oct 2 Phoebus, VA, USA
32 Miller Huggins HOF 13 1904 1916 0 33.8 1586 6799 5558 948 1474 146 50 9 318 324 31 1003 556 .265 .382 .314 .696 Sep 25 New York, NY, USA
33 Joe Kappel 2 1884 1890 0 -1.3 60 244 223 30 51 8 1 1 22 12 20 2 .229 .295 .287 .582 Jul 8 Philadelphia, PA, USA
34 John Kelty 1 1890 1890 0 -0.3 59 233 207 24 49 10 2 1 27 10 22 42 .237 .322 .319 .641 Apr 13 Jersey City, NJ, USA
35 Bill Kissinger 3 1895 1897 0 -0.0 72 220 214 24 60 13 3 0 26 1 3 21 .280 .290 .369 .659 Apr 20 Cincinnati, OH, USA
36 Red Kleinow 8 1904 1911 0 3.7 584 1875 1665 146 354 45 20 3 135 42 153 212 .213 .282 .269 .551 Oct 9 New York, NY, USA
37 Walt Lerian 2 1928 1929 0 1.6 201 624 512 56 126 29 4 8 50 1 94 66 .246 .368 .365 .733 Oct 22 Baltimore, MD, USA
38 Dan Long 1 1890 1890 0 -0.6 21 93 77 19 12 0 0 0 2 16 14 .156 .301 .156 .457 Apr 30 Sausalito, CA, USA
39 Red Long 1 1902 1902 0 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 11 Hamilton, ON, CAN
40 Denny Lyons 13 1885 1897 0 33.2 1123 5029 4300 933 1334 244 69 62 756 224 623 221 .310 .407 .442 .850 Jan 2 West Covington, KY, USA
41 Sherry Magee 16 1904 1919 0 55.8 2087 8544 7441 1112 2169 425 166 83 1176 441 20 736 621 .291 .364 .427 .790 Mar 13 Philadelphia, PA, USA
42 Jack Manning 12 1873 1886 0 7.9 833 3689 3505 562 922 170 37 14 360 34 7 181 198 .263 .300 .345 .644 Aug 15 Boston, MA, USA
43 Jim Manning 5 1884 1889 0 -1.4 364 1505 1384 188 298 39 25 8 149 68 107 168 .215 .278 .297 .575 Oct 22 Edinburg, TX, USA
44 Bill McClellan 8 1878 1888 0 3.2 792 3486 3197 533 773 129 33 6 304 132 274 95 .242 .305 .308 .613 Jul 3 Chicago, IL, USA
45 Joe McGinnity HOF 10 1899 1908 0 -2.5 477 1423 1297 109 251 21 10 0 90 26 34 158 .194 .221 .225 .446 Nov 14 Brooklyn, NY, USA
46 Doc McMahon 1 1908 1908 0 0.1 1 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 Dec 11 Woburn, MA, USA
47 Roy Meeker 3 1923 1926 0 -0.3 42 70 63 5 12 1 1 0 4 0 0 2 21 .190 .215 .238 .453 Mar 25 Orlando, FL, USA
48 George Miller 2 1877 1884 0 0.4 17 64 57 10 11 2 1 0 6 6 2 .193 .281 .263 .544 Jul 24 Norwood, OH, USA
49 Rupert Mills 1 1915 1915 0 -1.1 41 146 134 12 27 5 1 0 16 6 6 21 .201 .241 .254 .495 Jul 20 Lake Hopatcong, NJ, USA
50 Dan Minnehan 1 1895 1895 0 0.2 8 35 34 6 13 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 .382 .400 .382 .782 Aug 8 Troy, NY, USA
51 Jim Moroney 3 1906 1912 0 -0.2 25 27 26 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 .154 .185 .192 .377 Feb 26 Philadelphia, PA, USA
52 Billy Nash 15 1884 1898 0 30.7 1550 6727 5854 1072 1608 267 87 60 979 265 803 414 .275 .366 .381 .747 Nov 15 East Orange, NJ, USA
53 Tom O'Rourke 3 1887 1890 0 -1.8 85 335 312 32 58 11 0 0 26 8 21 15 .186 .242 .221 .463 Jul 19 New York, NY, USA
54 Tom Phillips 4 1915 1922 0 -0.2 45 47 43 2 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .186 .222 .186 .408 Apr 12 Phillipsburg, PA, USA
55 Jim Powell 2 1884 1885 0 -0.4 60 240 226 28 49 8 7 0 5 8 .217 .263 .314 .577 Nov 20 Butte, MT, USA
56 Phil Redding 2 1912 1913 0 -0.1 4 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 Mar 30 Greenwood, MS, USA
57 Lee Richmond 6 1879 1886 0 0.6 251 1064 1018 169 262 29 20 3 113 0 46 73 .257 .289 .334 .623 Oct 1 Toledo, OH, USA
58 Charlie Smith 10 1902 1914 0 -1.2 218 490 447 22 67 5 1 1 22 0 0 11 85 .150 .179 .172 .352 Jan 3 Wickliffe, OH, USA
59 Tom Smith 4 1894 1898 0 0.0 29 85 76 5 17 2 1 0 4 0 9 12 .224 .306 .276 .582 Mar 2 Dorchester, MA, USA
60 Charlie Snow 1 1874 1874 0 0.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 Aug 27 Brooklyn, NY, USA
61 George Stallings 3 1890 1898 0 -0.2 7 22 20 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 .100 .182 .150 .332 May 13 Haddock, GA, USA
62 Joe Straub 3 1880 1883 0 -1.2 38 150 144 7 22 2 0 0 4 6 3 .153 .187 .167 .353 Feb 13 Pueblo, CO, USA
63 Al Strueve 1 1884 1884 0 -0.1 2 7 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571 Jan 28 Ross County, OH, USA
64 Mike Sullivan 1 1888 1888 0 0.2 28 115 112 20 31 5 6 1 19 10 3 .277 .296 .455 .751 Jun 16 Webster, MA, USA
65 Ted Sullivan 1 1884 1884 0 0.0 3 10 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .400 .333 .733 Jul 5 Washington, DC, USA
66 Dutch Ulrich 3 1925 1927 0 -0.5 98 151 138 7 23 3 0 0 4 1 0 8 28 .167 .212 .188 .401 Feb 11 Baltimore, MD, USA
67 Buck West 2 1884 1890 0 -0.6 70 292 282 40 69 8 9 3 44 4 9 11 .245 .271 .369 .639 Jan 13 Mansfield, OH, USA
68 Jimmy Whelan 1 1913 1913 0 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Nov 29 Dayton, OH, USA
69 Sam White 1 1919 1919 0 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Nov 11 Philadelphia, PA, USA
70 Denny Williams 4 1921 1928 0 -1.8 120 366 328 46 85 4 3 0 18 5 10 28 19 .259 .319 .290 .609 Mar 23 San Clemente, CA, USA
71 Walt Wilmot 10 1888 1898 0 12.6 962 4382 3988 727 1100 152 92 58 594 383 350 233 .276 .337 .404 .741 Feb 1 Chicago, IL, USA
72 John Wood 1 1896 1896 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jan 30 Philadelphia, PA, USA
Totals 267 1873 1929 0 160.5 15009 59957 53417 8023 13628 2090 761 381 6342 2278 72 5247 4629 .255 .327 .344 .671

Pitching

Batters Above / Managers Below
Rk Yrs From To ASG WAR W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF Date of Death Died
1 Mark Baldwin 7 1887 1893 0 23.5 154 165 .483 3.37 346 328 19 295 14 5 2802.1 2695 1816 1050 81 1307 1349 123 0 221 12470 Nov 10 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
2 Harvey Blauvelt 1 1890 1890 0 -0.7 0 0 10.22 2 0 2 0 0 0 12.1 19 23 14 0 8 5 0 0 5 64 May 25 Trumansburg, NY, USA
3 Joe Borden 2 1875 1876 0 2.0 13 16 .448 2.56 36 31 6 23 4 1 284.1 304 185 81 4 58 43 0 22 1249 Oct 14 Yeadon, PA, USA
4 Ice Box Chamberlain 10 1886 1896 0 26.7 157 120 .567 3.57 321 301 19 264 16 1 2521.2 2446 1560 999 63 1065 1133 113 0 149 11097 Sep 22 Baltimore, MD, USA
5 Jack Cronin 7 1895 1904 0 8.2 43 58 .426 3.40 128 102 24 88 6 3 923.1 973 502 349 28 235 318 37 0 14 3881 Jul 12 Middletown, NY, USA
6 Babe Doty 1 1890 1890 0 0.5 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 9 1 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 37 Nov 20 Toledo, OH, USA
7 Ed Foster 1 1908 1908 0 0.5 1 0 1.000 2.14 6 1 5 1 0 2 21.0 16 5 5 1 12 11 2 0 1 84 Mar 1 Montgomery, AL, USA
8 Frank Gilmore 3 1886 1888 0 1.0 12 33 .267 4.26 49 47 2 46 2 0 405.1 435 308 192 14 143 212 20 1 24 1796 Jul 21 Hartford, CT, USA
9 Mike Golden 2 1875 1878 0 -1.8 10 32 .238 2.79 49 45 4 40 1 0 393.0 457 354 122 1 53 86 0 49 1806 Jan 11 Rockford, IL, USA
10 Fred Hayner 1 1890 1890 0 -0.3 0 0 13.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 7 9 6 2 5 1 0 0 0 24 Jan 14 Lake Forest, IL, USA
11 Buck Hooker 2 1902 1903 0 0.1 0 1 .000 3.48 2 1 1 1 0 0 10.1 13 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 44 Jul 2 Richmond, VA, USA
12 Bill Kissinger 3 1895 1897 0 -4.2 7 25 .219 6.99 53 32 20 23 0 1 319.1 500 342 248 15 123 61 24 0 10 1568 Apr 20 Cincinnati, OH, USA
13 Red Long 1 1902 1902 0 0.3 0 0 1.13 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 4 2 1 0 3 5 1 0 0 31 Aug 11 Hamilton, ON, CAN
14 Jack Manning 12 1873 1886 0 -0.3 39 27 .591 2.79 96 63 28 41 1 12 573.1 694 477 178 6 70 78 0 48 2646 Aug 15 Boston, MA, USA
15 Joe McGinnity HOF 10 1899 1908 0 57.2 246 142 .634 2.66 465 381 73 314 32 24 3441.1 3276 1436 1016 52 812 1068 179 4 30 14132 Nov 14 Brooklyn, NY, USA
16 Doc McMahon 1 1908 1908 0 0.1 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 14 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 40 Dec 11 Woburn, MA, USA
17 Roy Meeker 3 1923 1926 0 1.2 8 14 .364 4.73 42 17 12 8 1 0 192.0 214 114 101 8 103 54 5 0 7 875 Mar 25 Orlando, FL, USA
18 Jim Moroney 3 1906 1912 0 -0.3 2 6 .250 3.69 25 8 10 5 0 2 92.2 96 53 38 2 40 29 14 0 6 393 Feb 26 Philadelphia, PA, USA
19 Billy Nash 15 1884 1898 0 0.1 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 Nov 15 East Orange, NJ, USA
20 Tom Phillips 4 1915 1922 0 0.6 8 12 .400 3.74 45 15 17 5 1 0 161.1 164 85 67 4 71 44 9 0 7 686 Apr 12 Phillipsburg, PA, USA
21 Phil Redding 2 1912 1913 0 -0.2 2 1 .667 5.14 4 3 0 2 0 0 28.0 33 19 16 2 12 10 0 0 0 122 Mar 30 Greenwood, MS, USA
22 Lee Richmond 6 1879 1886 0 9.7 75 100 .429 3.06 191 179 13 161 8 3 1583.0 1763 1018 538 27 269 552 2 1 87 6821 Oct 1 Toledo, OH, USA
23 Charlie Smith 10 1902 1914 0 9.3 66 87 .431 2.81 212 148 50 87 10 3 1349.1 1309 587 422 22 353 570 29 2 32 5479 Jan 3 Wickliffe, OH, USA
24 Tom Smith 4 1894 1898 0 -1.8 4 7 .364 6.33 25 13 12 9 0 1 138.0 166 144 97 5 89 38 17 1 12 670 Mar 2 Dorchester, MA, USA
25 Dutch Ulrich 3 1925 1927 0 8.2 19 27 .413 3.48 98 38 29 24 3 2 406.0 452 197 157 21 89 123 2 1 3 1720 Feb 11 Baltimore, MD, USA
26 John Wood 1 1896 1896 0 0.0 0 0 inf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 Jan 30 Philadelphia, PA, USA
Totals 115 1873 1927 0 139.6 868 873 .499 3.27 2202 1756 349 1440 99 60 15689.1 16061 9246 5706 359 4926 5797 578 10 727 67745

Managers

Batting / Pitchers Above
Rk Mgr Yrs From To G W L W-L% G>.500 BestFin WrstFin AvRk Date of Death Died
1 Bill Henderson 1 1884 1884 106 58 47 .552 11 4 4 4.0
2 Miller Huggins HOF 17 1913 1929 2570 1413 1134 .555 279 1 8 3.2
3 Jack Manning 1 1877 1877 20 7 12 .368 -5 6 6 6.0
4 Jim Manning 1 1901 1901 138 61 72 .459 -11 6 6 6.0
5 Billy Nash 1 1896 1896 130 62 68 .477 -6 8 8 8.0
6 Mike Scanlon 2 1884 1886 196 60 132 .313 -72 7 8 7.4
7 George Stallings 13 1897 1920 1813 879 898 .495 -19 1 10 4.7
8 Ted Sullivan 3 1883 1888 268 132 132 .500 0 1 8 5.4
9 Mike Walsh 1 1884 1884 110 68 40 .630 28 3 3 3.0
Totals 40 1877 1929 5351 2740 2535 .519 205 1 10 4.2


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