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1931 Major League Baseball Died this Year

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Batting

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Rk Yrs From To ASG G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Date of Death Died
1 Jack Bellman 1 1889 1889 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 Dec 8 Louisville, KY, USA
2 George Bradley 11 1875 1888 0 567 2298 2258 272 518 64 38 3 172 5 3 40 149 .229 .243 .295 .538 Oct 2 Philadelphia, PA, USA
3 Sam Brown 2 1906 1907 0 141 487 439 29 88 12 1 0 34 4 25 .200 .256 .232 .489 Nov 8 Mount Pleasant, PA, USA
4 Jack Burdock 18 1872 1891 0 1187 5065 4915 777 1230 164 50 18 503 59 13 140 323 .250 .272 .315 .587 Nov 27 Brooklyn, NY, USA
5 Jack Chesbro HOF 11 1899 1909 0 393 1151 1103 85 217 37 13 5 82 5 25 .197 .216 .267 .483 Nov 6 Conway, MA, USA
6 Charlie Comiskey HOF 13 1882 1894 0 1390 6035 5796 994 1530 206 68 29 883 419 197 84 .264 .293 .338 .631 Oct 26 Eagle River, WI, USA
7 Roger Connor HOF 18 1880 1897 0 1997 8837 7794 1620 2467 441 233 138 1322 244 1002 449 .317 .397 .486 .883 Jan 4 Waterbury, CT, USA
8 Tex Covington 2 1911 1912 0 31 52 47 7 8 1 0 0 3 0 5 .170 .250 .191 .441 Dec 10 Denison, TX, USA
9 Clarence Cross 2 1884 1887 0 45 177 164 23 37 4 1 0 5 0 10 .226 .282 .262 .545 Jun 23 Seattle, WA, USA
10 George Daisey 1 1884 1884 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Apr 27 Cumberland, MD, USA
11 Babe Danzig 1 1909 1909 0 6 16 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .154 .313 .154 .466 Jul 14 San Francisco, CA, USA
12 Pop Dillon 5 1899 1904 0 312 1283 1181 146 298 44 16 1 116 34 78 .252 .299 .319 .618 Sep 12 Pasadena, CA, USA
13 Lee Dressen 2 1914 1918 0 77 251 210 26 43 3 3 0 10 4 32 30 .205 .316 .248 .563 Jun 30 Diller, NE, USA
14 Bob Edmondson 2 1906 1908 0 29 91 83 6 16 4 1 0 2 0 7 .193 .264 .265 .529 Aug 14 Lawrence, KS, USA
15 Ben Ellis 1 1896 1896 0 4 19 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .063 .211 .063 .273 Jul 26 Schenectady, NY, USA
16 Charlie Ferguson 1 1901 1901 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 May 17 Sault Ste.Marie, MI, USA
17 Ed Ford 1 1884 1884 0 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jun 8 Richmond, VA, USA
18 Chris Fulmer 5 1884 1889 0 252 1004 876 176 216 37 9 1 85 76 122 12 .247 .343 .313 .655 Nov 9 Tamaqua, PA, USA
19 Tinsley Ginn 1 1914 1914 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 30 Atlanta, GA, USA
20 Oscar Graham 1 1907 1907 0 26 52 48 7 11 1 2 1 4 1 2 .229 .275 .396 .670 Oct 15 Moline, IL, USA
21 Tom Gunning 6 1884 1889 0 146 558 537 79 110 12 4 2 46 38 16 70 .205 .235 .253 .488 Mar 17 Fall River, MA, USA
22 Charlie Hamburg 1 1890 1890 0 133 560 485 93 132 22 2 3 77 46 69 .272 .370 .344 .714 May 18 Union, NJ, USA
23 George Harper 2 1894 1896 0 28 87 77 12 12 2 1 0 6 0 10 10 .156 .253 .208 .461 Dec 11 Stockton, CA, USA
24 Joe Hornung 12 1879 1890 0 1123 4918 4784 788 1230 172 90 31 564 159 120 498 .257 .277 .350 .627 Oct 30 Howard Beach, NY, USA
25 Mickey Hughes 3 1888 1890 0 75 263 249 18 34 5 0 0 17 3 14 15 .137 .183 .157 .339 Apr 10 Jersey City, NJ, USA
26 Billy Kinloch 1 1895 1895 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 Feb 15 New York, NY, USA
27 John Kirby 5 1884 1888 0 76 261 256 17 27 4 2 0 7 0 4 64 .105 .123 .137 .259 Oct 6 St.Louis, MO, USA
28 Fred Lake 5 1891 1910 0 48 149 125 12 29 6 0 1 16 4 17 10 .232 .342 .304 .646 Nov 24 Boston, MA, USA
29 Pete Lamer 2 1902 1907 0 3 11 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 .182 .182 .364 Oct 24 Brooklyn, NY, USA
30 Con Lucid 5 1893 1897 0 54 171 151 29 36 4 4 0 17 1 14 22 .238 .311 .318 .629 Jun 25 Houston, TX, USA
31 Joe Marshall 2 1903 1906 0 43 125 118 4 21 2 4 0 9 0 6 .178 .224 .263 .487 Sep 11 Santa Monica, CA, USA
32 C.V. Matteson 1 1884 1884 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Dec 18 Seville, OH, USA
33 Mike Mattimore 4 1887 1890 0 124 497 451 57 92 10 9 1 36 34 40 29 .204 .278 .273 .550 Apr 28 Butte, MT, USA
34 Jimmy McAleer 13 1889 1907 0 1020 4414 3977 619 1007 114 39 12 469 262 365 290 .253 .322 .311 .632 Apr 29 Youngstown, OH, USA
35 Jack McCarthy 12 1893 1907 0 1091 4640 4195 550 1203 171 66 7 474 145 268 13 .287 .333 .364 .697 Sep 11 Chicago, IL, USA
36 Frank Meinke 2 1884 1885 0 93 350 344 28 56 5 7 6 24 6 90 .163 .177 .270 .447 Nov 8 Chicago, IL, USA
37 Bob Miller 2 1890 1891 0 22 61 58 4 8 1 0 0 4 0 3 5 .138 .180 .155 .336 May 23 Newark, NJ, USA
38 Doc Newton 8 1900 1909 0 179 481 436 43 75 5 1 0 34 6 31 .172 .227 .188 .415 May 14 Memphis, TN, USA
39 Al Niehaus 1 1925 1925 0 68 232 211 23 58 18 2 0 21 1 4 14 15 .275 .326 .379 .705 Oct 14 Cincinnati, OH, USA
40 George Noftsker 1 1884 1884 0 7 25 25 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .040 .040 .040 .080 May 8 Shippensburg, PA, USA
41 Bill O'Hara 2 1909 1910 0 124 437 380 49 88 9 3 1 32 31 42 3 .232 .311 .279 .590 Jun 15 Jersey City, NJ, USA
42 Bill Otey 3 1907 1911 0 24 36 34 4 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 .206 .229 .265 .493 Apr 23 Dayton, OH, USA
43 Dick Phelan 2 1884 1885 0 107 434 422 66 102 14 3 4 4 0 12 5 .242 .263 .318 .580 Feb 13 San Antonio, TX, USA
44 Hardy Richardson 14 1879 1892 0 1331 6029 5642 1120 1688 303 126 70 822 205 377 445 .299 .344 .435 .779 Jan 14 Utica, NY, USA
45 John Riddle 2 1889 1890 0 38 142 122 10 15 3 1 0 5 4 19 8 .123 .246 .164 .410 May 5 Camden, NJ, USA
46 Al Schulz 5 1912 1916 0 160 326 304 16 47 6 2 1 14 1 13 78 .155 .192 .197 .389 Dec 13 Gallipolis, OH, USA
47 Carl Sitton 1 1909 1909 0 14 15 13 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 .154 .267 .231 .497 Sep 11 Valdosta, GA, USA
48 Andy Sommerville 1 1894 1894 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jun 16 Jamaica, NY, USA
49 Jim Tyng 2 1879 1888 0 4 15 15 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .400 .733 Oct 30 New York, NY, USA
50 Bucky Veil 2 1903 1904 0 13 30 30 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 .233 .233 .267 .500 Apr 16 Altoona, PA, USA
Totals 221 1872 1925 0 12615 52106 48415 7816 12778 1909 802 335 5922 1791 20 3153 2726 .264 .312 .357 .669
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Pitching

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Rk Yrs From To ASG 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 George Bradley 11 1875 1888 0 171 151 .531 2.42 347 325 22 302 32 1 2940.0 3007 1696 790 45 195 620 0 139 8707 Oct 2 Philadelphia, PA, USA
2 Jack Chesbro HOF 11 1899 1909 0 198 132 .600 2.68 392 332 52 260 35 5 2896.2 2642 1209 864 39 690 1265 113 2 62 12013 Nov 6 Conway, MA, USA
3 Charlie Comiskey HOF 13 1882 1894 0 0 1 .000 0.73 4 1 2 1 0 0 12.1 13 9 1 0 3 6 0 0 0 17 Oct 26 Eagle River, WI, USA
4 Tex Covington 2 1911 1912 0 10 5 .667 4.10 31 15 7 7 1 0 147.0 152 76 67 2 63 48 13 1 7 622 Dec 10 Denison, TX, USA
5 Bob Edmondson 2 1906 1908 0 0 1 .000 4.50 2 1 1 1 0 0 10.0 10 8 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 Aug 14 Lawrence, KS, USA
6 Charlie Ferguson 1 1901 1901 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 May 17 Sault Ste.Marie, MI, USA
7 Chris Fulmer 5 1884 1889 0 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 Nov 9 Tamaqua, PA, USA
8 Oscar Graham 1 1907 1907 0 4 9 .308 3.98 20 14 6 6 0 0 104.0 116 66 46 3 29 44 10 1 6 451 Oct 15 Moline, IL, USA
9 George Harper 2 1894 1896 0 10 14 .417 5.43 28 20 7 14 0 0 172.1 234 156 104 7 88 46 0 0 10 0 Dec 11 Stockton, CA, USA
10 Joe Hornung 12 1879 1890 0 0 0 6.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 13 Oct 30 Howard Beach, NY, USA
11 Mickey Hughes 3 1888 1890 0 39 28 .582 3.22 75 70 4 63 2 0 623.2 594 386 223 12 235 250 0 0 5 2159 Apr 10 Jersey City, NJ, USA
12 John Kirby 5 1884 1888 0 18 50 .265 4.09 75 75 0 68 1 0 611.1 640 451 278 13 258 200 4 2 57 2487 Oct 6 St.Louis, MO, USA
13 Con Lucid 5 1893 1897 0 23 23 .500 6.02 54 50 4 36 3 0 375.0 482 340 251 15 204 65 0 0 13 0 Jun 25 Houston, TX, USA
14 C.V. Matteson 1 1884 1884 0 1 0 1.000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 9 11 6 1 3 3 0 0 Dec 18 Seville, OH, USA
15 Mike Mattimore 4 1887 1890 0 26 27 .491 3.83 58 51 7 50 5 1 490.2 515 364 209 12 184 132 14 0 13 835 Apr 28 Butte, MT, USA
16 Jimmy McAleer 13 1889 1907 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 Apr 29 Youngstown, OH, USA
17 Frank Meinke 2 1884 1885 0 8 24 .250 3.18 36 32 4 31 1 0 294.0 354 229 104 10 67 124 0 0 15 1337 Nov 8 Chicago, IL, USA
18 Bob Miller 2 1890 1891 0 5 12 .294 4.29 20 19 1 14 0 1 134.1 142 109 64 5 50 33 4 0 5 402 May 23 Newark, NJ, USA
19 Doc Newton 8 1900 1909 0 54 72 .429 3.22 177 139 33 99 8 3 1200.2 1179 611 430 17 416 502 68 1 28 1124 May 14 Memphis, TN, USA
20 Bill O'Hara 2 1909 1910 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Jun 15 Jersey City, NJ, USA
21 Bill Otey 3 1907 1911 0 1 5 .167 5.01 24 5 13 2 0 0 100.2 131 72 56 4 25 33 5 0 5 439 Apr 23 Dayton, OH, USA
22 Hardy Richardson 14 1879 1892 0 3 0 1.000 3.94 5 0 5 0 0 0 16.0 16 10 7 1 13 6 0 0 4 83 Jan 14 Utica, NY, USA
23 Al Schulz 5 1912 1916 0 47 62 .431 3.32 160 110 33 56 5 4 933.1 867 435 344 19 409 445 20 3 22 3876 Dec 13 Gallipolis, OH, USA
24 Carl Sitton 1 1909 1909 0 3 2 .600 2.88 14 5 7 3 0 0 50.0 50 22 16 1 16 16 2 0 1 208 Sep 11 Valdosta, GA, USA
25 Andy Sommerville 1 1894 1894 0 0 1 .000 162.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 6 6 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 Jun 16 Jamaica, NY, USA
26 Jim Tyng 2 1879 1888 0 1 2 .333 4.94 4 3 1 3 0 1 31.0 43 29 17 0 8 9 1 1 2 150 Oct 30 New York, NY, USA
27 Bucky Veil 2 1903 1904 0 5 3 .625 3.94 13 7 5 4 0 0 75.1 74 38 33 1 40 21 3 1 2 319 Apr 16 Altoona, PA, USA
Totals 133 1875 1916 0 627 624 .501 3.14 1546 1276 217 1020 93 16 11233.0 11278 6340 3924 207 3010 3868 257 12 402 35254
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Managers

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Rk Mgr Yrs From To G W L W-L% G>.500 BestFin WrstFin AvRk Date of Death Died
1 Jack Burdock 1 1883 1883 54 30 24 .556 6 1 1 1.0
2 Charlie Comiskey HOF 12 1883 1894 1410 840 541 .608 299 1 10 3.4
3 Roger Connor HOF 1 1896 1896 46 8 37 .178 -29 11 11 11.0
4 Fred Lake 3 1908 1910 349 163 180 .475 -17 3 8 5.5
5 Jimmy McAleer 11 1901 1911 1658 735 889 .453 -154 2 8 5.9
Totals 28 1883 1911 3517 1776 1671 .515 105 1 11 4.9
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