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1931 Major League Baseball Died this Year

1930 MLB  / 1932 MLB  Died this Year

Batting

Pitchers 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 Jack Bellman 1 1889 1889 0 0.06 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 Dec 8 Louisville, KY, United States
2 George Bradley 11 1875 1888 0 1.55 567 2298 2258 272 518 64 38 3 172 5 3 40 151 .229 .243 .295 .538 Oct 2 Philadelphia, PA, United States
3 Sam Brown 2 1906 1907 0 -0.22 141 487 439 29 88 12 1 0 34 4 25 43 .200 .256 .232 .489 Nov 8 Mount Pleasant, PA, United States
4 Jack Burdock 18 1872 1891 0 14.89 1187 5065 4915 778 1231 164 50 18 501 59 15 140 367 .250 .273 .315 .588 Nov 27 Brooklyn, NY, United States
5 Jack Chesbro HOF 11 1899 1909 0 0.23 393 1151 1103 85 217 37 13 5 82 5 25 269 .197 .216 .267 .483 Nov 6 Conway, MA, United States
6 Charlie Comiskey HOF 13 1882 1894 0 7.63 1390 6040 5796 992 1529 207 68 28 883 416 197 132 .264 .293 .337 .630 Oct 26 Eagle River, WI, United States
7 Roger Connor HOF 18 1880 1897 0 84.16 1998 8847 7797 1620 2467 441 233 138 1323 244 1002 455 .316 .397 .486 .883 Jan 4 Waterbury, CT, United States
8 Tex Covington 2 1911 1912 0 -0.02 31 52 47 7 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 12 .170 .250 .191 .441 Dec 10 Denison, TX, United States
9 Clarence Cross 2 1884 1887 0 -0.17 45 177 164 23 37 4 1 0 5 0 10 3 .226 .282 .262 .545 Jun 23 Seattle, WA, United States
10 George Daisy 1 1884 1884 0 -0.09 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Apr 17 Cumberland, MD, United States
11 Babe Danzig 1 1909 1909 0 -0.03 6 16 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .154 .313 .154 .466 Jul 14 San Francisco, CA, United States
12 Pop Dillon 5 1899 1904 0 0.92 312 1283 1181 146 298 44 16 1 116 34 78 63 .252 .299 .319 .618 Sep 12 Pasadena, CA, United States
13 Alexander Donoghue 1 1891 1891 0 0.19 6 24 22 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 .318 .375 .364 .739 Jul 11 Pittsburgh, PA, United States
14 Conny Doyle 2 1883 1884 0 -0.19 31 128 126 11 32 6 4 0 3 2 15 .254 .266 .365 .631 Jul 29 El Paso, TX, United States
15 Lee Dressen 2 1914 1918 0 -0.16 77 251 210 26 43 3 3 0 10 4 32 30 .205 .316 .248 .563 Jun 30 Diller, NE, United States
16 Bob Edmundson 2 1906 1908 0 -0.11 29 91 83 6 16 4 1 0 2 0 7 18 .193 .264 .265 .529 Aug 14 Lawrence, KS, United States
17 Ben Ellis 1 1896 1896 0 -0.30 4 19 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .063 .211 .063 .273 Jul 26 Schenectady, NY, United States
18 Charlie Ferguson 1 1901 1901 0 -0.02 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 May 17 Sault Ste. Marie, MI, United States
19 Ed Ford 1 1884 1884 0 -0.09 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jun 8 Richmond, VA, United States
20 Chris Fulmer 5 1884 1889 0 6.51 252 1004 876 176 216 37 9 1 85 76 122 65 .247 .343 .313 .655 Nov 9 Tamaqua, PA, United States
21 Joe Gannon 1 1898 1898 0 -0.06 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Mar 19 St. Louis, MO, United States
22 Tinsley Ginn 1 1914 1914 0 -0.03 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 30 Atlanta, GA, United States
23 Oscar Graham 1 1907 1907 0 0.50 26 52 48 7 11 1 2 1 4 1 2 9 .229 .275 .396 .670 Oct 15 Moline, IL, United States
24 Tom Gunning 6 1884 1889 0 -1.21 146 558 537 79 110 12 4 2 46 38 16 84 .205 .235 .253 .488 Mar 17 Fall River, MA, United States
25 Charlie Hamburg 1 1890 1890 0 1.77 133 560 485 93 132 22 2 3 77 46 69 .272 .370 .344 .714 May 18 Union, NJ, United States
26 George Harper 2 1894 1896 0 -0.30 28 87 77 12 12 2 1 0 6 0 10 10 .156 .253 .208 .461 Dec 11 Stockton, CA, United States
27 Joe Hornung 12 1879 1890 0 7.75 1123 4918 4784 787 1230 172 90 31 564 159 120 498 .257 .277 .350 .627 Oct 30 New York, NY, United States
28 Mickey Hughes 3 1888 1890 0 -1.15 75 263 249 18 34 5 0 0 17 3 14 43 .137 .183 .157 .339 Apr 10 Jersey City, NJ, United States
29 Billy Kinloch 1 1895 1895 0 -0.01 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 Feb 15 New York, NY, United States
30 John Kirby 5 1884 1888 0 -2.67 76 261 256 17 27 4 2 0 7 0 4 81 .105 .123 .137 .259 Oct 6 St. Louis, MO, United States
31 Fred Lake 5 1891 1910 0 -0.08 48 149 125 12 29 6 0 1 16 4 17 18 .232 .342 .304 .646 Nov 24 Boston, MA, United States
32 Pete Lamer 2 1902 1907 0 -0.06 3 11 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .182 .182 .182 .364 Oct 24 Brooklyn, NY, United States
33 Con Lucid 5 1893 1897 0 0.19 54 171 151 29 36 4 4 0 17 1 14 24 .238 .311 .318 .629 Jun 25 Houston, TX, United States
34 Joe Marshall 2 1903 1906 0 -0.81 43 125 118 4 21 2 4 0 9 0 6 22 .178 .224 .263 .487 Sep 11 Santa Monica, CA, United States
35 C.V. Matteson 1 1884 1884 0 -0.08 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Dec 18 Seville, OH, United States
36 Mike Mattimore 4 1887 1890 0 -0.13 124 497 451 57 92 10 9 1 36 34 40 52 .204 .278 .273 .550 Apr 28 Butte, MT, United States
37 Jimmy McAleer 13 1889 1907 0 1.42 1021 4423 3981 620 1008 114 40 11 469 262 365 329 .253 .322 .310 .632 Apr 29 Youngstown, OH, United States
38 Frank Meinke 2 1884 1885 0 -1.47 93 350 344 28 56 5 7 6 24 6 90 .163 .177 .270 .447 Nov 8 Chicago, IL, United States
39 Bob Miller 2 1890 1891 0 -0.32 22 61 58 4 8 1 0 0 4 0 3 5 .138 .180 .155 .336 May 23 Newark, NJ, United States
40 Doc Newton 8 1900 1909 0 -1.01 180 481 436 43 75 5 1 0 34 6 31 129 .172 .227 .188 .415 May 14 Memphis, TN, United States
41 Al Niehaus 1 1925 1925 0 -0.40 68 231 211 23 58 18 2 0 21 1 4 14 15 .275 .326 .379 .705 Oct 14 Cincinnati, OH, United States
42 George Noftsker 1 1884 1884 0 -0.51 7 25 25 0 1 0 0 0 0 .040 .040 .040 .080 May 8 Shippensburg, PA, United States
43 Bill O'Hara 2 1909 1910 0 0.73 124 437 380 49 88 9 3 1 32 31 42 43 .232 .311 .279 .590 Jun 13 Jersey City, NJ, United States
44 Bill Otey 3 1907 1911 0 0.03 24 36 34 4 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 11 .206 .229 .265 .493 Apr 22 Dayton, OH, United States
45 Dick Phelan 2 1884 1885 0 -1.56 107 434 422 66 102 14 3 4 4 12 5 .242 .263 .318 .580 Feb 13 San Antonio, TX, United States
46 Hardy Richardson 14 1879 1892 0 40.32 1331 6029 5642 1120 1688 303 126 70 822 205 377 445 .299 .344 .435 .779 Jan 14 Utica, NY, United States
47 John Riddle 2 1889 1890 0 -0.99 38 142 122 10 15 3 1 0 5 4 19 8 .123 .246 .164 .410 May 5 Camden, NJ, United States
48 Al Schulz 5 1912 1916 0 -0.72 160 326 304 16 47 6 2 1 14 1 0 13 81 .155 .192 .197 .389 Dec 13 Gallipolis, OH, United States
49 Carl Sitton 1 1909 1909 0 0.04 14 15 13 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 .154 .267 .231 .497 Sep 11 Valdosta, GA, United States
50 Andy Sommerville 1 1894 1894 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jun 16 Jamaica, NY, United States
51 Jim Tyng 2 1879 1888 0 0.09 4 15 15 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .400 .733 Oct 30 New York, NY, United States
52 Bucky Veil 2 1903 1904 0 0.00 13 30 30 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 .233 .233 .267 .500 Apr 16 Altoona, PA, United States

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 George Bradley 11 1875 1888 0 21.39 171 151 .531 2.43 347 325 23 302 33 2 2940.0 3009 1696 795 45 196 671 0 189 12377 Oct 2 Philadelphia, PA, United States
2 Jack Chesbro HOF 11 1899 1909 0 41.20 198 132 .600 2.68 392 332 52 260 35 5 2896.2 2647 1206 864 39 690 1265 113 2 62 11632 Nov 6 Conway, MA, United States
3 Charlie Comiskey HOF 13 1882 1894 0 -0.03 0 1 .000 0.73 4 1 2 1 0 0 12.1 13 9 1 0 3 6 0 0 1 58 Oct 26 Eagle River, WI, United States
4 Tex Covington 2 1911 1912 0 1.46 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, United States
5 Bob Edmundson 2 1906 1908 0 -0.26 0 1 .000 4.50 2 1 1 1 0 0 10.0 10 8 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 40 Aug 14 Lawrence, KS, United States
6 Charlie Ferguson 1 1901 1901 0 0.13 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 May 17 Sault Ste. Marie, MI, United States
7 Chris Fulmer 5 1884 1889 0 -0.05 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, United States
8 Joe Gannon 1 1898 1898 0 -0.30 0 1 .000 11.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 13 13 11 0 5 2 1 0 0 45 Mar 19 St. Louis, MO, United States
9 Oscar Graham 1 1907 1907 0 -1.21 4 9 .308 3.98 20 14 6 6 0 0 104.0 116 66 46 3 29 44 10 1 6 447 Oct 15 Moline, IL, United States
10 George Harper 2 1894 1896 0 -0.75 10 14 .417 5.43 28 20 7 14 0 0 172.1 234 156 104 7 88 46 5 0 10 823 Dec 11 Stockton, CA, United States
11 Joe Hornung 12 1879 1890 0 0.01 0 0 6.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 13 Oct 30 New York, NY, United States
12 Mickey Hughes 3 1888 1890 0 2.27 39 28 .582 3.22 75 70 4 63 2 0 623.2 594 385 223 12 235 250 22 0 32 2706 Apr 10 Jersey City, NJ, United States
13 John Kirby 5 1884 1888 0 -0.44 18 50 .265 4.09 75 75 0 68 1 0 611.1 640 451 278 13 258 200 5 2 75 2720 Oct 6 St. Louis, MO, United States
14 Con Lucid 5 1893 1897 0 -1.48 23 23 .500 6.02 54 50 4 36 3 0 375.0 482 340 251 15 204 65 28 0 13 1798 Jun 25 Houston, TX, United States
15 C.V. Matteson 1 1884 1884 0 -0.40 1 0 1.000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 9 11 6 1 3 3 0 1 31 Dec 18 Seville, OH, United States
16 Mike Mattimore 4 1887 1890 0 -2.67 26 27 .491 3.83 58 51 7 50 5 1 490.2 514 364 209 12 184 132 31 0 45 2186 Apr 28 Butte, MT, United States
17 Jimmy McAleer 13 1889 1907 0 -0.20 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 6 Apr 29 Youngstown, OH, United States
18 Frank Meinke 2 1884 1885 0 -0.49 8 24 .250 3.18 36 32 4 31 1 0 294.0 354 229 104 10 67 124 0 15 1337 Nov 8 Chicago, IL, United States
19 Bob Miller 2 1890 1891 0 -0.89 5 12 .294 4.29 20 19 1 14 0 1 134.1 142 109 64 5 50 33 9 0 7 599 May 23 Newark, NJ, United States
20 Doc Newton 8 1900 1909 0 9.24 54 72 .429 3.22 178 139 34 99 8 3 1201.2 1179 611 430 17 416 503 70 0 28 5069 May 14 Memphis, TN, United States
21 Bill O'Hara 2 1909 1910 0 0.06 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Jun 13 Jersey City, NJ, United States
22 Bill Otey 3 1907 1911 0 -1.52 1 5 .167 5.01 24 5 13 2 0 0 100.2 131 72 56 4 25 33 5 0 5 439 Apr 22 Dayton, OH, United States
23 Hardy Richardson 14 1879 1892 0 0.06 3 0 1.000 3.94 5 0 5 0 0 0 16.0 16 10 7 1 13 6 0 4 83 Jan 14 Utica, NY, United States
24 Al Schulz 5 1912 1916 0 3.11 47 63 .427 3.32 160 110 33 56 5 4 933.1 867 440 344 19 409 445 20 3 22 3864 Dec 13 Gallipolis, OH, United States
25 Carl Sitton 1 1909 1909 0 0.15 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, United States
26 Andy Sommerville 1 1894 1894 0 -0.29 0 1 .000 162.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 6 6 0 5 0 0 0 1 7 Jun 16 Jamaica, NY, United States
27 Jim Tyng 2 1879 1888 0 -0.66 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, United States
28 Bucky Veil 2 1903 1904 0 0.45 5 3 .625 3.94 13 7 6 4 0 0 75.1 74 38 33 1 40 21 3 1 2 319 Apr 16 Altoona, PA, United States
Totals 134 1875 1916 0 67.89 627 626 .500 3.15 1548 1277 220 1021 94 17 11243.0 11297 6354 3940 207 3016 3922 338 11 533 47600

Managers

Batting / Pitchers Above
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
6 John Waltz 1 1892 1892 8 2 6 .250 -4 12 12 12.0
Totals 29 1883 1911 3525 1778 1677 .515 101 1 12 4.9


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