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1987 Major League Baseball Died this Year

1986 MLB  / 1988 MLB  Died this Year

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 Jerry Adair 13 1958 1970 0 1165 4315 4019 378 1022 163 19 57 366 29 29 208 499 .254 .292 .347 .639 May 31 Tulsa, OK, USA
2 Jay Avrea 1 1950 1950 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jun 26 Dallas, TX, USA
3 Bud Bates 1 1939 1939 0 15 62 58 8 15 2 0 1 2 1 2 8 .259 .283 .345 .628 Apr 29 Long Beach, CA, USA
4 Boom-Boom Beck 12 1924 1945 0 266 350 327 17 61 14 0 0 20 0 0 4 46 .187 .196 .229 .426 May 7 Champaign, IL, USA
5 Hank Behrman 4 1946 1949 0 174 133 115 4 14 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 50 .122 .158 .130 .289 Jan 20 New York, NY, USA
6 Joe Bennett 1 1923 1923 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jul 11 Morro Bay, CA, USA
7 Huck Betts 10 1920 1935 0 311 489 437 29 86 5 0 0 19 0 0 25 63 .197 .244 .208 .452 Jun 13 Millsboro, DE, USA
8 George Blackerby 1 1928 1928 0 30 91 83 8 21 0 0 0 12 2 1 4 10 .253 .287 .253 .540 May 30 Wichita Falls, TX, USA
9 Zeke Bonura 7 1934 1940 0 917 4026 3582 600 1099 232 29 119 704 19 7 404 180 .307 .380 .487 .867 Mar 9 New Orleans, LA, USA
10 Jim Brewer 17 1960 1976 1 552 158 140 2 21 2 0 0 9 1 0 10 52 .150 .212 .164 .376 Nov 16 Tyler, TX, USA
11 Joe Burns 2 1910 1913 0 5 17 14 0 6 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 .429 .529 .429 .958 Jul 12 Beverly, MA, USA
12 John Burrows 2 1943 1944 0 30 6 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .500 .667 .500 1.167 Apr 27 Coal Run, OH, USA
13 Ed Busch 3 1943 1945 0 270 1000 917 80 240 21 6 0 75 7 7 62 28 .262 .311 .298 .608 Jan 17 St.Clair Co., IL, USA
14 Frank Callaway 2 1921 1922 0 43 105 98 12 25 1 3 0 8 1 0 2 24 .255 .277 .327 .604 Aug 21 Knoxville, TN, USA
15 Cam Carreon 8 1959 1966 0 354 1100 986 113 260 43 4 11 114 3 4 97 117 .264 .331 .349 .679 Sep 2 Tucson, AZ, USA
16 Ed Cihocki 2 1932 1933 0 34 107 98 6 14 2 3 0 9 0 0 7 16 .143 .200 .224 .424 Nov 9 Newark, DE, USA
17 Jocko Conlon 1 1923 1923 0 59 171 147 23 32 3 0 0 17 0 3 11 11 .218 .299 .238 .537 Aug 5 Falmouth, MA, USA
18 Dusty Cooke 8 1930 1938 0 608 2058 1745 324 489 109 28 24 229 32 25 290 276 .280 .384 .416 .800 Nov 21 Raleigh, NC, USA
19 Pete Cote 1 1926 1926 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Oct 17 Middleton, MA, USA
20 Paul Derringer 15 1931 1945 6 579 1355 1260 70 220 30 3 2 102 0 16 219 .175 .186 .208 .394 Nov 17 Sarasota, FL, USA
21 Jake Eisenhart 1 1944 1944 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dec 20 Huntingdon, PA, USA
22 Nino Espinosa 8 1974 1981 0 143 292 258 15 44 7 0 0 19 0 1 9 70 .171 .199 .198 .396 Dec 24 Villa Altagracia, D.R.
23 Larry French 14 1929 1942 1 570 1193 1057 83 199 27 5 1 84 3 48 210 .188 .226 .226 .452 Feb 9 San Diego, CA, USA
24 Snake Henry 2 1922 1923 0 29 81 75 6 14 4 1 0 7 2 2 3 9 .187 .218 .267 .485 Oct 12 Wendell, NC, USA
25 Babe Herman 13 1926 1945 0 1552 6226 5603 882 1818 399 110 181 997 94 0 520 553 .324 .383 .532 .915 Nov 27 Glendale, CA, USA
26 Frank Hiller 7 1946 1953 0 139 169 148 10 26 1 0 0 9 1 1 7 26 .176 .213 .182 .395 Jan 8 West Chester, PA, USA
27 Bobby Hogue 5 1948 1952 0 172 88 73 8 17 2 0 0 6 0 0 4 14 .233 .273 .260 .533 Dec 22 Miami, FL, USA
28 Bobo Holloman 1 1953 1953 0 22 22 19 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 .105 .105 .105 .211 May 1 Athens, GA, USA
29 Dick Howser 8 1961 1968 2 789 2937 2483 398 617 90 17 16 165 105 34 367 186 .248 .346 .318 .664 Jun 17 Kansas City, MO, USA
30 Travis Jackson HOF 15 1922 1936 1 1656 6679 6086 833 1768 291 86 135 929 71 13 412 565 .291 .337 .433 .770 Jul 27 Waldo, AR, USA
31 Jim Johnson 1 1970 1970 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 Dec 6 North Muskegon, MI, USA
32 Bob Kline 5 1930 1934 0 148 136 124 6 25 3 1 0 10 0 0 2 26 .202 .220 .242 .462 Mar 16 Westerville, OH, USA
33 Barney Koch 1 1944 1944 0 33 101 96 11 21 2 0 0 1 0 3 9 .219 .242 .240 .482 Jun 6 Tacoma, WA, USA
34 Hod Lisenbee 8 1927 1945 0 207 343 301 16 51 3 1 0 17 0 0 18 98 .169 .219 .186 .405 Nov 14 Clarksville, TN, USA
35 Fred Lucas 1 1935 1935 0 20 37 34 1 9 0 0 0 2 0 3 6 .265 .324 .265 .589 Mar 11 Cambridge, MD, USA
36 Frank Makosky 1 1937 1937 0 26 18 16 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .313 .353 .313 .665 Jan 10 Stroudsburg, PA, USA
37 Ernie Maun 2 1924 1926 0 36 15 15 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 Jan 1 Corpus Christi, TX, USA
38 Pete McClanahan 1 1931 1931 0 7 6 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 Oct 28 Mont Belvieu, TX, USA
39 Frank McElyea 1 1942 1942 0 7 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Apr 19 Evansville, IN, USA
40 Bill McGee 8 1935 1942 0 197 297 271 13 46 6 0 0 20 0 5 56 .170 .188 .192 .380 Feb 11 St.Louis, MO, USA
41 John McGillen 1 1944 1944 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Aug 11 Upland, PA, USA
42 Don McMahon 18 1957 1974 1 874 185 168 8 23 4 0 0 9 0 0 10 87 .137 .185 .161 .346 Jul 22 Los Angeles, CA, USA
43 John Mihalic 3 1935 1937 0 69 252 217 32 53 10 3 0 22 5 2 33 26 .244 .344 .318 .662 Apr 24 Ft.Oglethorpe, GA, USA
44 Elmer Miller 1 1929 1929 0 31 39 38 3 9 1 0 1 4 0 1 5 .237 .256 .342 .599 Jan 8 Corona, CA, USA
45 Dale Mitchell 11 1946 1956 2 1127 4357 3984 555 1244 169 61 41 403 45 47 346 119 .312 .368 .416 .784 Jan 5 Tulsa, OK, USA
46 Whitey Moore 7 1936 1942 0 133 173 156 7 16 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 31 .103 .125 .109 .234 Dec 10 Uhrichsville, OH, USA
47 Julio Moreno 4 1950 1953 0 73 114 106 5 14 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 17 .132 .156 .160 .316 Jan 2 Miami, FL, USA
48 Tom Morgan 12 1951 1963 0 443 266 247 21 46 4 1 5 12 0 0 5 73 .186 .202 .271 .474 Jan 13 Anaheim, CA, USA
49 Bud Morse 1 1929 1929 0 8 27 27 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .074 .074 .074 .148 Apr 6 Sparks, NV, USA
50 Bots Nekola 2 1929 1933 0 11 5 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .750 1.250 Mar 11 Rockville Centre, NY, USA
51 Fred Newman 6 1962 1967 0 115 213 183 10 28 1 0 2 11 1 0 13 72 .153 .207 .191 .398 Jun 24 Framingham, MA, USA
52 Leo Norris 2 1936 1937 0 270 1055 962 109 252 51 7 20 112 7 60 132 .262 .307 .392 .699 Feb 13 Zachary, LA, USA
53 Rube Novotney 1 1949 1949 0 22 70 67 4 18 2 1 0 6 0 3 11 .269 .300 .328 .628 Jul 16 Redondo Beach, CA, USA
54 Dave Odom 1 1943 1943 0 22 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 Nov 19 Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
55 Wayne Osborne 2 1935 1936 0 8 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 Mar 13 Vancouver, WA, USA
56 Tony Rensa 6 1930 1939 0 200 579 514 71 134 26 5 7 65 5 2 57 54 .261 .338 .372 .710 Jan 4 Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA
57 Ken Richardson 2 1942 1946 0 12 38 35 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .114 .162 .143 .305 Dec 7 Woodland Hills, CA, USA
58 Jim Russell 10 1942 1951 0 1035 4145 3595 554 959 175 51 67 428 59 0 503 427 .267 .360 .400 .760 Nov 24 Orlando, FL, USA
59 Bill Schuster 5 1937 1945 0 123 287 261 27 61 11 3 1 17 6 23 23 .234 .296 .310 .606 Jun 28 ElMonte, CA, USA
60 George Selkirk 9 1934 1942 2 846 3322 2790 503 810 131 41 108 576 49 32 486 319 .290 .400 .483 .883 Jan 19 Ft.Lauderdale, FL, USA
61 Luke Sewell 20 1921 1942 1 1630 6041 5383 653 1393 272 56 20 696 65 44 486 307 .259 .323 .341 .665 May 14 Akron, OH, USA
62 Jack Sheehan 2 1920 1921 0 8 18 17 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .118 .167 .176 .343 May 29 W.Palm Beach, FL, USA
63 Joe Sherman 1 1915 1915 0 2 7 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 .333 .429 .333 .762 Dec 21 Cape Coral, FL, USA
64 Bob Smith 15 1923 1937 0 742 1793 1689 154 409 64 17 5 166 16 13 52 110 .242 .265 .309 .574 Jul 19 Waycross, GA, USA
65 George Smith 4 1963 1966 0 217 706 634 64 130 27 6 9 57 9 0 59 142 .205 .277 .309 .586 Jun 15 St.Petersburg, FL, USA
66 Bill Upton 1 1954 1954 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jan 2 San Diego, CA, USA
67 Kermit Wahl 5 1944 1951 0 231 727 642 58 145 23 6 3 50 3 1 68 72 .226 .302 .294 .596 Sep 16 Tucson, AZ, USA
68 Phil Weintraub 7 1933 1945 0 444 1630 1382 215 407 67 19 32 207 4 232 182 .295 .398 .440 .838 Jun 21 Palm Springs, CA, USA
69 Don White 2 1948 1949 0 143 467 422 41 98 20 2 1 38 2 1 33 28 .232 .291 .296 .587 Jun 15 Carlsbad, CA, USA
70 Pinky Whitney 12 1928 1939 1 1539 6317 5765 696 1701 303 56 93 927 45 400 438 .295 .343 .415 .758 Sep 1 Center, TX, USA
71 Tom Winsett 7 1930 1938 0 230 644 566 60 134 25 5 8 76 3 0 69 113 .237 .325 .341 .666 Jul 20 Memphis, TN, USA
72 Hughie Wise 1 1930 1930 0 2 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 Jul 21 Plantation, FL, USA
Totals 395 1910 1981 18 21788 67696 60588 7820 16396 2856 656 970 7855 696 270 5506 6248 .271 .333 .387 .721
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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 Jay Avrea 1 1950 1950 0 0 0 3.38 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 6 2 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 25 Jun 26 Dallas, TX, USA
2 Boom-Boom Beck 12 1924 1945 0 38 69 .355 4.30 265 100 94 44 3 6 1034.0 1121 561 494 63 342 352 42 1 10 4545 May 7 Champaign, IL, USA
3 Hank Behrman 4 1946 1949 0 24 17 .585 4.40 174 27 62 5 2 19 429.2 427 254 210 31 228 189 7 2 13 1903 Jan 20 New York, NY, USA
4 Huck Betts 10 1920 1935 0 61 68 .473 3.93 307 125 128 53 8 16 1366.1 1581 716 596 83 321 323 23 1 12 5916 Jun 13 Millsboro, DE, USA
5 Jim Brewer 17 1960 1976 1 69 65 .515 3.07 584 35 351 1 1 132 1040.2 898 401 355 92 360 77 810 10 3 41 4298 Nov 16 Tyler, TX, USA
6 John Burrows 2 1943 1944 0 0 3 .000 5.61 30 2 17 0 0 2 43.1 40 31 27 0 28 22 3 0 1 199 Apr 27 Coal Run, OH, USA
7 Paul Derringer 15 1931 1945 6 223 212 .513 3.46 579 445 98 251 32 29 3645.0 3912 1652 1401 158 761 1507 32 2 50 15391 Nov 17 Sarasota, FL, USA
8 Jake Eisenhart 1 1944 1944 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Dec 20 Huntingdon, PA, USA
9 Nino Espinosa 8 1974 1981 0 44 55 .444 4.17 140 126 3 24 5 0 820.1 865 414 380 85 252 30 338 14 8 7 3476 Dec 24 Villa Altagracia, D.R.
10 Larry French 14 1929 1942 1 197 171 .535 3.44 570 384 109 198 40 17 3152.0 3375 1440 1206 164 819 1187 42 4 34 13465 Feb 9 San Diego, CA, USA
11 Frank Hiller 7 1946 1953 0 30 32 .484 4.42 138 60 34 22 5 4 533.2 553 288 262 56 158 197 24 6 6 2281 Jan 8 West Chester, PA, USA
12 Bobby Hogue 5 1948 1952 0 18 16 .529 3.97 172 3 78 0 0 17 326.2 336 154 144 25 142 108 9 0 4 1418 Dec 22 Miami, FL, USA
13 Bobo Holloman 1 1953 1953 0 3 7 .300 5.23 22 10 1 1 1 0 65.1 69 41 38 2 50 25 1 1 2 305 May 1 Athens, GA, USA
14 Jim Johnson 1 1970 1970 0 1 0 1.000 8.10 3 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 8 6 6 0 5 1 2 0 1 2 33 Dec 6 North Muskegon, MI, USA
15 Bob Kline 5 1930 1934 0 30 28 .517 5.05 148 37 73 8 1 7 441.2 501 283 248 24 195 87 11 3 14 1972 Mar 16 Westerville, OH, USA
16 Hod Lisenbee 8 1927 1945 0 37 58 .389 4.81 207 107 55 48 4 1 969.0 1076 595 518 74 314 253 19 1 5 4251 Nov 14 Clarksville, TN, USA
17 Frank Makosky 1 1937 1937 0 5 2 .714 4.97 26 1 15 1 0 3 58.0 64 42 32 6 24 27 0 0 1 265 Jan 10 Stroudsburg, PA, USA
18 Ernie Maun 2 1924 1926 0 2 5 .286 6.19 36 5 18 0 0 1 72.2 103 60 50 6 28 14 2 0 3 347 Jan 1 Corpus Christi, TX, USA
19 Bill McGee 8 1935 1942 0 46 41 .529 3.74 197 102 37 31 9 6 853.0 861 422 354 53 355 340 6 2 16 3700 Feb 11 St.Louis, MO, USA
20 John McGillen 1 1944 1944 0 0 0 18.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 Aug 11 Upland, PA, USA
21 Don McMahon 18 1957 1974 1 90 68 .570 2.96 874 2 506 0 0 153 1310.2 1054 482 431 105 579 84 1003 34 5 75 5503 Jul 22 Los Angeles, CA, USA
22 Elmer Miller 1 1929 1929 0 0 1 .000 11.12 8 2 2 0 0 0 11.1 12 18 14 1 21 5 3 0 1 68 Jan 8 Corona, CA, USA
23 Whitey Moore 7 1936 1942 0 30 29 .508 3.75 133 60 42 18 4 4 513.1 450 243 214 25 292 228 24 1 9 2258 Dec 10 Uhrichsville, OH, USA
24 Julio Moreno 4 1950 1953 0 18 22 .450 4.25 73 45 15 14 0 2 336.2 349 181 159 31 157 119 7 1 3 1483 Jan 2 Miami, FL, USA
25 Tom Morgan 12 1951 1963 0 67 47 .588 3.61 443 61 204 18 7 64 1023.1 1040 467 410 95 300 34 364 40 3 12 4293 Jan 13 Anaheim, CA, USA
26 Bots Nekola 2 1929 1933 0 0 0 5.85 11 1 8 0 0 0 20.0 25 14 13 1 16 2 0 0 0 97 Mar 11 Rockville Centre, NY, USA
27 Fred Newman 6 1962 1967 0 33 39 .458 3.41 108 93 8 18 4 0 610.0 589 255 231 38 154 23 254 17 2 15 2512 Jun 24 Framingham, MA, USA
28 Dave Odom 1 1943 1943 0 0 3 .000 5.27 22 3 13 1 0 2 54.2 54 32 32 3 30 17 4 0 1 238 Nov 19 Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
29 Wayne Osborne 2 1935 1936 0 1 1 .500 5.91 7 3 2 0 0 0 21.1 32 14 14 1 9 9 0 0 1 103 Mar 13 Vancouver, WA, USA
30 Joe Sherman 1 1915 1915 0 1 0 1.000 2.40 2 1 1 1 0 0 15.0 15 4 4 0 1 5 2 0 0 61 Dec 21 Cape Coral, FL, USA
31 Bob Smith 15 1923 1937 0 106 139 .433 3.94 435 229 156 128 16 40 2246.1 2472 1139 983 132 670 618 18 4 11 9652 Jul 19 Waycross, GA, USA
32 Bill Upton 1 1954 1954 0 0 0 1.80 2 0 2 0 0 1 5.0 6 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 22 Jan 2 San Diego, CA, USA
33 Tom Winsett 7 1930 1938 0 0 0 18.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 Jul 20 Memphis, TN, USA
Totals 200 1915 1981 9 1174 1198 .495 3.78 5722 2069 2135 885 142 526 21033.1 21898 10216 8833 1355 6620 249 8409 394 51 351 90094
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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 Dusty Cooke 1 1948 1948 13 6 6 .500 0 6 6 6.0
2 Dick Howser 8 1978 1986 933 507 425 .544 82 1 3 1.5
3 Luke Sewell 10 1941 1952 1259 606 644 .485 -38 1 7 4.8
Totals 19 1941 1986 2205 1119 1075 .510 44 1 7 3.4
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