Players Who Died on April 8
Players Who Died On April 8
| Rk | Name | Died | Yrs | From | To | WAR | ASG | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | SO | Franchises | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davey Lopes | 2026 | 16 | 1972 | 1987 | 42.4 | 4 | 1812 | 6354 | 1023 | 1671 | 155 | 614 | 557 | 833 | .263 | .349 | .388 | .737 | 107 | CHC,HOU,LAD,OAK | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Tony Blanco | 2025 | 1 | 2005 | 2005 | -0.9 | 0 | 56 | 62 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .177 | .215 | .274 | .490 | 30 | WSN | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Octavio Dotel | 2025 | 15 | 1999 | 2013 | 15.2 | 0 | 427 | 77 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .065 | .133 | .065 | .197 | -48 | 59 | 50 | 3.78 | 119 | 1.238 | 758 | 34 | 109 | 951.0 | 765 | 117 | 412 | 1143 | ATL,CHW,COL,DET,HOU,KCR,LAD,NYM,NYY,OAK,PIT,STL,TOR |
| 4 | Carl Boles | 2022 | 1 | 1962 | 1962 | 0.2 | 0 | 19 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 104 | SFG | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Al Veigel | 2012 | 1 | 1939 | 1939 | -0.4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 63 | 3.000 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ATL |
| 6 | Hersh Lyons | 2008 | 1 | 1941 | 1941 | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | STL | |||||
| 7 | Eddie Miksis | 2005 | 14 | 1944 | 1958 | -3.0 | 0 | 1042 | 3053 | 383 | 722 | 44 | 228 | 52 | 215 | .236 | .288 | .322 | .610 | 62 | BAL,CHC,CIN,LAD,STL | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Al Gettel | 2005 | 7 | 1945 | 1955 | 1.9 | 0 | 189 | 241 | 23 | 55 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4 | .228 | .244 | .266 | .509 | 41 | 38 | 45 | 4.28 | 89 | 1.390 | 184 | 79 | 6 | 734.1 | 711 | 72 | 310 | 310 | CHW,CLE,MIN,NYY,SFG,STL |
| 9 | Jesse Warren | 2003 | 5 | 1940 | 1948 | 0.4 | 0 | 55 | 185 | 28 | 51 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 12 | .276 | .320 | .346 | .666 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 7.94 | 65 | 1.588 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | BBB,CAG,KCM,MRS,SNH |
| 10 | Homer Peel | 1997 | 5 | 1927 | 1934 | -2.8 | 0 | 186 | 420 | 48 | 100 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 30 | .238 | .294 | .298 | .591 | 53 | PHI,SFG,STL | |||||||||||||
| 11 | Bob Cain | 1997 | 6 | 1949 | 1954 | 5.3 | 0 | 150 | 214 | 28 | 42 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | .196 | .246 | .243 | .489 | 31 | 37 | 44 | 4.50 | 93 | 1.487 | 140 | 89 | 8 | 628.0 | 618 | 51 | 316 | 249 | BAL,CHW,DET |
| 12 | Bill Kelly | 1990 | 2 | 1920 | 1928 | -1.0 | 0 | 32 | 84 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | .179 | .242 | .226 | .468 | 21 | OAK,PHI | |||||||||||||
| 13 | Andy Karl | 1989 | 5 | 1943 | 1947 | 5.0 | 0 | 197 | 95 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | .168 | .233 | .179 | .412 | 18 | 18 | 23 | 3.51 | 104 | 1.375 | 191 | 4 | 26 | 422.2 | 451 | 16 | 130 | 107 | ATL,BOS,PHI |
| 14 | Herman Roth | 1988 | 3 | 1923 | 1925 | -0.7 | 0 | 90 | 274 | 27 | 69 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 9 | .252 | .281 | .310 | .591 | 57 | BBB,CAG,DS,MB | |||||||||||||
| 15 | Joe Sullivan | 1985 | 5 | 1935 | 1941 | 1.1 | 0 | 152 | 208 | 14 | 43 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 9 | .207 | .240 | .221 | .461 | 26 | 30 | 37 | 4.01 | 98 | 1.529 | 150 | 55 | 5 | 588.0 | 601 | 25 | 298 | 216 | ATL,DET,PIT |
| 16 | William Dyke | 1984 | 1 | 1942 | 1942 | 0.1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 4 | JRC | |||||||||||||
| 17 | Alonzo Boone | 1982 | 11 | 1929 | 1947 | 1.7 | 0 | 56 | 116 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | .129 | .165 | .216 | .381 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 3.96 | 105 | 1.417 | 54 | 36 | 1 | 277.1 | 275 | 12 | 118 | 148 | BBB,CBE,CCU,JRC,MRS |
| 18 | Jim Peterson | 1975 | 3 | 1931 | 1937 | -0.4 | 0 | 41 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .172 | .273 | .207 | .480 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 5.27 | 82 | 1.665 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 109.1 | 140 | 9 | 42 | 29 | LAD,OAK |
| 19 | Gus Fisher | 1972 | 2 | 1911 | 1912 | 0.4 | 0 | 74 | 213 | 21 | 54 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 7 | .254 | .293 | .310 | .603 | 68 | CLE,NYY | |||||||||||||
| 20 | Lee Handley | 1970 | 10 | 1936 | 1947 | 6.2 | 0 | 968 | 3356 | 418 | 902 | 15 | 297 | 68 | 267 | .269 | .323 | .345 | .669 | 84 | CIN,PHI,PIT | |||||||||||||
| 21 | Win Noyes | 1969 | 3 | 1913 | 1919 | 0.5 | 0 | 49 | 74 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | .135 | .200 | .149 | .349 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 3.76 | 78 | 1.427 | 49 | 29 | 1 | 246.2 | 254 | 7 | 98 | 93 | ATL,CHW,OAK |
| 22 | Bob Pepper | 1968 | 1 | 1915 | 1915 | -0.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 178 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | OAK |
| 23 | Wesley Hardiman | 1966 | 1 | 1937 | 1937 | -0.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 39 | 2.500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | SL2 | |||||
| 24 | George Moriarty | 1964 | 13 | 1903 | 1916 | 13.4 | 0 | 1075 | 3671 | 372 | 920 | 5 | 376 | 251 | 234 | .251 | .303 | .312 | .616 | 84 | CHC,CHW,DET,NYY | |||||||||||||
| 25 | Jim Umbricht | 1964 | 5 | 1959 | 1963 | 4.1 | 0 | 88 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .179 | .357 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3.06 | 116 | 1.165 | 88 | 7 | 3 | 194.0 | 155 | 17 | 71 | 133 | HOU,PIT |
| 26 | Mickey O'Neil | 1964 | 9 | 1919 | 1927 | 2.6 | 0 | 672 | 1995 | 177 | 475 | 4 | 179 | 18 | 139 | .238 | .292 | .288 | .579 | 59 | ATL,LAD,MIN,SFG | |||||||||||||
| 27 | Fred Brickell | 1961 | 8 | 1926 | 1933 | -2.1 | 0 | 501 | 1448 | 221 | 407 | 6 | 131 | 19 | 106 | .281 | .335 | .363 | .697 | 75 | PHI,PIT | |||||||||||||
| 28 | Alfred Saylor | 1955 | 4 | 1941 | 1945 | 1.0 | 0 | 58 | 152 | 15 | 38 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9 | .250 | .292 | .263 | .555 | 68 | 9 | 11 | 3.59 | 102 | 1.258 | 31 | 20 | 0 | 198.0 | 214 | 9 | 35 | 75 | BBB |
| 29 | Willie Ludolph | 1952 | 1 | 1924 | 1924 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 4.76 | 92 | 1.235 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | DET |
| 30 | Whitey Guese | 1951 | 1 | 1901 | 1901 | -1.2 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .368 | .200 | .568 | 71 | 1 | 4 | 6.09 | 53 | 1.714 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 44.1 | 62 | 5 | 14 | 11 | CIN |
| 31 | Joe Cade | 1948 | 1 | 1929 | 1929 | -0.2 | 0 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .222 | .300 | .278 | .578 | 42 | 2 | 3 | 7.32 | 75 | 2.215 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 35.2 | 51 | 1 | 28 | 12 | BAG |
| 32 | Pat Bohen | 1942 | 2 | 1913 | 1914 | 0.2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 103 | 1.000 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | OAK,PIT |
| 33 | Bill Abstein | 1940 | 3 | 1906 | 1910 | -0.4 | 0 | 170 | 619 | 54 | 150 | 1 | 76 | 21 | 29 | .242 | .281 | .315 | .596 | 83 | BAL,PIT | |||||||||||||
| 34 | Dave Murphy | 1940 | 1 | 1905 | 1905 | -0.2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 10 | ATL | |||||||||||||
| 35 | Jimmy Macullar | 1924 | 6 | 1879 | 1886 | 1.6 | 0 | 449 | 1541 | 246 | 319 | 7 | 91 | 23 | 155 | .207 | .285 | .276 | .561 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 73 | 1.333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | BLO,CIN,SYR |
| 36 | Bill Moran | 1916 | 2 | 1892 | 1895 | -1.8 | 0 | 39 | 136 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 5 | .147 | .183 | .206 | .389 | 7 | CHC,STL |


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