1897 Baseball Deaths

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Listing of baseball deaths for the 1897 calendar year. Note that our tracking for deaths is not 100% complete and it is based on available public information as many former non-MLB player deaths may not be captured. The Cause of Death is not always available for a particular player.

Major Leaguers are in bold.

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Grid Filters		Major Leaguers PRO Players Drafted 1st Round Pick Hitters Pitchers
Player Name	Death Date	Death Cause	Age	Pos	Ht	Wt	Ba	Th	Born Date	Place Of Birth	Draft Info	HiLvl	MLB Years	Stat Years
Willard Brown	1897-12-20	---	---	1B-C	6-2	190	R	R	---	San Francisco,CA		MLB	1887-1894	1887-1894
Charlie Smith	1897-12-15	---	57.003	3B-2B	5-10	150	---	---	1840-12-11	Brooklyn,NY		MLB	1871-1871	1871-1871
Frank McGinn	1897-11-17	---	---	OF	---	---	---	---	---	Cincinnati,OH		MLB	1890-1890	1890-1890
Joe Sullivan	1897-11-02	---	27.300	SS-OF	5-10	178	---	---	1870-01-06	Charlestown,MA		MLB	1893-1896	1893-1896
Ollie Caylor	1897-10-19	---	47.309	COACH	---	---	---	---	1849-12-14	Dayton,OH		---
Milo Lockwood	1897-10-09	---	39.185	OF-P	5-10	160	---	---	1858-04-07	Solon,OH		MLB	1884-1884	1884-1884
Sam Moran	1897-08-27	---	26.345	P	---	160	---	L	1870-09-16	Rochester,NY		MLB	1895-1895	1895-1895
Tricky Nichols	1897-08-22	---	47.027	P-OF	5-7	150	R	R	1850-07-26	Bridgeport,CT		MLB	1875-1882	1875-1882
Jim McKeever	1897-08-18	---	36.120	C-OF	5-10	170	---	---	1861-04-19	Saint John,NB		MLB	1884-1884	1884-1884
Jack Scheible	1897-08-09	---	31.174	P	5-8	170	---	L	1866-02-16	Youngstown,OH		MLB	1893-1894	1893-1894
John Gilroy	1897-08-04	---	27.282	P-OF	---	---	---	---	1869-10-26	Washington,DC		MLB	1895-1896	1895-1896
Jake Seymour	1897-08-01	---	---	P	---	---	---	---	---	Pittsburgh,PA		MLB	1882-1882	1882-1882
Kid Baldwin	1897-07-10	-	32.250	C-OF	5-6	147	R	R	1864-11-01	Newport,KY		MLB	1884-1890	1884-1890
Charles Yingling	1897-04-13	---	31.127	SS	5-6	140	---	---	1865-12-07	Baltimore,MD		MLB	1894-1894	1894-1894
Bill Quarles	1897-03-25	---	26.273	P	6-3	---	---	---	1870-06-25	Petersburg,VA		MLB	1891-1893	1891-1893
Dave Anderson	1897-03-22	---	28.162	P	---	---	---	L	1868-10-10	Chester,PA		MLB	1889-1890	1889-1890
Andy Allison	1897-03-21	---	---	1B-OF	5-10	150	---	---	---	New York,NY		MLB	1872-1872	1872-1872
Wes Blogg	1897-03-10	---	---	C-OF	5-8	155	---	---	---	Norfolk,VA		MLB	1883-1883	1883-1883
Dave Foutz	1897-03-05	---	40.178	1B-OF	6-2	161	R	R	1856-09-07	---		MLB	1884-1896	1884-1896
Fleury Sullivan	1897-02-08	---	---	P-OF	---	---	---	---	---	East St. Louis,IL		MLB	1884-1884	1884-1884
Charles Radbourn	1897-02-05	---	42.056	P-OF	5-9	168	R	R	1854-12-11	Rochester,NY		MLB	1880-1891	1880-1891
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Player Name Name of the player. If not linked, then no profile on the site Death Date Published date of death (if available) Age Player's age for the selected season or as of a current date if in YY.DDD format. Pos Defensive Position Ht Height Wt Weight Ba Bats Th Throws Born Date Date of Birth for Player Place of Birth City,State or City,Country for birthplace Draft Info Year-DraftRound-Overall-Drafted by Team Abbreviation. Click the link to view picks for that round. Indicates most recent draft instance HiLvl Highest Level Reached MLB Years Up-to-date Range of Years played Stat Years Available range of years of statistics within the TBC system

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