1905 Baseball Deaths

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Listing of baseball deaths for the 1905 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
Jack Leary	1905-12-06	---	---	SS-OF	5-11	186	---	L	---	New Haven,CT		MLB	1880-1884	1880-1884
Bill Hanlon	1905-11-23	---	29.150	1B	6-0	175	R	---	1876-06-24	Los Angeles,CA		MLB	1903-1903	1903-1903
John Connor	1905-11-14	---	---	P	6-0	---	---	---	---	Nashua,NH		MLB	1884-1885	1884-1885
John Otten	1905-10-17	---	---	C-OF	---	175	---	R	---	---		MLB	1895-1895	1895-1895
Bill Sullivan	1905-10-08	---	---	P-OF	---	---	R	R	---	Providence,RI		MLB	1890-1890	1890-1890
Billy Taylor	1905-09-12	---	---	3B-2B	5-10	160	---	R	---	Butler,KY		MLB	1898-1898	1898-1898
Jerry McCormick	1905-09-11	---	43.253	3B-SS	5-11	178	---	---	1861-12-31	Philadelphia,PA		MLB	1883-1884	1883-1884
Pete Browning	1905-09-10	Asthenia	44.084	OF-3B	6-0	180	R	R	1861-06-17	Louisville,KY		MLB	1882-1894	1882-1894
Heinie Kappel	1905-08-27	---	---	SS-3B	5-8	160	R	R	---	Philadelphia,PA		MLB	1887-1889	1887-1889
George Snyder	1905-08-02	---	56.307	P	---	---	---	---	1848-09-28	Philadelphia,PA		MLB	1882-1882	1882-1882
Jim Tray	1905-07-28	---	45.163	C-1B	5-11	180	---	---	1860-02-14	Jackson,MI		MLB	1884-1884	1884-1884
Pete Dowling	1905-06-30	---	28.349	P	5-11	165	L	L	1876-07-15	St. Louis,MO		MLB	1897-1901	1897-1901
Harry East	1905-06-01	---	43.049	3B	---	---	---	---	1862-04-12	Decatur,IL		MLB	1882-1882	1882-1882
Paul Cook	1905-05-25	-	42.019	C-1B	5-10	185	R	R	1863-05-05	Caledonia,NY		MLB	1884-1891	1884-1891
Bill Goodenough	1905-05-24	---	---	OF	6-1	170	---	---	---	Watertown,NY		MLB	1893-1893	1893-1893
George Zettlein	1905-05-22	---	60.313	P-OF	5-9	162	R	R	1844-07-12	Williamsburg,NY		MLB	1871-1876	1871-1876
Ed Kennedy	1905-05-22	---	49.049	OF-2B	5-6	150	---	---	1856-04-01	Carbondale,PA		MLB	1883-1886	1883-1886
John Abadie	1905-05-17	-	50.193	1B	6-0	192	R	R	1854-11-04	Philadelphia,PA		MLB	1875-1875	1875-1875
Sam Gillen	1905-05-13	---	37.179	SS-3B	5-8	---	---	---	1867-11-14	Pittsburgh,PA		MLB	1893-1897	1893-1897
Al Mays	1905-05-07	---	39.354	P-OF	---	---	R	---	1865-05-17	Canal Dover,OH		MLB	1885-1890	1885-1890
Jackie Hayes	1905-04-25	---	43.301	C-OF	5-8	175	---	R	1861-06-27	Brooklyn,NY		MLB	1882-1890	1882-1890
Jim Gardner	1905-04-24	---	31.201	P-3B	---	---	---	R	1873-10-04	Pittsburgh,PA		MLB	1895-1902	1895-1902
Gus Krock	1905-03-22	---	38.316	P	6-0	196	R	R	1866-05-09	Milwaukee,WI		MLB	1888-1890	1888-1890
Dick Higham	1905-03-18	---	53.236	OF-C	5-8	171	L	R	1851-07-24	Ipswich,EN		MLB	1871-1880	1871-1880
Pete Meegan	1905-03-15	---	42.121	P-OF	---	160	---	---	1862-11-13	San Francisco,CA		MLB	1884-1885	1884-1885
Player Name	Death Date	Death Cause	Age	Pos	Ht	Wt	Ba	Th	Born Date	Place Of Birth	Draft Info	HiLvl	MLB Years	Stat Years
John Murphy	1905-03-07	---	---	P-OF	5-11	165	---	---	---	Philadelphia,PA		MLB	1884-1884	1884-1884
Stump Wiedman	1905-03-02	---	44.012	P-OF	5-7	165	R	R	1861-02-17	Rochester,NY		MLB	1880-1888	1880-1888
Tom Poorman	1905-02-18	---	47.126	OF-P	5-7	135	L	R	1857-10-14	Lock Haven,PA		MLB	1880-1888	1880-1888
Ralph Ham	1905-02-13	---	---	OF-3B	5-8	158	---	---	---	Troy,NY		MLB	1871-1871	1871-1871
Bill Eagan	1905-02-13	---	35.256	2B	---	---	---	---	1869-06-01	Camden,NJ		MLB	1891-1898	1891-1898
Ned Cuthbert	1905-02-06	---	59.230	OF-C	5-6	140	R	R	1845-06-20	Philadelphia,PA		MLB	1871-1884	1871-1884
Len Stockwell	1905-01-28	---	45.155	OF-C	5-11	165	R	R	1859-08-25	Cordova,IL		MLB	1879-1890	1879-1890
Fergy Malone	1905-01-01	---	---	C-1B	5-8	156	R	L	---	---		MLB	1871-1884	1871-1884
33 record(s)

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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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