1923 Baseball Deaths

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Listing of baseball deaths for the 1923 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.

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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
Bill Donovan	1923-12-09	---	47.055	P-OF	5-11	190	R	R	1876-10-13	Lawrence,MA		MLB	1898-1918	1898-1918
Frank Pears	1923-11-29	---	57.089	P-OF	5-9	145	---	R	1866-08-30	---		MLB	1889-1893	1889-1893
Fred House	1923-11-16	---	33.042	P	6-3	190	R	R	1890-10-03	Cabool,MO		MLB	1913-1913	1913-1913
Mark Polhemus	1923-11-12	---	63.037	OF	5-6	185	---	---	1860-10-04	Brooklyn,NY		MLB	1887-1887	1887-1887
Buck Becannon	1923-11-05	---	64.074	P-3B	5-10	165	---	---	1859-08-22	New York,NY		MLB	1884-1887	1884-1887
Jack Nabors	1923-10-29	---	35.343	P	6-3	185	R	R	1887-11-19	Montevallo,AL		MLB	1915-1917	1915-1917
Jimmy Ryan	1923-10-26	---	60.256	OF-SS	5-9	162	R	L	1863-02-11	Clinton,MA		MLB	1885-1903	1885-1903
Warren McLaughlin	1923-10-22	---	47.272	P	---	---	---	L	1876-01-22	North Plainfield,NJ		MLB	1900-1903	1900-1903
Biff Sheehan	1923-10-21	---	55.249	OF-1B	5-9	165	L	R	1868-02-13	Hartford,CT		MLB	1895-1896	1895-1896
General Stafford	1923-09-18	---	55.230	OF-2B	5-8	165	R	R	1868-01-30	Thompson,CT		MLB	1890-1899	1890-1899
George Keerl	1923-09-09	---	76.150	2B	5-7	145	R	R	1847-04-10	Baltimore,MD		MLB	1875-1875	1875-1875
Dots Miller	1923-09-05	---	36.360	1B-2B	5-11	170	R	R	1886-09-09	Kearny,NJ		MLB	1909-1921	1909-1921
Frank McManus	1923-09-01	---	47.344	C	5-7	150	---	R	1875-09-21	Lawrence,MA		MLB	1899-1904	1899-1904
Jocko Milligan	1923-08-29	---	62.019	C-1B	6-0	192	R	R	1861-08-08	Philadelphia,PA		MLB	1884-1893	1884-1893
Jay Budd	1923-08-22	---	57.259	OF	---	---	---	---	1865-12-04	Groton,OH		MLB	1890-1890	1890-1890
Jim Scoggins	1923-08-16	---	32.027	P	5-11	165	L	L	1891-07-19	Killeen,TX		MLB	1913-1913	1913-1913
Bill Day	1923-08-16	---	56.017	P	5-8	150	---	R	1867-07-28	Wilmington,DE		MLB	1889-1890	1889-1890
Marty Hogan	1923-08-15	---	53.292	OF	5-8	145	R	R	1869-10-25	Wednesbury,EN		MLB	1894-1895	1894-1895
Nate Kellogg	1923-07-19	---	64.292	SS	5-9	175	L	R	1858-09-28	Rochester,IA		MLB	1885-1885	1885-1885
Joe Stabell	1923-07-10	---	---	OF-2B	---	---	---	---	---	Buffalo,NY		MLB	1885-1885	1885-1885
Tom Jones	1923-06-21	---	46.148	1B-2B	6-1	195	R	R	1877-01-22	Honesdale,PA		MLB	1902-1910	1902-1910
Bill Grevell	1923-06-21	---	25.106	P	5-11	170	R	R	1898-03-05	Williamstown,NJ		MLB	1919-1919	1919-1919
Claude Elliott	1923-06-21	---	46.214	P	6-0	190	R	R	1876-11-17	Pardeeville,WI		MLB	1904-1905	1904-1905
Cliff Carroll	1923-06-12	---	63.236	OF	5-8	163	B	R	1859-10-18	Clay Grove,IA		MLB	1882-1893	1882-1893
George Hall	1923-06-11	---	74.072	OF-1B	5-7	142	L	L	1849-03-29	Stepney,EN		MLB	1871-1877	1871-1877
Player Name	Death Date	Death Cause	Age	Pos	Ht	Wt	Ba	Th	Born Date	Place Of Birth	Draft Info	HiLvl	MLB Years	Stat Years
Bill Annis	1923-06-10	---	66.015	OF	5-7	150	R	R	1857-05-24	Stoneham,MA		MLB	1884-1884	1884-1884
Harry Billiard	1923-06-03	---	39.203	P	6-0	190	R	R	1883-11-11	Monroe,IN		MLB	1908-1908	1908-1908
Willard Mains	1923-05-23	---	54.318	P-OF	6-2	190	L	R	1868-07-07	North Windham,ME		MLB	1888-1896	1888-1896
Paul Sentell	1923-04-27	---	43.242	3B-2B	5-9	176	R	R	1879-08-27	New Orleans,LA		MLB	1906-1907	1906-1907
Joe Ellick	1923-04-21	---	69.016	OF-SS	5-10	162	---	---	1854-04-03	Cincinnati,OH		MLB	1875-1884	1875-1884
Jack Lynch	1923-04-20	---	66.072	P-OF	5-8	185	R	R	1857-02-05	New York,NY		MLB	1881-1890	1881-1890
Frank Keffer	1923-04-17	---	61.288	P	---	---	---	---	1861-07-01	Lancaster,PA		MLB	1890-1890	1890-1890
Gene Krapp	1923-04-13	---	35.335	P	5-5	165	R	R	1887-05-12	Rochester,NY		MLB	1911-1912	1911-1912
Jim Gill	1923-04-10	---	57.191	2B-OF	---	---	---	---	1865-09-29	Richmond,VA		MLB	1889-1889	1889-1889
Jay Faatz	1923-04-10	-	62.166	1B	6-4	196	R	R	1860-10-24	Weedsport,NY		MLB	1884-1890	1884-1890
Mortimer Hogan	1923-03-17	---	---	OF-SS	---	---	R	R	---	Chicago,IL		MLB	1884-1888	1884-1888
Pete Wood	1923-03-15	---	56.040	P-OF	5-7	185	R	R	1867-02-01	Dundas,ON		MLB	1885-1889	1885-1889
Goat Anderson	1923-03-15	---	43.060	OF-2B	---	---	L	R	1880-01-13	Cleveland,OH		MLB	1907-1907	1907-1907
Ducky Hemp	1923-03-03	---	60.065	OF	5-7	136	---	---	1862-12-27	St. Louis,MO		MLB	1887-1890	1887-1890
Jim Britt	1923-02-28	---	67.002	P-OF	5-6	---	---	---	1856-02-25	Brooklyn,NY		MLB	1872-1873	1872-1873
George Meakim	1923-02-17	---	57.219	P-OF	5-7	154	R	R	1865-07-11	Brooklyn,NY		MLB	1890-1895	1890-1895
George Tebeau	1923-02-04	---	61.038	OF-1B	5-9	175	R	R	1861-12-26	St. Louis,MO		MLB	1887-1895	1887-1895
Nick Wise	1923-01-25	---	56.223	C-OF	5-11	194	R	R	1866-06-15	Boston,MA		MLB	1888-1888	1888-1888
Fred Cooke	1923-01-22	---	---	OF	5-10	164	---	---	---	---		MLB	1897-1897	1897-1897
John Meister	1923-01-17	---	59.251	2B-OF	5-8	175	---	---	1863-05-10	Allentown,PA		MLB	1886-1887	1886-1887
Hugh Daily	1923-01-01	---	75.167	P-OF	6-2	180	R	R	1847-07-17	---		MLB	1882-1887	1882-1887
Willie Keeler	1923-01-01	---	50.302	OF-3B	5-4	140	L	L	1872-03-03	Brooklyn,NY		MLB	1892-1910	1892-1910
47 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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