1938 Baseball Deaths

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Listing of baseball deaths for the 1938 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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Player Name	Death Date	Death Cause	Age	Pos	Ht	Wt	Ba	Th	Born Date	Place Of Birth	Draft Info	HiLvl	MLB Years	Stat Years
Luke Lutenberg	1938-12-24	---	74.079	1B-2B	6-2	225	R	R	1864-10-04	Quincy,IL		MLB	1894-1894	1894-1894
Bill Yohe	1938-12-24	---	60.112	3B	5-8	180	---	R	1878-09-02	Mount Erie,IL		MLB	1909-1909	1909-1909
Tom Kearns	1938-12-07	---	78.026	2B-C	5-7	160	R	R	1860-11-09	Rochester,NY		MLB	1880-1884	1880-1884
Guy Hecker	1938-12-03	---	82.242	P-1B	6-0	190	R	R	1856-04-03	Youngsville,PA		MLB	1882-1890	1882-1890
Polly Wolfe	1938-11-21	---	50.079	OF	5-10	170	L	R	1888-09-01	Knoxville,IL		MLB	1912-1914	1912-1914
Les Nunamaker	1938-11-14	---	49.291	C-1B	6-2	190	R	R	1889-01-25	Malcolm,NE		MLB	1911-1922	1911-1922
Andy Harrington	1938-11-12	---	49.362	P	6-0	193	R	R	1888-11-13	Wakefield,MA		MLB	1913-1913	1913-1913
Fred Hartman	1938-11-11	---	73.202	3B-SS	5-6	170	R	R	1865-04-21	Allegheny,PA		MLB	1894-1902	1894-1902
Chet Spencer	1938-11-10	---	55.250	OF	6-0	180	L	R	1883-03-04	South Webster,OH		MLB	1906-1906	1906-1906
Milt Scott	1938-11-03	---	77.288	1B-P	5-9	160	R	---	1861-01-17	Chicago,IL		MLB	1882-1886	1882-1886
Jerry Dorsey	1938-11-03	Heart attack	---	OF-P	---	---	L	---	---	---		MLB	1884-1884	1884-1884
Tom Daly	1938-10-29	---	72.262	2B-C	5-7	170	B	R	1866-02-07	Philadelphia,PA		MLB	1887-1903	1887-1903
Babe Towne	1938-10-29	---	58.229	C	5-10	180	R	R	1880-03-12	Coon Rapids,IA		MLB	1906-1906	1906-1906
George Borchers	1938-10-24	---	69.187	P-OF	5-10	180	R	R	1869-04-18	Sacramento,CA		MLB	1888-1895	1888-1895
Joe Knight	1938-10-16	---	79.017	OF-P	5-11	185	L	L	1859-09-28	Port Stanley,ON		MLB	1884-1890	1884-1890
Fred Doe	1938-10-04	---	74.167	P	5-10	165	R	R	1864-04-18	Gloucester,MA		MLB	1890-1890	1890-1890
Morgan Murphy	1938-10-03	---	71.230	C-1B	5-8	160	R	R	1867-02-14	East Providence,RI		MLB	1890-1901	1890-1901
Bill Rollinson	1938-09-28	---	82.108	C	---	---	---	---	1856-06-10	Fairfield,ME		MLB	1884-1884	1884-1884
Cy Ferry	1938-09-27	---	59.364	P	6-1	170	R	R	1878-09-27	Hudson,NY		MLB	1904-1905	1904-1905
Pink Hawley	1938-09-19	---	65.286	P-OF	5-10	185	L	R	1872-12-05	Beaver Dam,WI		MLB	1892-1901	1892-1901
Lee King	1938-09-07	---	44.162	OF-SS	5-10	160	R	R	1894-03-28	Waltham,MA		MLB	1916-1919	1916-1919
Gene Moore	1938-08-31	---	52.294	P	6-2	185	L	L	1885-11-09	Lancaster,TX		MLB	1909-1912	1909-1912
Red Hill	1938-08-11	---	45.201	P	---	---	B	L	1893-01-20	Marshall,TX		MLB	1917-1917	1917-1917
Jim Curry	1938-08-02	-	45.143	2B	5-11	160	R	R	1893-03-10	Camden,NJ		MLB	1909-1918	1909-1918
Tug Thompson	1938-08-01	---	81.328	OF-C	5-8	160	R	R	1856-09-05	London,ON		MLB	1882-1884	1882-1884
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 Carney	1938-07-31	-	64.127	OF	5-10	---	B	R	1874-03-25	St. Paul,MN		MLB	1904-1904	1904-1904
Doc Miller	1938-07-31	---	55.176	OF	5-10	170	L	L	1883-02-04	Chatham,ON		MLB	1910-1914	1910-1914
Bill Morgan	1938-07-28	---	80.283	OF-SS	---	---	---	---	1857-10-17	Baltimore,MD		MLB	1883-1884	1883-1884
Milt Reed	1938-07-27	---	48.021	SS-2B	5-9	150	L	R	1890-07-04	Atlanta,GA		MLB	1911-1914	1911-1914
Carl Spongberg	1938-07-21	---	54.059	P	6-2	208	R	R	1884-05-21	Idaho Falls,ID		MLB	1908-1908	1908-1908
George Dickerson	1938-07-09	---	45.218	P	6-1	170	R	R	1892-12-01	Renner,TX		MLB	1917-1917	1917-1917
Chief Roseman	1938-07-04	---	81.363	OF-1B	5-7	167	R	R	1856-07-04	Brooklyn,NY		MLB	1882-1890	1882-1890
Jerry Donovan	1938-06-27	---	61.295	C-OF	---	---	R	R	1876-09-03	Lock Haven,PA		MLB	1906-1906	1906-1906
Bumpus Jones	1938-06-25	---	68.173	P	---	---	R	R	1870-01-01	Cedarville,OH		MLB	1892-1893	1892-1893
Patrick Newnam	1938-06-20	---	57.190	1B	6-0	180	L	R	1880-12-10	Hempstead,TX		MLB	1910-1911	1910-1911
Josh Reilly	1938-06-12	---	70.033	2B-SS	5-8	160	R	R	1868-05-08	San Francisco,CA		MLB	1896-1896	1896-1896
Buck Thrasher	1938-06-12	---	48.309	OF	5-11	182	L	R	1889-08-06	Watkinsville,GA		MLB	1916-1917	1916-1917
Harry Lumley	1938-05-22	---	57.233	OF	5-10	183	L	L	1880-09-29	Forest City,PA		MLB	1904-1910	1904-1910
Silver King	1938-05-21	---	70.129	P-OF	6-0	170	R	R	1868-01-11	St. Louis,MO		MLB	1886-1897	1886-1897
Sam Childs	1938-05-21	---	76.195	1B	---	---	---	---	1861-11-06	East Hartford,CT		MLB	1883-1883	1883-1883
Buzz Murphy	1938-05-11	---	43.014	OF	5-8	155	L	L	1895-04-26	Denver,CO		MLB	1918-1919	1918-1919
Sun Daly	1938-04-30	---	73.112	OF	---	184	---	---	1865-01-06	Rutland,VT		MLB	1892-1892	1892-1892
Tim O'Rourke	1938-04-20	---	73.335	3B-SS	5-10	170	L	R	1864-05-18	Chicago,IL		MLB	1890-1894	1890-1894
Alex Beam	1938-04-17	---	68.146	P	---	---	---	---	1869-11-21	Johnstown,PA		MLB	1889-1889	1889-1889
Cristobal Torriente	1938-04-11	---	44.145	OF	---	---	L	L	1893-11-16	Cienfuegos,CU		---
J.B. Young	1938-04-06	---	80.299	P	---	---	---	---	1857-06-10	Pottsville,PA		MLB	1892-1892	1892-1892
Count Campau	1938-04-03	---	74.167	OF-1B	5-11	160	L	R	1863-10-17	Detroit,MI		MLB	1888-1894	1888-1894
Charlie Brown	1938-04-03	---	66.228	P	6-0	180	---	L	1871-08-17	Bluffton,IN		MLB	1897-1897	1897-1897
Dasher Troy	1938-03-30	---	81.324	2B-SS	5-5	154	R	R	1856-05-08	New York,NY		MLB	1881-1885	1881-1885
Al Burris	1938-03-25	---	64.055	P	---	---	R	R	1874-01-28	Warwick,MD		MLB	1894-1894	1894-1894
Player Name	Death Date	Death Cause	Age	Pos	Ht	Wt	Ba	Th	Born Date	Place Of Birth	Draft Info	HiLvl	MLB Years	Stat Years
Joe Dolan	1938-03-24	---	65.026	SS-2B	5-10	155	---	R	1873-02-24	Baltimore,MD		MLB	1896-1901	1896-1901
Bob Fothergill	1938-03-20	---	40.215	OF	---	230	R	R	1897-08-16	Massillon,OH		MLB	1922-1933	1922-1933
Milo Netzel	1938-03-18	---	51.309	3B-OF	---	---	L	L	1886-05-12	Eldred,PA		MLB	1909-1909	1909-1909
Hobe Ferris	1938-03-18	---	60.100	2B-3B	5-8	162	R	R	1877-12-07	Providence,RI		MLB	1901-1909	1901-1909
Rube Ellis	1938-03-13	---	52.115	OF	6-0	170	L	L	1885-11-17	Downey,CA		MLB	1909-1912	1909-1912
Rube Lutzke	1938-03-06	---	40.108	3B-2B	5-11	175	R	R	1897-11-17	Milwaukee,WI		MLB	1923-1927	1923-1927
Jack Taylor	1938-03-04	---	64.047	P-3B	5-10	170	R	R	1874-01-14	New Straitsville,OH		MLB	1898-1907	1898-1907
Walter Prince	1938-03-02	---	76.295	1B-OF	5-9	150	L	R	1861-05-09	Amherst,NH		MLB	1883-1884	1883-1884
Tex Jones	1938-02-26	---	52.204	1B	6-0	192	R	R	1885-08-04	Marion,KS		MLB	1911-1911	1911-1911
Mert Hackett	1938-02-22	---	78.102	C-OF	5-10	175	R	R	1859-11-11	Cambridge,MA		MLB	1883-1887	1883-1887
George Merritt	1938-02-21	---	57.311	OF-P	6-0	160	R	R	1880-04-14	Paterson,NJ		MLB	1901-1903	1901-1903
Lee Tannehill	1938-02-16	---	57.111	3B-SS	5-11	170	R	R	1880-10-26	Dayton,KY		MLB	1903-1912	1903-1912
Charlie Daniels	1938-02-09	---	76.222	P-OF	---	---	---	---	1861-07-01	Roxbury,MA		MLB	1884-1884	1884-1884
Mike Donovan	1938-02-03	---	56.107	3B-SS	5-8	155	R	R	1881-10-18	Brooklyn,NY		MLB	1904-1908	1904-1908
Charlie Chech	1938-01-31	---	59.278	P	5-11	190	R	R	1878-04-27	Madison,WI		MLB	1905-1909	1905-1909
Jim Gray	1938-01-31	---	75.176	SS-2B	---	---	---	R	1862-08-07	Pittsburgh,PA		MLB	1884-1893	1884-1893
Pop Rising	1938-01-28	---	66.025	OF-3B	---	---	R	R	1872-01-02	Industry,PA		MLB	1905-1905	1905-1905
Bill Hill	1938-01-28	---	63.178	P	6-1	201	L	L	1874-08-02	Chattanooga,TN		MLB	1896-1899	1896-1899
Larry Battam	1938-01-27	---	61.269	3B	5-11	166	---	---	1876-05-01	Brooklyn,NY		MLB	1895-1895	1895-1895
Jim Mutrie	1938-01-24	---	86.224	COACH	---	---	---	---	1851-06-13	Chelsea,MA		---
Herb Goodall	1938-01-20	---	71.162	P-OF	5-9	180	R	R	1866-08-10	Mansfield,PA		MLB	1890-1890	1890-1890
Bill Everitt	1938-01-19	---	69.035	1B-3B	6-0	185	L	R	1868-12-13	Fort Wayne,IN		MLB	1895-1901	1895-1901
Earl Clark	1938-01-16	---	30.071	OF	5-10	160	R	R	1907-11-06	Washington,DC		MLB	1927-1934	1927-1934
Joe Sommer	1938-01-16	---	79.056	OF-3B	5-11	165	R	R	1858-11-20	Covington,KY		MLB	1880-1890	1880-1890
Dupee Shaw	1938-01-12	---	78.225	P-OF	5-8	165	L	L	1859-05-31	Charlestown,MA		MLB	1883-1888	1883-1888
Player Name	Death Date	Death Cause	Age	Pos	Ht	Wt	Ba	Th	Born Date	Place Of Birth	Draft Info	HiLvl	MLB Years	Stat Years
Frank Sexton	1938-01-04	---	65.178	P-2B	---	160	---	---	1872-07-08	Brockton,MA		MLB	1895-1895	1895-1895
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