1945 Baseball Deaths

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Listing of baseball deaths for the 1945 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
Cy Swaim	1945-12-27	---	71.290	P	6-6	180	---	---	1874-03-11	Cadwallader,OH		MLB	1897-1898	1897-1898
Gene Cocreham	1945-12-27	---	61.041	P	6-3	192	R	R	1884-11-14	Luling,TX		MLB	1913-1915	1913-1915
Frank Lange	1945-12-26	---	62.058	P	5-11	180	R	R	1883-10-28	Columbia,WI		MLB	1910-1913	1910-1913
Bill Crouch	1945-12-22	---	59.018	P	6-1	210	L	L	1886-12-03	Marshallton,DE		MLB	1910-1910	1910-1910
Tom Hess	1945-12-15	---	70.121	C	5-7	157	---	R	1875-08-15	Brooklyn,NY		MLB	1892-1892	1892-1892
Connie Murphy	1945-12-14	---	75.042	C	5-8	155	L	R	1870-11-01	Northfield,MA		MLB	1893-1894	1893-1894
Henry Fournier	1945-12-08	---	80.120	P	5-9	160	---	L	1865-08-08	Syracuse,NY		MLB	1894-1894	1894-1894
Cal Crum	1945-12-07	---	55.132	P	6-1	175	R	R	1890-07-27	Cooks Mills,IL		MLB	1917-1918	1917-1918
Bill Kay	1945-12-03	---	67.291	OF	6-2	180	L	R	1878-02-14	New Castle,VA		MLB	1907-1907	1907-1907
Ham Patterson	1945-11-25	---	68.042	1B-OF	6-2	185	R	R	1877-10-13	Belleville,IL		MLB	1909-1909	1909-1909
Dick Carroll	1945-11-22	---	61.122	P	6-2	---	R	R	1884-07-21	Cleveland,OH		MLB	1909-1909	1909-1909
Morrie Rath	1945-11-18	---	58.327	2B-3B	5-8	160	L	R	1886-12-25	Mobeetie,TX		MLB	1909-1920	1909-1920
Jake Northrop	1945-11-16	---	57.254	P	5-11	170	L	R	1888-03-05	Monroeton,PA		MLB	1918-1919	1918-1919
Elmer Smith	1945-11-03	---	77.223	OF-P	5-11	178	L	L	1868-03-23	Pittsburgh,PA		MLB	1886-1901	1886-1901
George Hale	1945-11-01	---	51.089	C	5-10	160	R	R	1894-08-03	Dexter,KS		MLB	1914-1918	1914-1918
Jack Hannifin	1945-10-27	---	62.243	3B-SS	5-11	167	R	R	1883-02-25	Holyoke,MA		MLB	1906-1908	1906-1908
Taylor Shafer	1945-10-27	---	79.105	2B-OF	5-7	155	L	R	1866-07-13	Philadelphia,PA		MLB	1884-1890	1884-1890
Ernie Gust	1945-10-26	---	57.274	1B	6-0	170	R	R	1888-01-24	Bay City,MI		MLB	1911-1911	1911-1911
Ernie Baker	1945-10-25	-	70.077	P	5-10	160	R	R	1875-08-08	Concord,MI		MLB	1905-1905	1905-1905
Monte Pfyl	1945-10-18	---	61.158	1B	6-3	190	L	L	1884-05-11	St. Louis,MO		MLB	1907-1907	1907-1907
Hack Eibel	1945-10-16	---	51.313	OF-P	5-11	220	L	L	1893-12-06	Brooklyn,NY		MLB	1912-1920	1912-1920
Fred Tyler	1945-10-14	---	53.301	C	5-10	180	R	R	1891-12-16	Derry,NH		MLB	1914-1914	1914-1914
Henry Oxley	1945-10-12	---	87.280	C	5-11	163	R	---	1858-01-04	Covehead,PE		MLB	1884-1884	1884-1884
Bob Ganley	1945-10-09	---	70.168	OF	5-7	156	L	L	1875-04-23	Lowell,MA		MLB	1905-1909	1905-1909
George Van Haltren	1945-09-29	---	79.182	OF-P	5-11	170	L	L	1866-03-30	St. Louis,MO		MLB	1887-1903	1887-1903
Player Name	Death Date	Death Cause	Age	Pos	Ht	Wt	Ba	Th	Born Date	Place Of Birth	Draft Info	HiLvl	MLB Years	Stat Years
Lou Nordyke	1945-09-27	---	69.049	1B	6-0	185	R	R	1876-08-07	Brighton,IA		MLB	1906-1906	1906-1906
Bert Humphries	1945-09-21	---	64.359	P	5-11	182	R	R	1880-09-26	California,PA		MLB	1910-1915	1910-1915
Ducky Holmes	1945-09-18	-	62.071	C	5-10	160	R	R	1883-07-08	Dayton,OH		MLB	1906-1906	1906-1906
Cy Blanton	1945-09-13	---	37.068	P	5-11	180	L	R	1908-07-06	Waurika,OK		MLB	1934-1942	1934-1942
Cy Pieh	1945-09-12	---	58.347	P	6-2	190	R	R	1886-09-29	Waunakee,IL		MLB	1913-1915	1913-1915
Dave Zearfoss	1945-09-12	---	77.253	C	5-9	---	---	R	1868-01-01	Schenectady,NY		MLB	1896-1905	1896-1905
William Fischer	1945-09-04	---	54.185	C-1B	6-0	174	L	R	1891-03-02	New York,NY		MLB	1913-1917	1913-1917
Dusty Miller	1945-09-03	---	76.356	OF-SS	5-11	170	L	R	1868-09-10	Oil City,PA		MLB	1889-1899	1889-1899
Tommy Clarke	1945-08-14	-	57.095	C-1B	5-11	175	R	R	1888-05-09	New York,NY		MLB	1909-1917	1909-1917
Art Nichols	1945-08-09	---	74.025	C-1B	5-10	175	R	R	1871-07-14	Manchester,NH		MLB	1898-1903	1898-1903
Bobby Veach	1945-08-07	---	57.037	OF-P	5-11	160	L	R	1888-06-29	Island,KY		MLB	1912-1925	1912-1925
Snapper Kennedy	1945-07-31	---	66.271	OF	5-10	165	B	R	1878-11-01	Conneaut,OH		MLB	1902-1902	1902-1902
Frank Butler	1945-07-18	---	84.364	OF	5-7	155	L	L	1860-07-18	Savannah,GA		MLB	1895-1895	1895-1895
Tuck Turner	1945-07-16	---	78.152	OF-P	5-6	155	B	L	1867-02-13	---		MLB	1893-1898	1893-1898
Bill Barnes	1945-07-10	-	87.087	OF	5-10	175	---	---	1858-04-13	Shakopee,MN		MLB	1884-1884	1884-1884
Frank Grube	1945-07-02	---	40.176	C	5-9	190	R	R	1905-01-07	Easton,PA		MLB	1931-1941	1931-1941
Clarence Winters	1945-06-29	---	46.294	P	---	---	---	---	1898-09-07	Detroit,MI		MLB	1924-1924	1924-1924
Jack Mercer	1945-06-25	---	56.105	P	---	---	---	---	1889-03-10	Zanesville,OH		MLB	1910-1910	1910-1910
Bob Gandy	1945-06-19	---	51.297	OF	6-3	180	L	R	1893-08-25	Jacksonville,FL		MLB	1916-1916	1916-1916
Joe Visner	1945-06-17	---	85.262	OF-C	5-11	180	L	R	1859-09-27	Minneapolis,MN		MLB	1885-1891	1885-1891
Bill Kemmer	1945-06-08	---	71.204	3B-1B	6-2	195	R	R	1873-11-15	---		MLB	1895-1895	1895-1895
Fred Lewis	1945-06-05	---	86.234	OF-3B	5-10	194	B	R	1858-10-13	Buffalo,NY		MLB	1881-1886	1881-1886
Walter Carlisle	1945-05-27	---	61.324	OF	5-9	154	B	R	1883-07-06	Yorkshire,EN		MLB	1908-1908	1908-1908
Charlie Frye	1945-05-25	---	30.312	P	6-1	175	R	R	1914-07-17	Hickory,NC		MLB	1940-1940	1940-1940
Jake Atz	1945-05-22	---	65.324	2B-SS	5-9	150	R	R	1879-07-01	Washington,DC		MLB	1902-1909	1902-1909
Player Name	Death Date	Death Cause	Age	Pos	Ht	Wt	Ba	Th	Born Date	Place Of Birth	Draft Info	HiLvl	MLB Years	Stat Years
Pete Cregan	1945-05-18	---	70.034	OF	5-7	150	R	R	1875-04-13	Kingston,NY		MLB	1899-1903	1899-1903
Eddie Zimmerman	1945-05-06	---	62.121	3B	5-9	160	R	R	1883-01-04	Oceanic,NJ		MLB	1906-1911	1906-1911
Bill Stemmeyer	1945-05-03	---	79.361	P-1B	6-2	190	R	R	1865-05-06	Cleveland,OH		MLB	1885-1888	1885-1888
Joe Corbett	1945-05-02	---	69.148	P-OF	5-10	---	R	R	1875-12-04	San Francisco,CA		MLB	1895-1904	1895-1904
Jim Murray	1945-04-25	---	67.098	OF	5-10	180	R	L	1878-01-16	Galveston,TX		MLB	1902-1914	1902-1914
Chick Fewster	1945-04-16	---	49.156	2B-OF	5-11	160	R	R	1895-11-10	Baltimore,MD		MLB	1917-1927	1917-1927
Ted Cather	1945-04-09	---	55.323	OF-1B	5-10	178	R	R	1889-05-20	Chester,PA		MLB	1912-1915	1912-1915
Dick Cotter	1945-04-04	---	55.173	C	5-11	172	R	R	1889-10-12	Manchester,NH		MLB	1911-1912	1911-1912
Ray Tift	1945-03-29	---	60.280	P	5-10	155	L	L	1884-06-21	Fitchburg,MA		MLB	1907-1907	1907-1907
Jim Hughey	1945-03-29	---	76.020	P	6-0	---	---	R	1869-03-08	Wakeshma,MI		MLB	1891-1900	1891-1900
Sam Mertes	1945-03-11	---	72.215	OF-2B	6-0	225	R	R	1872-08-06	San Francisco,CA		MLB	1896-1906	1896-1906
Harry O'Neill	1945-03-06	Killed in World War II	27.302	C	6-3	205	R	R	1917-05-08	Philadelphia,PA		---
Paul Radford	1945-02-21	---	83.129	OF-SS	5-6	148	R	R	1861-10-14	Roxbury,MA		MLB	1883-1894	1883-1894
Charlie Heard	1945-02-20	---	73.020	OF-P	6-2	190	R	R	1872-01-30	Philadelphia,PA		MLB	1890-1890	1890-1890
John Munyan	1945-02-18	---	84.094	C-OF	---	---	---	---	1860-11-14	Chester,PA		MLB	1887-1891	1887-1891
Steve Behel	1945-02-15	---	84.100	OF	---	---	---	---	1860-11-06	Earlville,IL		MLB	1884-1886	1884-1886
Ervin Curtis	1945-02-14	---	83.048	OF	5-8	157	L	L	1861-12-27	Coldwater,MI		MLB	1891-1891	1891-1891
Jocko Halligan	1945-02-13	---	76.066	OF-C	5-9	166	L	---	1868-12-08	Avon,NY		MLB	1890-1892	1890-1892
Ham Iburg	1945-02-11	---	71.103	P	5-11	165	R	R	1873-10-30	San Francisco,CA		MLB	1902-1902	1902-1902
Tubby Spencer	1945-02-01	---	61.005	C-1B	5-10	215	R	R	1884-01-26	Oil City,PA		MLB	1905-1918	1905-1918
Gene Lansing	1945-01-18	---	47.006	P	6-1	185	R	R	1898-01-11	Albany,NY		MLB	1922-1922	1922-1922
Roy Radebaugh	1945-01-17	---	60.329	P	5-7	160	R	R	1884-02-22	Champaign,IL		MLB	1911-1911	1911-1911
Rube Ward	1945-01-17	---	65.344	OF	5-7	152	---	---	1879-02-06	New Lexington,OH		MLB	1902-1902	1902-1902
Ted Blankenship	1945-01-14	---	43.249	P	6-1	170	R	R	1901-05-10	Bonham,TX		MLB	1922-1930	1922-1930
Harry McNeal	1945-01-11	---	67.152	P	6-3	175	R	R	1877-08-11	Iberia,OH		MLB	1901-1901	1901-1901
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 Hobbs	1945-01-05	---	51.242	SS-2B	5-9	155	R	R	1893-05-07	Grants Lick,KY		MLB	1913-1916	1913-1916
George Stone	1945-01-03	---	67.121	OF	5-9	175	L	L	1877-09-03	Lost Nation,IA		MLB	1903-1910	1903-1910
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