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player name	death date	age	death cause	pos	ht	wt	ba	th	Born	place	hilvl	mlb years	stat years
Johnny Allen	1959-03-29	53.180	--	p	6-0	180	R	R	1905-09-30	Lenoir,NC	MLB	1932-1944	1932-1944
Sled Allen	1959-10-16	73.053	--	c	6-1	180	R	R	1886-08-23	West Plains,MO	MLB	1910-1910	1910-1910
Morrie Arnovich	1959-07-20	48.246	Coronary occlusion	of	5-10	168	R	R	1910-11-16	Superior,WI	MLB	1936-1946	1936-1946
Red Barnes	1959-07-03	54.189	--	of	--	158	L	R	1904-12-25	Suggsville,AL	MLB	1927-1930	1927-1930
Walter Beall	1959-01-28	59.182	--	p	5-10	178	R	R	1899-07-29	Washington,DC	MLB	1924-1929	1924-1929
Ralph Bell	1959-10-18	68.345	--	p	5-11	170	L	L	1890-11-06	Kahoka,MO	MLB	1912-1912	1912-1912
Clarence Berger	1959-06-30	64.240	--	of	6-0	185	L	R	1894-11-01	East Cleveland,OH	MLB	1914-1914	1914-1914
Frank Biscan	1959-05-22	39.069	--	p	5-11	190	L	L	1920-03-13	Mount Olive,IL	MLB	1942-1948	1942-1948
Don Black	1959-04-21	42.274	--	p	6-0	185	R	R	1916-07-20	Salix,IA	MLB	1943-1948	1943-1948
Jim Bottomley	1959-12-11	59.231	--	1b	6-0	180	L	L	1900-04-23	Oglesby,IL	MLB	1922-1937	1922-1937
Emmett Bowles	1959-09-03	61.031	--	p	6-0	180	R	R	1898-08-02	Wanette,OK	MLB	1922-1922	1922-1922
Herb Bradley	1959-10-16	56.286	Massive coronary thrombosis	p	6-0	170	R	R	1903-01-03	Agenda,KS	MLB	1927-1929	1927-1929
Dave Brain	1959-05-25	80.120	--	3b	5-10	170	R	R	1879-01-24	Hereford,EN	MLB	1901-1908	1901-1908
Fred Brainerd	1959-04-17	67.058	--	1b-3b	6-0	176	R	R	1892-02-17	Champaign,IL	MLB	1914-1916	1914-1916
Art Brouthers	1959-09-28	76.306	--	3b	6-1	--	--	R	1882-11-25	Montgomery,AL	MLB	1906-1906	1906-1906
Frank Bruggy	1959-04-05	67.335	--	c	5-11	195	R	R	1891-05-04	Elizabeth,NJ	MLB	1921-1925	1921-1925
Hal Bubser	1959-06-22	63.266	--	h	5-11	170	R	R	1895-09-28	Chicago,IL	MLB	1922-1922	1922-1922
Johnny Burnett	1959-08-12	54.283	--	ss-3b	5-11	175	L	R	1904-11-01	Bartow,FL	MLB	1927-1935	1927-1935
Bruce Caldwell	1959-02-15	53.007	--	of-1b	6-0	195	R	R	1906-02-08	Ashton,RI	MLB	1928-1932	1928-1932
Chappy Charles	1959-08-04	78.130	--	2b-ss	5-11	175	R	R	1881-03-25	Phillipsburg,NJ	MLB	1908-1910	1908-1910
Win Clark	1959-04-15	84.003	--	2b	5-10	175	R	R	1875-04-11	Circleville,OH	MLB	1897-1897	1897-1897
Boileryard Clarke	1959-07-29	90.282	--	1b-c	5-11	170	R	R	1868-10-18	New York,NY	MLB	1893-1905	1893-1905
Verne Clemons	1959-05-05	67.238	--	c	5-9	190	R	R	1891-09-08	Clemons,IA	MLB	1916-1924	1916-1924
Bob Coleman	1959-07-16	68.292	--	c	6-2	190	R	R	1890-09-26	Huntingburg,IN	MLB	1913-1916	1913-1916
Wid Conroy	1959-12-06	82.243	--	3b-of	5-9	158	R	R	1877-04-05	Camden,NJ	MLB	1901-1911	1901-1911
player name	death date	age	death cause	pos	ht	wt	ba	th	Born	place	hilvl	mlb years	stat years
Red Corriden	1959-09-28	72.023	--	ss-3b	5-9	165	R	R	1887-09-04	Logansport,IN	MLB	1910-1915	1910-1915
Ed Cotter	1959-06-14	54.344	--	3b-ss	6-0	185	R	R	1904-07-04	Hartford,CT	MLB	1926-1926	1926-1926
Lee Dashner	1959-12-16	72.234	--	p	5-11	192	B	L	1887-04-25	Renault,IL	MLB	1913-1913	1913-1913
Harley Dillinger	1959-01-08	64.069	--	p	5-11	175	R	L	1894-10-30	Pomeroy,OH	MLB	1914-1914	1914-1914
Ben Dyer	1959-08-07	66.173	--	3b-ss	5-11	170	R	R	1893-02-13	Chicago,IL	MLB	1914-1919	1914-1919
Howard Ehmke	1959-03-17	64.326	--	p	6-3	190	R	R	1894-04-24	Silver Creek,NY	MLB	1916-1930	1916-1930
Carter Elliott	1959-05-21	65.172	--	ss	5-11	165	L	R	1893-11-29	Atchison,KS	MLB	1921-1921	1921-1921
Ferd Eunick	1959-12-09	67.229	--	3b	5-6	148	R	R	1892-04-22	Baltimore,MD	MLB	1917-1917	1917-1917
Willy Fetzer	1959-05-03	74.311	--	h	5-10	180	L	R	1884-06-24	Concord,NC	MLB	1906-1906	1906-1906
Howie Fitzgerald	1959-02-27	56.287	--	of	5-11	163	L	L	1902-05-16	Eagle Lake,TX	MLB	1922-1926	1922-1926
Don Flinn	1959-03-09	66.110	--	of	6-1	185	R	R	1892-11-17	Bluff Dale,TX	MLB	1917-1917	1917-1917
Bill Friel	1959-12-24	83.265	--	2b-3b	5-10	165	L	R	1876-04-01	Renovo,PA	MLB	1901-1903	1901-1903
Johnson Fry	1959-04-07	57.137	--	p	6-1	150	R	R	1901-11-21	Huntington,WV	MLB	1923-1923	1923-1923
Dave Fultz	1959-10-29	84.152	--	of	5-11	170	R	R	1875-05-29	Staunton,VA	MLB	1898-1905	1898-1905
John Ganzel	1959-01-14	84.281	--	1b	6-0	195	R	R	1874-04-07	Kalamazoo,MI	MLB	1898-1908	1898-1908
Dinty Gearin	1959-03-11	61.146	--	p	5-4	148	L	L	1897-10-15	Providence,RI	MLB	1923-1924	1923-1924
Norwood Gibson	1959-07-07	82.116	--	p	5-10	165	R	R	1877-03-11	Peoria,IL	MLB	1903-1906	1903-1906
Frank Gilhooley	1959-07-11	67.029	--	of	5-8	155	L	R	1892-06-10	Toledo,OH	MLB	1912-1919	1912-1919
John Glaiser	1959-03-07	64.221	--	p	5-8	165	L	R	1894-07-28	Yoakum,TX	MLB	1920-1920	1920-1920
Joe Harris	1959-12-10	68.203	--	1b-of	5-9	170	R	R	1891-05-20	Coulters,PA	MLB	1914-1928	1914-1928
Frank Harter	1959-04-14	72.206	--	p	5-11	165	R	R	1886-09-19	Keyesport,IL	MLB	1912-1913	1912-1913
Bunny Hearn	1959-10-10	68.141	--	p	5-11	190	L	L	1891-05-21	Chapel Hill,NC	MLB	1910-1920	1910-1920
Fritz Henrich	1959-05-01	59.357	--	of	5-10	160	L	L	1899-05-08	Cincinnati,OH	MLB	1924-1924	1924-1924
Jake Hewitt	1959-05-18	88.345	--	p	5-7	150	L	L	1870-06-06	Maidsville,WV	MLB	1895-1895	1895-1895
Irv Higginbotham	1959-06-12	77.046	--	p	6-1	196	R	R	1882-04-26	Homer,NE	MLB	1906-1909	1906-1909
player name	death date	age	death cause	pos	ht	wt	ba	th	Born	place	hilvl	mlb years	stat years
Eddie Higgins	1959-02-14	70.331	--	p	6-0	174	R	R	1888-03-18	Nevada,IL	MLB	1909-1910	1909-1910
Hunter Hill	1959-02-22	79.245	--	3b	--	--	R	R	1879-06-21	Austin,TX	MLB	1903-1905	1903-1905
Jim Hitchcock	1959-06-23	47.360	--	ss	5-11	175	R	R	1911-06-28	Inverness,AL	MLB	1938-1938	1938-1938
Bill Hoffer	1959-07-21	88.254	--	p	5-9	155	R	R	1870-11-08	Cedar Rapids,IA	MLB	1895-1901	1895-1901
Lefty Hopper	1959-09-27	84.122	--	p	6-0	--	--	L	1875-05-27	Jersey City,NJ	MLB	1898-1898	1898-1898
Lefty Houtz	1959-02-15	83.163	--	of	5-10	170	L	L	1875-09-04	Connersville,IN	MLB	1899-1899	1899-1899
Frank Huelsman	1959-06-09	85.003	--	of	6-2	210	R	R	1874-06-05	St. Louis,MO	MLB	1897-1905	1897-1905
John Hummel	1959-05-18	76.043	--	2b-of	5-11	160	R	R	1883-04-04	Bloomsburg,PA	MLB	1905-1918	1905-1918
Bert James	1959-01-02	72.178	--	of	5-11	175	L	R	1886-07-07	Coopertown,TN	MLB	1909-1909	1909-1909
Fred Johnston	1959-07-14	60.004	--	3b-2b	5-11	170	R	R	1899-07-09	Charlotte,NC	MLB	1924-1924	1924-1924
Claude Jonnard	1959-08-27	61.276	--	p	6-1	165	R	R	1897-11-23	Nashville,TN	MLB	1921-1929	1921-1929
Nick Kahl	1959-07-13	80.093	--	2b	5-9	185	R	R	1879-04-10	Coulterville,IL	MLB	1905-1905	1905-1905
Chick Keating	1959-07-13	67.338	--	ss	5-9	155	R	R	1891-08-08	Philadelphia,PA	MLB	1913-1926	1913-1926
Elmer Koestner	1959-10-27	73.330	--	p	6-1	175	R	R	1885-11-30	Piper City,IL	MLB	1910-1914	1910-1914
Nap Lajoie	1959-02-07	84.154	--	2b	6-1	195	R	R	1874-09-05	Woonsocket,RI	MLB	1896-1916	1896-1916
Phil Lewis	1959-08-08	74.302	--	ss	6-0	195	R	R	1884-10-08	Pittsburgh,PA	MLB	1905-1908	1905-1908
Doc Marshall	1959-12-11	84.079	--	c-of	6-0	185	R	R	1875-09-22	Butler,PA	MLB	1904-1909	1904-1909
Ed McFarland	1959-11-28	85.116	--	c	5-10	180	R	R	1874-08-03	Cleveland,OH	MLB	1893-1908	1893-1908
Bill McGill	1959-08-07	79.037	--	p	6-2	185	R	R	1880-06-29	Galva,KS	MLB	1907-1907	1907-1907
Tom McGuire	1959-12-07	67.308	--	p	6-0	175	R	R	1892-02-01	Chicago,IL	MLB	1919-1919	1919-1919
Jim McHale	1959-06-17	83.181	--	of	5-11	165	R	R	1875-12-17	Miners Mills,PA	MLB	1908-1908	1908-1908
Vance McIlree	1959-05-06	61.203	--	p	6-0	160	R	R	1897-10-14	Riverside,IA	MLB	1921-1921	1921-1921
Otto Miller	1959-07-26	58.173	--	3b-2b	--	168	R	R	1901-02-02	Belleville,IL	MLB	1927-1932	1927-1932
Roy Mitchell	1959-09-08	74.140	--	p	5-9	170	R	R	1885-04-19	Belton,TX	MLB	1910-1919	1910-1919
Buck O'Brien	1959-07-25	77.076	--	p	5-10	188	R	R	1882-05-09	Brockton,MA	MLB	1911-1913	1911-1913
player name	death date	age	death cause	pos	ht	wt	ba	th	Born	place	hilvl	mlb years	stat years
Mike O'Neill	1959-08-12	81.338	--	of	5-11	185	R	R	1877-09-07	Galway,IR	MLB	1901-1907	1901-1907
Joe Ogrodowski	1959-06-24	52.216	--	p	5-11	165	R	R	1906-11-20	Hoytville,PA	MLB	1925-1925	1925-1925
Frank Okrie	1959-10-16	62.351	--	p	5-11	175	L	L	1896-10-28	Detroit,MI	MLB	1920-1920	1920-1920
Gene Packard	1959-05-18	71.308	--	p	5-10	155	L	L	1887-07-13	Colorado Springs,CO	MLB	1912-1919	1912-1919
Dode Paskert	1959-02-12	77.167	--	of	5-11	165	R	R	1881-08-28	Cleveland,OH	MLB	1907-1921	1907-1921
George Payne	1959-01-24	68.245	--	p	5-11	172	R	R	1890-05-23	Mount Vernon,KY	MLB	1920-1920	1920-1920
Ken Penner	1959-05-28	63.032	--	p	5-11	170	L	R	1896-04-24	Boonville,IN	MLB	1916-1929	1916-1929
Scott Perry	1959-10-27	68.192	--	p	6-0	175	R	R	1891-04-17	Denison,TX	MLB	1915-1921	1915-1921
William Pierson	1959-02-20	59.250	--	p	6-2	180	L	L	1899-06-14	Atlantic City,NJ	MLB	1918-1924	1918-1924
Frank Ragland	1959-07-28	55.062	--	p	6-1	186	R	R	1904-05-26	Water Valley,MS	MLB	1932-1933	1932-1933
Elmer Rieger	1959-10-21	70.236	--	p	6-0	175	B	R	1889-02-25	Perris,CA	MLB	1910-1910	1910-1910
Jimmy Ripple	1959-07-16	49.275	--	of	5-10	170	L	R	1909-10-14	Export,PA	MLB	1936-1943	1936-1943
Blondy Ryan	1959-11-28	53.328	--	ss-3b	6-1	178	R	R	1906-01-04	Lynn,MA	MLB	1930-1938	1930-1938
Ralph Savidge	1959-07-22	80.168	--	p	6-2	210	R	R	1879-02-03	Jerseytown,PA	MLB	1908-1909	1908-1909
Joe Schepner	1959-07-25	63.348	--	3b	5-10	160	R	R	1895-08-10	Aliquippa,PA	MLB	1919-1919	1919-1919
Jack Scott	1959-11-30	67.224	--	p	6-2	199	L	R	1892-04-18	Ridgeway,NC	MLB	1916-1929	1916-1929
Ben Shaw	1959-03-16	65.270	--	1b-c	5-11	190	R	R	1893-06-18	LaCenter,KY	MLB	1917-1918	1917-1918
Tommy Sheehan	1959-05-22	81.196	--	3b	5-8	160	R	R	1877-11-06	Sacramento,CA	MLB	1900-1908	1900-1908
Toots Shultz	1959-01-30	70.110	--	p	5-10	175	R	R	1888-10-10	Homestead,PA	MLB	1911-1912	1911-1912
Oscar Siemer	1959-12-05	58.112	--	c	5-9	162	R	R	1901-08-14	St. Louis,MO	MLB	1925-1926	1925-1926
Klondike Smith	1959-11-15	72.314	--	of	5-9	160	L	L	1887-01-04	London,EN	MLB	1912-1912	1912-1912
Wib Smith	1959-11-18	73.079	--	c	5-10	165	L	R	1886-08-30	Evart,MI	MLB	1909-1909	1909-1909
Joe Sugden	1959-06-28	88.331	--	c-1b	5-10	180	B	R	1870-07-31	Philadelphia,PA	MLB	1893-1912	1893-1912
Roy Thomas	1959-11-20	85.240	--	of	5-11	150	L	L	1874-03-24	Norristown,PA	MLB	1899-1911	1899-1911
Doc Tonkin	1959-05-30	77.291	--	p	5-9	165	L	L	1881-08-11	Concord,NH	MLB	1907-1907	1907-1907
player name	death date	age	death cause	pos	ht	wt	ba	th	Born	place	hilvl	mlb years	stat years
Bill Upham	1959-09-14	71.161	--	p	6-0	178	B	R	1888-04-04	Akron,OH	MLB	1918-1918	1918-1918
Dutch Ussat	1959-05-29	55.047	--	3b-2b	6-1	170	R	R	1904-04-11	Dayton,OH	MLB	1925-1927	1925-1927
Speed Walker	1959-06-20	61.147	--	1b	6-0	170	R	R	1898-01-23	Munhall,PA	MLB	1923-1923	1923-1923
Tilly Walker	1959-09-20	72.015	--	of	5-11	165	R	R	1887-09-04	Telford,TN	MLB	1911-1923	1911-1923
Ed Walsh	1959-05-26	78.010	--	p	6-1	193	R	R	1881-05-14	Plains,PA	MLB	1904-1917	1904-1917
Lew Whistler	1959-12-30	91.293	--	1b	5-10	178	--	R	1868-03-10	St. Louis,MO	MLB	1890-1893	1890-1893
Ken Williams	1959-01-22	68.207	--	of	6-0	170	L	R	1890-06-28	Grants Pass,OR	MLB	1915-1929	1915-1929
Lefty Williams	1959-11-04	66.238	--	p	5-9	160	R	L	1893-03-09	Aurora,MO	MLB	1913-1920	1913-1920
Pop Williams	1959-08-04	85.076	--	p	5-11	190	L	R	1874-05-19	Bowdoinham,ME	MLB	1898-1903	1898-1903
Dave Wills	1959-10-13	82.258	--	1b	--	--	L	L	1877-01-26	Charlottesville,VA	MLB	1899-1899	1899-1899
Del Young	1959-12-17	74.052	--	of	5-11	195	L	R	1885-10-24	Macon,MO	MLB	1909-1909	1909-1909
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