1978 MLB Deaths

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	player name	death date	age	death cause	pos	ht	wt	ba	th	Born	place	hilvl	mlb years	stat years
	Walt Alexander	1978-12-29	87.298	--	c	5-10	165	R	R	1891-03-05	Atlanta,GA	MLB	1912-1917	1912-1917
	Ferrell Anderson	1978-03-12	60.062	--	c	6-1	200	R	R	1918-01-09	Maple City,KS	MLB	1946-1953	1946-1953
	Larry Bettencourt	1978-09-15	72.358	--	of-3b	5-11	195	R	R	1905-09-22	Newark,CA	MLB	1928-1932	1928-1932
	Steve Bilko	1978-03-07	49.114	--	1b	6-1	230	R	R	1928-11-13	Nanticoke,PA	MLB	1949-1962	1949-1962
	Charlie Bold	1978-07-29	83.274	--	1b	6-2	185	R	R	1894-10-27	Karlskrona,SW	MLB	1914-1914	1914-1914
	Lyman Bostock	1978-09-23	27.305	Gunshot wound	of	6-1	180	L	R	1950-11-22	Birmingham,AL	MLB	1975-1978	1975-1978
	Buzz Boyle	1978-11-12	70.276	--	of	5-11	170	L	L	1908-02-09	Cincinnati,OH	MLB	1929-1935	1929-1935
	Bill Brubaker	1978-04-02	67.146	--	3b	6-2	185	R	R	1910-11-07	Cleveland,OH	MLB	1932-1943	1932-1943
	George Burns	1978-01-07	84.340	--	1b	6-1	180	R	R	1893-01-31	Niles,OH	MLB	1914-1929	1914-1929
	Ed Chaplin	1978-08-15	84.323	--	c	5-7	158	L	R	1893-09-25	Pelzer,SC	MLB	1920-1922	1920-1922
	Bill Clowers	1978-01-13	79.151	--	p	5-11	175	L	L	1898-08-14	San Marcos,TX	MLB	1926-1926	1926-1926
	Pete Compton	1978-02-03	88.127	--	of	5-11	170	L	L	1889-09-28	San Marcos,TX	MLB	1911-1918	1911-1918
	Snipe Conley	1978-01-07	85.256	--	p	6-0	179	R	R	1892-04-25	Cressona,PA	MLB	1918-1918	1918-1918
	Sarge Connally	1978-01-27	79.148	--	p	5-11	170	R	R	1898-08-31	McGregor,TX	MLB	1921-1934	1921-1934
	Claude Corbitt	1978-05-01	62.284	--	ss-2b	5-10	170	R	R	1915-07-21	Sunbury,NC	MLB	1945-1949	1945-1949
	Fritz Coumbe	1978-03-21	88.097	--	p	6-0	152	L	L	1889-12-13	Antrim,PA	MLB	1914-1921	1914-1921
	Billy Cox	1978-03-30	58.213	--	3b-ss	5-10	150	R	R	1919-08-29	Newport,PA	MLB	1941-1955	1941-1955
	Molly Craft	1978-10-25	82.330	--	p	6-2	165	R	R	1895-11-28	Portsmouth,VA	MLB	1916-1919	1916-1919
	Nick Cullop	1978-12-08	78.052	--	of	6-0	200	R	R	1900-10-16	St. Louis,MO	MLB	1926-1931	1926-1931
	Tod Davis	1978-12-31	54.159	--	ss-3b	6-2	190	R	R	1924-07-24	Los Angeles,CA	MLB	1949-1951	1949-1951
	Joe Dawson	1978-01-04	80.300	--	p	5-11	182	R	R	1897-03-09	Bow,WA	MLB	1924-1929	1924-1929
	Bill Dietrich	1978-06-20	68.083	--	p	6-0	185	R	R	1910-03-29	Philadelphia,PA	MLB	1933-1948	1933-1948
	Reese Diggs	1978-10-30	63.038	--	p	6-2	180	B	R	1915-09-22	Mathews,VA	MLB	1934-1934	1934-1934
	Art Doll	1978-04-28	64.356	--	p	6-1	190	R	R	1913-05-07	Chicago,IL	MLB	1935-1938	1935-1938
	Bill Doran	1978-03-09	79.267	--	3b	5-11	175	L	R	1898-06-14	San Francisco,CA	MLB	1922-1922	1922-1922
	player name	death date	age	death cause	pos	ht	wt	ba	th	Born	place	hilvl	mlb years	stat years
	Nick Dumovich	1978-12-12	76.344	--	p	6-0	170	L	L	1902-01-02	Sacramento,CA	MLB	1923-1923	1923-1923
	Roy Elsh	1978-11-12	87.255	--	of	5-9	165	R	R	1891-03-01	Penns Grove,NJ	MLB	1923-1925	1923-1925
	Oscar Estrada	1978-01-02	73.322	--	p	5-8	160	L	L	1904-02-15	Havana,CU	MLB	1929-1929	1929-1929
	Roy Flaskamper	1978-02-03	76.095	--	ss	5-7	140	B	R	1901-10-31	St. Louis,MO	MLB	1927-1927	1927-1927
	Moe Franklin	1978-03-16	63.349	--	ss	6-0	175	R	R	1914-04-01	Chicago,IL	MLB	1941-1942	1941-1942
	Ray French	1978-04-03	83.083	--	ss	5-9	158	R	R	1895-01-09	Alameda,CA	MLB	1920-1924	1920-1924
	Babe Ganzel	1978-02-06	76.260	--	of	5-10	172	R	R	1901-05-22	Malden,MA	MLB	1927-1928	1927-1928
	Mike Gazella	1978-09-11	81.342	--	3b-ss	5-7	165	R	R	1896-10-03	Olyphant,PA	MLB	1923-1928	1923-1928
	Steve Gerkin	1978-11-09	65.355	--	p	6-1	162	R	R	1912-11-19	Grafton,WV	MLB	1945-1945	1945-1945
	Claral Gillenwater	1978-02-26	77.282	--	p	6-0	187	R	R	1900-05-20	Sims,IN	MLB	1923-1923	1923-1923
	Jim Gilliam	1978-10-08	49.356	Complications from a brain hemorrhage	2b-3b	5-10	175	B	R	1928-10-17	Nashville,TN	MLB	1953-1966	1953-1966
	Joe Gordon	1978-04-14	63.055	--	2b	5-10	180	R	R	1915-02-18	Los Angeles,CA	MLB	1938-1950	1938-1950
	Jack Graney	1978-04-20	91.313	--	of	5-9	180	L	L	1886-06-10	St. Thomas,ON	MLB	1908-1922	1908-1922
	Kent Greenfield	1978-03-14	75.256	--	p	6-1	180	R	R	1902-07-01	Guthrie,KY	MLB	1924-1929	1924-1929
	Roy Grover	1978-02-07	86.020	--	2b	5-8	150	R	R	1892-01-17	Snohomish,WA	MLB	1916-1919	1916-1919
	Jesse Haines	1978-08-05	85.013	--	p	6-0	190	R	R	1893-07-22	Clayton,OH	MLB	1918-1937	1918-1937
	Luke Hamlin	1978-02-18	73.230	--	p	6-2	168	L	R	1904-07-03	Ferris Center,MI	MLB	1933-1944	1933-1944
	Snipe Hansen	1978-09-11	71.202	--	p	6-3	195	B	L	1907-02-21	Chicago,IL	MLB	1930-1935	1930-1935
	George Harper	1978-08-18	86.053	--	of	5-8	167	L	R	1892-06-24	Arlington,KY	MLB	1916-1929	1916-1929
	Mike Herrera	1978-02-03	80.045	--	2b-3b	5-6	147	R	R	1897-12-19	Havana,CU	MLB	1925-1926	1925-1926
	Joel Hunt	1978-07-24	72.286	--	of	5-10	165	R	R	1905-10-11	Texico,NM	MLB	1931-1932	1931-1932
	Merwin Jacobson	1978-01-13	83.311	--	of	5-11	165	L	L	1894-03-07	New Britain,CT	MLB	1915-1927	1915-1927
	George Jeffcoat	1978-10-13	64.293	--	p	5-11	175	R	R	1913-12-24	New Brookland,SC	MLB	1936-1943	1936-1943
	Dave Keefe	1978-02-04	81.025	--	p	5-9	165	L	R	1897-01-09	Williston,VT	MLB	1917-1922	1917-1922
	Bill Leinhauser	1978-04-14	84.160	--	of	5-10	150	R	R	1893-11-04	Philadelphia,PA	MLB	1912-1912	1912-1912
	player name	death date	age	death cause	pos	ht	wt	ba	th	Born	place	hilvl	mlb years	stat years
	Nig Lipscomb	1978-02-27	67.003	--	2b	6-0	175	R	R	1911-02-24	Rutherfordton,NC	MLB	1937-1937	1937-1937
	Bob Logan	1978-05-20	68.099	--	p	5-10	170	R	L	1910-02-10	Thompson,NE	MLB	1935-1945	1935-1945
	Danny Lynch	1978-06-30	52.143	--	2b	5-11	174	R	R	1926-02-07	Dallas,TX	MLB	1948-1948	1948-1948
	Ben Mallonee	1978-02-19	83.324	--	of	5-6	150	L	L	1894-03-31	Baltimore,MD	MLB	1921-1921	1921-1921
	Joe Mathes	1978-12-21	87.145	--	3b-2b	6-0	180	B	R	1891-07-28	Milwaukee,WI	MLB	1912-1912	1912-1912
	Harry Matuzak	1978-11-16	68.293	--	p	5-11	185	R	R	1910-01-27	Omer,MI	MLB	1934-1936	1934-1936
	Alex McCarthy	1978-03-12	88.303	--	2b-ss	5-9	150	R	R	1889-05-12	Chicago,IL	MLB	1910-1917	1910-1917
	Bob McGraw	1978-06-02	83.052	--	p	6-2	160	R	R	1895-04-10	LaVeta,CO	MLB	1917-1929	1917-1929
	George McQuinn	1978-12-24	68.209	--	1b	5-11	165	L	L	1910-05-29	Arlington,VA	MLB	1936-1948	1936-1948
	Gene Moore	1978-03-12	68.198	--	of	5-11	175	L	L	1909-08-26	Lancaster,TX	MLB	1931-1945	1931-1945
	Maury Newlin	1978-08-14	64.053	--	p	6-0	176	R	R	1914-06-22	Bloomingdale,IN	MLB	1940-1941	1940-1941
	Tommy O'Brien	1978-11-05	59.321	--	of	5-11	195	R	R	1918-12-19	Anniston,AL	MLB	1943-1950	1943-1950
	Paul O'Dea	1978-12-11	58.160	--	of	6-0	200	L	L	1920-07-03	Cleveland,OH	MLB	1944-1945	1944-1945
	Phil Paine	1978-02-19	47.256	--	p	6-2	181	R	R	1930-06-08	Chepachet,RI	MLB	1951-1958	1951-1958
	Slicker Parks	1978-02-21	82.102	--	p	5-10	158	R	R	1895-11-10	Dallas,MI	MLB	1921-1921	1921-1921
	Monte Pearson	1978-01-27	69.147	--	p	6-0	175	R	R	1908-09-02	Oakland,CA	MLB	1932-1941	1932-1941
	Les Powers	1978-11-13	69.008	--	1b	6-0	175	L	L	1909-11-05	Seattle,WA	MLB	1938-1939	1938-1939
	Larry Raines	1978-01-28	47.325	--	3b-ss	5-10	165	R	R	1930-03-09	St. Albans,WV	MLB	1957-1958	1957-1958
	Tony Rego	1978-01-06	80.066	--	c	5-4	165	R	R	1897-10-31	Wailuku,HI	MLB	1924-1925	1924-1925
	Carl Reynolds	1978-05-29	75.117	--	of	6-0	194	R	R	1903-02-01	LaRue,TX	MLB	1927-1939	1927-1939
	Marv Rickert	1978-06-03	57.146	--	of	6-2	195	L	R	1921-01-08	Longbranch,WA	MLB	1942-1950	1942-1950
	Bill Rodgers	1978-12-24	91.249	--	2b	5-9	170	L	R	1887-04-18	Pleasant Ridge,OH	MLB	1915-1916	1915-1916
	Buck Ross	1978-11-23	63.293	--	p	6-2	170	R	R	1915-02-03	Norwood,NC	MLB	1936-1945	1936-1945
	Jack Saltzgaver	1978-02-01	75.009	--	3b-2b	5-11	165	L	R	1903-01-23	Croton,IA	MLB	1932-1945	1932-1945
	Johnny Schulte	1978-06-28	81.292	--	c	5-11	190	L	R	1896-09-08	Fredericktown,MO	MLB	1923-1932	1923-1932
	player name	death date	age	death cause	pos	ht	wt	ba	th	Born	place	hilvl	mlb years	stat years
	George Shears	1978-11-12	88.212	--	p	6-3	180	R	L	1890-04-13	Marshall,MO	MLB	1912-1912	1912-1912
	Hugh Shelley	1978-06-16	67.233	--	of	6-0	170	R	R	1910-10-26	Rogers,TX	MLB	1935-1935	1935-1935
	Milt Shoffner	1978-01-19	72.067	--	p	6-2	184	L	L	1905-11-13	Sherman,TX	MLB	1929-1940	1929-1940
	Ed Sicking	1978-08-30	81.152	--	2b-ss	5-9	165	R	R	1897-03-30	St. Bernard,OH	MLB	1916-1927	1916-1927
	Dick Siebert	1978-12-09	66.293	--	1b	6-0	170	L	L	1912-02-19	Fall River,MA	MLB	1932-1945	1932-1945
	Pete Susko	1978-05-22	73.324	--	1b	5-11	172	L	L	1904-07-02	Laura,OH	MLB	1934-1934	1934-1934
	Joe Vance	1978-07-04	72.291	--	p	6-2	190	R	R	1905-09-16	Devine,TX	MLB	1935-1938	1935-1938
	Rube Walberg	1978-10-27	82.090	--	p	6-1	190	L	L	1896-07-27	Pine City,MN	MLB	1923-1937	1923-1937
	Marty Walker	1978-04-24	79.027	--	p	6-0	170	L	L	1899-03-27	Philadelphia,PA	MLB	1928-1928	1928-1928
	Abe White	1978-10-01	74.137	--	p	6-0	185	R	L	1904-05-16	Winder,GA	MLB	1937-1937	1937-1937
	Al Williamson	1978-11-29	78.281	--	p	5-11	160	R	R	1900-02-20	Buckville,AR	MLB	1928-1928	1928-1928
	Mike Wilson	1978-05-16	81.164	--	c	5-10	160	R	R	1896-12-02	Edge Hill,PA	MLB	1921-1921	1921-1921
	Archie Wise	1978-02-02	65.186	--	p	6-0	165	R	R	1912-07-31	Waxahachie,TX	MLB	1932-1932	1932-1932
	Dutch Zwilling	1978-03-27	89.144	--	of	5-6	160	L	L	1888-11-02	St. Louis,MO	MLB	1910-1916	1910-1916
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