1972 MLB Died this Year

World Series Champion: Oakland Athletics

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Batting

Batting
Rk	Name	Yrs	From	To	ASG	WAR/pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Date of Death	Died	Tms
1	Red Anderson	3	1937	1941	0	0.3	36	43	39	1	11	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	12	.282	.317	.333	.650	Aug 7	Sioux City, IA, United States	WSH
2	Fred Bailey	3	1916	1918	0	-0.5	60	139	124	10	23	2	1	1	6	3		9	29	.185	.257	.242	.499	Aug 16	Huntington, WV, United States	BSN
3	Jesse Baker	1	1911	1911	0	-0.2	22	32	29	0	3	0	0	0	3	0		2	7	.103	.188	.103	.291	Sep 26	Tacoma, WA, United States	CHW
4	Dave Bancroft HOF	16	1915	1930	0	49.1	1913	8250	7182	1048	2004	320	77	32	591	145	85	827	487	.279	.355	.358	.714	Oct 9	Superior, WI, United States	BRO, BSN, NYG, PHI
5	Babe Barna	5	1937	1943	0	-0.1	207	743	664	88	154	22	9	12	96	9	7	76	98	.232	.311	.346	.657	May 18	Charleston, WV, United States	BOS, NYG, PHA
6	Les Bartholomew	2	1928	1932	0	-0.1	9	8	8	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.250	.375	Sep 19	Barrington, IL, United States	CHW, PIT
7	George Batten	1	1912	1912	0	-0.1	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	Aug 4	New Port Richey, FL, United States	NYY
8	Moe Berg	15	1923	1939	0	-4.9	663	1962	1813	150	441	71	6	6	206	12	5	78	117	.243	.278	.299	.577	May 29	Belleville, NJ, United States	BOS, BRO, CHW, CLE, WSH
9	Charlie Berry	11	1925	1938	0	6.1	709	2217	2018	196	539	88	29	23	256	13	7	160	196	.267	.322	.374	.696	Sep 6	Evanston, IL, United States	BOS, CHW, PHA
10	Herman Besse	5	1940	1946	0	0.3	71	99	90	8	18	2	0	0	15	0	0	9	20	.200	.273	.222	.495	Aug 13	Los Angeles, CA, United States	PHA
11	Red Bird	1	1921	1921	0	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	Mar 23	Murfreesboro, AR, United States	WSH
12	Del Bissonette	5	1928	1933	0	9.1	604	2564	2291	359	699	117	50	66	391	17	17	233	269	.305	.371	.486	.857	Jun 9	Augusta, ME, United States	BRO
13	Bob Bowman	4	1939	1942	0	-0.8	109	122	101	5	7	1	0	1	4	0	0	10	61	.069	.153	.109	.262	Sep 4	Bluefield, WV, United States	CHC, NYG, STL
14	Jim Brillheart	4	1922	1931	0	-1.1	86	96	86	3	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	2	36	.070	.101	.105	.206	Sep 2	Radford, VA, United States	BOS, CHC, WSH
15	Dick Burrus	6	1919	1928	0	0.9	560	1954	1760	206	513	87	12	11	211	18	19	138	95	.291	.347	.373	.720	Feb 2	Elizabeth City, NC, United States	BSN, PHA
16	Donie Bush	16	1908	1923	0	39.3	1945	8769	7210	1281	1804	186	74	9	445	406	93	1158	630	.250	.356	.300	.656	Mar 28	Indianapolis, IN, United States	DET, WSH
17	Frank Bushey	2	1927	1930	0	-0.1	12	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	Mar 18	Topeka, KS, United States	BOS
18	Italo Chelini	3	1935	1937	0	-0.1	24	38	35	4	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	9	.171	.237	.171	.408	Aug 25	San Francisco, CA, United States	CHW
19	Harry Child	1	1930	1930	0	0.0	5	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	Nov 8	Alexandria, VA, United States	WSH
20	Dino Chiozza	1	1935	1935	0	0.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					Apr 23	Memphis, TN, United States	PHI
21	Watty Clark	12	1924	1937	0	-0.3	357	657	598	49	117	11	3	1	38	0	1	33	81	.196	.238	.229	.467	Mar 4	Clearwater, FL, United States	BRO, CLE, NYG
22	Roberto Clemente HOF	18	1955	1972	15	94.8	2433	10212	9454	1416	3000	440	166	240	1305	83	46	621	1230	.317	.359	.475	.834	Dec 31	San Juan, Puerto Rico	PIT
23	Dick Coffman	15	1927	1945	0	-2.8	472	444	400	21	51	11	1	0	16	0	0	22	151	.128	.173	.160	.333	Mar 24	Athens, AL, United States	BSN, NYG, PHI, SLB, WSH
24	Rip Conway	1	1918	1918	0	-0.3	14	28	24	4	4	0	0	0	2	1		2	4	.167	.231	.167	.397	Dec 2	St. Paul, MN, United States	BSN
25	Glenn Crawford	2	1945	1946	0	1.8	87	350	306	41	89	13	2	2	24	5	3	37	15	.291	.369	.366	.735	Jan 2	Saginaw, MI, United States	PHI, STL
26	Jack Crouch	3	1930	1933	0	-0.9	43	78	72	7	9	1	0	1	8	1	0	3	13	.125	.182	.181	.362	Aug 25	Leesburg, FL, United States	CIN, SLB
27	General Crowder	11	1926	1936	1	-1.2	403	929	847	66	164	18	5	0	60	0	1	37	77	.194	.227	.227	.454	Apr 3	Winston-Salem, NC, United States	DET, SLB, WSH
28	George Cunningham	5	1916	1921	0	1.0	162	253	210	27	47	6	3	1	15	2	0	36	67	.224	.337	.295	.633	Mar 10	Chattanooga, TN, United States	DET
29	Wally Dashiell	1	1924	1924	0	-0.1	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	May 20	Pensacola, FL, United States	CHW
30	Dutch Dietz	4	1940	1943	0	0.1	110	81	73	8	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	18	.178	.231	.178	.409	Oct 29	Beaumont, TX, United States	PHI, PIT
31	Frank Drews	2	1944	1945	0	0.2	95	338	288	27	59	13	2	0	29	0	0	41	32	.205	.306	.264	.570	Apr 22	Buffalo, NY, United States	BSN
32	Johnny Echols	1	1939	1939	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					Nov 12	Atlanta, GA, United States	STL
33	Gus Fisher	2	1911	1912	0	0.4	74	230	213	21	54	6	3	0	12	6	0	7	32	.254	.293	.310	.603	Apr 8	Portland, OR, United States	CLE, NYY
34	Tom Fisher	1	1904	1904	0	0.1	39	106	99	8	21	1	0	2	8	0		7	22	.212	.264	.283	.547	Sep 3	Anderson, IN, United States	BSN
35	Dick Fowler	10	1941	1952	0	-0.4	226	502	472	22	88	10	1	1	32	0	2	15	69	.186	.213	.218	.431	May 22	Oneonta, NY, United States	PHA
36	Al Gerheauser	5	1943	1948	0	0.5	152	221	211	12	44	10	3	1	22	0	0	7	55	.209	.237	.299	.536	May 28	Springfield, MO, United States	PHI, PIT, SLB
37	Pep Goodwin	2	1914	1915	0	-0.3	193	674	603	60	142	20	7	1	48	10		42	46	.235	.291	.297	.588	Feb 15	Oakland, CA, United States	KCP
38	Joe Green	1	1924	1924	0	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	Feb 4	Bryn Mawr, PA, United States	PHA
39	Gabby Hartnett HOF	20	1922	1941	6	56.9	1990	7300	6432	867	1912	396	64	236	1179	28	27	703	697	.297	.370	.489	.858	Dec 20	Park Ridge, IL, United States	CHC, NYG
40	Bob Hasty	6	1919	1924	0	-0.2	146	285	271	16	60	9	1	1	30	0	0	5	59	.221	.236	.273	.509	May 28	Dallas, GA, United States	PHA
41	Clem Hausmann	3	1944	1949	0	-0.5	64	84	77	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16	.091	.157	.091	.248	Aug 29	Baytown, TX, United States	BOS, PHA
42	Rollie Hemsley	19	1928	1947	5	4.3	1593	5513	5047	562	1321	257	72	31	555	29	22	357	395	.262	.311	.360	.671	Jul 31	Washington, DC, United States	CHC, CIN, CLE, NYY, PHI, PIT, SLB
43	Phil Hensiek	1	1935	1935	0	0.1	6	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	Feb 21	St. Louis, MO, United States	WSH
44	Leroy Herrmann	3	1932	1935	0	0.1	45	39	38	4	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.263	.282	.289	.572	Jul 3	Livermore, CA, United States	CHC, CIN
45	Gordie Hinkle	1	1934	1934	0	-0.4	27	83	75	7	13	6	1	0	9	0	0	7	23	.173	.244	.280	.524	Mar 19	Houston, TX, United States	BOS
46	Dutch Hinrichs	1	1910	1910	0	-0.1	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	Apr 18	Kingsburg, CA, United States	WSH
47	Gil Hodges	18	1943	1963	8	43.9	2071	8104	7030	1105	1921	295	48	370	1274	63	42	943	1137	.273	.359	.487	.846	Apr 2	West Palm Beach, FL, United States	BRO, LAD, NYM
48	George Jackson	3	1911	1913	0	0.7	152	635	554	85	158	24	7	4	76	34	0	50	95	.285	.357	.375	.733	Nov 26	Cleburne, TX, United States	BSN
49	Rankin Johnson	3	1914	1918	0	-0.8	72	162	144	7	18	2	0	0	10	1	0	5	32	.125	.160	.139	.299	Jul 2	Williamsport, PA, United States	BAL, BOS, CHI, STL
50	Stan Jok	2	1954	1955	0	-0.2	12	22	19	4	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	2	5	.158	.227	.316	.543	Mar 6	Buffalo, NY, United States	CHW, PHI
51	Davy Jones	15	1901	1918	0	16.5	1090	4403	3774	643	1020	98	40	9	288	207	7	478	311	.270	.356	.325	.680	Mar 30	Mankato, MN, United States	CHC, CHW, DET, MLA, PBS, SLB
52	Howie Jones	1	1921	1921	0	-0.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	Jul 15	Jeannette, PA, United States	STL
53	Dutch Jordan	2	1903	1904	0	-2.8	165	578	519	48	108	21	3	0	40	16		32	101	.208	.258	.260	.518	Dec 23	West Allegheny, PA, United States	BRO
54	Eddie Kenna	1	1928	1928	0	0.6	41	135	118	14	35	4	2	1	20	1	5	14	8	.297	.376	.390	.766	Aug 21	San Francisco, CA, United States	WSH
55	Lynn King	3	1935	1939	0	-2.0	175	240	207	28	43	4	1	0	21	6	6	28	18	.208	.302	.237	.539	May 11	Atlantic, IA, United States	STL
56	Mike Kircher	3	1919	1921	0	0.0	14	14	14	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.214	.214	.214	.429	Jun 26	Rochester, NY, United States	PHA, STL
57	Will Koenigsmark	1	1919	1919	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0					Jul 1	Belleville, IL, United States	STL
58	Roy Leslie	3	1917	1922	0	-2.3	160	615	556	47	148	24	2	6	55	4	7	42	57	.266	.318	.349	.667	Apr 9	Sherman, TX, United States	CHC, PHI, STL
59	Dutch Levsen	6	1923	1928	0	-0.6	80	147	135	13	24	3	0	0	9	0	0	5	37	.178	.207	.200	.407	Mar 12	St. Louis Park, MN, United States	CLE
60	Dick Loftus	2	1924	1925	0	-0.8	97	232	212	34	53	12	0	0	21	3	0	12	7	.250	.296	.307	.603	Jan 21	Concord, MA, United States	BRO
61	Tom Long	5	1911	1917	0	2.8	418	1614	1489	148	401	47	49	6	140	65	29	79	145	.269	.309	.379	.688	Jun 23	Mobile, AL, United States	STL, WSH
62	Jerry Lynn	1	1937	1937	0	0.1	1	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	Sep 25	Scranton, PA, United States	WSH
63	Danny MacFayden	17	1926	1943	0	-3.8	470	1008	910	66	129	22	4	1	47	1	1	41	309	.142	.180	.178	.358	Aug 26	Brunswick, ME, United States	BOS, BSN, CIN, NYY, PIT, WSH
64	Lew Malone	4	1915	1919	0	-1.8	133	412	367	28	74	11	7	1	28	8	1	28	60	.202	.260	.278	.538	Feb 17	Brooklyn, NY, United States	BRO, PHA
65	Harry McCurdy	10	1922	1934	0	2.7	543	1316	1157	148	326	71	12	9	148	12	10	129	108	.282	.355	.387	.743	Jul 21	Houston, TX, United States	CHW, CIN, PHI, STL
66	Red McKee	4	1913	1916	0	1.5	189	510	433	38	110	10	7	2	51	9	2	54	64	.254	.339	.323	.663	Aug 5	Saginaw, MI, United States	DET
67	Charlie Miller	1	1912	1912	0	-0.1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	Apr 23	Warrensburg, MO, United States	SLB
68	John Milligan	5	1928	1934	0	-0.5	35	38	34	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.088	.088	.088	.176	May 15	Fort Pierce, FL, United States	PHI, WSH
69	Bill Moore	2	1926	1927	0	-0.8	49	101	87	9	18	2	0	0	4	0	0	13	10	.207	.310	.230	.540	May 24	Kansas City, MO, United States	BOS
70	Cy Moore	6	1929	1934	0	-1.1	148	142	133	5	17	1	0	0	3	0	1	3	21	.128	.147	.135	.282	Mar 28	Augusta, GA, United States	BRO, PHI
71	Bernie Neis	8	1920	1927	0	2.6	677	2091	1825	297	496	84	18	25	210	46	39	201	186	.272	.346	.379	.724	Nov 29	Inverness, FL, United States	BRO, BSN, CHW, CLE
72	Frank Nicholson	1	1912	1912	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0					Nov 10	Jersey Shore, PA, United States	PHI
73	Fred Nicholson	5	1917	1922	0	4.1	303	891	794	112	247	34	21	12	108	21	17	65	97	.311	.367	.452	.819	Jan 23	Kilgore, TX, United States	BSN, DET, PIT
74	Freddy Parent	12	1899	1911	0	36.1	1327	5592	4984	633	1306	180	74	20	471	184		333	337	.262	.315	.340	.655	Nov 2	Sanford, ME, United States	BOS, CHW, STL
75	Dixie Parker	1	1923	1923	0	-0.2	4	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	May 15	Tuscaloosa, AL, United States	PHI
76	Pepper Peploski	1	1913	1913	0	0.1	2	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	Jul 13	New York, NY, United States	DET
77	Jeff Pfeffer	13	1911	1924	0	-0.2	352	932	874	49	180	16	6	0	62	3	2	27	203	.206	.231	.238	.469	Aug 15	Chicago, IL, United States	BRO, PIT, SLB, STL
78	Johnny Rawlings	12	1914	1926	0	5.3	1080	4174	3719	409	928	122	28	14	303	92	22	257	275	.250	.303	.309	.611	Oct 16	Inglewood, CA, United States	BSN, CIN, KCP, NYG, PHI, PIT
79	Topper Rigney	6	1922	1927	0	15.9	694	2842	2326	325	669	113	39	13	312	44	36	377	176	.288	.388	.387	.775	Jun 7	San Antonio, TX, United States	BOS, DET, WSH
80	Jackie Robinson HOF	10	1947	1956	6	61.7	1382	5804	4877	947	1518	273	54	137	734	197	76	740	291	.311	.409	.474	.883	Oct 24	Stamford, CT, United States	BRO
81	Chico Ruiz	8	1964	1971	0	0.1	565	1255	1150	133	276	37	10	2	69	34	16	58	164	.240	.279	.295	.574	Feb 9	San Diego, CA, United States	CAL, CIN
82	Allen Russell	11	1915	1925	0	-1.4	357	483	415	29	65	8	0	0	11	0	1	40	163	.157	.234	.176	.410	Oct 20	Baltimore, MD, United States	BOS, NYY, WSH
83	Danny Schell	2	1954	1955	0	-0.4	94	298	274	25	77	14	3	7	33	0	3	17	32	.281	.324	.431	.755	May 11	Mayville, MI, United States	PHI
84	Ivey Shiver	2	1931	1934	0	-0.6	21	71	68	8	13	1	0	2	6	1	0	3	18	.191	.225	.294	.519	Aug 31	Savannah, GA, United States	CIN, DET
85	Jack Smith	15	1915	1929	0	13.2	1406	5032	4532	783	1301	182	71	40	382	228	69	334	348	.287	.339	.385	.724	May 2	Westchester, IL, United States	BSN, STL
86	Vic Sorrell	10	1928	1937	0	-3.4	281	626	553	35	77	10	1	0	27	0	1	35	144	.139	.190	.161	.351	May 4	Raleigh, NC, United States	DET
87	Al Spohrer	8	1928	1935	0	-1.2	756	2384	2218	213	575	103	25	6	199	13	10	124	166	.259	.301	.336	.637	Jul 17	Plymouth, NH, United States	BSN, NYG
88	Heinie Stafford	1	1916	1916	0	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	Jan 29	Lake Worth, FL, United States	NYG
89	Jim Sullivan	3	1921	1923	0	-0.2	25	21	18	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	.056	.150	.056	.206	Feb 12	Burtonsville, MD, United States	CLE, PHA
90	Suds Sutherland	1	1921	1921	0	0.4	17	29	27	4	11	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	4	.407	.448	.444	.893	May 11	Portland, OR, United States	DET
91	Danny Taylor	9	1926	1936	0	13.3	674	2494	2190	388	650	121	37	44	305	56	31	267	268	.297	.374	.446	.821	Oct 11	Latrobe, PA, United States	BRO, CHC, WSH
92	Fuller Thompson	1	1911	1911	0	0.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0					Feb 19	Los Angeles, CA, United States	BSN
93	Pie Traynor HOF	17	1920	1937	2	37.3	1941	8298	7559	1183	2416	371	164	58	1273	158	72	472	278	.320	.362	.435	.797	Mar 16	Pittsburgh, PA, United States	PIT
94	Dizzy Trout	15	1939	1957	2	4.6	535	1047	961	99	205	28	7	20	110	7	2	59	226	.213	.260	.319	.579	Feb 28	Harvey, IL, United States	BAL, BOS, DET
95	Johnnie Tyler	2	1934	1935	0	0.6	16	59	53	7	17	2	1	2	12	0	0	4	6	.321	.379	.509	.889	Jul 11	Mount Pleasant, PA, United States	BSN
96	Phil Voyles	1	1929	1929	0	-0.5	20	79	68	9	16	0	2	0	14	0	1	6	8	.235	.297	.294	.591	Nov 3	Marlborough, MA, United States	BSN
97	Eddie Waitkus	11	1941	1955	2	14.1	1140	4681	4254	528	1214	215	44	24	373	28	21	372	204	.285	.344	.374	.718	Sep 16	Jamaica Plain, MA, United States	BAL, CHC, PHI
98	Zack Wheat HOF	19	1909	1927	0	60.1	2410	10007	9106	1289	2884	476	172	132	1248	205	69	650	572	.317	.367	.450	.817	Mar 11	Sedalia, MO, United States	BRO, PHA
99	Hoge Workman	1	1924	1924	0	0.0	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	May 20	Fort Myers, FL, United States	BOS
100	Frankie Zak	3	1944	1946	1	0.4	123	240	208	43	56	5	1	0	14	6	5	26	23	.269	.350	.303	.653	Feb 6	Passaic, NJ, United States	PIT