1942 Major League Died this Year

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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	Whitey Alpermann	4	1906	1909	0	2.1	450	1759	1632	134	387	60	36	7	141	27		30	183	.237	.268	.331	.599	Dec 25	Pittsburgh, PA, United States	BRO
2	Orson Baldwin	1	1908	1908	0	-0.1	4	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	Feb 16	Los Angeles, CA, United States	STL
3	Jim Baskette	3	1911	1913	0	0.1	35	57	47	5	8	1	1	0	3	0	0	6	17	.170	.291	.234	.525	Jul 30	Athens, TN, United States	CLE
4	Charley Bassett	9	1884	1892	0	10.4	917	3759	3493	392	806	114	49	15	402	116		239	312	.231	.285	.304	.590	May 28	Pawtucket, RI, United States	IND, KCN, LOU, NYG, PRO
5	Bob Bescher	11	1908	1918	0	21.2	1228	5280	4536	749	1171	190	74	28	345	428	54	619	549	.258	.353	.351	.704	Nov 29	London, OH, United States	CIN, CLE, NYG, STL
6	Lyle Bigbee	2	1920	1921	0	-0.7	43	88	77	5	14	2	0	1	8	1	0	9	13	.182	.276	.247	.523	Aug 3	Portland, OR, United States	PHA, PIT
7	Pat Bohen	2	1913	1914	0	-0.1	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	Apr 8	Napa, CA, United States	PHA, PIT
8	Joe Brown	5	1937	1942	0	-0.3	54	173	162	14	38	4	0	0	18	1		9		.235	.279	.259	.538	Sep 7	Geneva, OH, United States	CAG, CCB, JRC, NE, PS
9	John Buckley	1	1890	1890	0	-0.3	4	17	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	10	.000	.118	.000	.118	Mar 3	Westborough, MA, United States	BUF
10	Jimmy Burke	7	1898	1905	0	2.0	550	2148	1947	200	475	58	13	1	187	87		112	104	.244	.295	.289	.584	Mar 26	St. Louis, MO, United States	CHW, CLV, MLA, PIT, STL
11	Ed Burns	7	1912	1918	0	0.6	321	904	796	48	183	21	6	0	65	14	0	83	59	.230	.308	.271	.579	May 30	Monterey, CA, United States	PHI, STL
12	Ben Caffyn	1	1906	1906	0	-0.4	30	118	103	16	20	4	0	0	3	2		12	11	.194	.291	.233	.524	Nov 22	Peoria, IL, United States	CLE
13	John Carroll	3	1884	1887	0	-2.0	79	310	287	34	49	6	1	0	20	19		19	35	.171	.232	.199	.431	Nov 14	Buffalo, NY, United States	BUF, CLE, STP
14	Cad Coles	1	1914	1914	0	-1.0	78	205	194	17	49	7	3	1	25	6		5	30	.253	.271	.335	.606	Jun 30	Miami, FL, United States	KCP
15	Frank Connaughton	3	1894	1906	0	0.9	146	585	530	98	150	12	4	4	77	26		44	24	.283	.344	.343	.687	Dec 1	Boston, MA, United States	BSN, NYG
16	Owen Conway	1	1915	1915	0	-0.5	4	15	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.067	.067	.067	.133	Mar 12	Philadelphia, PA, United States	PHA
17	Dan Coogan	1	1895	1895	0	-0.7	26	91	77	9	17	2	1	0	7	1		13	6	.221	.333	.273	.606	Oct 28	Philadelphia, PA, United States	WHS
18	Birdie Cree	8	1908	1915	0	15.4	742	3006	2603	345	761	117	62	11	332	132	36	269	274	.292	.368	.398	.766	Nov 7	Sunbury, PA, United States	NYY
19	Manuel Cueto	4	1914	1919	0	0.0	151	452	379	36	86	10	1	1	31	13		50	33	.227	.323	.266	.590	Jun 29	Regla, La Habana, Cuba	CIN, SLM
20	Ira Davis	1	1899	1899	0	0.0	6	17	17	3	4	1	1	0	2	1		0	0	.235	.235	.412	.647	Dec 21	Brooklyn, NY, United States	NYG
21	Wiley Davis	1	1896	1896	0	0.0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	Sep 22	Detroit, MI, United States	CIN
22	Bill Delaney	1	1890	1890	0	-0.2	36	137	116	16	22	1	1	1	7	5		21	19	.190	.314	.241	.555	Mar 1	Canton, OH, United States	CLV
23	Jesse Duryea	5	1889	1893	0	0.4	144	481	428	66	86	13	5	1	37	17		40	93	.201	.289	.262	.551	Aug 19	Algona, IA, United States	CIN, STL, WHS
24	Ed Eiteljorg	2	1890	1891	0	-0.1	9	28	27	3	5	1	0	0	4	0		1	7	.185	.214	.222	.437	Dec 5	Greencastle, IN, United States	CHC, WAS
25	Clay Fauver	1	1899	1899	0	-0.1	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	Mar 3	Chatsworth, GA, United States	LOU
26	Joseph Finneran	5	1912	1918	0	-0.6	111	199	184	11	31	1	2	0	8	1	0	3	43	.168	.195	.196	.390	Feb 3	Orange, NJ, United States	BTT, DET, NYY, PHI
27	John Fischer	2	1884	1885	0	-0.1	11	43	40	7	8	2	0	0	0			3	0	.200	.256	.250	.506	Feb 9	Philadelphia, PA, United States	BUF, PHK
28	Bill Francis	3	1923	1925	0	-0.3	90	355	287	44	51	3	1	0	17	4		53		.178	.310	.195	.505	Jan 26	Chicago, IL, United States	AC, CAG, CBN
29	Danny Friend	4	1895	1898	0	0.1	69	253	238	28	61	9	3	1	20	3		9	11	.256	.283	.332	.615	Jun 1	Chillicothe, OH, United States	CHC
30	Joe Giannini	1	1911	1911	0	0.1	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	Sep 26	San Francisco, CA, United States	BOS
31	Murray Gillispie	2	1930	1932	0	0.0	26	51	49	5	10	0	0	0	2	0		2		.204	.235	.204	.439	Feb 26	Oakville, TN, United States	CAG, MRM, MRS
32	Ed Gremminger	4	1895	1904	0	5.5	383	1549	1420	140	356	58	24	7	164	22		89	151	.251	.301	.340	.642	May 26	Canton, OH, United States	BSN, CLV, DET
33	Joe Gunson	4	1884	1893	0	-2.0	229	874	826	96	174	21	6	0	68	4		34	40	.211	.254	.251	.505	Nov 15	Philadelphia, PA, United States	BLN, CLV, KCC, STL, WHS
34	Jack Hammond	2	1915	1922	0	-0.8	45	108	99	13	22	2	1	0	4	0	1	2	19	.222	.238	.263	.500	Mar 4	Kenosha, WI, United States	CLE, PIT
35	Jim Handiboe	1	1886	1886	0	-0.2	14	50	44	10	5	1	0	0	2	1		6		.114	.220	.136	.356	Nov 8	Columbus, OH, United States	PIT
36	Pinky Hargrave	10	1923	1933	0	7.1	650	1786	1601	177	445	91	16	39	268	17	4	140	165	.278	.339	.428	.767	Oct 3	Fort Wayne, IN, United States	BSN, DET, SLB, WSH
37	Jack Hayden	3	1901	1908	0	-0.5	147	637	578	60	145	14	8	1	33	11		36	53	.251	.298	.308	.606	Aug 3	Haverford, PA, United States	BOS, CHC, PHA
38	Izzy Hoffman	2	1904	1907	0	-0.4	29	125	116	18	27	4	1	0	4	2		8	18	.233	.282	.284	.567	Nov 13	Philadelphia, PA, United States	BSN, WSH
39	Charlie Jaeger	1	1904	1904	0	-0.2	8	18	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	10	.059	.111	.059	.170	Sep 27	Ottawa, IL, United States	DET
40	Bill James	8	1911	1919	0	-1.3	203	415	358	25	51	6	1	0	13	1	2	27	138	.142	.209	.165	.374	May 25	Venice, CA, United States	BOS, CHW, CLE, DET, SLB
41	Lefty Johnson	5	1884	1892	0	1.6	169	740	636	121	168	15	17	2	90	45		98	61	.264	.368	.351	.718	Jul 17	Chester, PA, United States	BAL, BLN, IND, PHK
42	Harry Juul	1	1914	1914	0	0.0	9	9	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	Jan 4	Cook County, IL, United States	BTT
43	Chad Kimsey	6	1929	1936	0	1.9	227	226	206	30	58	9	2	6	26	2	0	16	53	.282	.336	.432	.768	Dec 3	Pryor, OK, United States	CHW, DET, SLB
44	Henry Larkin	10	1884	1893	0	28.7	1184	5303	4718	925	1429	259	114	53	836	129		484	182	.303	.380	.440	.820	Jan 31	Reading, PA, United States	CLE, PHA, WHS
45	Slim Love	6	1913	1920	0	-0.1	119	168	156	11	30	6	2	0	7	0	0	5	45	.192	.217	.256	.474	Nov 30	Memphis, TN, United States	DET, NYY, WSH
46	Frank Luce	1	1923	1923	0	0.2	9	14	12	2	6	0	0	0	3	2	1	2	2	.500	.571	.500	1.071	Feb 3	Milwaukee, WI, United States	PIT
47	Herm Malloy	2	1907	1908	0	0.1	4	13	13	0	4	1	0	0	1	0		0	2	.308	.308	.385	.692	May 9	Louisville, OH, United States	DET
48	Frank Martin	3	1897	1899	0	-0.4	20	69	66	6	16	2	0	0	1	0		2	15	.242	.275	.273	.548	Sep 2	Chicago, IL, United States	CHC, LOU, NYG
49	John McCarty	1	1889	1889	0	-0.2	20	81	79	12	18	0	1	0	12	3		1	9	.228	.247	.253	.500	Aug 20	Tulsa, OK, United States	KCC
50	Amby McConnell	4	1908	1911	0	7.4	409	1709	1506	202	398	30	22	3	119	72		107	132	.264	.324	.319	.644	May 20	Utica, NY, United States	BOS, CHW
51	Gordon McNaughton	1	1932	1932	0	0.0	6	8	8	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.375	.625	Aug 6	Chicago, IL, United States	BOS
52	Norm McNeil	1	1919	1919	0	0.1	5	10	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.333	.400	.333	.733	Apr 11	Buffalo, NY, United States	BOS
53	Larry Milton	1	1903	1903	0	0.0	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	May 15	Tulsa, OK, United States	STL
54	Al Montgomery	1	1941	1941	0	-0.3	42	63	52	4	10	1	0	0	4	0	0	9	8	.192	.323	.212	.534	Apr 26	Waverly, VA, United States	BSN
55	Ray O'Brien	1	1916	1916	0	-0.4	16	63	57	5	12	3	2	0	3	0		1	14	.211	.224	.333	.557	Mar 31	Richmond Heights, MO, United States	PIT
56	Dan O'Connor	1	1890	1890	0	0.4	6	27	26	3	12	1	1	0	5	5		1		.462	.481	.577	1.058	Mar 3	Guelph, ON, Canada	LOU
57	Frank Owen	8	1901	1909	0	-0.1	195	541	483	33	77	12	0	2	26	5		34	123	.159	.218	.197	.414	Nov 24	Dearborn, MI, United States	CHW, DET
58	Smoky Owens	4	1938	1942	1	0.1	25	51	49	2	11	1	0	0	4	0		0		.224	.224	.245	.469	Sep 7	Geneva, OH, United States	CBR, CCB, JRC
59	Harry Pearce	3	1917	1919	0	-1.8	135	457	424	42	88	9	5	0	29	11		17	62	.208	.247	.252	.499	Jan 8	Philadelphia, PA, United States	PHI
60	Ed Phelps	11	1902	1913	0	2.0	633	2098	1832	186	460	45	20	3	205	31	0	163	203	.251	.325	.302	.627	Jan 31	East Greenbush, NY, United States	BRO, CIN, PIT, STL
61	Val Picinich	18	1916	1933	0	2.4	1037	3318	2877	298	743	166	26	26	298	31	23	314	382	.258	.334	.361	.695	Dec 5	Nobleboro, ME, United States	BOS, BRO, CIN, PHA, PIT, WSH
62	Joe Poetz	1	1926	1926	0	0.0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	Feb 7	St. Louis, MO, United States	NYG
63	Bill Rariden	12	1909	1920	0	7.8	982	3316	2877	272	682	105	24	7	275	47	1	340	256	.237	.320	.298	.618	Aug 28	Bedford, IN, United States	BSN, CIN, IND, NEW, NYG
64	John Rudderham	1	1884	1884	0	0.0	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0				0		.250	.250	.250	.500	Apr 3	Randolph, MA, United States	BOS
65	Amos Rusie HOF	10	1889	1901	0	0.6	487	1765	1730	209	429	42	29	8	176	25		27	186	.248	.262	.320	.582	Dec 6	Seattle, WA, United States	CIN, IND, NYG
66	Louis Santop HOF	4	1923	1926	0	2.5	115	378	350	52	111	16	5	7	65	9	0	24	1	.317	.363	.451	.814	Jan 22	Philadelphia, PA, United States	HIL
67	Lev Shreve	3	1887	1889	0	-0.2	59	204	195	20	38	4	1	0	8	8		9	17	.195	.230	.226	.456	Nov 7	Grosse Pointe, MI, United States	BAL, IND
68	Hack Simmons	4	1910	1915	0	-2.1	305	1078	951	115	234	43	9	2	102	28	15	85	98	.246	.318	.317	.635	Apr 26	Arverne, NY, United States	BAL, DET, NYY
69	Harry Spies	1	1895	1895	0	0.2	86	348	326	44	85	14	8	2	40	4		14	21	.261	.305	.371	.677	Jul 7	Los Angeles, CA, United States	CIN, LOU
70	Gene Steere	1	1894	1894	0	-0.3	10	41	39	3	8	0	0	0	4	2		2	1	.205	.244	.205	.449	Mar 13	San Mateo, CA, United States	PIT
71	Jack Sutthoff	6	1898	1905	0	-1.2	90	264	244	21	35	5	5	0	12	2		10	57	.143	.177	.205	.382	Aug 3	Cincinnati, OH, United States	CIN, PHI, STL, WHS
72	Henry Thielman	2	1902	1903	0	-0.6	43	137	123	9	18	1	2	1	6	1		12	30	.146	.222	.211	.434	Sep 2	New York, NY, United States	BRO, CIN, NYG
73	Tom Thomas	3	1894	1900	0	0.0	10	26	23	1	4	1	0	0	2	0		2	1	.174	.240	.217	.457	Sep 23	Shawnee, OH, United States	CLV, STL
74	Bob Vail	1	1908	1908	0	0.1	4	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	Mar 22	Philadelphia, PA, United States	PIT
75	Mike Welday	2	1907	1909	0	-0.5	53	132	109	5	22	1	1	0	5	2		10	30	.202	.269	.229	.498	May 28	Leavenworth, KS, United States	CHW
76	Dutch Wetzel	2	1920	1921	0	-0.4	68	157	140	21	34	3	1	2	15	0	1	13	21	.243	.312	.321	.633	Mar 5	Hollywood, CA, United States	SLB
77	Willis Wyman	1	1884	1884	0	-0.4	32	135	132	17	30	4	0	0				3		.227	.244	.258	.502	Jan 10	Portland, ME, United States	CPI, KCC
78	George Ziegler	1	1890	1890	0	0.0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	Feb 15	Milwaukie, OR, United States	PIT
79	Matt Zieser	1	1914	1914	0	-0.1	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	Jun 10	Chicago, IL, United States	BOS
	Totals	282	1884	1942	1	100	13699	49078	43827	5502	11000	1637	618	243	4696	1426	138	3804	4452	.251	.318	.333	.651