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1881: Fraley Rogers (31)....................Gun
1889: Jim McElroy (26)....................Opium Overdose
1889: Frank Ringo (28)....................Morphine
1891: Ernie Hickman (35)....................Gun
1894: Terry Larkin (?)....................Slit His Throat With A Razor
1894: Edgar McNabb (28)....................Gun
1896: Cannonball Crane (34)....................Overdose Of Chloral
1900: Marty Bergen (28) ....................Slit His Throat After Killing His Wife And Two Children
1903: WIN MERCER (28)....................INHALED ILLUMINATING GAS
1904: DAN MAHONEY (39)....................Drank Carbolic Acid
1907: CHICK STAHL (34)....................Drank Carbolic Acid
1908: Reddy Foster (44)....................Shotgun
1909: Nicholas Mathewson (22) MINOR LEAGUER....................Gun (CHRISTY'S BABY BROTHER)
1909: HARRY PULLIAM (44) NL PRESIDENT....................Gunshot To The Head
1910: ED STRICKLAND (26) MINOR LEAGUER....................Gun (AFTER SHOOTING HIS GIRLFRIEND FIRST)
1910: CHARLES NELSON BROWN (?) MINOR LEAGUER....................Gun
1910: JAMES PAYNE (?) MINOR LEAGUER....................Gun
1910: DAN McGANN (39)....................Gun
1911: RANDOLPH BLANCH (PENNSYLVANIA SPORTS WRITER)....................Gun
1911: THOMAS SENIOR (32) MINOR LEAGUE UMP....................Gun
1911: DICK SCOTT (27)....................RAZOR
1914: CHARLIE WEBER (45)....................Gun
1916: CARL BRITTON (40) MINOR LEAGUE PITCHER....................UNKNOWN
1916: EDDIE HOHNHURST (31)....................Gun
1918: NED EGAN (?) (MANAGER MILWAUKEE: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION)....................Gun
1918: PATSY TEBEAU (43)....................SHOT HIMSELF
1920: LOU MEYERS (60)....................STRYCHNINE
1921: NOEL BRUCE (56) MINOR LEAGUER....................Gun
1921: CLAY DAILEY (?) MINOR LEAGUER....................Gun (AFTER BEING CUT FROM THE LOUISVILLE TEAM)
1921: ART IRWIN (63)....................JUMPED FROM A STEAMER INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
1924: WALT GOLDSBY (52)....................Gun
1924: JOHN WAKEFIELD (?) MINOR LEAGUER....................UNKNOWN (AFTER AN ARGUMENT WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND)
1927: DRUMMOND BROWN (41)....................Gun
1927: BILL GANNON (50)....................DROWNING
1927: DANNY SHAY (51)....................UNKNOWN
1927: JAKE WELLS (63)....................UNKNOWN
1929: TONY BROTTEM (37)....................Gun
1929: JIM PRICE (60) SPORTS WRITER....................Gun
1930: JOE LANNIN (60) FORMER RED SOX OWNER....................JUMPED OUT A WINDOW
1930: JOHN B. SHERIDAN (61) SPORTS WRITER....................HANGED HIMSELF
1930: ZEKE ROSEBRAUGH (59)....................Gun
1931: CON LUCID (57)....................UNKNOWN
1931: CARL SITTON (48)....................Gun
1932: BILL GREY (61)....................Gun
1934: PEA RIDGE DAY (34)....................SLIT HIS THROAT WITH A HUNTING KNIFE AFTER AN OPERATION FAILED TO RESTORE HIS PITCHING ARM
1934: GUY MORRISON (38)....................Gun
1934: CHARLIE DEXTER (57)....................Gun
1934: SY SANBORN (67) SPORTS WRITER....................Gun
1935: WALT KUHN (51)...................Gun
1937: EMMET McCANN (35)....................Gun
1937: BENNY FREY (31)....................CARBON MONOXIDE
1940: WILLARD HERSHBERGER (30)....................SLASHED HIS THROAT
1940: CHARLIE HOLLOCHER (44)....................Gun (SHOT HIMSELF IN THE THROAT)
1941: RALPH WORKS (43)....................Gun
1941: HARVEY HENDRICK (43)....................Gun
1942: LYLE BIGBEE (48)....................Gun
1943: CHET CHADBOURNE (58)....................Gun
1945: BOB GANDY (51)....................Gun
1945: HARRY McNEAL (66)....................Gun
1945: HANK EIBEL (51)....................Gun
1945: MORRIE RATH (58)....................Gun
1947: FERDIE MOORE (51)....................Gun
1947: LUKE STUART (55)....................Gun
1948: JAKE POWELL (40)....................SHOT HIMSELF IN A POLICE STATION
1948: BERT HALL (59)....................HANGING
1949: TIM BOWDEN (58)....................Gun
1950: JOHN MORRISON ALLEN (29) (SHORTSTOP: PORTSMOUTH / OHIO-INDIAN LEAGUE)...................UNKNOWN
1950: WATTIE HOLM (48)....................SHOT HIMSELF AFTER KILLING HIS WIFE
1950: FRANK PEARCE (45)....................Gun
1951: HUGH CASEY (37)....................SHOTGun BLAST TO THE NECK
1951: WALLY ROETTGER (49)....................RAZOR
1954: SKEETER SHELTON (65)....................Gun
1955: JIM OGLESBY (50)....................SHOTGun
1956: LIMB McKENRY (68)....................Gun
1957: FRED ANDERSON (71)....................SHOTGun
1960: GIB BRACK (47)....................Gun
1961: JOHN MOHARDT (63)....................CUT HIS FEMORAL ARTERY
1961: GEORGE DAVIS (71)....................HANGING
1962: FRED BRATSCHI (70)....................DRANK BATTERY ACID
1962: OTTO MILLER (72)....................JUMPED
1962: CY MORGAN (83).....................RAZOR
1963: JOHNNY NIGGELING (60)....................HANGING
1964: PAUL ZAHNISER (68)....................Gun
1965: STAN PITULA (34)....................CARBON MONOXIDE
1966: LEW MOREN (83)....................SLIT HIS THROAT
1967: ART GARIBALDI (60)....................Gun
1969: EMIL KUSH (53)....................CARBON MONOXIDE
1971: MURRAY WALL (45)....................Gun
1972: DEL BISSONETTE (72)....................Gun
1975: DON WILSON (29)....................CARBON MONOXIDE
1980: DAN THOMAS (29)....................HUNG HIMSELF IN JAIL AFTER BEING CHARGED WITH RAPE
1989: VIRGIL STALLCUP (67)....................Gun
1989: CARLOS BERNIER (62)....................HANGING
1989: TONY LUCADELLO (?) BASEBALL SCOUT....................Gunshot Wound To The Head
1989: DONNIE MOORE (35)....................Gun (AFTER SHOOTING HIS WIFE FIRST)
1989: MIKE REINBACH (39)....................DROVE HIS CAR OVER A CLIFF
1990: CHARLIE SHOEMAKER (51)....................Gun
1991: JIM MAGNUSON (44)....................ALCOHOL POISONING
1995: RON LUCIANO (57) FORMER AMERICAN LEAGUE UMP....................CARBON MONOXIDE