Ball Players who have committed suicide w/Photo challenge!

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Posted By: Jim Clarke

Here is the list I copied and paste from Fred's research. Since we always look for reason to show photos.. Why not try to complete this list... I'll start with Marty Bergen and Patsy Tebeau.. I never would believe that many people would take their lives like that...Surprised not more from the 30's...


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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