Died while Active
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| Player | HiLvl | MLB | Played | Born | Place | Ht | Wt | B | T | Details |
| Nick Adenhart | MLB | 2008-2009 | 2005-2009 | 8/24/1986 | Hagerstown, Maryland | 6-4 | 190 | R | R | Car accident |
| Harry Agganis | MLB | 1954-1955 | 1954-1955 | 4/20/1929 | Lynn, Massachusetts | 6-2 | 200 | L | L | Died of a pulmonary embolism ten days after suffering from Pneumonia. |
| Steve Bechler | MLB | 2002-2002 | 1998-2002 | 11/18/1979 | Medford, Oregon | 6-2 | 207 | R | R | Heatstroke combined with Ephedra |
| Walt Bond | MLB | 1960-1967 | 1960-1967 | 10/19/1937 | Denmark, Tennessee | 6-7 | 228 | L | R | Died of leukemia |
| Tiny Bonham | MLB | 1940-1949 | 1940-1949 | 8/16/1913 | Ione, California | 6-2 | 215 | R | R | Died 18 days after his last start on August 28th after an appendectormy and stomach surgery. |
| Lyman Bostock | MLB | 1975-1978 | 1975-1978 | 11/22/1950 | Birmingham, Alabama | 6-1 | 180 | L | R | Was killed while in the backseat of a car after the estranged husband of the woman he was with shot him. Bostock had just met the woman. |
| Hal Carlson | MLB | 1917-1930 | 1917-1930 | 5/17/1892 | Rockford, Illinois | 6-0 | 180 | R | R | Died in his hotal room of an internal hemorrhage. |
| Ray Chapman | MLB | 1912-1920 | 1912-1920 | 1/15/1891 | Beaver Dam, Kentucky | 5-10 | 170 | R | R | Hit in the head by a pitch thrown by Carl Mays during a game. |
| Roberto Clemente | MLB | 1955-1972 | 1954-1972 | 8/18/1934 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | 5-11 | 175 | R | R | Plane Crash while delivering relief supplies to Nicaragua |
| Mike Coolbaugh | MLB | 2001-2002 | 1990-2006 | 6/5/1972 | Binghamton, New York | 6-1 | 185 | R | R | While coaching in the first base box, was hit with a batted ball |
| Tim Crews | MLB | 1987-1992 | 1981-1992 | 4/3/1961 | Tampa, Florida | 6-0 | 192 | R | R | Boating accident during spring training on an off-day along with Steve Olin |
| Mike Darr | MLB | 1999-2001 | 1994-2001 | 3/21/1976 | Corona, California | 6-3 | 205 | L | R | Car crash while driving to spring training |
| Jake Daubert | MLB | 1910-1924 | 1910-1924 | 4/7/1884 | Shamokin, Pennsylvania | 5-10 | 160 | L | L | Died after complications during an appendectormy after the 1924 season |
| Ed Delahanty | MLB | 1903-1903 | 1903-1903 | 10/30/1867 | Cleveland, Ohio | 6-1 | 170 | R | R | Was swept over Niagara Falls after being kicked off a train. He crossed the International bridge near Niagara Falls and then fell or jumped off the bridge. |
| Joe DeSa | MLB | 1980-1985 | 1977-1986 | 7/27/1959 | Honolulu, Hawaii | 5-11 | 170 | L | L | Automotible accident in San Juan, Puerto Rico. |
| Neal Finn | MLB | 1930-1933 | 1930-1933 | 1/24/1904 | Brooklyn, New York | 5-11 | 168 | R | R | Died during the season after surgery to repair an ulcer. |
| Danny Frisella | MLB | 1967-1976 | 1966-1976 | 3/4/1946 | San Francisco, California | 6-0 | 195 | L | R | Dune Buggy accident |
| Tom Gastall | MLB | 1955-1956 | 1955-1956 | 6/13/1932 | Fall River, Massachusetts | 6-2 | 187 | R | R | Was piloting a plane that crashed into Chesapeake Bay. |
| Marv Goodwin | MLB | 1916-1925 | 1916-1925 | 1/16/1891 | Gordonsville, Virginia | 5-11 | 168 | R | R | Crashed his plane in a training exercise with the Army air force reserves |
| Gregory Halman | MLB | 2010-2011 | 2005-2011 | 8/26/1987 | Haarlem, Netherlands | 6-4 | 192 | R | R | Murdered (stabbed) in the Netherlands |
| Josh Hancock | MLB | 2002-2007 | 1997-2007 | 4/11/1978 | Cleveland, Mississippi | 6-3 | 217 | R | R | Crashed his car into a tow truck helping another car on the highway |
| Clyde Hatter | MLB | 1935-1937 | 1935-1937 | 8/7/1908 | Poplar Hill, Kentucky | 5-11 | 170 | R | L | Reported to have had a heart attack |
| Willard Hershberger | MLB | 1938-1940 | 1938-1940 | 5/28/1910 | Lemoncove, California | 167 | R | R | Committed suicide during the 1940 season. | |
| Herman Hill | MLB | 1969-1970 | 1969-1970 | 10/12/1945 | Tuskegee, Alabama | 6-2 | 190 | L | R | Drowned during the 1970 off-season in Venezuela |
| Ken Hubbs | MLB | 1961-1963 | 1961-1963 | 12/23/1941 | Riverside, California | 6-2 | 175 | R | R | Plane crash |
| Joe Kennedy | MLB | 2001-2007 | 1998-2007 | 5/24/1979 | La Mesa, California | 6-4 | 225 | R | L | Died of hypertensive heart disease in the middle of the night during the 2007 off-season |
| Darryl Kile | MLB | 1991-2002 | 1988-2002 | 12/2/1968 | Garden Grove, California | 6-5 | 212 | R | R | Died of a heart attack in a Chicago hotel room during a road series against the Cubs. |
| Len Koenecke | MLB | 1932-1935 | 1932-1935 | 1/18/1904 | Baraboo, Wisconsin | 5-11 | 180 | L | R | Was hit over the head and killed with a fire extinguisher during a fight on a plane he chartered. |
| Frank Leary | MLB | 1907-1907 | 1907-1907 | 2/26/1881 | Wayland, Massachusetts | 0 | R | ? | ||
| Joe Leonard | MLB | 1914-1919 | 1914-1919 | 11/15/1894 | West Chicago, Illinois | 156 | L | R | Died of a ruptured appendix during the 1920 season | |
| Walt Lerian | MLB | 1928-1929 | 1928-1929 | 2/10/1903 | Baltimore, Maryland | 5-11 | 170 | R | R | Hit by a runaway truck on the streets of Baltimore after the 1929 season. |
| Cory Lidle | MLB | 1997-2006 | 1991-2006 | 3/22/1972 | Hollywood, California | 5-11 | 180 | R | R | Crashed his plane into a New York residential building with a flight instructor at the end of the 2006 season. |
| Austin McHenry | MLB | 1918-1922 | 1918-1922 | 9/22/1895 | c, Ohio | 5-11 | 152 | R | R | Died of a brain tumor |
| Mike Miley | MLB | 1975-1976 | 1975-1976 | 3/30/1953 | Yazoo City, Mississippi | 6-1 | 185 | B | R | Automobile Accident |
| Bob Moose | MLB | 1967-1976 | 1965-1976 | 10/9/1947 | Export, Pennsylvania | 6-0 | 200 | R | R | Killed in a car accident in Ohio on his 29th birthday after the season. |
| Thurman Munson | MLB | 1969-1979 | 1968-1979 | 6/7/1947 | Akron, Ohio | 5-11 | 191 | R | R | Died in a plane crash while he was practicing takeoffs and landings. |
| John Odom | A | - | 2004-2008 | 1/6/1982 | Atlanta, Georgia | 6-2 | 185 | R | R | Heroin overdose |
| Steve Olin | MLB | 1989-1992 | 1987-1992 | 10/4/1965 | Portland, Oregon | 6-3 | 185 | R | R | Boating accident during spring training on an off-day along with Tim Crews |
| Charlie Peete | MLB | 1956-1956 | 1956-1956 | 2/22/1929 | Franklin, Virginia | 5-9 | 190 | L | R | Plane crash during off-season en route to playing winter league baseball. |
| Doc Powers | MLB | 1903-1909 | 1903-1909 | 9/22/1870 | Pittsfield, Massachusetts | 0 | R | R | Crashed into a wall while chasing a foul ball and later died of complications from suergeries, two weeks later becoming the first MLB to suffer a fatal on-field injury. | |
| Chico Ruiz | MLB | 1964-1971 | 1964-1971 | 12/5/1938 | Santo Domingo, Cuba | 6-0 | 173 | B | R | Car accident |
| Jimmy Sebring | MLB | 1903-1909 | 1903-1909 | 3/22/1882 | Liberty, Pennsylvania | 6-0 | 180 | L | R | Died of brighs disease after the 1909 season |
| Mike Sharperson | MLB | 1987-1995 | 1982-1996 | 10/4/1961 | Orangeburg, South Carolina | 6-3 | 190 | R | R | Car accident while playing for Las Vegas of the International League. |
| Dernell Stenson | MLB | 2003-2003 | 1996-2003 | 6/17/1978 | LaGrange, Georgia | 6-1 | 215 | L | L | Was murdered while playing in the Arizona Fall League in Chandler, Arizona. |
| Danny Thompson | MLB | 1970-1976 | 1968-1976 | 2/1/1947 | Wichita, Kansas | 6-0 | 183 | R | R | Died of leukemia after the 1976 season |
| Dick Wantz | MLB | 1965-1965 | 1965-1965 | 4/11/1940 | South Gate, California | 6-5 | 175 | R | R | Died of an inoperable brain tumor during the 1965 season |
| Don Wilson | MLB | 1966-1974 | 1964-1974 | 2/12/1945 | Monroe, Louisiana | 6-3 | 205 | R | R | Carbon monoxide poisoning |
| Cliff Young | MLB | 1990-1993 | 1983-1993 | 8/2/1964 | Willis, Texas | 6-4 | 200 | L | L | Truck crash in Texas |
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