1942 MLB Baseball Deaths

Major Leaguers known to have died during the 1942 calendar year.

1942 MLB Deaths

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playerborndiedageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft info
Whitey Alperman1879-11-101942-12-2563.0452B5-10180RR1879-11-10Etna,PAMLB1906-19091906-1909 
Orson Baldwin1881-11-031942-02-1660.105P 185 R1881-11-03Carson City,MIMLB1908-19081908-1908 
Jim Baskette1887-12-101942-07-3054.232P6-2185RR1887-12-10Athens,TNMLB1911-19131911-1913 
Charley Bassett1863-02-091942-05-2879.108IF5-10150RR1863-02-09Central Falls,RIMLB1884-18921884-1892 
Bob Bescher1884-02-251942-11-2958.277OF6-1200BL1884-02-25London,OHMLB1908-19181908-1918 
Lyle Bigbee1893-08-221942-08-0548.348P-OF6-0180LR1893-08-22Waterloo,ORMLB1920-19211920-1921 
Pat Bohen1890-09-301942-04-0851.190P5-11155RR1890-09-30Oakland,IAMLB1913-19141913-1914 
John Buckley1870-03-201942-03-0371.348P6-1200LR1870-03-20Marlborough,MAMLB1890-18901890-1890 
Jimmy Burke1874-10-121942-03-2667.1653B5-7160RR1874-10-12St. Louis,MOMLB1898-19051898-1905 
Ed Burns1887-10-311942-06-0154.213C5-6165RR1887-10-31San Francisco,CAMLB1912-19181912-1918 
Ben Caffyn1879-02-101942-11-2263.285OF5-10175LL1879-02-10Peoria,ILMLB1906-19061906-1906 
Scrappy Carroll1860-08-271942-11-1482.079OF5-70R 1860-08-27Buffalo,NYMLB1884-18871884-1887 
Frank Connaughton1869-01-011942-12-0173.334SS5-9165RR1869-01-01Clinton,MAMLB1894-19061894-1906 
Owen Conway1889-10-231942-03-1252.1403B 0 R1889-10-23Willow Creek,NMMLB1915-19151915-1915 
Dan Coogan1875-02-161942-10-2867.254SS5-8128  1875-02-16Philadelphia,PAMLB1895-18951895-1895 
Birdie Cree1882-10-231942-11-0860.016OF5-6150RR1882-10-23Khedive,PAMLB1908-19151908-1915 
Manuel Cueto1892-02-081942-06-2950.141OF5-5157RR1892-02-08Guanajay,CUMLB1917-19191917-1919 
Ira Davis1870-07-081942-12-2172.166SS-1B 162  1870-07-08Philadelphia,PAMLB1899-18991899-1899 
Wiley Davis1875-08-011942-09-2267.052P5-10165RR1875-08-01Seymour,TNMLB1896-18961896-1896 
Bill Delaney1863-03-041942-03-0178.3622B5-10170RR1863-03-04Cincinnati,OHMLB1890-18901890-1890 
Jesse Duryea1859-09-071942-08-1982.346P5-10175RR1859-09-07Osage,IAMLB1889-18931889-1893 
Ed Eiteljorge1871-10-141942-12-0571.052P6-2190RR1871-10-14Berlin,GEMLB1890-18911890-1891 
Clay Fauver1872-08-011942-03-0369.214P5-100BR1872-08-01North Eaton,OHMLB1899-18991899-1899 
Joseph Finneran1890-10-291942-02-0351.097P5-11169RR1890-10-29East Orange,NJMLB1912-19181912-1918 
John Fischer1856-08-151942-02-0985.178P 0  1856-08-15Philadelphia,PAMLB1884-18851884-1885 
playerborndiedageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft info
Danny Friend1873-04-181942-06-0169.044P5-9175LL1873-04-18Cincinnati,OHMLB1895-18981895-1898 
Joe Giannini1888-09-081942-09-2654.018SS5-8155LR1888-09-08San Francisco,CAMLB1911-19111911-1911 
Ed Gremminger1874-03-301942-05-2668.0573B6-1200RR1874-03-30Canton,OHMLB1895-19041895-1904 
Joe Gunson1863-03-231942-11-1579.237C-OF5-6160RR1863-03-23Philadelphia,PAMLB1884-18931884-1893 
Jack Hammond1891-02-261942-03-0451.0062B5-11170RR1891-02-26Amsterdam,NYMLB1915-19221915-1922 
Jim Handiboe1866-07-171942-11-0876.114P5-11160RR1866-07-17Columbus,OHMLB1886-18861886-1886 
Pinky Hargrave1896-01-311942-10-0346.245C5-9180BR1896-01-31New Haven,INMLB1923-19331923-1933 
Jack Hayden1880-10-211942-08-0361.286OF5-9170LL1880-10-21Bryn Mawr,PAMLB1901-19081901-1908 
Izzy Hoffman1875-01-051942-11-1367.312OF5-9160LL1875-01-05Bridgeport,NJMLB1904-19071904-1907 
Charlie Jaeger1875-04-171942-09-2767.163P6-1195RR1875-04-17Ottawa,ILMLB1904-19041904-1904 
Bill James1887-01-201942-05-2555.125P6-4195BR1887-01-20Detroit,MIMLB1911-19191911-1919 
Bill Johnson1861-09-281942-07-1780.292OF 167LL1861-09-28 MLB1884-18921884-1892 
Chad Kimsey1906-08-061942-12-0336.119P6-2200LR1906-08-06Copperhill,TNMLB1929-19361929-1936 
Henry Larkin1860-01-121942-01-3182.0191B-OF5-10175RR1860-01-12Reading,PAMLB1884-18931884-1893 
Slim Love1890-08-011942-11-3052.121P6-7195LL1890-08-01Love,MSMLB1913-19201913-1920 
Frank Luce1896-12-061942-02-0345.059OF5-11180LR1896-12-06Spencer,OHMLB1923-19231923-1923 
Herm Malloy1885-06-011942-05-0956.342P6-00RR1885-06-01Massillon,OHMLB1907-19081907-1908 
Frank Martin1878-07-291942-09-0264.035IF 0  1878-07-29Denver,COMLB1897-18991897-1899 
John McCarty0000-00-001942-08-20P 0 R  MLB1889-18891889-1889 
Amby McConnell1883-04-291942-05-2059.0212B5-7150LR1883-04-29North Pownal,VTMLB1908-19111908-1911 
Gordon McNaughton1910-07-311942-08-0632.006P6-1190RR1910-07-31Chicago,ILMLB1932-19321932-1932 
Norm McNeil1892-10-221942-04-1149.171C5-11180RR1892-10-22Chicago,ILMLB1919-19191919-1919 
Larry Milton1879-05-041942-05-1563.011P 0 R1879-05-04Owensboro,KYMLB1903-19031903-1903 
Al Montgomery1920-07-031942-04-2621.297C5-11185RR1920-07-03Loving,NMMLB1941-19411941-1941 
Ray O'Brien1894-10-311942-03-3147.151OF5-9175LL1894-10-31St. Louis,MOMLB1916-19161916-1916 
playerborndiedageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft info
Dan O'Connor1868-08-111942-03-0373.2041B6-2185LR1868-08-11Guelph,ONMLB1890-18901890-1890 
Frank Owen1879-12-231942-11-2462.336P5-11160BR1879-12-23Ypsilanti,MIMLB1901-19091901-1909 
Harry Pearce1889-07-121942-01-0852.1802B-SS5-9158RR1889-07-12Philadelphia,PAMLB1917-19191917-1919 
Ed Phelps1879-03-031942-01-3162.334C5-11185RR1879-03-03Albany,NYMLB1902-19131902-1913 
Val Picinich1896-09-081942-12-0546.088C5-9165RR1896-09-08New York,NYMLB1916-19331916-1933 
Joe Poetz1900-06-221942-02-0741.230P5-11175RR1900-06-22St. Louis,MOMLB1926-19261926-1926 
Bill Rariden1888-02-051942-08-2854.204C5-10168RR1888-02-05Bedford,INMLB1909-19201909-1920 
John Rudderham1863-08-301942-04-0378.216OF5-8170RR1863-08-30Quincy,MAMLB1884-18841884-1884 
Amos Rusie1871-05-301942-12-0671.190P6-1200RR1871-05-30Mooresville,INMLB1889-19011889-1901 
Lev Shreve1867-01-141942-10-1875.277P5-11150RR1867-01-14Louisville,KYMLB1887-18891887-1889 
Hack Simmons1885-01-291942-04-2657.0872B-1B5-8179RR1885-01-29Brooklyn,NYMLB1910-19121910-1912 
Harry Spies1866-06-121942-07-0776.0251B-C5-11170RR1866-06-12New Orleans,LAMLB1895-18951895-1895 
Gene Steere1872-08-161942-03-1369.209SS 0  1872-08-16South Scituate,RIMLB1894-18941894-1894 
Jack Sutthoff1873-06-291942-08-0369.035P5-9175LR1873-06-29Cincinnati,OHMLB1898-19051898-1905 
Henry Thielman1880-10-031942-09-0261.334P5-11175RR1880-10-03St. Cloud,MNMLB1902-19031902-1903 
Tom Thomas1873-12-271942-09-2368.270P6-4195RR1873-12-27Shawnee,OHMLB1894-19001894-1900 
Bob Vail1881-09-241942-03-2260.179P5-10165RR1881-09-24Linneus,MEMLB1908-19081908-1908 
Mike Welday1879-12-191942-05-2862.160OF5-8165LL1879-12-19Conway,IAMLB1907-19091907-1909 
Dutch Wetzel1893-07-071942-03-0548.241OF5-10177RR1893-07-07Columbus,INMLB1920-19211920-1921 
Matt Zeiser1888-09-251942-06-1053.258P5-10170RR1888-09-25Chicago,ILMLB1914-19141914-1914 
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