1945 MLB Baseball Deaths

Major Leaguers known to have died during the 1945 calendar year.

1945 MLB Deaths

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playerborndiedageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft info
John Atz1879-07-011945-05-2265.3252B5-9150RR1879-07-01Washington,DCMLB1902-19091902-1909 
Ernie Baker1875-08-081945-10-2570.078P5-10160RR1875-08-08Concord,MIMLB1905-19051905-1905 
Bill Barnes1858-04-131945-07-1087.088OF5-10175  1858-04-13Shakopee,MNMLB1884-18841884-1884 
Steve Behel1860-11-061945-02-1584.101OF 0  1860-11-06Earlville,ILMLB1884-18861884-1886 
Ted Blankenship1901-05-101945-01-1443.249P6-1170RR1901-05-10Bonham,TXMLB1922-19301922-1930 
Cy Blanton1908-07-061945-09-1337.069P6-0180LR1908-07-06Waurika,OKMLB1934-19421934-1942 
Frank Butler1860-07-181945-07-1885.000OF5-7155LL1860-07-18Savannah,GAMLB1895-18951895-1895 
Walter Carlisle1881-07-061945-05-2763.325OF5-9154BR1881-07-06Yorkshire,ENMLB1908-19081908-1908 
Dick Carroll1884-07-211945-11-2261.124P6-20RR1884-07-21Cleveland,OHMLB1909-19091909-1909 
Ted Cather1889-05-201945-04-0955.324OF5-10178RR1889-05-20Chester,PAMLB1912-19151912-1915 
Tommy Clarke1888-05-091945-08-1457.097C5-11175RR1888-05-09New York,NYMLB1909-19171909-1917 
Gene Cocreham1884-11-141945-12-2761.043P6-4192RR1884-11-14Luling,TXMLB1913-19151913-1915 
Joe Corbett1875-12-041945-05-0269.149P5-10175RR1875-12-04San Francisco,CAMLB1895-19041895-1904 
Dick Cotter1889-10-121945-04-0455.174C5-11172RR1889-10-12Manchester,NHMLB1911-19121911-1912 
Pete Cregan1875-04-131945-05-1870.035OF5-8150RR1875-04-13Kingston,NYMLB1899-19031899-1903 
Bill Crouch1886-12-031945-12-2259.019P6-1210LL1886-12-03Marshallton,DEMLB1910-19101910-1910 
Cal Crum1889-07-271945-12-0756.133P6-1175RR1889-07-27Cooks Mills,ILMLB1917-19181917-1918 
Ervin Curtis1861-12-271945-02-1483.049OF5-8157LL1861-12-27Coldwater,MIMLB1891-18911891-1891 
Hack Eibel1893-12-061945-10-1651.314OF-P5-11220LL1893-12-06Brooklyn,NYMLB1912-19201912-1920 
Chick Fewster1895-11-101945-04-1649.1572B-OF5-11160RR1895-11-10Baltimore,MDMLB1917-19271917-1927 
William Fischer1891-03-021945-09-0454.186C6-0174LR1891-03-02New York,NYMLB1913-19171913-1917 
Mike Fitzgerald1891-06-261945-01-1753.205OF5-8160LR1891-06-26San Mateo,CAMLB1911-19181911-1918 
Henry Fournier1865-08-081945-12-0880.122P5-9160 L1865-08-08Syracuse,NYMLB1894-18941894-1894 
Charlie Frye1913-07-171945-05-2531.312P6-1175RR1913-07-17Hickory,NCMLB1940-19401940-1940 
Bob Gandy1893-08-251945-06-1951.298OF6-3180LR1893-08-25Jacksonville,FLMLB1916-19161916-1916 
playerborndiedageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft info
Bob Ganley1875-04-231945-10-0970.169OF5-7156LL1875-04-23Lowell,MAMLB1905-19091905-1909 
Frank Grube1905-01-071945-07-0240.176C5-9190RR1905-01-07Easton,PAMLB1931-19411931-1941 
Ernie Gust1888-01-241945-10-2657.2751B6-0170RR1888-01-24Bay City,MIMLB1911-19111911-1911 
George Hale1894-08-031945-11-0151.090C5-10160RR1894-08-03Dexter,KSMLB1914-19181914-1918 
Jocko Halligan1868-12-081945-02-1376.067OF5-9166L 1868-12-08Avon,NYMLB1890-18921890-1892 
Jack Hannifin1883-02-251945-10-2762.2443B-SS5-11167RR1883-02-25Holyoke,MAMLB1906-19081906-1908 
Charlie Heard1872-01-301945-02-2073.021P6-2190RR1872-01-30Philadelphia,PAMLB1890-18901890-1890 
Tom Hess1875-08-151945-12-1570.122C5-7157 R1875-08-15Brooklyn,NYMLB1892-18921892-1892 
Bill Hobbs1893-05-071945-01-0551.243SS5-10155RR1893-05-07Grants Lick,KYMLB1913-19161913-1916 
Ducky Holmes1883-07-081945-09-1862.072C5-10160RR1883-07-08Dayton,OHMLB1906-19061906-1906 
Jim Hughey1869-03-081945-03-2976.021P6-00 R1869-03-08Wakeshma,MIMLB1891-19001891-1900 
Bert Humphries1880-09-261945-09-2164.360P6-0182RR1880-09-26California,PAMLB1910-19151910-1915 
Ham Iburg1873-10-301945-02-1171.104P5-11165RR1873-10-30San Francisco,CAMLB1902-19021902-1902 
Bill Kay1878-02-141945-12-0367.292OF6-2180LR1878-02-14New Castle,VAMLB1907-19071907-1907 
Bill Kemmer1873-11-151945-06-0871.2053B6-2195RR1873-11-15 MLB1895-18951895-1895 
Snapper Kennedy1878-11-011945-07-3166.272OF5-10165BR1878-11-01Conneaut,OHMLB1902-19021902-1902 
Joe Kutina1885-01-161945-04-1360.0871B6-2205RR1885-01-16Chicago,ILMLB1911-19121911-1912 
Frank Lange1883-10-281945-12-2662.059P5-11180RR1883-10-28Columbia,WIMLB1910-19131910-1913 
Gene Lansing1898-01-111945-01-1847.007P6-1185RR1898-01-11Albany,NYMLB1922-19221922-1922 
Fred Lewis1858-10-131945-06-0586.235OF5-10194BR1858-10-13Buffalo,NYMLB1881-18861881-1886 
Harry McNeal1877-08-111945-01-1167.153P6-3175RR1877-08-11Iberia,OHMLB1901-19011901-1901 
Jack Mercer1889-03-101945-06-2556.107P5-110  1889-03-10Zanesville,OHMLB1910-19101910-1910 
Sam Mertes1872-08-061945-03-1172.217OF5-10185RR1872-08-06San Francisco,CAMLB1896-19061896-1906 
Dusty Miller1868-09-101945-09-0376.358OF5-11170LR1868-09-10Oil City,PAMLB1889-18991889-1899 
John Munyan1860-11-141945-02-1884.096C 0  1860-11-14Chester,PAMLB1887-18911887-1891 
playerborndiedageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft info
Connie Murphy1870-11-011945-12-1475.043C5-8155LR1870-11-01Northfield,MAMLB1893-18941893-1894 
Jim Murray1878-01-161945-04-2567.099OF5-10180RL1878-01-16Galveston,TXMLB1902-19141902-1914 
Art Nichols1871-07-141945-08-0974.026C5-10175RR1871-07-14Manchester,NHMLB1898-19031898-1903 
Lou Nordyke1876-08-071945-09-2769.0511B6-0185RR1876-08-07Brighton,IAMLB1906-19061906-1906 
Jake Northrop1888-03-051945-11-1657.256P5-11170LR1888-03-05Monroeton,PAMLB1918-19191918-1919 
Henry Oxley1858-01-041945-10-1287.281C5-11163R 1858-01-04Covehead,PEMLB1884-18841884-1884 
Ham Patterson1877-10-131945-11-2568.0431B-OF6-2185RR1877-10-13Belleville,ILMLB1909-19091909-1909 
Monty Pfyl1886-05-111945-10-1859.1601B6-3190LL1886-05-11St. Louis,MOMLB1907-19071907-1907 
Cy Pieh1886-09-291945-09-1258.348P6-2190RR1886-09-29Waunakee,ILMLB1913-19151913-1915 
Roy Radebaugh1881-02-221945-01-1763.330P5-7160RR1881-02-22Champaign,ILMLB1911-19111911-1911 
Paul Radford1861-10-141945-02-2183.130OF5-6148RR1861-10-14Roxbury,MAMLB1883-18941883-1894 
Morrie Rath1886-12-251945-11-1858.3282B5-9160LR1886-12-25Mobeetie,TXMLB1909-19201909-1920 
Taylor Shafer1866-07-131945-10-2779.106OF5-7155LR1866-07-13Philadelphia,PAMLB1884-18901884-1890 
Elmer Smith1868-03-231945-11-0377.225OF5-11178LL1868-03-23Pittsburgh,PAMLB1886-19011886-1901 
Tubby Spencer1884-01-261945-02-0161.006C5-10215RR1884-01-26Oil City,PAMLB1905-19181905-1918 
Bill Stemmeyer1865-05-061945-05-0379.362P6-2190RR1865-05-06Cleveland,OHMLB1885-18881885-1888 
George Stone1877-09-031945-01-0367.122OF5-9175LL1877-09-03Lost Nation,IAMLB1903-19101903-1910 
Cy Swaim1874-03-111945-12-2771.291P6-6180  1874-03-11Cadwallader,OHMLB1897-18981897-1898 
Ray Tift1884-06-211945-03-2960.281P5-10155RL1884-06-21Fitchburg,MAMLB1907-19071907-1907 
Tuck Turner1867-02-131945-07-1678.153OF5-6155BL1867-02-13 MLB1893-18981893-1898 
Fred Tyler1891-12-161945-10-1453.302C5-11180RR1891-12-16Derry,NHMLB1914-19141914-1914 
George Van Haltren1866-03-301945-09-2979.183OF5-11170LL1866-03-30St. Louis,MOMLB1887-19031887-1903 
Bobby Veach1888-06-291945-08-0757.039OF5-11160LR1888-06-29Island,KYMLB1912-19251912-1925 
Joe Visner1859-09-271945-06-1785.263OF5-11180LR1859-09-27Minneapolis,MNMLB1885-18911885-1891 
Rube Ward1879-02-061945-01-1765.346OF5-7152  1879-02-06New Lexington,OHMLB1902-19021902-1902 
playerborndiedageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft info
Clarence Winters1898-09-071945-06-2946.295P 0RR1898-09-07Detroit,MIMLB1924-19241924-1924 
Dave Zearfoss1868-01-011945-09-1277.254C5-90RR1868-01-01Schenectady,NYMLB1896-19051896-1905 
Eddie Zimmerman1883-01-041945-05-0662.1223B5-9160RR1883-01-04Oceanic,NJMLB1906-19111906-1911 
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