1955 MLB Baseball Deaths

Major Leaguers known to have died during the 1955 calendar year.

1955 MLB Deaths

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playerborndiedageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft info
Rick Adams1878-12-241955-03-1076.076P6-0165LL1878-12-24Paris,TXMLB1905-19051905-1905 
Morrie Aderholt1915-09-131955-03-1839.186OF-2B6-1188LR1915-09-13Mount Olive,NCMLB1939-19451939-1945 
Dick Adkins1920-03-031955-09-1235.193SS5-10165RR1920-03-03Electra,TXMLB1942-19421942-1942 
Harry Agganis1929-04-201955-06-2726.0681B6-2200LL1929-04-20Lynn,MAMLB1954-19551954-1955 
Mike Balenti1886-07-031955-08-0469.032SS5-11175RR1886-07-03Calumet,OKMLB1911-19131911-1913 
Cuke Barrows1883-10-201955-02-1071.113OF5-8158RL1883-10-20Gray,MEMLB1909-19121909-1912 
Harry Barton1875-01-201955-01-2580.005C5-6155BR1875-01-20Chester,PAMLB1905-19051905-1905 
Stan Baumgartner1894-12-141955-10-0460.294P6-0175LL1894-12-14Houston,TXMLB1914-19261914-1926 
Rudy Bell1881-01-011955-07-2874.208OF5-8158RR1881-01-01Wausau,WIMLB1907-19071907-1907 
Curt Bernard1878-02-181955-04-1077.051OF5-10150LR1878-02-18Parkersburg,WVMLB1900-19011900-1901 
Monte Beville1875-02-241955-01-2479.334C-1B5-11180LR1875-02-24Dublin,INMLB1903-19041903-1904 
Red Booles1880-07-141955-03-1674.245P5-10150LL1880-07-14Bernice,LAMLB1909-19091909-1909 
Jake Boultes1884-08-061955-12-2471.140P6-30RR1884-08-06St. Louis,MOMLB1907-19091907-1909 
Clint Brown1903-07-081955-12-3152.176P6-1190LR1903-07-08Blackash,PAMLB1928-19421928-1942 
Elmer Brown1883-03-251955-01-2371.304P6-0172LR1883-03-25Southport,INMLB1911-19151911-1915 
Fred Brown1879-04-121955-02-0375.297OF5-10190RR1879-04-12Ossipee,NHMLB1901-19021901-1902 
Ray Brown1889-01-311955-05-2966.118P6-1172RR1889-01-31Chicago,ILMLB1909-19091909-1909 
Jack Bushelman1886-08-291955-10-2669.058P6-2175RR1886-08-29Cincinnati,OHMLB1909-19121909-1912 
Jerry Byrne1907-02-021955-08-1148.190P6-0170RR1907-02-02Parnell,MIMLB1929-19291929-1929 
Bill Calhoun1890-06-231955-01-2864.2191B6-0180LL1890-06-23Rockmart,GAMLB1913-19131913-1913 
George Caster1907-08-041955-12-1848.136P6-1180RR1907-08-04Colton,CAMLB1934-19461934-1946 
Felix Chouinard1887-10-051955-04-2867.205OF5-7150RR1887-10-05Chicago,ILMLB1910-19111910-1911 
Shano Collins1885-12-041955-09-1069.280OF-1B6-0185RR1885-12-04Charlestown,MAMLB1910-19251910-1925 
Bob Cone1894-02-271955-05-2461.086P6-2172RR1894-02-27Galveston,TXMLB1915-19151915-1915 
Hooks Cotter1900-05-221955-08-0655.0761B5-10160LL1900-05-22Holden,MOMLB1922-19241922-1924 
playerborndiedageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft info
Sam Crane1894-09-131955-11-1261.060SS6-0154RR1894-09-13Harrisburg,PAMLB1914-19221914-1922 
Dode Criss1885-03-121955-09-0870.180P-1B6-2200LR1885-03-12Sherman,MSMLB1908-19111908-1911 
Edward DeGroff1879-09-021955-12-1776.106OF5-11190LR1879-09-02Hyde Park,NYMLB1905-19061905-1906 
Bill Dinneen1876-04-051955-01-1378.283P6-1190RR1876-04-05Syracuse,NYMLB1898-19091898-1909 
Moxie Divis1894-01-161955-12-1961.337OF5-60  1894-01-16Cleveland,OHMLB1916-19161916-1916 
Louis Drucke1888-12-031955-09-2266.293P6-1188RR1888-12-03Waco,TXMLB1909-19121909-1912 
Harry Eccles1893-07-091955-06-0261.328P6-2170LL1893-07-09Kennedy,NYMLB1915-19151915-1915 
Babe Ellison1896-11-151955-08-1158.2691B-2B5-11170RR1896-11-15Ola,ARMLB1916-19201916-1920 
Jim Fairbank1881-03-171955-12-2774.285P5-10175RR1881-03-17Deansboro,NYMLB1903-19041903-1904 
Gary Fortune1894-10-111955-09-2360.347P6-0176BR1894-10-11High Point,NCMLB1916-19201916-1920 
Howie Fox1921-03-011955-10-0934.222P6-3210RR1921-03-01Coburg,ORMLB1944-19541944-1954 
Lefty George1886-08-131955-05-1368.273P6-0155LL1886-08-13Pittsburgh,PAMLB1911-19181911-1918 
Norm Glockson1894-06-151955-08-0561.051C6-2200RR1894-06-15Blue Island,ILMLB1914-19141914-1914 
Reggie Grabowski1907-07-161955-04-0247.260P6-0185RR1907-07-16Syracuse,NYMLB1932-19341932-1934 
Louis Graff1866-07-251955-04-1688.265C 0 R1866-07-25Philadelphia,PAMLB1890-18901890-1890 
Frank Gregory1888-07-251955-11-0567.103P5-11185RR1888-07-25Spring Valley Township,WIMLB1912-19121912-1912 
Clark Griffith1869-11-201955-10-2785.341P5-7156RR1869-11-20Clear Creek,MOMLB1891-19141891-1914 
Ray Hartranft1890-09-191955-02-1064.144P6-1195LL1890-09-19Quakertown,PAMLB1913-19131913-1913 
Frankie Hayes1914-10-131955-06-2240.252C6-0185RR1914-10-13Jamesburg,NJMLB1933-19471933-1947 
Lafayette Henion1899-06-071955-07-2256.045P5-11154RR1899-06-07Eureka,CAMLB1919-19191919-1919 
Art Herman1871-05-111955-09-2084.132P 0  1871-05-11Louisville,KYMLB1896-18971896-1897 
Ed Hovlik1891-08-201955-03-1963.211P6-0180RR1891-08-20Cleveland,OHMLB1918-19191918-1919 
Jimmy Hudgens1902-08-241955-08-2653.0021B6-0180LR1902-08-24Newburg,MOMLB1923-19261923-1926 
Jim Jackson1877-11-281955-10-0977.315OF5-6165RR1877-11-28Philadelphia,PAMLB1901-19061901-1906 
Otto Jacobs1889-04-191955-11-1966.214C5-9180RR1889-04-19Chicago,ILMLB1918-19181918-1918 
playerborndiedageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft info
Henry Jones1857-05-101955-05-3198.0212B-OF5-6149B 1857-05-10 MLB1884-18841884-1884 
Ike Kamp1900-09-051955-02-2554.173P6-0170BL1900-09-05Roxbury,MAMLB1924-19251924-1925 
Jack Katoll1872-06-241955-06-1882.359P5-11195RR1872-06-24 MLB1898-19021898-1902 
Mike Kelley1875-12-021955-06-0679.1861B6-0210RR1875-12-02Templeton,MAMLB1899-18991899-1899 
Lymon Lamb1895-03-171955-10-0560.2023B-OF5-7150RR1895-03-17Lincoln,NEMLB1920-19211920-1921 
Fred Lear1894-04-071955-10-1361.1893B-2B6-0180RR1894-04-07New York,NYMLB1915-19201915-1920 
Tom Lynch1860-04-031955-03-2894.359OF5-10170LR1860-04-03Bennington,VTMLB1884-18851884-1885 
Dan McGeehan1885-06-071955-07-1270.0352B5-6135RR1885-06-07Jeddo,PAMLB1911-19111911-1911 
Joe McManus1887-09-071955-12-2368.107P6-1180RR1887-09-07Palmyra,ILMLB1913-19131913-1913 
Horace Milan1894-04-071955-06-2961.083OF5-9175RR1894-04-07Linden,TNMLB1915-19171915-1917 
Mike Morrison1867-02-061955-06-1688.130P5-8156RR1867-02-06Erie,PAMLB1887-18901887-1890 
Phil Morrison1894-10-181955-01-1860.092P6-2190BR1894-10-18Rockport,INMLB1921-19211921-1921 
Danny Murphy1876-08-111955-11-2279.1032B-OF5-9175RR1876-08-11Philadelphia,PAMLB1900-19131900-1913 
George Murray1898-09-231955-10-1857.025P6-2200RR1898-09-23Charlotte,NCMLB1922-19331922-1933 
Lynn Nelson1905-02-241955-02-1549.356P5-11170LR1905-02-24Sheldon,NDMLB1930-19401930-1940 
Peaches O'Neill1879-08-301955-08-0275.337C5-11165RR1879-08-30Anderson,INMLB1904-19041904-1904 
Queenie O'Rourke1883-12-261955-12-2271.361OF-SS5-7150RR1883-12-26Bridgeport,CTMLB1908-19081908-1908 
Jim Oglesby1905-08-101955-09-0150.0221B6-0190LL1905-08-10Schofield,MOMLB1936-19361936-1936 
John Raleigh1887-04-211955-08-2468.125P5-9165RL1887-04-21Elkhorn,WIMLB1909-19101909-1910 
Newt Randall1880-02-031955-05-0375.089OF5-10181LR1880-02-03New Lowell,ONMLB1907-19071907-1907 
Doc Reisling1874-07-251955-03-0480.222P5-10180RR1874-07-25Martins Ferry,OHMLB1904-19101904-1910 
Frank Roth1878-10-111955-03-2776.167C5-10160RR1878-10-11Chicago,ILMLB1903-19101903-1910 
Dave Rowan1881-12-061955-07-3073.2361B5-11175LL1881-12-06Elora,ONMLB1911-19111911-1911 
Hal Schwenk1890-08-231955-09-0365.011P6-0185LL1890-08-23Schuylkill Haven,PAMLB1913-19131913-1913 
Joe Shannon1897-02-111955-07-2858.167OF-2B5-11170RR1897-02-11Jersey City,NJMLB1915-19151915-1915 
playerborndiedageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft info
Mule Shirley1901-05-241955-08-0454.0721B5-11180LL1901-05-24Snow Hill,NCMLB1924-19251924-1925 
Ed Smith1879-02-211955-03-2076.027P5-11170RR1879-02-21Mentone,INMLB1906-19061906-1906 
John Stone1905-10-101955-11-3050.051OF6-1178LR1905-10-10Mulberry,TNMLB1928-19381928-1938 
Jesse Stovall1875-07-241955-07-1279.353P6-0175LR1875-07-24Leeds,MOMLB1903-19041903-1904 
Allie Strobel1884-06-111955-02-1070.2442B6-0160RR1884-06-11Boston,MAMLB1905-19061905-1906 
George Stultz1873-06-301955-03-1981.262P5-10150  1873-06-30Louisville,KYMLB1894-18941894-1894 
Buck Sweeney1890-04-151955-03-1364.332OF 0RR1890-04-15Pittsburgh,PAMLB1914-19141914-1914 
Fred Tauby1906-03-271955-11-2349.241OF5-10168RR1906-03-27Canton,OHMLB1935-19371935-1937 
Harry Taylor1866-04-041955-07-1289.0991B6-2160L 1866-04-04Tioga,NYMLB1890-18931890-1893 
Tom Tennant1882-07-031955-02-1572.227H5-11165LL1882-07-03Monroe,WIMLB1912-19121912-1912 
Hank Thormahlen1896-07-051955-02-0658.216P6-0180LL1896-07-05Jersey City,NJMLB1917-19251917-1925 
Bill Tozer1882-07-031955-02-2372.235P6-0200RR1882-07-03St. Louis,MOMLB1908-19081908-1908 
Joe Vernon1889-11-251955-03-1365.108P5-11160RR1889-11-25Mansfield,MAMLB1912-19121912-1912 
Honus Wagner1874-02-241955-12-0681.285SS5-11200RR1874-02-24Chartiers,PAMLB1897-19171897-1917 
Curt Walker1896-07-031955-12-0959.159OF5-10170LR1896-07-03Beeville,TXMLB1919-19301919-1930 
Buck Washer1882-10-111955-12-0873.058P5-10175RR1882-10-11Akron,OHMLB1905-19051905-1905 
Gus Weyhing1866-09-291955-09-0488.340P5-10145RR1866-09-29Louisville,KYMLB1887-19011887-1901 
Bob Wicker1877-05-251955-01-2277.242P5-11210LR1877-05-25Bono,INMLB1901-19061901-1906 
Harry Wood1881-02-101955-05-1874.097OF5-10155LR1881-02-10Waterville,MEMLB1903-19031903-1903 
Cy Young1867-03-291955-11-0488.220P6-2210RR1867-03-29Gilmore,OHMLB1890-19111890-1911 
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