1980 MLB Baseball Deaths

Major Leaguers known to have died during the 1980 calendar year.

1980 MLB Deaths

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playerborndiedageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft info
Bill Ayers1919-09-271980-09-2460.363P6-3185RR1919-09-27Newnan,GAMLB1947-19471947-1947 
Tom Baker1934-05-061980-03-0945.308P6-0195LL1934-05-06Port Townsend,WAMLB1963-19631963-1963
1954-  UDFA  -SLN
Eppie Barnes1900-12-011980-11-1779.3521B5-9175LR1900-12-01Ossining,NYMLB1923-19241923-1924 
Clyde Barnhart1895-12-291980-01-2184.023OF-3B5-10155RR1895-12-29Buck Valley,PAMLB1920-19281920-1928 
Charlie Bates1907-09-171980-01-2972.134OF5-10165RR1907-09-17Philadelphia,PAMLB1927-19271927-1927 
Dud Branom1897-11-301980-02-0482.0661B6-1190LL1897-11-30Sulphur Springs,TXMLB1927-19271927-1927 
Ralph Capron1889-06-161980-09-1991.095OF6-0165LR1889-06-16Minneapolis,MNMLB1913-19131913-1913 
Herb Cobb1904-08-061980-01-0875.155P5-11150RR1904-08-06Pinetops,NCMLB1929-19291929-1929 
Curt Coleman1887-02-181980-07-0193.1343B5-11180LR1887-02-18Salem,ORMLB1912-19121912-1912 
Allan Collamore1887-06-051980-08-0893.064P6-0170RR1887-06-05Worcester,MAMLB1911-19151911-1915 
Bill Connelly1925-06-291980-11-2755.151P6-0175LR1925-06-29Alberta,VAMLB1945-19531945-1953
1945-  UDFA  -PHA
Jerry Conway1901-06-071980-04-1678.314P6-2190LL1901-06-07Holyoke,MAMLB1920-19201920-1920 
Walt Craddock1932-03-251980-07-0648.103P6-0176RL1932-03-25Pax,WVMLB1955-19581955-1958 
Hughie Critz1900-09-171980-01-1079.1152B5-8147RR1900-09-17Starkville,MSMLB1924-19351924-1935 
Bill Crouch1907-08-201980-12-2673.128P6-1180BR1907-08-20Wilmington,DEMLB1939-19451939-1945 
Frank Croucher1914-07-231980-05-2165.303SS5-11165RR1914-07-23San Antonio,TXMLB1939-19421939-1942 
Ray Dobens1906-07-281980-04-2173.268P5-8175LL1906-07-28Nashua,NHMLB1929-19291929-1929 
Bill Dunlap1909-05-011980-11-2971.212OF5-11170RR1909-05-01Palmer,MAMLB1929-19301929-1930 
Foster Edwards1903-09-011980-01-0476.125P6-3175RR1903-09-01Holstein,IAMLB1925-19301925-1930 
Rube Ehrhardt1894-11-201980-04-2785.159P6-2190RR1894-11-20Beecher,ILMLB1924-19291924-1929 
Buck Etchison1915-01-271980-01-2464.3621B6-1190LL1915-01-27Baltimore,MDMLB1943-19441943-1944 
Herman Fink1911-08-221980-08-2469.002P6-2198RR1911-08-22Concord,NCMLB1935-19371935-1937 
Les Fleming1915-08-071980-03-0564.2111B5-10185LL1915-08-07Singleton,TXMLB1939-19491939-1949 
Ray Foley1906-06-231980-03-2273.273H5-11173LR1906-06-23Naugatuck,CTMLB1928-19281928-1928 
Wenty Ford1946-11-251980-07-0833.226P5-11165RR1946-11-25Nassau,BMMLB1973-19731973-1973
1966-  UDFA  -ATL
playerborndiedageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft info
Sid Gautreaux1912-05-041980-04-1967.351C5-8190BR1912-05-04Schriever,LAMLB1936-19371936-1937 
Bob Geary1891-05-101980-01-0388.238P5-11168RR1891-05-10Cincinnati,OHMLB1918-19211918-1921 
Jack Gilligan1885-10-181980-11-1995.032P6-0190BR1885-10-18Chicago,ILMLB1909-19101909-1910 
Jonah Goldman1906-08-291980-08-1773.354SS5-7170RR1906-08-29New York,NYMLB1928-19311928-1931 
Earl Grace1907-02-241980-12-2273.302C6-0175LR1907-02-24Barlow,KYMLB1929-19371929-1937 
Joe Graves1906-02-261980-12-2274.3003B5-10160RR1906-02-26Marblehead,MAMLB1926-19261926-1926 
Bob Habenicht1926-02-131980-12-2454.315P6-2185RR1926-02-13St. Louis,MOMLB1951-19531951-1953 
Odell Hale1908-08-101980-06-0971.3042B-3B5-10175RR1908-08-10Hosston,LAMLB1931-19411931-1941 
Ed Head1918-01-251980-01-3162.006P6-1175RR1918-01-25Selma,LAMLB1940-19461940-1946 
Al Hermann1899-03-281980-08-2081.1452B-3B6-0180RR1899-03-28Milltown,NJMLB1923-19241923-1924 
George Hesselbacher1895-01-181980-02-1885.031P6-2175RR1895-01-18Philadelphia,PAMLB1916-19161916-1916 
Johnny Hodapp1905-09-261980-06-1474.2622B-3B6-0185RR1905-09-26Cincinnati,OHMLB1925-19331925-1933 
Kenny Hogan1902-10-091980-01-0277.085OF5-9145LR1902-10-09Cleveland,OHMLB1921-19241921-1924 
Bob Hooper1922-05-301980-03-1757.292P5-11195RR1922-05-30Leamington,ONMLB1950-19551950-1955 
Elston Howard1929-02-231980-12-1451.295C-OF6-2200RR1929-02-23St. Louis,MOMLB1955-19681955-1968 
Bill Hubbell1897-06-171980-08-0383.047P6-2195RR1897-06-17Henderson,COMLB1919-19251919-1925 
Harry Hulihan1899-04-181980-09-1181.146P5-11170RL1899-04-18Rutland,VTMLB1922-19221922-1922 
Hooks Iott1919-12-031980-08-1760.258P6-2200BL1919-12-03Mountain Grove,MOMLB1941-19471941-1947 
Tony Jacobs1925-08-051980-12-2155.138P5-9150BR1925-08-05Dixmoor,ILMLB1948-19551948-1955 
Charles Jamerson1900-01-251980-08-0480.192P6-1195LL1900-01-25Enfield,ILMLB1924-19241924-1924 
Lloyd Johnson1910-12-241980-10-0869.289P6-4204LL1910-12-24Santa Rosa,CAMLB1934-19341934-1934 
Art Jones1906-02-071980-11-2574.292P6-0165RR1906-02-07Kershaw,SCMLB1932-19321932-1932 
Dale Jones1918-12-171980-11-0861.327P6-1172RR1918-12-17Marquette,NEMLB1941-19411941-1941 
Johnny Jones1892-08-251980-06-0587.285P6-1151RR1892-08-25Arcadia,LAMLB1919-19201919-1920 
Arndt Jorgens1905-05-181980-03-0174.288C5-9160RR1905-05-18Modum,NOMLB1929-19391929-1939 
playerborndiedageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft info
Jimmie Keenan1899-05-251980-06-0581.011P5-7155LL1899-05-25Avon,NYMLB1920-19211920-1921 
Mel Kerr1903-05-221980-08-0977.079H6-0155LL1903-05-22Souris,MBMLB1925-19251925-1925 
Gus Ketchum1897-03-211980-09-0683.169P5-10170RR1897-03-21Royse City,TXMLB1922-19221922-1922 
Stan Klopp1910-12-221980-03-1169.080P6-2180RR1910-12-22Womelsdorf,PAMLB1944-19441944-1944
1937-  UDFA  -BRO
Lou Knerr1921-08-211980-03-2358.215P6-1210RR1921-08-21Denver,PAMLB1945-19471945-1947 
Mike Knode1895-11-081980-12-2085.042OF5-10160RR1895-11-08Westminster,MDMLB1920-19201920-1920 
Frank LaManna1919-08-221980-09-0161.010P6-3195RR1919-08-22Homer City,PAMLB1940-19421940-1942 
Cliff Lee1896-08-041980-08-2584.021OF-1B6-1175RR1896-08-04Lexington,NEMLB1919-19261919-1926 
George Lees1895-02-021980-01-0284.334C5-9150RR1895-02-02Bethlehem,PAMLB1921-19211921-1921 
Bob Linton1902-04-181980-04-0377.351C6-0185LR1902-04-18Emerson,ARMLB1929-19291929-1929 
Frank Loftus1898-03-101980-10-2782.231P5-9190RR1898-03-10Scranton,PAMLB1926-19261926-1926 
Joe Lucey1897-03-271980-07-3083.125P6-0168RR1897-03-27Holyoke,MAMLB1920-19251920-1925 
Waddy MacPhee1899-12-231980-01-2080.0283B5-8140RR1899-12-23Brooklyn,NYMLB1922-19221922-1922 
Garth Mann1915-11-161980-09-1164.300H6-0155RR1915-11-16Brandon,TXMLB1944-19441944-1944 
Rube Marquard1886-10-091980-06-0193.236P6-3180BL1886-10-09Cleveland,OHMLB1908-19251908-1925 
Rube Marshall1890-01-191980-06-1190.144P5-11170RR1890-01-19Salineville,OHMLB1912-19141912-1914 
Hersh Martin1909-09-191980-11-1771.059OF6-2190BR1909-09-19Birmingham,ALMLB1937-19451937-1945 
Jack Martin1887-04-191980-07-0493.076SS-3B5-9159RR1887-04-19Plainfield,NJMLB1912-19141912-1914 
Ed Miller1888-11-241980-04-1791.1451B-OF6-0180RR1888-11-24Annville,PAMLB1912-19181912-1918 
Tom Miller1897-07-051980-08-1383.039H5-11180LR1897-07-05Powhatan Court House,VAMLB1918-19191918-1919 
Ed Morgan1904-05-221980-04-0975.3231B-OF6-0180RR1904-05-22Cairo,ILMLB1928-19341928-1934 
Joe Muir1922-11-261980-06-2557.212P6-1172LL1922-11-26Oriole,MDMLB1951-19521951-1952 
Greg Mulleavy1905-09-251980-02-0174.129SS5-9167RR1905-09-25Detroit,MIMLB1930-19331930-1933 
Tommy Neill1919-11-071980-09-2260.320OF6-2200LR1919-11-07Hartselle,ALMLB1946-19471946-1947 
Andy O'Connor1884-09-141980-09-2696.012P6-0160RR1884-09-14Roxbury,MAMLB1908-19081908-1908 
playerborndiedageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft info
Ole Olsen1894-09-121980-09-1286.000P5-10163RR1894-09-12South Norwalk,CTMLB1922-19231922-1923 
Ted Olson1912-08-271980-12-0968.104P6-3185RR1912-08-27Quincy,MAMLB1936-19381936-1938 
Johnny Oulliber1911-02-241980-12-2669.306OF5-11165RR1911-02-24New Orleans,LAMLB1933-19331933-1933 
Ernie Ovitz1885-10-071980-09-1194.340P5-9156RR1885-10-07Mineral Point,WIMLB1911-19111911-1911 
Don Padgett1911-12-051980-12-0969.004C6-0190LR1911-12-05Caroleen,NCMLB1937-19481937-1948 
Joe Page1917-10-281980-04-2162.176P6-2205LL1917-10-28Cherry Valley,PAMLB1944-19541944-1954 
Charlie Pechous1896-10-051980-09-1383.3443B6-0170RR1896-10-05Chicago,ILMLB1916-19171916-1917 
Cap Peterson1942-08-151980-05-1637.275OF6-2195RR1942-08-15Tacoma,WAMLB1962-19691962-1969
1960-  UDFA  -SFN
Bob Porterfield1923-08-101980-04-2856.262P6-0190RR1923-08-10Newport,VAMLB1948-19591948-1959
1946-  UDFA  -NYA
Mel Preibisch1914-11-231980-04-1265.141OF5-11185RR1914-11-23Sealy,TXMLB1940-19411940-1941 
Jerry Priddy1919-11-091980-03-0360.1152B6-0180RR1919-11-09Los Angeles,CAMLB1941-19531941-1953 
Art Reinholz1903-01-271980-12-2977.3373B5-11175RR1903-01-27Detroit,MIMLB1928-19281928-1928 
Beryl Richmond1907-08-241980-04-2472.244P6-1185BL1907-08-24Glen Easton,WVMLB1933-19341933-1934 
Frank Rosso1921-03-011980-01-2658.331P5-11180RR1921-03-01Agawam,MAMLB1944-19441944-1944 
Jack Rothrock1905-03-141980-02-0274.325OF-SS6-0165BR1905-03-14Long Beach,CAMLB1925-19371925-1937 
Rosy Ryan1898-03-151980-12-1082.270P6-0185LR1898-03-15Worcester,MAMLB1919-19331919-1933 
Gene Rye1906-11-151980-01-2173.067OF5-6165LR1906-11-15Chicago,ILMLB1931-19311931-1931 
Bob Shawkey1890-12-041980-12-3190.027P5-11168RR1890-12-04Sigel,PAMLB1913-19271913-1927 
Ernie Shore1891-03-241980-09-2489.184P6-4220RR1891-03-24East Bend,NCMLB1912-19201912-1920 
Harry Smythe1904-10-241980-08-2875.309P5-11179LL1904-10-24Augusta,GAMLB1929-19341929-1934 
Wally Snell1889-05-191980-07-2391.065C5-10170RR1889-05-19West Bridgewater,MAMLB1913-19131913-1913 
Charlie Sproull1919-01-091980-01-1361.004P6-3185RR1919-01-09Taylorsville,GAMLB1945-19451945-1945 
Stuffy Stewart1894-01-311980-12-3086.3342B5-10160RR1894-01-31Jasper,FLMLB1916-19291916-1929 
Dick Stone1911-12-051980-02-1868.075P5-9153LL1911-12-05Oklahoma City,OKMLB1945-19451945-1945 
Monty Swartz1897-01-011980-01-1383.012P5-11182RR1897-01-01Farmersville,OHMLB1920-19201920-1920 
playerborndiedageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft info
Hank Sweeney1915-12-281980-05-0664.1301B6-0185LL1915-12-28Franklin,TNMLB1944-19441944-1944 
Leo Tankersley1901-06-081980-09-1879.102C6-0176RR1901-06-08Terrell,TXMLB1925-19251925-1925 
Chink Taylor1898-02-091980-07-0782.149OF5-9160RR1898-02-09Burnet,TXMLB1925-19251925-1925 
Dan Thomas1951-05-091980-06-1229.034OF6-2190RR1951-05-09Birmingham,ALMLB1976-19771971-1978
1972-  1-   6-MIL
Ben Tincup1890-12-141980-07-0589.204P6-1180LR1890-12-14Adair,OKMLB1914-19281914-1928 
Red Torphy1891-11-061980-02-1188.0971B5-11169RR1891-11-06Fall River,MAMLB1920-19201920-1920 
Bob Trowbridge1930-06-271980-04-0349.281P6-1190RR1930-06-27Hudson,NYMLB1956-19601956-1960 
Luke Urban1898-03-221980-12-0782.260C5-8168RR1898-03-22Fall River,MAMLB1927-19281927-1928 
Pat Veltman1906-03-241980-10-0174.191C6-0175RR1906-03-24Mobile,ALMLB1926-19341926-1934 
Ernie Vick1900-07-021980-07-1680.014C5-10185RR1900-07-02Toledo,OHMLB1922-19261922-1926 
Fred Walters1912-09-041980-02-0167.150C6-1210RR1912-09-04Laurel,MSMLB1945-19451945-1945 
Johnny Watwood1905-08-171980-03-0174.197OF-1B6-1186LL1905-08-17Alexander City,ALMLB1929-19391929-1939 
Al Wickland1888-01-271980-03-1492.047OF5-7155LL1888-01-27Chicago,ILMLB1913-19191913-1919 
Fred Wigington1897-12-161980-05-0882.144P5-10168RR1897-12-16Rogers,NEMLB1923-19231923-1923 
John Wilson1903-04-251980-08-2777.124P6-2164RR1903-04-25Coal City,ALMLB1927-19281927-1928 
George Woodend1917-12-091980-02-0662.059P6-0200RR1917-12-09Hartford,CTMLB1944-19441944-1944 
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