1987 MLB Baseball Deaths

Major Leaguers known to have died during the 1987 calendar year.

1987 MLB Deaths

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playerborndiedageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft info
Jerry Adair1936-12-171987-05-3150.1652B-SS6-0175RR1936-12-17Sand Springs,OKMLB1958-19701958-1970
1958-  UDFA  -BAL
Jay Avrea1920-07-061987-06-2666.355P6-1175RR1920-07-06Cleburne,TXMLB1950-19501950-1950 
Hubert Bates1912-03-161987-04-2975.044OF6-0165RR1912-03-16Los Angeles,CAMLB1939-19391939-1939 
Boom-Boom Beck1904-10-161987-05-0782.203P6-2200RR1904-10-16Decatur,ILMLB1924-19451924-1945 
Hank Behrman1921-06-271987-01-2065.207P5-11174RR1921-06-27Brooklyn,NYMLB1946-19491946-1949 
Huck Betts1897-02-181987-06-1390.115P5-11170RR1897-02-18Millsboro,DEMLB1920-19351920-1935 
George Blackerby1903-11-181987-05-3083.193OF6-1176RR1903-11-18Luther,OKMLB1928-19281928-1928 
Zeke Bonura1908-09-201987-03-0978.1701B6-0210RR1908-09-20New Orleans,LAMLB1934-19401934-1940 
Jim Brewer1937-11-141987-11-1650.002P6-2195LL1937-11-14Merced,CAMLB1960-19761960-1976
1956-  UDFA  -CHN
Joseph Burns1889-03-261987-07-1298.108OF5-11170LL1889-03-26Ipswich,MAMLB1910-19131910-1913 
John Burrows1913-10-301987-04-2773.179P5-10200RL1913-10-30Winnfield,LAMLB1943-19441943-1944 
Ed Busch1917-11-161987-01-1769.062SS5-10175RR1917-11-16Lebanon,ILMLB1943-19451943-1945 
Frank Callaway1898-02-261987-09-1789.203SS-2B6-0170RR1898-02-26Knoxville,TNMLB1921-19221921-1922 
Cam Carreon1937-08-061987-09-0250.027C6-0198RR1937-08-06Colton,CAMLB1959-19661959-1966
1956-  UDFA  -CHA
Ed Cihocki1907-05-091987-11-0980.184SS5-8163RR1907-05-09Wilmington,DEMLB1932-19331932-1933 
Dusty Cooke1907-06-231987-11-2180.151OF6-1205LR1907-06-23Swepsonville,NCMLB1930-19381930-1938 
Pete Cote1902-08-301987-10-1785.048H5-6148RR1902-08-30Cambridge,MAMLB1926-19261926-1926 
Paul Derringer1906-10-171987-11-1781.031P6-4205RR1906-10-17Springfield,KYMLB1931-19451931-1945 
Jake Eisenhart1922-10-031987-12-2065.078P6-4195LL1922-10-03Perkasie,PAMLB1944-19441944-1944 
Nino Espinosa1953-08-151987-12-2434.131P6-1192RR1953-08-15Villa Altagralia,DRMLB1974-19811974-1981
1970-  UDFA  -NYN
Larry French1907-11-011987-02-0979.100P6-1195RL1907-11-01Visalia,CAMLB1929-19421929-1942 
Snake Henry1895-07-191987-10-1292.0851B6-0170LL1895-07-19Waynesville,NCMLB1922-19231922-1923 
Babe Herman1903-06-261987-11-2784.154OF6-4190LL1903-06-26Buffalo,NYMLB1926-19451926-1945 
Frank Hiller1920-07-131987-01-0866.179P6-0200RR1920-07-13Irvington,NJMLB1946-19531946-1953 
Bobby Hogue1921-04-051987-12-2266.261P5-10195RR1921-04-05Miami,FLMLB1948-19521948-1952 
playerborndiedageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft info
Bobo Holloman1923-03-071987-05-0164.055P6-2207RR1923-03-07Thomaston,GAMLB1953-19531953-1953 
Dick Howser1936-05-141987-06-1751.034SS5-8155RR1936-05-14Miami,FLMLB1961-19681961-1968
1958-  UDFA  -KC1
Travis Jackson1903-11-021987-07-2783.267SS-3B5-11160RR1903-11-02Waldo,ARMLB1922-19361922-1936 
Jim Johnson1945-11-031987-12-0642.033P5-11175LL1945-11-03Muskegon,MIMLB1970-19701970-1970
1967-  3-  56-SFN
Bob Kline1909-12-091987-03-1677.097P6-3200RR1909-12-09Enterprise,OHMLB1930-19341930-1934 
Barney Koch1923-03-231987-06-0664.0752B5-8140RR1923-03-23Campbell,NEMLB1944-19441944-1944 
Horace Lisenbee1898-09-231987-11-1489.052P5-11170RR1898-09-23Clarksville,TNMLB1927-19451927-1945 
Fred Lucas1903-01-191987-03-1184.051OF5-10165RR1903-01-19Vineland,NJMLB1935-19351935-1935 
Frank Makosky1910-01-201987-01-1076.355P6-1185RR1910-01-20Boonton,NJMLB1937-19371937-1937 
Ernie Maun1901-02-031987-01-0185.332P6-0165RR1901-02-03Clearwater,KSMLB1924-19261924-1926 
Pete McClanahan1906-10-241987-10-2881.004H5-9170RR1906-10-24Coldspring,TXMLB1931-19311931-1931 
Frank McElyea1918-08-041987-04-1968.258OF6-6221RR1918-08-04Hawthorne Twsp.,ILMLB1942-19421942-1942 
Bill McGee1909-11-161987-02-1177.087P6-1215RR1909-11-16Batchtown,ILMLB1935-19421935-1942 
John McGillen1917-08-061987-08-1170.005P6-1175LL1917-08-06Eddystone,PAMLB1944-19441944-1944 
Don McMahon1930-01-041987-07-2257.199P6-2220RR1930-01-04Brooklyn,NYMLB1957-19741957-1974
1950-  UDFA  -BSN
John Mihalic1911-11-131987-04-2475.1622B5-11172RR1911-11-13Cleveland,OHMLB1935-19371935-1937 
Elmer Miller1903-04-171987-01-0883.266P5-11189LL1903-04-17Detroit,MIMLB1929-19291929-1929 
Dale Mitchell1921-08-231987-01-0565.135OF6-1195LL1921-08-23Colony,OKMLB1946-19561946-1956 
Whitey Moore1912-06-101987-12-1075.183P6-1195RR1912-06-10Tuscarawas,OHMLB1936-19421936-1942 
Julio Moreno1921-01-281987-01-0265.339P5-8165RR1921-01-28Guines,CUMLB1950-19531950-1953
1947-  UDFA  -WS1
Tom Morgan1930-05-201987-01-1356.238P6-2195RR1930-05-20El Monte,CAMLB1951-19631951-1963 
Bud Morse1904-09-041987-04-0682.2142B5-9150LR1904-09-04Berkeley,CAMLB1929-19291929-1929 
Bots Nekola1906-12-101987-03-1180.091P6-0175LL1906-12-10New York,NYMLB1929-19331929-1933 
Fred Newman1942-02-211987-06-2445.123P6-3190RR1942-02-21Boston,MAMLB1962-19671962-1967
1960-  UDFA  -BOS
Leo Norris1908-05-171987-02-1378.272SS-2B5-11165RR1908-05-17Bay St. Louis,MSMLB1936-19371936-1937 
playerborndiedageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft info
Rube Novotney1924-08-051987-07-1662.345C6-0187RR1924-08-05Streator,ILMLB1949-19491949-1949 
Dave Odom1918-06-051987-11-1969.167P6-1220RR1918-06-05Dinuba,CAMLB1943-19431943-1943 
Wayne Osborne1912-10-111987-03-1374.153P6-3172LR1912-10-11Watsonville,CAMLB1935-19361935-1936 
Tony Rensa1901-09-291987-01-0485.097C5-10180RR1901-09-29Parsons,PAMLB1930-19391930-1939 
Ken Richardson1915-05-021987-12-0772.2192B-OF5-11187RR1915-05-02Orleans,INMLB1942-19461942-1946 
Jim Russell1918-10-011987-11-2469.054OF6-1181BR1918-10-01Fayette City,PAMLB1942-19511942-1951 
Bill Schuster1912-08-041987-06-2874.328SS5-9164RR1912-08-04Buffalo,NYMLB1937-19451937-1945 
George Selkirk1908-01-041987-01-1979.015OF6-1182LR1908-01-04Huntsville,ONMLB1934-19421934-1942 
Luke Sewell1901-01-051987-05-1486.129C5-9160RR1901-01-05Titus,ALMLB1921-19421921-1942 
Jack Sheehan1893-04-151987-05-2994.044SS-3B5-9165BR1893-04-15Chicago,ILMLB1920-19211920-1921 
Joe Sherman1890-11-041987-12-2197.047P6-0165RR1890-11-04Yarmouth,MAMLB1915-19151915-1915 
Bob Smith1895-04-221987-07-1992.088P-SS5-10175RR1895-04-22Rogersville,TNMLB1923-19371923-1937 
George Smith1937-07-071987-06-1549.3432B5-10170RR1937-07-07St. Petersburg,FLMLB1963-19661963-1966
1958-  UDFA  -DET
Bill Upton1929-06-181987-01-0257.198P6-0167RR1929-06-18Esther,MOMLB1954-19541954-1954 
Kermit Wahl1922-11-181987-09-1664.3023B-SS5-11170RR1922-11-18Columbia,SDMLB1944-19511944-1951 
Phil Weintraub1907-10-121987-06-2179.2521B-OF6-1195LL1907-10-12Chicago,ILMLB1933-19451933-1945 
Don White1919-01-081987-06-1568.158OF-3B6-1195RR1919-01-08Everett,WAMLB1948-19491948-1949 
Pinky Whitney1905-01-021987-09-0182.2423B5-10165RR1905-01-02San Antonio,TXMLB1928-19391928-1939 
Tom Winsett1909-11-241987-07-2077.238OF6-2190LR1909-11-24McKenzie,TNMLB1930-19381930-1938 
Hughie Wise1906-03-091987-07-2181.134C6-0178BR1906-03-09Campbellsville,KYMLB1930-19301930-1930 
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