MLB Deaths During Active Career

MLB Deaths During Active Career

This is a list of sports people who have died either during their career or due to career-ending injury or disease at an age when they could still have been active. People who had announced their retirement from sport despite still being at an age when they could still have been active are not listed.

PlayerTeamDateAgeCause of Death 
Addie JossCleveland Indians4/14/191131Tubercular meningitis 
Bob MoosePittsburgh Pirates10/9/197629Automobile accident on way to his birthday party 
Darryl KileSt. Louis Cardinals6/22/200233Blocked coronary artery; died in sleep 
Dernell StensonCincinnati Reds11/5/200325Shot and apparently run over in a Phoenix suburb 
Doc PowersPhiladelphia Athletics4/26/190938Internal injuries after crashing into wall 
Don WilsonHouston Astros1/5/197529Found dead in a car in his garage from carbon monoxide poisoning 
Ed DelahantyWashington Senators7/9/190335Found dead in Niagara Falls 
Ernie BonhamPittsburgh Pirates9/15/194936Died during an emergency appendectomy 
Hal CarlsonChicago Cubs5/28/193038Stomach hemorrhage 
Harry AgganisBoston Red Sox6/27/195526Massive pulmonary embolism 
Ken HubbsChicago Cubs2/15/196422Plane crash near Provo, Utah 
Len KoeneckeBrooklyn Dodgers9/17/193531Battered with a fire extinguisher by member of airplane crew 
Lyman BostockCalifornia Angels9/23/197327Shot in a case of mistaken identity 
Mike DarrSan Diego Padres2/15/200225SUV accident just before start of spring training 
Ray ChapmanCleveland Indians9/17/192029Skull fracture after being hit by a pitch 
Roberto ClementePittsburgh Pirates12/31/197238Plane crash near Puerto Rico while carrying relief supplies to Nicaragua 
Steve BechlerBaltimore Orioles2/17/200323Multi-organ failure due to heatstroke 
Steve OlinCleveland Indians3/22/199327Boating accident near Winter Haven, Fla. 
Thurman MunsonNew York Yankees8/2/197932Plane crash during a practice landing in Canton, Ohio 
Tim CrewsCleveland Indians3/22/199331Boating accident near Winter Haven, Fla. 
Urban ShockerNew York Yankees9/9/192838Heart problems and pneumonia 
Willard HershbergerCincinnati Reds8/3/194030Committed suicide 
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