| MLB Active Player Deaths |
| Name |
Age |
Team |
Date |
Details |
| Doc McJames |
27 |
Senators |
09/23/1901 |
Carriage flipped after horse bolted |
| Ed Delahanty |
35 |
Senators |
07/09/1903 |
Found dead in Niagara Falls |
| Doc Powers |
38 |
Athletics |
04/26/1909 |
Internal injuries after crashing into wall |
| Addie Joss |
31 |
Indians |
04/14/1911 |
Tubercular meningitis |
| Ray Chapman |
29 |
Indians |
08/17/1920 |
Skull fracture after being hit by pitch from Carl Mays |
| Norman Boeckel |
|
Braves |
2/15/1924 |
Auto accident |
| Marvin Goodwin |
|
Reds |
10/18/1925 |
Plane crash |
| Urban Shocker |
38 |
Yankees |
09/09/1928 |
Heart problems and pneumonia |
| Walter Lerian |
26 |
Phillies |
10/22/1929 |
Auto accident |
| Hal Carlson |
38 |
Cubs |
05/28/1930 |
Stomach hemorrhage |
| Ed Morris |
32 |
Red Sox |
03/03/1932 |
Stab wounds to the chest during a fight |
| Len Koenecke |
31 |
Dodgers |
09/17/1935 |
Battered with a fire extinguisher by member of airplane crew |
| Willard Hershberger |
30 |
Reds |
08/03/1940 |
Suicide |
| Ernie Bonham |
36 |
Pirates |
09/15/1949 |
Operation for emergency appendectomy |
| Harry Agganis |
26 |
Red Sox |
06/27/1955 |
Massive pulmonary embolism |
| Tom Gastall |
|
Orioles |
9/20/1956 |
Plane Crash |
| Charlie Peete |
|
Cardinals |
11/27/1956 |
Plane crash in Caracas, Venezuela |
| Ken Hubbs |
22 |
Cubs |
2/15/1964 |
Plane crash, Provo, UT |
| Chico Ruiz |
33 |
Angels |
2/9/1972 |
Car accident |
| Roberto Clemente |
38 |
Pirates |
12/31/1972 |
Plane crash near Puerto Rico en route to carrying relief supplies to Nicaragua |
| Don Wilson |
29 |
Astros |
01/05/1975 |
Found in his car in his garage from carbon monoxide poisoning |
| Bob Moose |
29 |
Pirates |
10/09/1976 |
Car accident going to his birthday party |
| Danny Frisella |
30 |
Brewers |
1/1/1977 |
Dune buggy accident |
| Mike Miley |
23 |
Angels |
1/6/1977 |
Auto accident |
| Lyman Bostock |
27 |
Angels |
9/23/1978 |
Shot in case of mistaken identity |
| Thurman Munson |
32 |
Yankees |
08/02/1979 |
Plane crash, Canton, OH |
| Steve Olin |
27 |
Indians |
3/22/1993 |
Boating accident |
| Tim Crews |
31 |
Indians |
3/23/1993 |
Boating accident |
| Cliff Young |
29 |
Indians |
11/4/1993 |
Truck crash |
| Mike Sharperson |
34 |
Padres |
5/26/1996 |
Car accident |
| Mike Darr |
25 |
Padres |
2/15/2002 |
SUV accident |
| Darryl Kile |
33 |
Cardinals |
6/22/2002 |
Blocked coronary artery, died in sleep |
| Steve Bechler |
23 |
Orioles |
2/17/2003 |
Multi-organ failure caused by heatstroke |
| Dernell Stenson |
25 |
Reds |
11/5/2003 |
Murdered and robbed, apparently run over in a Phoenix suburb |
| Cory Lidle |
34 |
Yankees |
10/11/2006 |
Plane crashed into the Belaire Apartments |
| Josh Hancock |
29 |
Cardinals |
4/29/2007 |
Driving while drunk, SUV hit tow truck |
| Joe Kennedy |
28 |
Blue Jays |
11/23/2007 |
Hypertensive heart disease with degeneration of mitral valve |
| Nick Adenhart |
22 |
Angels |
4/9/2009 |
Hit-and-run car accident caused by drunk driver |
