Talk:List of baseball players who died during their careers

Contradictory
The lead states that this is a list of people who died during a game of baseball. But then it lists the two centenarians, who died of old age. If this is a list of people who died in baseball, the two centenarians should be removed. If it is a list of people who died associated with the sport, then it should include Thurman Munson, who was at least active when he died; and it can possibly cover every retired baseball player who died of old age, such as Catfish Hunter. - Boneyard90 (talk) 15:51, 21 October 2013 (UTC)


 * The lead sentence defines the scope of the list as "list of deaths associated with the sport of baseball". The following clause about deaths during a game is an example, not an exhaustive list of possibilities.  I shall expand the lead to make this clearer.  Note that this scope comes from sources such as The Cultural Enyclopedia of Baseball which considers a variety of exceptional deaths of players, not just those which occurred during a game. Warden (talk) 23:17, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

"Incomplete" is putting it mildly
I didn't know that it had been decided by AfD that List of sportspeople who died during their careers should become an index for each individual sport list. We need to expand this page. Below is the content from the aforementioned page:

Major League Baseball
Players/umpires with an asterisk (*) are members of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Minor-league players are listed with their major-league affiliations.

† José Oliva started a game at third base for the Atlanta Braves on May 16, 1995. In the seventh inning, he was substituted for by Mike Sharperson. Both Oliva and Sharperson subsequently died in car accidents, within a year and a half of each other.

Additions
Here are some suggestions of players who could/should be added to the list: John Ake, Francisco Barrios, Cy Bentley, Cy Blanton, Andujar Cedeno, Tiny Chaplin, George Craig and Woody Crowson. Alex (talk) 12:50, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

Tommy Hanson
Tommy Hanson was not an active player when he died. Leggomygreggo8 (talk) 16:06, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

It's an interesting case. He was technically still 'active,' just without a team at the time of his death. He belongs on this list, but I don't think putting his team as the Giants is accurate. Alex (talk) 13:20, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

"Over 100"
''Causes of deaths during a player's career include the aftermath of beanball. Being struck on the head by a ball was the most common cause of death before batting helmets were introduced to prevent this. Over a hundred batters have been killed in this way''

This statement needs to be clarified. In all my time studying baseball, I had only heard of one player, Ray Chapman, who was killed after being struck with a pitch. Indeed, Chapman's wikipedia entry states, "He remains the only Major League Baseball player to have died from an injury received at a major league baseball game."

It appears there was another major league player, John Dodge who was killed after being struck in a MINOR LEAGUE game. These are the only two players listed here to be killed by a pitch.

George Prentiss should be added to the list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.42.208.183 (talk) 16:55, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

Bo Diaz
Bo Diaz is included in this list, but his wikipedia article says that he retired in July 1989 - over a year before his death. Echoedmyron (talk) 21:30, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

Issues with article.
1. Should those whose rows have no references be considered undocumented? Should all tables have a reference column?

2. What's the difference between a "car crash" and a "car accident"?

3. Should suicides be clarified with causes like homicides?

4. In the second table, why are the last teams for Gonzalez and Webb listed as Free Agency? Since each had not played since his release from his MLB team, were they technically even in baseball?

5. Has there been only one recorded college baseball player's death? Steve Georgiadis was a pitcher at the University of Florida in 1990 and died during the season following complications from shoulder surgery. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1990-03-18-9003184061-story.html 2600:8807:C885:B600:E4F4:3C50:5605:70F3 (talk) 21:22, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

6. If you sort the primary table by cause of death, there's an inconsistent link policy. For example, there's first use linkage for car crash and suicide, but full linkage to tuberculosis and typhoid fever.

Gprobins (talk) 17:45, 2 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Agree about Gonzales and Webb, both of whom died nearly two years after they had last played professionally, and about a year or so after they had been released from their clubs. I see no evidence that they died during their careers.  Will wait to see if anyone has objections, but plan to make the change in the next few days.  70.31.124.93 (talk) 05:42, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

Nick Adenhart
The article says that Adenhart died in an automobile accident, but the driver of the other vehicle was convicted of murder. Shouldn't Adenhart be called a murder victim?

Lou Gehrig
Should Lou Gehrig been included on this list? I know he retired before he died but his illnesses ended his career abrutly in 1941 as it wasn't the ending he planned, and he died from these same illnesses just two years later in 1943. And then there is this famous speech. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNLKPaThYkE  DoctorHver (talk) 22:40, 12 June 2021 (UTC)


 * No he shouldn't. Gehrig had been out of baseball for two years....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 23:01, 12 June 2021 (UTC)

Stan Bell
May have missed it, but Stan Bell was another. I don't think there is an article on him. A most tragic story. https://www.facebook.com/JeffHullinger11Alive/posts/384452563267327

https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/21/archives/stan-bell-of-the-braves-dies-after-auto-crash.html

BillVol (talk) 13:25, 8 October 2021 (UTC)

Should Slim Jones be included on this list?
He died in the 1938-39 offseason, and his SABR bio says that his career "appeared to be at an end" after 1938, but also that he may have solicited an advance on his salary for 1939. Is there a rule for cases like this? Hatman31 (talk) 17:46, 24 January 2023 (UTC)