| A LISTING OF BASEBALL NOTABLES WHO HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE |
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| 1881: Fraley Rogers (31)....................Gun 1889: Jim McElroy (26)....................Opium Overdose 1889: Frank Ringo (28)....................Morphine 1891: Ernie Hickman (35)....................Gun 1894: Terry Larkin (38)....................Slit His Throat With A Razor 1894: Edgar McNabb (28)....................Gun 1896: Cannonball Crane (34)....................Overdose Of Chloral 1897: Milo Lockwood (39)....................Gun 1900: Marty Bergen (28) ....................Slit His Throat After Killing His Wife And Two Children 1901: Dude Esterbrook (43)....................Jumped From A Train 1903: Win Mercer (28)....................Inhaled Illuminating Gas 1904: Dan Mahoney (39)....................Drank Carbolic Acid 1906: Dick Scott (27)....................Cut His Throat With A Pocket Knife 1907: Bob Langsford (41)....................Drank Carbolic Acid 1908: Ike Van Zandt (32)....................Gun 1907: Chick Stahl (34)....................Drank Carbolic Acid 1908: Reddy Foster (44)....................Shotgun 1909: Nicholas Mathewson (22) Minor Leaguer....................Gun (Christy's Baby Brother) 1909: Harry Pulliam (44) NL President....................Carbon Monoxide To The Head 1910: Ed Strickland (26) Minor Leaguer....................Gun (After Shooting His Girlfriend First) 1910: Charles Nelson Brown (27) Minor Leaguer....................Hung Himself 1910: James Payne (?) Minor Leaguer....................Gun 1910: Dan McGann (39)....................Gun 1911: Randolph Blanch (Pennsylvania Sports Writer)....................Gun 1911: Thomas Sernior (32) Minor League Umpire....................Gun 1911: Dick Scott (27)....................Slit His Throat With A Pocket Knife 1914: Walt Goldsby (52)....................Gun 1914: Charlie Weber (45)....................Gun 1916: Carl Britton (40) Minor League Pitcher....................Unknown 1916: Eddie Hohnhorst (31)....................Gun 1918: Ned Egan (?) (Manager Milwaukee: American Association)....................Gun 1918: Patsy Tebeau (43)....................Shot Himself 1920: Lou Meyers (60)....................Strychnine 1921: Noel Bruce (56) Minor Leaguer....................Gun 1921: Clay Dailey (?) Minor Leaguer....................Gun (After Being Cut From The Louisville Team) 1921: Art Irwin (63)....................Jumped From A Streamer Into The Atlantic Ocean 1924: John Wakefield (?) Minor Leaguer....................Unknown (After An Arguement With His Girlfriend) 1927: Drummond Brown (41)....................Gun 1927: Bill Gannon (50)....................Drowning 1927: Danny Shay (51)....................Gun 1927: Jake Wells (63)....................Gun 1929: Tony Brottem (37)....................Gun 1929: Jim Price (60) Sports Writer....................Gun 1930: Joe Lannin (60) Former Red Sox Owner....................Jumped Out A Windwow 1930: Harry Patton (45)....................Gunshot Wound to Chest 1930: Zeke Rosebraugh (59)....................Gun 1930: John Russell (35)....................Potassium Cyanide 1930: John B. Sheridan (61) Sports Writer....................Hanged Himself 1931: Carl Sitton (48)....................Gun 1932: Bill Grey (61)....................Gun 1934: Pea Ridge Day (34)....................Slit His Throat With A Hunting Knife After An Operation Failed To Restore His Pitching Arm 1934: Guy Morrison (38)....................Gun 1934: Charlie Dexter (57)....................Gun 1934: Sy Sanborn (67) Sports Writer....................Gun 1935: Walt Kuhn (51)...................Gun 1937: Emmett McCann (35)....................Gun 1937: Benny Frey (31)....................Carbon Monoxide 1940: Willard Hershberger (30)....................Slashed His Throat 1940: Charlie Hollocher (44)....................Gun (Shot Himself In The Throat With A Shotgun) 1941: Ralph Works (43)....................Gun 1941: Harvey Hendrick (43)....................Gun 1942: Lyle Bigbee (48)....................Gun 1942: Trammell Scott (56) (Former Southern Association President)...................Shot himself while hunting 1943: Chet Chadbourne (58)....................Gun 1945: Bob Gandy (51)....................Gun 1945: Harry McNeal (66)....................Gun 1945: Hank Eibel (51)....................Gun 1945: Morrie Rath (58)....................Gun 1947: Ferdie Moore (51)....................Gun 1947: Luke Stuart (55)....................Gun 1948: Jake Powell (40)....................Shot Himself In A Police Station 1948: Bert Hall (59)....................Hanging 1948: Elmer Leifer (55)....................Overdose of Nembutal 1949: Tim Bowden (58)....................Gun 1949: John Morrison Allen (29) (Shortstop: Portsmouth / Ohio-Indian League)...................Unknown 1950: Wattie Holm (48)....................Shot Himself After Killing His Wife 1950: Frank Pearce (45)....................Gun 1951: Hugh Casey (37)....................Shotgun Blast To The Neck 1951: Wally Roettger (49)....................Razor 1954: Skeeter Shelton (65)....................Gun 1955: Jim Oglesby (50)....................Shotgun 1956: Limb McKendry (68)....................Gun 1957: Fred Anderson (71)....................Shotgun 1960: Gibby Brack (47)....................Gun 1961: John Mohardt (63)....................Cut His Femoral Artery 1961: George Davis (71)....................Hanging 1962: Fred Bratschi (70)....................Drank Battery Acid 1962: Otto Miller (72)....................Jumped From A Hospital Window 1962: Cy Morgan (83).....................Razor 1963: Johnny Niggeling (60)....................Hanging 1964: Paul Zahniser (68)....................Gun 1965: Stan Pitula (34)....................Carbon Monoxide 1966: Lew Moren (83)....................Slit His Throat 1967: Art Garibaldi (60)....................Gun 1967: Jackie Price (55)....................Hung Himself While Intoxicated 1969: Emil Kush (53)....................Carbon Monoxide 1971: Murray Wall (45)....................Gun 1972: Del Bissonette (72)....................Gun 1975: Don Wilson (29)....................Carbon Monoxide 1978: George Jeffcoat (64)....................Gun 1979: Freddie Fitzsimmons (78)....................Gun 1980: Tom Miller (83)....................Shot Himself In the head with a .32 Caliber Pistol 1980: Dan Thomas (29)....................Hung Himself In Jail After Being Charged With Rape 1989: Virgil Stallcup (67)....................Gun 1989: Carlos Bernier (62)....................Hanging 1989: Tony Lucadello (76) Baseball Scout....................Gunshot Wound To The Head 1989: Donnie Moore (35)....................Gun (After Shooting His Wife First) 1990: Charlie Shoemaker (51)....................Gun 1990: Fay Thomas (86)....................Gunshot Wound To The Head 1995: Ron Luciano (57) Former AL Umpier....................Carbon Monoxide 2004: Doug Ault (54)....................Gunshot Wound To The Head 2007: Terry Enyart (56)....................Gun (Shot Himself After A Domestic Dispute) 2009: Craig Stimac (54)....................Barbiturate Overdose |