List of baseball players who died during their careers
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The following Major League Baseball players died during their careers. Former players of Major League Baseball still active in professional baseball at the time of their death.

List of baseball players who died during their careers

Section Title: Major League Baseball
Table Section Text: The following Major League Baseball players died during their careers. Former players of Major League Baseball still active in professional baseball at the time of their death.

Player	Age	Position	Team	Cause of death	Year	Ref(s)

Nick Adenhart	22	Pitcher	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	car crash	2009

Harry Agganis	26	First baseman	Boston Red Sox	pulmonary embolism	1955

Francisco Barrios	28	Pitcher	Milwaukee Brewers	heart attack	1982

Steve Bechler	23	Pitcher	Baltimore Orioles	complications from use of ephedra	2003

Cy Bentley	22	Pitcher	Middletown Mansfields	tuberculosis	1873

Marty Bergen	28	Catcher	Boston Beaneaters	suicide	1900

Bill Blair	26	Pitcher	Chicago Cubs	influenza	1890

Tony Boeckel	31	Third baseman	Boston Braves	car crash	1924

Walt Bond	29	Outfielder	Minnesota Twins	leukemia	1967

Tiny Bonham	36	Pitcher	Pittsburgh Pirates	appendicitis	1949

Lyman Bostock	27	Outfielder	California Angels	homicide, gunshot	1978

Hal Carlson	38	Pitcher	Chicago Cubs	stomach hemorrhage	1930

Joe Cassidy	23	Shortstop	Washington Senators	purpura hemorrhagia	1906

Ray Chapman	29	Shortstop	Cleveland Indians	hit by a pitch in a game	1920

Larry Chappell	27	Outfielder	Boston Braves	influenza	1918

Néstor Chávez	21	Pitcher	San Francisco Giants	plane crash	1969

Roberto Clemente	38	Outfielder	Pittsburgh Pirates	plane crash	1972

King Cole	29	Pitcher	New York Yankees	lung cancer	1916

Hub Collins	28	Second baseman	Brooklyn Dodgers	typhoid fever	1892

Tim Crews	31	Pitcher	Cleveland Indians	boat accident (with Steve Olin)	1993

Amos Cross	28	Catcher	Louisville Colonels	tuberculosis	1888

Jay Dahl	19	Pitcher	Houston Colt .45s	car crash	1965

Mike Darr	25	Outfielder	San Diego Padres	car crash	2002

Jake Daubert	40	First baseman	Cincinnati Reds	appendicitis	1924

Ed Delahanty	35	Outfielder	Washington Senators	drowned, swept over Niagara Falls	1903

Pickles Dillhoefer	28	Catcher	St. Louis Cardinals	typhoid fever	1922

John Dodge	27	Third baseman	Cincinnati Reds	hit by a pitch in a game (minor league)	1916

Cozy Dolan	34	Outfielder	Boston Braves	typhoid fever	1907

Jim Doyle	30	Third baseman	Chicago Cubs	appendicitis	1912

Paul Edmondson	27	Pitcher	Chicago White Sox	car crash	1970

Charlie Ferguson	25	Pitcher	Philadelphia Phillies	typhoid fever	1888

José Fernández	24	Pitcher	Miami Marlins	boat accident	2016

Neal Finn	29	Second baseman	Philadelphia Phillies	duodenal ulcer	1933

Jim Fogarty	27	Outfielder	Philadelphia Phillies	tuberculosis	1891

Danny Frisella	30	Pitcher	Milwaukee Brewers	dune buggy crash	1977

Miguel Fuentes	23	Pitcher	Seattle Pilots	homicide, gunshot	1970

Tom Gastall	24	Catcher	Baltimore Orioles	plane crash	1956

Elmer Gedeon	27	Outfielder	Washington Senators	killed during World War II serving in United States Army Air Forces	1944

Marv Goodwin	34	Pitcher	Cincinnati Reds	plane crash	1925

Eddie Grant	35	Second baseman	New York Giants	killed during World War I serving in United States Army	1918

Marc Hall	27	Pitcher	Detroit Tigers	diabetes	1915

Greg Halman	24	Outfielder	Seattle Mariners	homicide, stabbing	2011

Josh Hancock	29	Pitcher	St. Louis Cardinals	car crash	2007

Tommy Hanson	29	Pitcher	San Francisco Giants	catastrophic organ failure	2015

Clyde Hatter	29	Pitcher	Detroit Tigers	heart attack	1937

Willard Hershberger	30	Catcher	Cincinnati Reds	suicide	1940

Herman Hill	25	Outfielder	Minnesota Twins	drowned while swimming	1970

Charlie Hodes	27	Catcher/Outfielder	Brooklyn Atlantics	tuberculosis	1875

Ken Hubbs	22	Second baseman	Chicago Cubs	plane crash	1964

Addie Joss	31	Pitcher	Cleveland Indians	meningitis	1911

Joe Kennedy	28	Pitcher	Toronto Blue Jays	hypertensive heart disease	2007

Darryl Kile	33	Pitcher	St. Louis Cardinals	heart attack	2002

Len Koenecke	31	Outfielder	Brooklyn Dodgers	cerebral hemorrhage sustained during a fight on an airplane	1935

Jim Korwan	25	Pitcher	Chicago Colts	tuberculosis	1899

Joe Leonard	26	Third baseman	Washington Senators	appendicitis	1920

Walter Lerian	26	Catcher	Philadelphia Phillies	car crash	1929

Cory Lidle	34	Pitcher	New York Yankees	plane crash	2006

Pat Luby	30	Pitcher	Louisville Colonels	tuberculosis	1899

Steve Macko	27	Infielder	Chicago Cubs	cancer	1981

Dan McGann	39	First baseman	New York Giants	suicide	1910

Austin McHenry	27	Outfielder	St. Louis Cardinals	brain tumor	1922

Doc McJames	27	Pitcher	Brooklyn Superbas	tuberculosis, complicated by injuries sustained in a carriage accident	1901

Alex McKinnon	30	First baseman	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	typhoid fever	1887

Edgar McNabb	28	Pitcher	Baltimore Orioles	suicide	1894

Win Mercer	28	Pitcher	Detroit Tigers	suicide	1903

Mike Miley	23	Shortstop	California Angels	car crash	1977

Tom Miller	26	Catcher	St. Louis Brown Stockings	indeterminate illness	1876

Al Montgomery	21	Catcher	Boston Braves	car crash	1942

Bob Moose	29	Pitcher	Pittsburgh Pirates	car crash	1976

Ed Morris	32	Pitcher	Boston Red Sox	homicide, stabbing	1932

Thurman Munson	32	Catcher	New York Yankees	plane crash	1979

Tom O'Brien	27	Outfielder	Pittsburgh Pirates	pneumonia	1901

Harry O'Neill	27	Catcher	Philadelphia Athletics	killed during World War II serving in United States Marine Corps	1945

Steve Olin	27	Pitcher	Cleveland Indians	boat accident (with Tim Crews)	1993

Jiggs Parrott	26	Third baseman	Chicago Colts	tuberculosis	1898

Charlie Peete	27	Outfielder	St. Louis Cardinals	plane crash	1956

Doc Powers	38	Catcher	Philadelphia Athletics	peritonitis arising from surgery complications following an in-game injury	1909

Jim Ritz	22	Third baseman	Pittsburgh Pirates	typhoid fever	1896

Kenny Robinson	29	Pitcher	Toronto Blue Jays	car crash	1999

Jim Rogers	27	First baseman	Louisville Colonels	unknown	1900

Chico Ruiz	33	Infielder	California Angels	car crash	1972

Jimmy Sebring	27	Outfielder	Washington Senators	Bright's disease	1909

Ralph Sharman	23	Outfielder	Philadelphia Athletics	drowned while swimming during military training	1918

Mike Sharperson	34	Infielder	San Diego Padres	car crash	1996

Len Sowders	27	Outfielder	Baltimore Orioles	typhoid malaria	1888

Chick Stahl	34	Outfielder	Boston Red Sox	suicide	1907

Dernell Stenson	25	Outfielder	Cincinnati Reds	homicide, gunshot	2003

Alan Storke	25	Infielder	Cincinnati Reds	general streptococcus due to empyema	1910

Sy Sutcliffe	30	Catcher	Baltimore Orioles	Bright's disease	1893

Oscar Taveras	22	Outfielder	St. Louis Cardinals	car crash	2014

Jack Taylor	26	Pitcher	Cincinnati Reds	nephritis	1900

Al Thake	22	Outfielder	Brooklyn Atlantics	drowned while fishing	1872

Danny Thompson	29	Shortstop	Texas Rangers	leukemia	1976

Jim Umbricht	33	Pitcher	Houston Colt .45s	malignant melanoma	1964

Yordano Ventura	25	Pitcher	Kansas City Royals	car crash	2017

Dick Wantz	25	Pitcher	California Angels	inoperable brain tumor	1965

Elmer White	22	Outfielder	Cleveland Forest Citys	tuberculosis	1872

Don Wilson	29	Pitcher	Houston Astros	carbon monoxide poisoning	1975

Cliff Young	29	Pitcher	Cleveland Indians	car crash	1993

Ross Youngs	30	Outfielder	New York Giants	Bright's disease	1927

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Daniel Vincent Frisella was a Major League Baseball pitcher, killed in a dune buggy accident in 1977.

final_sentence: Daniel Vincent Frisella was a Major League Baseball pitcher, killed in a dune buggy accident in 1977.