# List of baseball players who died during their careers

This is a list of baseball players who died during their careers. While some of these deaths occurred during a game, the majority were the result of accidents off the field, illnesses, acts of violence, or suicide.
Repeated studies have shown that contemporary Major League Baseball players have a greater life expectancy than males in the general U.S. population — about five years more, on average, which is attributed to their superior fitness and healthy lifestyles. The longer the active career, the longer the player lives, on average. This correlation is attributed to the maintenance of fitness and increased wealth.

## Deaths of active players

This is a list of notable deaths in baseball and untimely deaths of active professional baseball players.
| † | Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame |

### Major League Baseball

The following Major League Baseball players died during their careers.
| Player | Age | Position | Team | Cause of death | Year |
| Nick Adenhart | 22 | Pitcher | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | killed by drunk driver | 2009 |
| Harry Agganis | 26 | First baseman | Boston Red Sox | pulmonary embolism | 1955 |
| 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 | automobile crash | 1924 |
| 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 | struck on head by a pitch during a game | 1920 |
| 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 |
| Mike Darr | 25 | Outfielder | San Diego Padres | automobile 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 |
| 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 | automobile crash | 1970 |
| Charlie Ferguson | 25 | Pitcher | Philadelphia Quakers | typhoid fever | 1888 |
| José Fernández | 24 | Pitcher | Miami Marlins | boating while intoxicated resulting in crash | 2016 |
| Neal Finn | 29 | Second baseman | Philadelphia Phillies | duodenal ulcer | 1933 |
| Jim Fogarty | 27 | Outfielder | Philadelphia Athletics | 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 | drowning after escaping plane crash wreckage without any injuries | 1956 |
| Marv Goodwin | 34 | Pitcher | Cincinnati Reds | plane crash | 1925 |
| Marc Hall | 27 | Pitcher | Detroit Tigers | diabetes | 1915 |
| Greg Halman | 24 | Outfielder | Seattle Mariners | homicide, stabbing | 2011 |
| Josh Hancock | 29 | Pitcher | St. Louis Cardinals | driving while intoxicated resulting in crash | 2007 |
| Clyde Hatter | 29 | Pitcher | Detroit Tigers | heart attack | 1937 |
| Willard Hershberger | 30 | Catcher | Cincinnati Reds | suicide | 1940 |
| Herman Hill | 25 | Outfielder | St. Louis Cardinals | 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 | automobile 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 | testicular cancer | 1981 |
| 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 | automobile crash | 1977 |
| Tom Miller | 26 | Catcher | St. Louis Brown Stockings | indeterminate illness | 1876 |
| Al Montgomery | 21 | Catcher | New York Giants | automobile crash | 1942 |
| Bob Moose | 29 | Pitcher | Pittsburgh Pirates | automobile crash | 1976 |
| Ed Morris | 32 | Pitcher | Boston Red Sox | homicide, stabbing | 1932 |
| Thurman Munson | 32 | Catcher | New York Yankees | plane crash | 1979 |
| Cinders O'Brien | 24 | Pitcher | St. Louis Browns | pneumonia | 1892 |
| Tom O'Brien | 27 | Outfielder | Pittsburgh Pirates | pneumonia | 1901 |
| Steve Olin | 27 | Pitcher | Cleveland Indians | boat accident (with Tim Crews) | 1993 |
| Doc Powers | 38 | Catcher | Philadelphia Athletics | peritonitis arising from surgery complications following an in-game injury | 1909 |
| Jimmy Sebring | 27 | Outfielder | Washington Senators | Bright's disease | 1909 |
| Ralph Sharman | 23 | Outfielder | Philadelphia A's | drowned while in military training | 1918 |
| Mike Sharperson | 34 | Infielder | San Diego Padres | automobile crash | 1996 |
| Tyler Skaggs | 27 | Pitcher | Los Angeles Angels | accidental drug overdose | 2019 |
| Len Sowders | 27 | Outfielder | Baltimore Orioles | typhoid malaria | 1888 |
| Chick Stahl | 34 | Outfielder | Boston Red Sox | suicide by ingestion of carbolic acid | 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 | driving while intoxicated resulting in 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 | automobile 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 | automobile crash | 1993 |
| Ross Youngs$^†$ | 30 | Outfielder | New York Giants | Bright's disease | 1927 |

#### Former major-league players still active in professional baseball at the time of their death

| Player | Age | Position | Last MLB team | Last pro team | Cause of death | Year |
| John Ake | 25 | Third baseman | Baltimore Orioles | Duluth Freezers | drowning | 1887 |
| Francisco Barrios | 28 | Pitcher | Chicago White Sox | Free agent | heart attack | 1982 |
| Cy Blanton | 37 | Pitcher | Philadelphia Phillies | Hollywood Stars | cirrhosis | 1945 |
| Walt Bond | 29 | Outfielder | Minnesota Twins | Jacksonville Suns | leukemia | 1967 |
| José Castillo | 37 | Infielder | Houston Astros | Cardenales de Lara | car crash, murdered (with Luis Valbuena) | 2018 |
| Andújar Cedeño | 31 | Shortstop | Houston Astros | Azucareros del Este | car crash | 2000 |
| Tiny Chaplin | 33 | Pitcher | Boston Bees | San Diego Padres | automobile accident | 1939 |
| Néstor Chávez | 21 | Pitcher | San Francisco Giants | Phoenix Giants | plane crash | 1969 |
| Woody Crowson | 28 | Pitcher | Philadelphia Athletics | Greensboro Patriots | bus accident | 1947 |
| Jay Dahl | 19 | Pitcher | Houston Colt .45s | Salisbury Astros | automobile crash | 1965 |
| Frankie de la Cruz | 37 | Pitcher | Milwaukee Brewers | Algodoneros de Unión Laguna | heart attack | 2021 |
| Miguel del Toro | 29 | Pitcher | San Francisco Giants | Seibu Lions | car crash | 2001 |
| Joe DeSa | 27 | First baseman | Chicago White Sox | Ponce Lions | car crash | 1986 |
| Bo Díaz | 37 | Catcher | Cincinnati Reds | Leones del Caracas | crushed by a falling satellite dish | 1990 |
| John Dodge | 27 | Third baseman | Cincinnati Reds | Mobile Sea Gulls | hit in the head by a pitch | 1916 |
| Mario Encarnación | 30 | Outfielder | Chicago Cubs | Macoto Cobras | congenital disorder | 2005 |
| Howie Fox | 34 | Pitcher | Baltimore Orioles | San Antonio Missions | homicide, stabbing | 1955 |
| Rosman García | 32 | Pitcher | Texas Rangers | Tigres de Aragua | car crash | 2011 |
| Geremi González | 33 | Pitcher | Milwaukee Brewers | Yomiuri Giants | lightning strike | 2008 |
| Miguel Alfredo González | 34 | Pitcher | Philadelphia Phillies | Free agent | car crash | 2017 |
| Herb Gorman | 28 | Left fielder | St. Louis Cardinals | San Diego Padres | cardiac arrest | 1953 |
| George Grosart | 22 | Left fielder | Boston Beaneaters | Toledo Mud Hens | typhoid fever | 1902 |
| Tommy Hanson | 29 | Pitcher | Los Angeles Angels | Sacramento River Cats | organ failure related to cocaine toxicity | 2015 |
| Chris Hartje | 31 | Catcher | Brooklyn Dodgers | Spokane Indians | bus crash | 1946 |
| Dixie Howell | 40 | Pitcher | Chicago White Sox | Indianapolis Indians | heart attack | 1960 |
| Pat Hynes | 23 | Outfielder | St. Louis Browns | Milwaukee Brewers | homicide | 1907 |
| Henry Krug | 31 | Outfielder | Philadelphia Phillies | Indianapolis Indians | pneumonia | 1908 |
| John LeRoy | 26 | Pitcher | Atlanta Braves | Sioux City Explorers | heart attack and brain aneurysm | 2001 |
| José Lima | 37 | Pitcher | New York Mets | Aguilas Cibaenas | heart attack | 2010 |
| Andy Marte | 33 | Infielder | Arizona Diamondbacks | KT Wiz | car crash | 2017 |
| Dan McGann | 39 | First baseman | New York Giants | Milwaukee Brewers | suicide, gunshot | 1910 |
| Reyes Moronta | 31 | Pitcher | Los Angeles Angels | Bravos de León | car crash | 2024 |
| José Oliva | 26 | Third baseman | St. Louis Cardinals | Brother Elephants | car crash | 1997 |
| Jiggs Parrott | 26 | Third baseman | Chicago Colts | Dubuque Westerns | tuberculosis | 1898 |
| Charlie Peete | 27 | Outfielder | St. Louis Cardinals | Omaha Cardinals | plane crash | 1956 |
| Nick Reeder | 27 | Third baseman | Louisville Colonels | Peoria Distillers | "brain fever" | 1894 |
| Jim Ritz | 22 | Third baseman | Pittsburgh Pirates | Washington Little Senators | typhoid fever | 1896 |
| Kenny Robinson | 29 | Pitcher | Toronto Blue Jays | AZL Diamondbacks | automobile crash | 1999 |
| Chico Ruiz | 33 | Infielder | California Angels | Salt Lake City Angels | automobile crash | 1972 |
| Jim Rogers | 27 | First baseman | Louisville Colonels | Norwich Witches | unknown | 1900 |
| William Suero | 29 | Second baseman | Milwaukee Brewers | Free agent | car crash | 1995 |
| Luis Valbuena | 33 | Infielder | Los Angeles Angels | Cardenales de Lara | car crash, murdered (with José Castillo) | 2018 |
| Daniel Webb | 28 | Relief pitcher | Chicago White Sox | Free agent | all-terrain vehicle crash | 2017 |
| Denny Williams | 32 | Center fielder | Boston Red Sox | Portland Beavers | automobile crash | 1929 |

### Minor League Baseball

Minor league players are listed with their major league affiliate team, else denoted with a dagger (†) if their team was unaffiliated.
| Player | Age | Position | Last team | Organization | Cause of death | Year |
| Malcom Anderson | 23 | Third baseman | San Francisco Haverlys | — | cardiac arrest | 1888 |
| Alexeis Azuaje | 21 | Second baseman | Clearwater Threshers | Philadelphia Phillies | car accident | 2023 |
| Gerik Baxter | 21 | Pitcher | Fort Wayne Wizards | San Diego Padres | car accident | 2001 |
| Jesse Batterton | 19 | Second baseman | Springfield Cardinals | St. Louis Cardinals | struck on the head by a pitch | 1933 |
| Stan Bell | 23 | Pitcher | Shreveport Braves | Atlanta Braves | car accident | 1970 |
| Randy Burden | 23 | Pitcher | Provo Angels | Los Angeles Angels | heart attack | 2002 |
| Thomas Burke | 26 | Left fielder | Lynn Shoemakers | — | struck on the head by a pitch | 1906 |
| Jairo Capellan | 19 | Pitcher | DSL Reds | Cincinnati Reds | automobile crash | 2018 |
| Bobby Joe Case | 24 | Infielder | Mobile Bears | New York Mets | automobile crash | 1962 |
| Evan Chambers | 24 | Outfielder | GCL Pirates | Pittsburgh Pirates | heart defect | 2013 |
| Louis Chedo | 23 | Pitcher | Decatur Commodores | — | struck on the head by a pitch | 1925 |
| Thomas Coates | — | Outfielder | Oshkosh Indians | — | unintentional discharge of firearm | 1909 |
| William Coffey | 22 | Pitcher | Pampa Oilers | — | automobile crash | 1951 |
| Brian Cole | 22 | Outfielder | Scottsdale Scorpions | New York Mets | automobile crash | 2001 |
| Dick Conway | 19 | Catcher | Twin Falls Cowboys | New York Yankees | struck in the heart by a thrown ball | 1951 |
| Ryan Costello | 23 | Infielder | Pensacola Blue Wahoos | Minnesota Twins | sudden cardiac arrhythmia | 2019 |
| Aaron Cox | 24 | Pitcher | Inland Empire 66ers | Los Angeles Angels | self-inflicted gunshot wound | 2018 |
| James Davis | 20 | Outfielder | Ballinger Cats | — | struck on the head by a pitch | 1947 |
| Linus Ebnet | 23 | Shortstop | Winnipeg Maroons | — | struck on the head by a pitch | 1938 |
| Alfredo Edmead | 17 | Outfielder | Salem Pirates | Pittsburgh Pirates | brain trauma from in-game outfield collision | 1974 |
| Lute Freeland | 28 | Pitcher | New Orleans Pelicans | — | blood poisoning | 1902 |
| Ronny Garcia | 24 | Pitcher | York Revolution | — | car crash | 2024 |
| Miguel Gonzalez | 21 | Pitcher | DSL Orioles | Baltimore Orioles | car crash | 2017 |
| Louis Henke | — | First baseman | Atlanta Atlantas | — | internal bleeding from a collision on the base path | 1885 |
| Red Herbert | 18 | First baseman | Dayton Veterans | — | internal bleeding from a collision on the base path | 1904 |
| Jeff Hoffman | 24 | Pitcher | Albany-Colonie Yankees | New York Yankees | heart failure | 1992 |
| Happy Hogan | 37 | Catcher / Manager | Vernon Tigers | — | pneumonia | 1915 |
| Ossie Johnson | — | Outfielder | Oakland Oaks | — | blood poisoning | 1924 |
| Ottis Johnson | 24 | Outfielder | Dothan Browns | — | struck on the head by a pitch | 1951 |
| Yorman Landa | 22 | Pitcher | Fort Myers Miracle | Minnesota Twins | car crash | 2016 |
| Anthony Latham | 21 | Outfielder | Winston-Salem Red Sox | Boston Red Sox | boat accident | 1983 |
| Pete Mann | 27 | Third baseman | Macon Peaches | — | struck in the chest by a pitch | 1927 |
| Andres Melendez | 20 | Catcher | Lynchburg Hillcats | Cleveland Guardians | Multiple Organ Failure | 2021 |
| Doug Million | 21 | Pitcher | New Haven Ravens | Colorado Rockies | asthma attack | 1997 |
| Sean Murphy | 27 | Pitcher | Sacramento River Cats | Oakland Athletics | Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | 2016 |
| Ernest Nichols | 22 | Pitcher | Spokane Indians | — | cardiac arrest | 1903 |
| Chace Numata | 27 | Catcher | Erie SeaWolves | Detroit Tigers | injuries sustained in skateboarding accident | 2019 |
| Bob Osgood | 19 | Catcher | Marion Cubs | Chicago Cubs | cardiac arrest | 1948 |
| Corey Phelan | 20 | Relief pitcher | FCL Phillies | Philadelphia Phillies | T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (T-ALL) | 2022 |
| Charles Pinkney | 20 | Second baseman | Dayton Veterans | — | struck on the head by a pitch | 1909 |
| Billy Rakes | 24 | Third baseman | Reidsville Luckies | — | automobile crash | 1953 |
| Ernest Regenold | 25 | Pitcher | Springfield Senators | — | cardiac arrest and heat stroke | 1926 |
| Russell Reynolds | 24 | Catcher | Huntington Red Birds | — | struck on the head by a pitch | 1935 |
| Lionel Rodgers | 21 | Utility | Fresno Giants | San Francisco Giants | automobile crash | 1961 |
| Ronaldo Romero | 19 | Pitcher | Gastonia Rangers | Texas Rangers | cardiomyopathy, Supac use was a contributing factor | 1990 |
| Victor Sanchez | 20 | Pitcher | Leones del Caracas | Seattle Mariners | struck by a boat while swimming | 2015 |
| Fausto Segura | 23 | Pitcher | Auburn Doubledays | Washington Nationals | motorcycle crash | 2020 |
| Bill Seinsoth | 22 | First baseman | Bakersfield Dodgers | Los Angeles Dodgers | automobile crash | 1969 |
| Leo Smith | 19 | Third baseman | Kokomo Wild Cats | — | internal bleeding from a collision on the base path | 1909 |
| Mac Smith | 23 | Infielder | Hagerstown Packets | Washington Senators | cardiac arrest | 1954 |
| Andy Strong | 24 | Center fielder | Crowley Millers | — | lightning strike during game | 1951 |
| George Tkach | 21 | Second baseman | Superior Blues | — | struck on the head by a pitch | 1936 |
| Casey Thomas | 24 | Infielder | Arizona League Athletics | Oakland Athletics | painkiller overdose | 2017 |
| Herbert Whitney | 27 | Catcher | Burlington Pathfinders | — | struck on the head by a pitch | 1906 |
| Lefty Wycoff | — | Pitcher | Canton Terriers | — | struck by automobile | 1929 |

### Nippon Professional Baseball

| Player | Age | Position | Team | Cause of death | Year |
| Lou Jackson | 33 | Outfielder | Sankei Atoms | pancreatic necrosis | 1969 |
| Hiroyuki Oze | 24 | Outfielder | Orix Buffaloes | suicide | 2010 |
| Yūsuke Kinoshita | 27 | Pitcher | Chunichi Dragons | myocarditis | 2021 |

### KBO League

| Player | Age | Position | Team | Cause of death | Year |
| Kim Young-Sin (baseball) [ko] | 24 | Catcher | OB Bears | Drowning suspected to be suicide | 1986 |
| Kim Dae-Hyeon (pitcher, born 1962) [ko] | 26 | Pitcher | Haitai Tigers | car accident | 1988 |
| Kim Sang-Jin (pitcher, born 1977) [ko] | 22 | Pitcher | Haitai Tigers | stomach cancer | 1999 |
| Lee Kyoo-hwan (baseball) [ko] | 22 | Outfielder | Doosan Bears | fell down the stairs | 2012 |
| Lee Doo-hwan [ko] | 24 | First baseman | KIA Tigers | Osteosarcoma | 2012 |
| Lee Jang-hui (baseball) [ko] | 24 | Infielder | LG Twins | found dead after falling near a parking lot | 2013 |
| Braulio Lara | 30 | Pitcher | SK Wyverns | car accident | 2019 |
| Andy Marte | 33 | Infielder | KT Wiz | car accident | 2017 |
| Kim Sung-Hun (pitcher, born 1998) [ko] | 21 | pitcher | Hanwha Eagles | death in a fall from a building | 2019 |

### Negro leagues

| Player | Age | Position | Team | Cause of death | Year |
| William Bedford | 23 | Outfielder | Cuban Giants | lightning strike | 1909 |
| George Fleischman | 24 | Catcher | Stapleton Baseball Club | struck on head by a pitch | 1908 |
| John Garcia | 28 | Catcher | Cuban Giants | cardiac arrest during game | 1904 |
| Josh Gibson$^†$ | 35 | Catcher | Homestead Grays | brain tumor and stroke | 1947 |
| Clifford Larkins | 21 | Catcher | Zulu Cannibal Giants | struck on the throat by a pitch | 1937 |
| José Leblanc | 28 | Pitcher | Cuban Stars | hit on the head by a bat during an in-game argument | 1922 |
| Porter Moss | 34 | Pitcher | Memphis Red Sox | homicide, gunshot | 1944 |
| Ben Myers | 19–20 | Catcher | Southern Star Baseball Club | broken neck, struck by a passed ball | 1890 |
| Pythias Russ | 26 | Catcher | Chicago American Giants | tuberculosis | 1930 |
| Clyde Nelson | 32 | Infielder | Indianapolis Clowns | cardiac arrest during game | 1949 |
| Chino Smith | 28 | Outfielder | Lincoln Giants | yellow fever | 1932 |
| Frank Warfield | 35 | Second baseman / manager | Washington Pilots | heart attack | 1932 |
| George Washington | 34 | Pitcher | Philadelphia Giants | cardiac arrest | 1908 |
| Charlie Williams | 27 | Shortstop | Chicago American Giants | ptomaine poisoning | 1931 |

### Dutch League Baseball

| Player | Age | Position | Team | Cause of death | Year | Ref(s) |
| Hartog Hamburger | 37 | Infielder | OVVO | hit by line drive ball on head | 1924 | |

### College baseball

| Player | Age | Position | Team | Cause of death | Year |
| Sang Ho Baek | 20 | Pitcher | George Mason | blood clot from complications from Tommy John surgery | 2021 |
| Curtis Brenneman | 17 | Second baseman | Gettysburg | struck on head by a pitch | 1926 |
| Derek Becker | 21 | Middle infielder | Keiser | homicide, gunshot | 2020 |
| Chris Lane | 22 | Catcher | East Central | homicide, gunshot | 2013 |
| Robert Brown | 19 | unknown | Howard County JC | electrocuted while erecting a foul pole that fell on a powerline | 1953 |
| Randy Collins | 22 | Pitcher / Outfielder | Vanderbilt | automobile crash | 1973 |
| Donny Everett | 19 | Pitcher | Vanderbilt | drowned | 2016 |
| Joseph Geddings | 20 | Catcher | Appalachian State | struck on head by a pitch | 1964 |
| Ira Goodlet | 18 | unknown | Arkansas Cumberland | struck on head by a pitch | 1908 |
| James Mair | — | Second baseman | Monmouth | cerebral hemorrhage, collided with a teammate | 1896 |
| Hervey Mangham | 19 | Right fielder | Louisiana State | struck on head by a pitch | 1908 |
| Cassel Mowrey | 21 | First baseman | West Virginia | struck on head by a pitch | 1923 |
| Gene Reynolds | 18 | unknown | Howard County JC | electrocuted while erecting a foul pole that fell on a powerline | 1953 |
| Tim Trunk | 19 | Pitcher | Bradley | automobile crash | 1989 |
| Walter Zorn | 19 | unknown | St. John's (Kansas) | struck on head by a pitch | 1950 |