1928 in Baseball - Deaths

December

December 2 - Bill Hugues, 68, first baseman/outfielder and pitcher who played for the 1884 Washington Nationals of the Union Association and the 1885 Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association.

December 22 - Hugh Reid, 76, right fielder in one game for the 1874 Baltimore Canaries of the National Association.

December 27 - George Meister, 74, third baseman for the 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings of the American Association.

December 29 - Mort Scanlan, 67, first baseman for the 1890 New York Giants of the National League.

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