1886 in Baseball - Deaths

Deaths

  • January 30 – Jim Hall, age unknown, played 2nd base for the 1872 Brooklyn Atlantics.
  • February 13 – Fred Warner, 30?, utility man who played for 6 different teams from 1875–1884.
  • March 4 – Tom Lee, 23, pitcher in 1884 in both the National League and Union Association.
  • May 21 – David Lenz, 35, played 4 games in 1872 for the Brooklyn Eckfords.
  • June 4 – Jim Ward, 31, played in 1 game for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1884, catching and going 2–4 at the plate.
  • June 27 – George Creamer, 30?, second baseman for four teams who led league in fielding with Pittsburgh in his final 1884 season.
  • July 11 – Denny Driscoll, 30, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys in 1882–1883 and led the American Association with a 1.21 Earned Run Average in 1882.
  • August 9 – Bill Smith, 26, played in 1 game for the Cleveland Blues in 1884.
  • August 20 – Dick Blaisdell, 24, pitched three games in 1884 for the Kansas City Cowboys in the Union Association.
  • September 22 – Tom Oran, 39?, outfielder for the short-lived St. Louis Red Stockings in 1875.
  • October 30 – Bernie Graham, 26?, outfielder for the Baltimore Monumentals of the Union Association in 1884.

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