Deaths
- May 11 - John Ake, 25, utility player on the 1884 Baltimore Orioles.
- July 8 - Frank McIntyre, 27, pitcher who appeared in 3 games in 1883.
- July 24 - Alex McKinnon, 30, first baseman who was batting .340 in his first season with the Pittsburgh Alleghenys; previously with New York and St. Louis teams.
- November 9 - Billy Riley, 32?, outfielder played in parts of 2 seasons.
- December 22 - Jud Birchall, 32?, outfielder for the American Association Philadelphia Athletics from 1882-1884.
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Famous quotes containing the word deaths:
“You lived too long, we have supped full with heroes,
they waste their deaths on us.”
—C.D. Andrews (1913–1992)
“Death is too much for men to bear, whereas women, who are practiced in bearing the deaths of men before their own and who are also practiced in bearing life, take death almost in stride. They go to meet death—that is, they attempt suicide—twice as often as men, though men are more “successful” because they use surer weapons, like guns.”
—Roger Rosenblatt (b. 1940)
“There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add to this the soldier’s sense of shame for having fought in actions that resulted, indirectly or directly, in the deaths of civilians. Then pile on top of that an attitude of social opprobrium, an attitude that made the fighting man feel personally morally responsible for the war, and you get your proverbial walking time bomb.”
—Philip Caputo (b. 1941)