Deaths
- February 5 – Martin Powell, 31, first baseman with a .283 career batting average from 1881–1884. Led the National League in games played in 1883.
- February 19 – Live Oak Taylor, 37, played center field for the 1884 Pittsburgh Alleghenys.
- March 24 – Bill Collver, 21, played in 1 game in 1885 for the Boston Red Stockings.
- March 30 – Frank Bahret, 29?, played 2 games in 1884 for the Baltimore Monumentals of the Union Association.
- April 10 – Denny Mack, 36?, infielder from 1871–1883; led the National Association in walks in 1872.
- April 29 – Charlie Ferguson, 25, pitcher who won 99 games in his first 4 seasons, including a no-hitter, for the Philadelphia Quakers since 1884; was 30–9 for the 1886 team.
- June 28 – Joe Brown, 29, pitcher in 1884–1885.
- July 16 – Amos Cross, 27?, catcher for the 1885–87 Louisville Colonels, succeeded by his brother Lave.
- July 27 – Ed Cogswell, 34, first baseman who batted over .300 in both 1879 and 1880.
- August 12 – Favel Wordsworth, 37, shortstop for the 1873 Elizabeth Resolutes.
- September 25 – John Bass, 40?, batted .303 as the regular shortstop for the Cleveland Forest Citys in 1871, his only full season.
- October 16 – Ed Duffy, 44?, regular shortstop for the 1871 Chicago White Stockings.
- November 7 – Rit Harrison, 39, went 2–4 in his only career game for the 1875 New Haven Elm Citys.
- November 10 – John Glenn, 38, played from 1871–1877 with a .267 career average.
- November 19 – Len Sowders, 27, center fielder who hit .263 for the Baltimore Orioles in his only season in 1886.
- December 29 – Asa Brainard, 47, pitcher for the undefeated 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings.
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Famous quotes containing the word deaths:
“I sang of death but had I known
The many deaths one must have died
Before he came to meet his own!”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“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)
“You lived too long, we have supped full with heroes,
they waste their deaths on us.”
—C.D. Andrews (1913–1992)