Deaths
- January 15 – Lew Brown, 30, catcher for 1877 NL champion Boston Red Caps and who batted .305 for the 1878 Providence Grays.
- January 26 – Tom Gillen, 26, catcher for the 1884 Philadelphia Keystones of the Union Association.
- February 24 – Jim McElroy, 26, pitched for 2 teams in 1884.
- March 28 – Tom Smith, 37?, played in 3 games for the 1875 Brooklyn Atlantics.
- April 12 – Frank Ringo, 28, journeyman utility player from 1883–1886.
- May 20 – Oscar Walker, 35, center fielder and first baseman who led the American Association in home runs with the 1882 St. Louis Browns.
- June 9 – Mike Burke, 35?, reserve for the 1879 Cincinnati Reds.
- June 20 – Pat McGee, age unknown, utility player from 1874–1875.
- July 22 – John Greason, 37, back-up pitcher for the 1873 Washington Blue Legs.
- August 8 – Harry McCormick, 33, pitcher who won 41 games from 1879–1883.
- September 9 – Jack Gorman, 30?, journeyman utility player in 1883–1884.
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Famous quotes containing the word deaths:
“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)
“This is the 184th Demonstration.
...
What we do is not beautiful
hurts no one makes no one desperate
we do not break the panes of safety glass
stretching between people on the street
and the deaths they hire.”
—Marge Piercy (b. 1936)