1937 in Baseball - Deaths

Deaths

  • January 18 - Michael Sexton, 73, president of the minor leagues from 1909 to 1931, during which time the minors expanded to record size and success, peaking with 47 leagues
  • February 7 - Charlie Bell, 68, pitcher for two major league seasons, 1889 and 1891.
  • April 14 - Ned Hanlon, 79, manager of the Baltimore Orioles teams which won NL pennants in 1894-95-96 with their aggressive play, then of the Brooklyn champions of 1899-1900; pioneer of various offensive tactics, previously a center fielder for Detroit Wolverines
  • April 15 - Emmett McCann, 35, shortstop for the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox in the 1920s; later a minor league manager from 1931 to 1935
  • April 18 - Hick Carpenter, 81, third baseman who played in twelve seasons, eight with the Cincinnati Red Stockings of the American Association.
  • May 23 - Danny Clark, 43, infielder for the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals, between 1922 and 1927
  • May 27 - Frank Grant, 71, second baseman widely considered to have been the 19th century's greatest black player
  • June 9 - Bill Watkins, 79, played one season in American Association, and managed another nine, including the 1887 NL champions Detroit Wolverines.
  • August 16 - Bunk Congalton, 62, Canadian-born outfielder who finished fourth in the American League batting race with a .320 average
  • August 21 - George Wright, 90, pioneer of the sport who starred as a shortstop on the first professional team in 1869, then as captain of the powerhouse Boston teams from 1871-78; managed Providence to NL pennant in 1879
  • September 20 - Harry Stovey, 80, first baseman and outfielder who was among the American Association's leading hitters; won five home run titles, led league in slugging, runs and triples multiple times; first player to hit 100 home runs, was seventh all-time in hits and first in runs upon retirement
  • October 1 - Mickey Devine, 45, catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox and New York Giants between 1918 and 1925
  • October 31 - Ed Walsh, Jr., 37, pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, and son of Hall of Famer Ed Walsh. Stopped Joe Dimaggio's 61 game minor league record hitting streak.
  • November 12 - Peek-A-Boo Veach, 75, pitcher and first baseman for three seasons; 1884,1887, and 1890.
  • November 16 - Dick Burns, 73, pitcher/outfielder for three seasons. Pitched no-hitter on August 26, 1884.
  • November 19 - Cub Stricker, 78, second baseman from 1882 to 1893 who had 1106 hits in his 11 season career.
  • November 21 - Al Pratt, 90, pitched two seasons for the Cleveland Forest Citys, later became the first manager in the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise history.
  • November 23 - Welday Walker, 77, he and his brother Moses Fleetwood Walker are officially recognized as the first African-Americans to play Major League Baseball. He played in five games for the 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings.
  • December 10 - Joe Battin, 85, infielder for 10 seasons during the time period of 1871 to 1890.
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Famous quotes containing the word deaths:

    “As deaths have accumulated I have begun to think of life and death as a set of balance scales. When one is young, the scale is heavily tipped toward the living. With the first death, the first consciousness of death, the counter scale begins to fall. Death by death, the scales shift weight until what was unthinkable becomes merely a matter of gravity and the fall into death becomes an easy step.”
    —Alison Hawthorne Deming (b. 1946)

    “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)

    “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)