1939 in Baseball - Deaths

Deaths

  • January 13 – Jacob Ruppert, 71, Yankees owner since 1914
  • January 19 – Cliff Heathcote, 40, NL outfielder who batted .275 over 15 seasons
  • January 25 – Abner Dalrymple, 81, star outfielder of the 1880s, leadoff hitter for five Chicago pennant winners
  • February 12 – George Fair, 83, second baseman for one game, with the 1876 New York Mutuals.
  • February 22 – Frank Morrissey, 62, pitcher for the Boston Americans (1901) and Chicago Orphans (1902)
  • March 8 – Scott Stratton, 69, pitcher, primarily with Louisville, who posted a 34-win season in 1890 which included 15 straight victories
  • March 28 – Fred Goldsmith, 82, pitcher who steadfastly maintained that he had first thrown the curveball in 1870, six years earlier than Candy Cummings, who gained credit for the development
  • May 24 – Barney Pelty, 58, pitcher for the St. Louis Browns and one of the first Jewish players in the AL
  • May 29 – Bill McCarthy, 57, pitcher for the 1906 Boston Beaneaters
  • June 11 – John Henry, 75, 19th century outfielder/pitcher for the Cleveland Blues, Baltimore Orioles, Washington Nationals and New York Giants
  • June 17 – Allen Sothoron, 46, spitball pitcher who spent most of his career with the St. Louis Browns and Cardinals
  • July 7 – Deacon White, 91, star bare-handed catcher and third baseman for six championship teams in the 1870s and 1880s, and the fourth player to collect 1000 hits
  • July 29 – John Sowders, 72, pitcher for three seasons; 1887, 1889 to 1890.
  • September 25 – Frank LaPorte, 59, infielder who batted .300 three times and led the Federal League in RBIs in 1914
  • November 11 – Frank Abercrombie, 88, shortstop for one game with the 1871 Philadelphia Athletics.
  • November 19 – Frank Mountain, 79, pitcher for seven seasons, 1880–1886, won 20 games twice and threw a no-hitter.
  • December 3 – Frank Killen, 69, winner of 164 games from 1891–1900, including two 30-win seasons
  • December 18 – Heywood Broun, 51, sportswriter and editor in New York City since the early 1910s
  • December 26 – Clyde Engle, 55, utility player who scored the tying run for Boston in the 10th inning of Game 8 of the 1912 World Series, after his earlier pop fly had been dropped

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