1943 in Baseball - Deaths

Deaths

• January 3 - Bid McPhee, 83, second baseman for Cincinnati from 1882 to 1899 who was the last at his position to play without a glove; scored 100 runs ten times, set every career fielding mark at his position and was seventh player to reach 2000 hits

• January 3 - Jim Tyack, 83, outfielder for the 1943 Philadelphia Athletics

• March 6 - Jimmy Collins, 73, third baseman who batted .300 five times and led NL in home runs in 1898; led league in putouts five times and set career records for putouts, total chances and double plays at third base; after jumping to the American League, managed Boston to upset victory in inaugural 1903 World Series

• April 26 - Bob Emslie, 84, umpire who set records with 35 seasons of officiating and over 1000 games worked single-handedly; as pitcher, won 32 games for 1884 Baltimore Orioles

• May 6 - William Slocum, 59, sportswriter and editor for several New York newspapers since 1910

• May 23 - Pat Malone, 40, pitcher who led the National League with 22 wins in 1929, and with 20 wins and 166 strikeouts in 1930

• June 21 - Chet Chadbourne, 58, outfielder for the Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Packers and Boston Braves, who became a minor league institution after collecting 3.216 hits over 21 minors seasons, and later managed and umpired at the same level

• August 14 - Joe Kelley, 71, left fielder who batted .317 lifetime, including marks over .360 for the 1894-97 Baltimore Orioles; 194 triples ranked 4th all-time upon retirement, and had six seasons of 100 runs and five of 100 RBI

• August 15 - Art Whitney, 85, infielder who played for eight teams during his 11-season career, from 1880 to 1891.

• August 27 - Frank Truesdale, 59, second baseman who played from 1910 to 1918 for the St. Louis Browns, New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox

• September 1 - Joe Connolly, 59, Boston Braves left fielder, who was the offensive star of the 1914 "Miracle Braves" World Champions

• September 5 - George Ferguson, 60, pitcher for the New York Giants and the Boston Doves/Rustlers from 1906–1911, who led the National League in saves in 1906

• December 18 - Bill Conway, 82, 19th century catcher who played for the Philadelphia Quakers and Baltimore Orioles