1947 in Baseball

Deaths

January 15 - Jimmy Sheckard, 68, left fielder and leadoff hitter, most notably for the Chicago Cubs
January 20 - Josh Gibson, 35, star catcher of the Negro Leagues
January 31 - Johnny Kling, 71, catcher for the Chicago Cubs champions of the late 1900s (decade)
February 10 – George Whiteman, 64, outfielder for the 1918 Boston Red Sox World Champions
February 24 - Jack Glasscock, 89, brilliant fielding shortstop of the 19th century, and the sixth player to make 2000 hits
March 28 – Johnny Evers, 65, Hall of Fame second baseman remembered for his work at the center of the Chicago Cubs' double play combination of Tinker, Evers and Chance, later the NL's MVP with the 1914 "Miracle Braves"
April 2 - Charlie Jones, 72, a fine defensive outfielder with a strong arm, who played for the Boston Americans, Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns between 1901 and 1908
April 12 - Tom Sullivan, 87, pitcher for four seasons from 1884 to 1889.
May 18 - Hal Chase, 64, star first baseman, an outstanding fielder, who was barred from baseball after a reputed long history of fixing games
July 7 - Dick Egan, infielder for the Cincinnati Reds, Brooklyn Robins and Boston Braves from 1908 through 1916
July 8 - William G. Bramham, 72, president of the minor leagues from 1932 to 1946
July 30 - Ed Seward, 80, won 35 games for the 1888 Philadelphia Athletics, and led the league in shutouts and strikeouts.
August 3 - Vic Willis, 71, 8-time winner of 20 games
August 21 - King Brady, 66, who pitched with the Phillies, Pirates, and for the Red Sox and Braves Boston teams between 1905 and 1912
September 8 - Ralph Pond, 59, outfielder who appeared in one game for the 1910 Boston Red Sox
November 14 - Jack Hoey, 66, outfielder for the Boston Americans/Red Sox in the 1900s (decade)

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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)

“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)

“On almost the incendiary eve
Of deaths and entrances ...”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

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