Deaths
- January 31 - Chick Maynard, 60, shortstop for the 1922 Boston Red Sox
- March 2 - Frank Hafner, 89, pitched two games for the 1888 Kansas City Cowboys of the American Association.
- April 15 - Jack Coombs, 74, pitcher with 158 career victories including a 31-9 campaign for the 1910 Athletics; pitched a complete 24-inning game on September 1, 1906, winning 4-1; later the baseball coach at Duke University from 1929 to 1952
- April 18 - Bill Sweeney, 52, manager of the Portland Beavers and former MLB first baseman and coach
- May 20 - Roy Hutson, 55, outfielder for the 1925 Brooklyn Dodgers
- July 3 - Dolf Luque, 66, Cuban pitcher who won 194 games in the National League
- July 25 - Frank Welch, 59, outfielder who hit .274 in 738 games for the Athletics and Red Sox from 1919 to 1927
- August 14 - Tim Hendryx, 86, outfielder for the Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns and Boston Red Sox, between the 1911 and 1921 seasons
- October 9 - Butch Henline, 62, catcher for four teams from 1921 to 1931 who went on to umpire in the NL from 1945 to 1948, working the 1947 All-Star Game
- November 19 - Frank Foreman, 94, pitched for 11 different clubs in five different leagues from 1884 to 1902, while recording 96 wins with a 3.97 ERA
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