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Suicides
A Listing of Baseball Notables Who Have
Commited Suicide
1881: Fraley Rogers (31)....................Gun
1889: Jim McElroy (26)....................Opium Overdose
1889: Frank Ringo (28)....................Morphine
1891: Ernie Hickman (35)....................Gun after shooting his wife
1894: Edgar McNabb (28)....................Gun
1896: Cannonball Crane (34)....................Overdose Of Chloral
1897: Milo Lockwood (39)....................Gun
1898: Henry Meyers (38).................... Alcohol/Opium Overdose
1900: Marty Bergen (28) ....................Slit his own throat after killing
his wife and two children
1901: Dude Esterbrook (43)....................Jumped from a train
1903: Win Mercer (28)....................Inhaled Illuminating Gas
1904: Dan Mahoney (39)....................Drank Carbolic Acid
1905: Harry East (43)....................Slit his own throat while suffering from
Melancholia at the Alexian Brothers Hospital in St. Louis, MO
1906: George Davies (38)....................Overdose of Bromidia
1907: Bob Langsford (41)....................Drank Carbolic Acid
1908: Ike Van Zandt (32)....................Gun
1907: Chick Stahl (34)....................Drank Carbolic Acid
1908: Reddy Foster (44)....................Shotgun
1909: Nicholas Mathewson (22) Minor Leaguer....................Gun (Christy's
Baby Brother)
1909: Harry Pulliam (44) NL President....................Carbon Monoxide To The
Head
1910: Ed Strickland (26) Minor Leaguer....................Gun (After Shooting
His Girlfriend First)
1910: Charles Nelson Brown (27) Minor Leaguer....................Hung Himself
1910: James Payne (?) Minor Leaguer....................Gun
1910: Dan McGann (39)....................Gun
1911: Randolph Blanch (Pennsylvania Sports Writer)....................Gun
1911: Thomas Sernior (32) Minor League Umpire....................Gun
1911: Dick Scott (27)....................Slit His Throat With A Pocket Knife
1913: Joe Dorsey (49)....................Gun
1914: Walt Goldsby (52)....................Gun
1916: Carl Britton (40) Minor League Pitcher....................Unknown
1916: Eddie Hohnhorst (31)....................Gun
1918: Ned Egan (?) (Manager Milwaukee: American Association)....................Gun
1918: Patsy Tebeau (43)....................Gun
1920: Lou Meyers (60)....................Strychnine
1921: Noel Bruce (56) Minor Leaguer....................Gun
1921: Clay Dailey (?) Minor Leaguer....................Gun (After Being Cut From
The Louisville Team)
1921: Art Irwin (63)....................Jumped From A Streamer Into The Atlantic
Ocean
1921: Jack Robinson (41)....................Drank Potassium Cyanide
1924: John Wakefield (?) Minor Leaguer....................Unknown (After An Arguement
With His Girlfriend)
1926: Eddie Fusselbach (69)....................Self-inflicted Gunshot Wound of
Head
1927: Drummond Brown (41)....................Gun
1927: Danny Shay (51)....................Gun
1927: Jake Wells (63)....................Gunshot Wound to Head
1929: Tony Brottem (37)....................Gun
1929: Jim Price (60) Sports Writer....................Gun
1930: Joe Lannin (60) Former Red Sox Owner....................Jumped Out A Windwow
1930: Harry Patton (45)....................Gunshot Wound to Chest
1930: Zeke Rosebraugh (59)....................Gun
1930: John Russell (35)....................Potassium Cyanide
1930: John B. Sheridan (61) Sports Writer....................Hanged Himself
1931: Jimmie McAleer (65)....................Gun
1931: Carl Sitton (48)....................Gun
1932: Bill Grey (61)....................Gun
1934: Pea Ridge Day (34)....................Slit His Throat With A Hunting Knife
1934: Guy Morrison (38)....................Gun
1934: Charlie Dexter (57)....................Gun
1934: Sy Sanborn (67) Sports Writer....................Gun
1935: Walt Kuhn (51)...................Gun
1937: Emmett McCann (35)....................Gun
1937: Benny Frey (31)....................Carbon Monoxide
1940: Willard Hershberger (30)....................Slashed His Throat
1940: Charlie Hollocher (44)....................Shotgun (Shot Himself in the Throat)
1941: Al Froehlich (56)....................Self-inflicted Gunshot Wound of Head
1941: Ralph Works (43)....................Gun
1941: Harvey Hendrick (43)....................Gun
1942: Lyle Bigbee (48)....................Gun
1942: Trammell Scott (56) (Former Southern Association President)...................Shot
himself while hunting
1942: George Ziegler (76)....................Slit his wrist with a razor
1943: Chet Chadbourne (58)....................Gun
1945: Bob Gandy (51)....................Gun
1945: Harry McNeal (66)....................Gun
1945: Hank Eibel (51)....................Gun
1945: Morrie Rath (58)....................Gun
1947: Ferdie Moore (51)....................Gun
1947: Luke Stuart (55)....................Gun
1948: Jake Powell (40)....................Shot Himself in a Police Station
1948: Bert Hall (59)....................Hanging
1948: Elmer Leifer (55)....................Overdose of Nembutal
1949: Tim Bowden (58)....................Gun
1949: John Morrison Allen (29) (Shortstop: Portsmouth / Ohio-Indian League)...................Unknown
1950: Wattie Holm (48)....................Shot himself after killing his wife
1950: Frank Pearce (45)....................Gun
1951: Hugh Casey (37)....................Shotgun Blast to the neck
1951: Wally Roettger (49)....................Razor
1954: Skeeter Shelton (65)....................Gun
1955: Jim Oglesby (50)....................Shotgun
1956: Limb McKendry (68)....................Gun
1957: Fred Anderson (71)....................Shotgun
1960: Gibby Brack (47)....................Gun
1960: Paul Hinson (56)....................Gun
1961: John Mohardt (63)....................Cut his Femoral Artery
1961: George Davis (71)....................Hanging
1962: Fred Bratschi (70)....................Drank Battery Acid
1962: Otto Miller (72)....................Jumped from a hospital window
1963: Johnny Niggeling (60)....................Hanging
1964: Paul Zahniser (68)....................Gun
1965: Stan Pitula (34)....................Carbon Monoxide
1966: Stover McIlwain (26)....................Gun
1966: Lew Moren (83)....................Slit His Throat
1967: Art Garibaldi (60)....................Gun
1967: Jackie Price (55)....................Hung Himself While Intoxicated
1968: Tommy Warren (50)....................Gun
1969: Emil Kush (53)....................Carbon Monoxide
1971: Murray Wall (45)....................Gun
1972: Del Bissonette (72)....................Gun (Shot Himself in the Stomach)
1973: Eddie Yount (56)....................Self-inflicted Gunshot Wound of Head
1978: George Jeffcoat (64)....................Gun
1979: Freddie Fitzsimmons (78)....................Gun
1980: Tom Miller (83)....................Shot Himself In the head with a .32 Caliber
Pistol
1980: Dan Thomas (29)....................Hung Himself In Jail After Being Charged
With Rape
1984: Bob Rothel (60)....................Self-inflicted Gunshot Wound
1987: Frank McElyea (68)....................Gun
1989: Virgil Stallcup (67)....................Gun
1989: Carlos Bernier (62)....................Hanging
1989: Tony Lucadello (76) Baseball Scout....................Gunshot Wound To The
Head
1989: Donnie Moore (35)....................Gun (After Shooting His Wife First)
1990: Charlie Shoemaker (51)....................Gun
1990: Fay Thomas (86)....................Gunshot Wound To The Head
1995: Ron Luciano (57) Former AL Umpire....................Carbon Monoxide
2004: Doug Ault (54)....................Gunshot Wound To The Head
2007: Terry Enyart (56)....................Gun (Shot Himself After A Domestic
Dispute)
2009: Brian Powell (35)....................Gun
2009: Craig Stimac (54)....................Barbiturate Overdose
2010: Keith Drumright (55)....................Self Inflicted Gunshot Wound
2011: Hideki Irabu (42)....................Hanging
2011: Mike Flanagan (59)....................Self-inflicted Shotgun wound to the
head
2012: Ryan Freel (36)....................Self-inflicted Shotgun wound
2013: Enzo Hernandez (63)....................Opioid Ingestion
2016: Ken Ramos (48)....................Gun (Killed himself after killing his wife)
2016: Doug Slaten (36)....................Unknown
2016: Randy Veres (50)....................Unknown
2017: John Rheinecker (38)....................Hanging while under the influence of alcohol
2020: Charlie Haeger (37)....................Gun (Killed himself after killing his ex-girlfriend)
