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Roberto Clemente died in a plane crash following the 1972 season.. This is a list of baseball players who died during their careers.While some of these deaths occurred during a game, the majority were the result of accidents off the field, illnesses, acts of violence, or suicide.
The following is a list of notable deaths in July 2008. ... Bobby Murcer, 62, American baseball player and sportscaster (New York Yankees), brain cancer. [106]
The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2008. ... Sal Yvars, 84, American baseball player (New York Giants), amyloidosis. [108] 11.
February 6 – Marjorie Pieper, 85, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player from 1946 to 1953; February 10 – Dario Lodigiani, 91, infielder for Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago White Sox who played in 405 games over six seasons between 1938 and 1946; later a coach and longtime scout; member of the Pacific Coast League Hall of ...
The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2008. ... Geremi González, 33, Venezuelan MLB baseball player, lightning strike. [270] James D. Griffin, 78, ...
Dock Phillip Ellis Jr. (March 11, 1945 – December 19, 2008) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher from 1968 through 1979, most notably as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates teams that won five National League Eastern Division titles in six years between 1970 and 1975 and won the World Series in 1971.
Hancock's death marked the second time in five years a player for the Cardinals died during the baseball season, the first being of pitcher Darryl Kile in 2002 with a coronary artery blockage. Hancock was the second active MLB player to be killed in an accident in less than a year, after the plane crash of Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle.
The following is a list of notable deaths in September 2008. ... Todd Cruz, 52, American Major League Baseball player. [17] Arne Domnérus, 83, ...