List of baseball players who died during their careers

|Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame

! scope="col" style="width: 5%;"| Age

! scope="col" style="width: 10%;"| Position

! scope="col" style="width: 20%;"| Team

! scope="col" style="width: 40%;"| Cause of death

! scope="col" style="width: 5%;"| Year

! scope="col" class=unsortable style="width: 5%;" | Ref(s)

| 22

| Pitcher

| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

|align=left| killed by drunk driver

| 2009

|{{cite web|url=http://m.mlb.com/news/article/26015916/|title=Tragic deaths of Major Leaguers|first=Bobbie|last=Dittmeier|work=MLB.com|date=November 21, 2011|access-date=October 29, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602140739/http://m.mlb.com/news/article/26015916|archive-date=June 2, 2016}}

| 26

| First baseman

| Boston Red Sox

|align=left| pulmonary embolism

| 1955

|

| 23

| Pitcher

| Baltimore Orioles

|align=left| complications from use of ephedra

| 2003

|{{cite web|last1=Murphy|first1=Jarrett|title=Ephedra Tied To Pitcher's Death|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ephedra-tied-to-pitchers-death/|publisher=CBS News|access-date=July 21, 2015|date=February 17, 2003}}

| 22

| Pitcher

| Middletown Mansfields

|align=left| tuberculosis

| 1873

|Arcidiacono, David. Major League Baseball in Gilded Age Connecticut: The Rise and Fall of the Middletown, New Haven and Hartford Clubs, McFarland, 2009, p. 195. {{ISBN|0786436778}}

| 28

| Catcher

| Boston Beaneaters

|align=left| suicide

| 1900

|

| 26

| Pitcher

| Chicago Cubs

|align=left| influenza

| 1890

|Blair had signed a contract to spend the 1890 season with the Chicago Cubs, but he died as a result of illness before games began. He had last appeared in the majors with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1888. "[http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Blair.Bill.Obit.html Death Of A Ball Player] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060913172844/http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Blair.Bill.Obit.html |date=September 13, 2006}}", The New York Times, published February 23, 1890, accessed August 21, 2006.

| 31

| Third baseman

| Boston Braves

|align=left| automobile crash

| 1924

|

| 36

| Pitcher

| Pittsburgh Pirates

|align=left| appendicitis

| 1949

|

| 27

| Outfielder

| California Angels

|align=left| homicide, gunshot

| 1978

|{{cite web|last1=Pearlman|first1=Jeff|title=Fifth and Jackson|url=http://www.espn.com/espn/eticket/story?page=bostock&redirected=true|website=ESPN|access-date=July 25, 2015}}

| 38

| Pitcher

| Chicago Cubs

|align=left| stomach hemorrhage

| 1930

|

| 23

| Shortstop

| Washington Senators

|align=left| purpura hemorrhagia

| 1906

|

| 29

| Shortstop

| Cleveland Indians

|align=left| struck on head by a pitch during a game

| 1920

|

| 38

| Outfielder

| Pittsburgh Pirates

|align=left| plane crash

| 1972

|

| 29

| Pitcher

| New York Yankees

|align=left| lung cancer

| 1916

|{{Cite news |date=1916-01-07 |title='King' Cole, Yank Pitcher, is Dead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-washington-post-king-cole-yank-pi/159576004/ |access-date=2024-11-23 |work=The Washington Post |page=8 |via=Newspapers.com}}

| 28

| Second baseman

| Brooklyn Dodgers

|align=left| typhoid fever

| 1892

|

| 31

| Pitcher

| Cleveland Indians{{efn|Crews played his entire six-year career with the Los Angeles Dodgers, but the end of the 1992 season he became a free agent and signed with the Cleveland Indians on January 22, 1993. He died during spring training.}}

|align=left| boat accident (with Steve Olin)

| 1993

|

| 28

| Catcher

| Louisville Colonels

|align=left| tuberculosis

| 1888

|Egan, James M. Base Ball on the Western Reserve: The Early Game in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio, Year by Year and Town by Town, 1865–1900, McFarland, 2008, p. 162.

| 25

| Outfielder

| San Diego Padres

|align=left| automobile crash

| 2002

|

| 40

| First baseman

| Cincinnati Reds

|align=left| appendicitis

| 1924

|

| 35

| Outfielder

| Washington Senators

|align=left| drowned, swept over Niagara Falls

| 1903

|

| 28

| Catcher

| St. Louis Cardinals

|align=left| typhoid fever

| 1922

|

| 34

| Outfielder

| Boston Braves

|align=left| typhoid fever

| 1907

|

| 30

| Third baseman

| Chicago Cubs

|align=left| appendicitis

| 1912

|

| 27

| Pitcher

| Chicago White Sox

|align=left| automobile crash

| 1970

|

| 25

| Pitcher

| Philadelphia Quakers

|align=left| typhoid fever

| 1888

|

| 24

| Pitcher

| Miami Marlins

|align=left| boating while intoxicated resulting in crash

| 2016

|{{Cite web|url=http://sports.yahoo.com/news/marlins-star-jose-fernandez-dies-in-boating-accident-131251128.html|title=Marlins star Jose Fernandez dies in boating accident at 24|website=sports.yahoo.com|date=25 September 2016 }}{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/16/us/miami-jose-fernandez-investigation-report/index.html|title=José Fernández piloted boat during fatal crash, report says|first=Ray|last=Sanchez|date=March 16, 2017|access-date=March 16, 2017|work=CNN.com|archive-date=March 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317045704/http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/16/us/miami-jose-fernandez-investigation-report/index.html|url-status=live}}

| 29

| Second baseman

| Philadelphia Phillies

|align=left| duodenal ulcer

| 1933

|

| 27

| Outfielder

| Philadelphia Athletics

|align=left| tuberculosis

| 1891

|

| 30

| Pitcher

| Milwaukee Brewers

|align=left| dune buggy crash

| 1977

|

| 23

| Pitcher

| Seattle Pilots

|align=left| homicide, gunshot

| 1970

|

| 24

| Catcher

| Baltimore Orioles

|align=left| drowning after escaping plane crash wreckage without any injuries

| 1956

| [https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TDS19560928.1.10&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- "Orioles' Rookie Drowned in Bay," The Associated Press (AP), Friday, September 28, 1956.] Retrieved February 6, 2023.

| 34

| Pitcher

| Cincinnati Reds

|align=left| plane crash

| 1925

|

| 27

| Pitcher

| Detroit Tigers

|align=left| diabetes

| 1915

| {{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/escanaba-morning-press-tiger-pitcher-die/144527675/ |title=Tiger Pitcher Dies at Home in Joplin |newspaper=Escanaba Morning Press |location=Escanaba, Michigan |page=6 |date=February 27, 1915 |accessdate=March 31, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}

| 24

| Outfielder

| Seattle Mariners

|align=left| homicide, stabbing

| 2011

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.nu.nl/sport/2673540/honkballer-halman-omgekomen-bij-steekpartij.html|title=Honkballer Halman omgekomen bij steekpartij|date=November 21, 2011|website=NU}}

| 29

| Pitcher

| St. Louis Cardinals

|align=left| driving while intoxicated resulting in crash

| 2007

| [https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2860122 "Police: Hancock was drunk, had marijuana in his car," ESPN.com, Friday, May 4, 2007.] Retrieved February 6, 2023.

| 29

| Pitcher

| Detroit Tigers

|align=left| heart attack

| 1937

|

| 30

| Catcher

| Cincinnati Reds

|align=left| suicide

| 1940

| {{cite magazine|first=William|last=Nack|title=The Razor's Edge|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=May 6, 1991|pages=52–64|url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1991/05/06/the-razors-edge-as-the-cincinnati-reds-chased-a-pennant-in-1940-a-dark-family-legacy-tortured-the-mind-of-catcher-willard-hershberger|access-date=January 15, 2023}}

| 25

| Outfielder

| St. Louis Cardinals{{efn|Hill's only major league playing experience was with the Minnesota Twins in 1969 and '70. About three weeks after the 1970 season ended, Hill was traded to St. Louis. However, Hill never actually played for St. Louis, as he died during that off-season.}}

|align=left| drowned while swimming

| 1970

|

| 27

| Catcher/Outfielder

| Brooklyn Atlantics

|align=left| tuberculosis

| 1875

|Russo, Frank. The Cooperstown Chronicles: Baseball's Colorful Characters, Unusual Lives, and Strange Demises, Rowman & Littlefield, 2014, p. 91. {{ISBN|144223640X}}

| 22

| Second baseman

| Chicago Cubs

|align=left| plane crash

| 1964

|

| 31

| Pitcher

| Cleveland Indians

|align=left| meningitis

| 1911

|

| 28

| Pitcher

| Toronto Blue Jays{{efn|Technically, Kennedy was a free agent at the time of his death, having been granted free agency by Toronto about three weeks prior.}}

|align=left| hypertensive heart disease

| 2007

|

| 33

| Pitcher

| St. Louis Cardinals

|align=left| heart attack

| 2002

|

| 31

| Outfielder

| Brooklyn Dodgers

|align=left| cerebral hemorrhage sustained during a fight on an airplane

| 1935

|

| 25

| Pitcher

| Chicago Colts

|align=left| tuberculosis

| 1899

|

| 26

| Third baseman

| Washington Senators

|align=left| appendicitis

| 1920

|

| 26

| Catcher

| Philadelphia Phillies

|align=left| automobile crash

| 1929

|

| 34

| Pitcher

| New York Yankees

|align=left| plane crash

| 2006

|

| 30

| Pitcher

| Louisville Colonels

|align=left| tuberculosis

| 1899

|

| 27

| Infielder

| Chicago Cubs{{efn|Macko last played in August of 1980, when he was injured in a game. The injury was severe enough to keep him on the disabled list for the rest of 1980. In the course of doctor's examinations over the winter in early 1981, Macko was discovered to have cancer, which he fought through 1981. He traveled with the Cubs and remained on the disabled list through the entire 1981 season.}}

|align=left| testicular cancer

| 1981

| [https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/11/16/Services-for-Chicago-Cubs-second-baseman-Steve-Macko-will/2977374734800/ "Services for Chicago Cubs second baseman Steve Macko will...," United Press International (UPI), Monday, November 16, 1981.] Retrieved February 6, 2023.

| 27

| Outfielder

| St. Louis Cardinals

|align=left| brain tumor

| 1922

|

| 27

| Pitcher

| Brooklyn Superbas{{efn|Technically, McJames was no longer actively involved in baseball at the time of his death. He had been released by Brooklyn in July, due the effects of tuberculosis. McJames was working as a doctor at the time of his death nine weeks later in September; the tuberculosis which ended his baseball career was a factor in his death.}}

|align=left| tuberculosis, complicated by injuries sustained in a carriage accident

| 1901

| {{cite web |last1=Keenan |first1=Jimmy |title=Doc McJames |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/doc-mcjames/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=18 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125172354/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/doc-mcjames/ |archive-date=25 January 2021 |url-status=live}}

| 30

| First baseman

| Pittsburgh Alleghenys

|align=left| typhoid fever

| 1887

|

| 28

| Pitcher

| Baltimore Orioles

|align=left| suicide

| 1894

|

| 28

| Pitcher

| Detroit Tigers

|align=left| suicide

| 1903

|

| 23

| Shortstop

| California Angels

|align=left| automobile crash

| 1977

|

| 26

| Catcher

| St. Louis Brown Stockings

|align=left| indeterminate illness

| 1876

|Hershberger, Richard. "[http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/e1a34513 SABR Baseball Biography Project – Tom Miller]", sabr.org, November 17, 2011.

| 21

| Catcher

| New York Giants{{efn|Montgomery's only major league playing experience came with the Boston Braves in 1941. He was sold to the Giants in February of 1942, and spent spring training with the Giants. Montgomery died in a car accident on the trip north, before the start of the regular season.}}

|align=left| automobile crash

| 1942

|

| 29

| Pitcher

| Pittsburgh Pirates

|align=left| automobile crash

| 1976

|

| 32

| Pitcher

| Boston Red Sox

|align=left| homicide, stabbing

| 1932

|

| 32

| Catcher

| New York Yankees

|align=left| plane crash

| 1979

|

| 24

| Pitcher

| St. Louis Browns{{efn|O'Brien played for the Boston Reds in 1891 but was under contract with the St. Louis Browns at the time of his death before the start of the 1892 season.}}

|align=left| pneumonia

| 1892

|

| 27

| Outfielder

| Pittsburgh Pirates

|align=left| pneumonia

| 1901

|

| 27

| Pitcher

| Cleveland Indians

|align=left| boat accident (with Tim Crews)

| 1993

|

| 38

| Catcher

| Philadelphia Athletics

|align=left| peritonitis arising from surgery complications following an in-game injury

| 1909

|

| 27

| Outfielder

| Washington Senators

|align=left| Bright's disease

| 1909

|

| 23

| Outfielder

| Philadelphia A's{{efn|Sharman was one of eight one-time Major League Baseball players known either to have been killed or died from illness while serving in the armed forces during World War I, but the only one who went directly from a major league career (concluding the 1917 season with the A's) to the military.}}

|align=left| drowned while in military training

| 1918

|{{cite web|title=World War I Deaths|publisher=Baseball's Greatest Sacrifice|accessdate=June 8, 2014|url=http://www.baseballsgreatestsacrifice.com/world_war_i.html}}{{cite news|title=Sharman and Dell in Artillery|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1917-11-04/ed-1/seq-19/|newspaper=New-York Tribune|date=November 4, 1917}}

| 34

| Infielder

| San Diego Padres{{efn|Technically, Sharperson was still a minor league player at the time of his death. The Padres had summoned Sharperson to join the major league team, to be on hand if he were needed in the event of an injury. (Sharperson died on the journey.) However, he had not been activated as a major league player at the time of his death, and quite possibly might not have been activated even had he arrived safely. Sharperson had last been on a major league roster with the Atlanta Braves in 1995.}}

|align=left| automobile crash

| 1996

|{{cite web|last1=Nightengale|first1=Bob|title=Sharperson, Former Dodger, Dies in Crash|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-05-27-sp-8931-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=July 21, 2015|date=May 27, 1996}}

| 27

| Pitcher

| Los Angeles Angels

|align=left| accidental drug overdose

| 2019

|{{cite web|last=Bollinger|first=Rhett|title=Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs passes away|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/tyler-skaggs-passes-away|work=MLB.com|access-date=July 1, 2019|date=July 1, 2019}}

| 27

| Outfielder

| Baltimore Orioles

|align=left| typhoid malaria

| 1888

|

| 34

| Outfielder

| Boston Red Sox

|align=left| suicide by ingestion of carbolic acid

| 1907

| {{cite news |title="Chick" Stahl A Suicide – Late Boston Manager Takes Carbolic Acid at West Baden |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1907/03/29/archives/chick-stahl-a-suicide-late-boston-manager-takes-carbolic-acid-at.html |access-date=July 2, 2019 |work=New York Times |date=March 29, 1907|page=11}}

| 25

| Outfielder

| Cincinnati Reds

|align=left| homicide, gunshot

| 2003

|

| 25

| Infielder

| Cincinnati Reds

|align=left| general streptococcus due to empyema

| 1910

|{{cite news| url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/03/19/104925094.pdf | work=The New York Times | title=Alan Storke Dies Suddenly | date=March 19, 1910 | access-date=October 20, 2010}}

| 30

| Catcher

| Baltimore Orioles

|align=left| Bright's disease

| 1893

| {{cite web|title=Sy Sutcliffe|url=http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/610ca2bb|website=sabr.org|access-date=October 1, 2016}}

| 22

| Outfielder

| St. Louis Cardinals

|align=left| driving while intoxicated resulting in crash

| 2014

|{{cite web|last1=Brown|first1=David|title=Life Without Oscar|url=http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/feature/25245808/life-without-oscar|website=cbssports.com|access-date=July 21, 2015|date=July 20, 2015}}

| 26

| Pitcher

| Cincinnati Reds

|align=left| nephritis

| 1900

|

| 22

| Outfielder

| Brooklyn Atlantics

|align=left| drowned while fishing

| 1872

|

| 29

| Shortstop

| Texas Rangers

|align=left| leukemia

| 1976

| [https://www.nytimes.com/1976/12/12/archives/danny-thompson-infielder-for-texas-baseball-team-is-dead-of.html "Danny Thompson, Infielder For Texas Baseball Team, Is Dead of Leukemia at 29," The Associated Press (AP), Saturday, December 11, 1976.] Retrieved February 6, 2023.

| 33

| Pitcher

| Houston Colt .45s

|align=left| malignant melanoma

| 1964

|

| 25

| Pitcher

| Kansas City Royals

|align=left| automobile crash

| 2017

|{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/royals-pitcher-yordano-ventura-killed-162153891.html|title=Royals Pitcher Yordano Ventura Was Killed In A Fatal Car Accident In The Dominican Republic|work=Yahoo Sports|first=Robby|last=Kalland|date=January 22, 2017|access-date=January 22, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202075033/https://www.yahoo.com/news/royals-pitcher-yordano-ventura-killed-162153891.html|url-status=dead}}

| 25

| Pitcher

| California Angels

|align=left| inoperable brain tumor

| 1965

|

| 22

| Outfielder

| Cleveland Forest Citys

|align=left| tuberculosis

| 1872

| Batesel, Paul. Players and Teams of the National Association, 1871–1875, McFarland, 2012, p. 131. {{ISBN|0786490764}}

| 29

| Pitcher

| Houston Astros

|align=left| carbon monoxide poisoning

| 1975

|{{cite news|url=http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Obits_W/Wilson.Don.Obit.html |work=The New York Times |title=Wilson of Astros Is Found Dead |date=January 6, 1975 |access-date=October 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006063315/http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Obits_W/Wilson.Don.Obit.html |archive-date=October 6, 2010 }}

| 29

| Pitcher

| Cleveland Indians

|align=left| automobile crash

| 1993

|{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-06-sp-53892-story.html|title=Tragedy Strikes Again for Indians : Baseball: Truck driven by former Angel Cliff Young crashes into tree, killing him instantly|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 6, 1993|accessdate=September 21, 2024}}

| 30

| Outfielder

| New York Giants

|align=left| Bright's disease

| 1927

|{{cite news|last=Blair |first=Sam |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19920503/1489782/forgotten-tragedy-saga-of-ross-pep-youngs----1920s-baseball-stars-career-often-overlooked |title=Forgotten Tragedy: Saga Of Ross 'Pep' Youngs – 1920S Baseball Star's Career Often Overlooked |newspaper=Seattle Times |agency=Dallas Morning News|date=May 3, 1992 |access-date=June 18, 2012}}

! scope="col" style="width: 5%;"| Age

! scope="col" style="width: 10%;"| Position

! scope="col" style="width: 12.5%;"| Last MLB team

! scope="col" style="width: 12.5%;"| Last pro team

! scope="col" style="width: 35%;"| Cause of death

! scope="col" style="width: 5%;"| Year

! scope="col" class=unsortable style="width: 5%;"| Ref(s)

| 25

| Third baseman

| Baltimore Orioles

| Duluth Freezers

|align=left| drowning

| 1887

|

| 28

| Pitcher

| Chicago White Sox

| Free agent{{efn|Barrios was a free agent at the time of his death, although he was reportedly about to sign a contract with the Milwaukee Brewers on the day he died. He had last been on a major league roster in 1981, with the Chicago White Sox.}}

|align=left| heart attack

| 1982

| {{Cite web |date=April 10, 1982 |title=Francisco Barrios, a former pitcher for the Chicago White... |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/04/10/Francisco-Barrios-a-former-pitcher-for-the-Chicago-White/5140387262800/ |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=UPI |language=en}}

| 37

| Pitcher

| Philadelphia Phillies

| Hollywood Stars

|align=left| cirrhosis

| 1945

| {{cite web |last1=Wolf |first1=Gregory H. |title=Cy Blanton |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/cy-blanton/ |publisher=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=22 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129092911/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Cy-Blanton/ |archive-date=29 November 2023 |language=en |url-status=live}}

| 29

| Outfielder

| Minnesota Twins

| Jacksonville Suns{{efn|Bond, who had been diagnosed with leukemia in 1962, had been playing with the Minnesota Twins until he was released on May 15, 1967. He was picked up by the Jacksonville Suns, the triple-A team of the New York Mets, but only played three games with Jacksonville before he had to enter a hospital for treatment. He died September 14.}}

|align=left| leukemia

| 1967

|

| 37

| Infielder

| Houston Astros

| Cardenales de Lara

|align=left| car crash, murdered (with Luis Valbuena)

| 2018

|

| 31

| Shortstop

| Houston Astros

| Azucareros del Este

|align=left| car crash

| 2000

|

| 33

| Pitcher

| Boston Bees

| San Diego Padres

|align=left| automobile accident

| 1939

|{{cite book |last1=Forr |first1=James |last2=Proctor |first2=David |title=Pie Traynor: A Baseball Biography |date=1 February 2010 |publisher=McFarland & Co. |isbn=978-0-7864-4385-7 |page=174 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FcTHdGCujhcC |access-date=22 April 2024 |language=en}}

| 21

| Pitcher

| San Francisco Giants

| Phoenix Giants

|align=left| plane crash

| 1969

|

| 28

| Pitcher

| Philadelphia Athletics

| Greensboro Patriots

|align=left| bus accident

| 1947

| {{cite web |last1=Harner |first1=Andrew |title=August 17, 1947: After Woody Crowson dies in bus accident, Greensboro and Raleigh play in his honor |url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/august-17-1947-after-woody-crowson-dies-in-bus-accident-greensboro-and-raleigh-play-in-his-honor/ |publisher=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=22 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814130802/https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/august-17-1947-after-woody-crowson-dies-in-bus-accident-greensboro-and-raleigh-play-in-his-honor/ |archive-date=14 August 2022 |language=en |url-status=live}}

| 19

| Pitcher

| Houston Colt .45s

| Salisbury Astros

|align=left| automobile crash

| 1965

|

| 37

| Pitcher

| Milwaukee Brewers

| Algodoneros de Unión Laguna

|align=left| heart attack

| 2021

| {{cite news|title=Former Tigers pitcher who forged career around the globe dies at 37|url=https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2021/03/former-tigers-pitcher-who-forged-his-career-around-the-globe-dies-at-37.html|first=Evan|last=Woodbery|date=March 15, 2021|access-date=February 16, 2025|newspaper=The Ann Arbor News}}

| 29

| Pitcher

| San Francisco Giants

| Seibu Lions

|align=left| car crash

| 2001

|

| 27

| First baseman

| Chicago White Sox

| Ponce Lions

|align=left| car crash

| 1986

|

| 37

| Catcher

| Cincinnati Reds

| Leones del Caracas

|align=left| crushed by a falling satellite dish

| 1990

| {{cite news |title=Diaz Crushed to Death in Accident |agency=Associated Press |work=The New York Times |date=24 November 1990 |access-date=6 March 2011 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/24/sports/diaz-crushed-to-death-in-accident.html}}

| 27

| Third baseman

| Cincinnati Reds

|Mobile Sea Gulls

|align=left| hit in the head by a pitch

| 1916

| {{cite web |last1=Betsch |first1=Chris |title=June 18, 1916: The death of Johnny Dodge |url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/june-18-1916-death-johnny-dodge/ |publisher=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=22 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002095021/https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/june-18-1916-death-johnny-dodge/ |archive-date=2 October 2023 |language=en |url-status=live}}

| 30

| Outfielder

| Chicago Cubs

| Macoto Cobras

|align=left| congenital disorder

| 2005

|

| 34

| Pitcher

| Baltimore Orioles

| San Antonio Missions

|align=left| homicide, stabbing

| 1955

| [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XHVFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m7wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5726,4550087&dq=howie+fox+stabbed&hl=en Howie Fox stabbed to death]. Telegraph Herald. October 9, 1955. Retrieved February 3, 2016.

| 32

| Pitcher

| Texas Rangers

| Tigres de Aragua

|align=left| car crash

| 2011

|

| 33

| Pitcher

| Milwaukee Brewers

| Yomiuri Giants

|align=left| lightning strike

| 2008

|{{cite web|title=Former MLB pitcher Gonzalez killed by lightning strike|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3412801|website=ESPN.com|access-date=July 21, 2015|date=May 26, 2008}}

|34

|Pitcher

|Philadelphia Phillies

|Free agent

|align=left| car crash

|2017

|{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/former-cuban-star-and-phillies-pitcher-miguel-alfredo-gonzalez-dies-at-34/|title=Former Cuban star and Phillies pitcher Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez dies at 34|work=CBSSports.com|access-date=2017-12-31|language=en}}

| 28

| Left fielder

| St. Louis Cardinals

| San Diego Padres

|align=left| cardiac arrest

| 1953

| Gorman, Weeks, p. 3432 (2nd, Kindle edition)

| 22

| Left fielder

| Boston Beaneaters

| Toledo Mud Hens{{efn|Grosart signed with the Toledo Mud Hens prior to the 1902 season and was with them during spring training; he had last played for the Dayton Old Soldiers during the 1901 season.}}

|align=left| typhoid fever

| 1902

| {{cite web |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/george-grosart/ |title=George Grosart |first=Chris |last=Rainey |website=sabr.org |publisher=Society for American Baseball Research |accessdate=February 22, 2025}}

| 29

| Pitcher

| Los Angeles Angels

| Sacramento River Cats

|align=left| organ failure related to cocaine toxicity

| 2015

|{{cite web|last1=Bowman|first1=Mark|title=Former Braves, Angels pitcher Hanson dies at 29|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/tommy-hanson-passes-away-at-29/c-156913710|work=MLB.com|access-date=November 13, 2015|date=November 11, 2015}}

| 31

| Catcher

| Brooklyn Dodgers

| Spokane Indians

|align=left| bus crash

| 1946

|{{cite news |title=Ninth Player Dies Of Crash Injuries |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-press-democrat/11944598/ |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=The Press Democrat |date=27 June 1946 |pages=1}}

| 40

| Pitcher

| Chicago White Sox

| Indianapolis Indians

|align=left| heart attack

| 1960

|

| 23

| Outfielder

| St. Louis Browns

| Milwaukee Brewers

|align=left| homicide

| 1907

|{{Cite news |date=1907-03-12 |title=Baseball Player Killed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roswell-daily-record-baseball-player/159576065/ |access-date=2024-11-23 |work=The Roswell Daily Record |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com}}

| 31

| Outfielder

| Philadelphia Phillies

| Indianapolis Indians{{efn|Krug last played for the Indianapolis Indians in 1907 but was under contract with the minor league Johnstown Johnnies at the time of his death in January 1908.}}

|align=left| pneumonia

| 1908

|{{cite news |title=Johnny Player Dead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/altoona-times-johnny-player-dead/136238136/ |access-date=4 December 2023 |work=Altoona Times |date=18 January 1908 |pages=9}}

| 26

| Pitcher

| Atlanta Braves

| Sioux City Explorers

|align=left| heart attack and brain aneurysm

| 2001

|

| 37

| Pitcher

| New York Mets

| Aguilas Cibaenas

|align=left| heart attack

| 2010

|

| 33

| Infielder

| Arizona Diamondbacks

| KT Wiz

|align=left| car crash

| 2017

|{{cite web|url=http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/former-top-mlb-prospect-andy-marte-33-killed-in-car-crash/|title=Former top MLB prospect Andy Marte, 33, killed in car crash|work=CBS Sports|first=Mike|last=Axisa|date=January 22, 2017|access-date=January 22, 2017}}

| 39

| First baseman

| New York Giants

| Milwaukee Brewers

|align=left| suicide, gunshot

| 1910

| {{cite news |title=Dan McGann a Suicide – Giants' Former Captain Shoots Himself in a Hotel at Louisville |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1910/12/14/archives/dan-mcgann-a-suicide-giants-former-captain-shoots-him-self-in-a.html |access-date=July 2, 2019 |work=New York Times |date=December 14, 910|page=14}}

| 31

| Pitcher

| Los Angeles Angels

| Bravos de León

|align=left| car crash

| 2024

| {{cite news |last=Holleran |first=Andrew |title=Former MLB Pitcher Killed In Car Accident At 31 On Sunday Night |url=https://thespun.com/mlb/former-mlb-pitcher-killed-in-car-accident-at-31-on-sunday-night |work=The Spun |date=July 28, 2024 |access-date=July 28, 2024}}

| 26

| Third baseman

| St. Louis Cardinals

| Brother Elephants

|align=left| car crash

| 1997

|

| 26

| Third baseman

| Chicago Colts

|Dubuque Westerns

|align=left| tuberculosis

| 1898

|

| 27

| Outfielder

| St. Louis Cardinals

|Omaha Cardinals

|align=left| plane crash

| 1956

|

|27

|Third baseman

|Louisville Colonels

|Peoria Distillers

|align=left| "brain fever"

|1894

|{{cite news |title=A Ball Player Dead. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-a-ball-player-dead/143897339/ |access-date=22 March 2024 |work=The Leaf-Chronicle |date=28 September 1894 |pages=4}}

| 22

| Third baseman

| Pittsburgh Pirates

| Washington Little Senators

|align=left| typhoid fever

| 1896

|

| 29

| Pitcher

| Toronto Blue Jays

| AZL Diamondbacks

|align=left| automobile crash

| 1999

|

| 33

| Infielder

| California Angels

|Salt Lake City Angels

|align=left| automobile crash

| 1972

|

| 27

| First baseman

| Louisville Colonels

|Norwich Witches

|align=left| unknown

| 1900

|

|29

|Second baseman

|Milwaukee Brewers

|Free agent

|align=left| car crash

|1995

|{{cite news |last1=Coward |first1=Marty |title=Ex-Carolina 2nd bagger killed in D.R. car crash |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113215811/ex-carolina-2nd-bagger-killed-in-dr/ |access-date=17 November 2022 |work=Gold Leaf Farmer |date=21 December 1995 |page=2B}}

| 33

| Infielder

| Los Angeles Angels

| Cardenales de Lara

|align=left| car crash, murdered (with José Castillo)

| 2018

|{{cite web|url=https://www.ocregister.com/former-angel-luis-valbuena-reportedly-killed-in-car-accident|title=Former Angels infielder Luis Valbuena killed in car accident in Venezuela |work=Orange County Register|first=Jeff|last=Fletcher|date=December 6, 2018|access-date=December 7, 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/25474553/luis-valbuena-jose-castillo-killed-car-crash-caused-bandits|title=Luis Valbuena, Jose Castillo killed in car crash caused by bandits|work=ESPN|date=December 8, 2018|access-date=December 9, 2018}}

| 28

| Relief pitcher

| Chicago White Sox

| Free agent

|align=left| all-terrain vehicle crash

| 2017

|

| 32

| Center fielder

| Boston Red Sox

| Portland Beavers

|align=left| automobile crash

| 1929

|{{Cite news |date=1929-03-25 |title=Baseball Player Killed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-knoxville-journal-baseball-player-ki/159576163/ |access-date=2024-11-23 |work=The Knoxville Journal |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com |agency=Associated Press}}

! scope="col" style="width: 5%;"| Age

! scope="col" style="width: 10%;"| Position

! scope="col" style="width: 15%;"| Last team

! scope="col" style="width: 15%;"| Organization

! scope="col" style="width: 30%;"| Cause of death

! scope="col"style="width: 5%;"| Year

! scope="col" class=unsortable style="width: 5%;"| Ref(s)

| 23

| Third baseman

| San Francisco Haverlys

| —

|align=left| cardiac arrest

| 1888

|Gorman, Weeks, p. 3404 (2nd, Kindle edition)

|21

|Second baseman

|Clearwater Threshers

|Philadelphia Phillies

|align=left|car accident

|2023

|{{Cite magazine|url=https://thatballsouttahere.com/posts/philadelphia-phillies-prospect-tragically-dies-in-traffic-accident|title=Philadelphia Phillies prospect tragically dies in traffic accident|website=That Balls Outta Here|first=Michael|last=Fisher|date=October 26, 2023|access-date=August 19, 2024}}

| 21

| Pitcher

| Fort Wayne Wizards

| San Diego Padres

|align=left| car accident

| 2001

| {{cite web|url=https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/baseball/article/Major-league-prospects-die-as-pickup-rolls-in-1061311.php|title=Major league prospects die as pickup rolls in California|website=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|first=Jim|last=Moore|date=July 30, 2001|access-date=February 16, 2025}}

| 19

| Second baseman

| Springfield Cardinals

| St. Louis Cardinals

|align=left| struck on the head by a pitch

| 1933

| Gorman, Weeks, p. 413 (2nd, Kindle edition)

| 23

| Pitcher

| Shreveport Braves

| Atlanta Braves

|align=left| car accident

| 1970

| {{cite news |title=Stan Bell of the Braves Dies After Auto Crash |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/21/archives/stan-bell-of-the-braves-dies-after-auto-crash.html |access-date=3 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=21 September 1970 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008132528/https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/21/archives/stan-bell-of-the-braves-dies-after-auto-crash.html |archive-date=8 October 2021 |url-status=live |language=en}}

| 23

| Pitcher

| Provo Angels

| Los Angeles Angels

|align=left| heart attack

| 2002

| {{cite web|url=https://www.deseret.com/2002/12/9/19692521/provo-angels-pitcher-dies-at-23/|title=Provo Angels pitcher dies at 23|website=Deseret News|date=December 9, 2002|access-date=February 16, 2025}}

| 26

| Left fielder

| Lynn Shoemakers

| —

|align=left| struck on the head by a pitch

| 1906

|Gorman, Weeks, p. 353 (2nd, Kindle edition)

| 19

| Pitcher

| DSL Reds

| Cincinnati Reds

|align=left| automobile crash

| 2018

|{{cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/reds-prospect-jairo-capellan-dies-in-car-accident-in-dominican-republic/|title=Reds prospect Jairo Capellan dies in car accident in Dominican Republic

|date=November 4, 2018|access-date=November 4, 2018}}

| 24

| Infielder

| Mobile Bears

| New York Mets

|align=left| automobile crash

| 1962

|{{Cite news |date=1962-02-28 |title=Pro Baseball Player Killed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/clarion-ledger-pro-baseball-player-kille/159576284/ |access-date=2024-11-23 |work=Clarion-Ledger |page=17 |publication-place=Jackson, Mississippi |via=Newspapers.com |agency=Associated Press}}

| 24

| Outfielder

| GCL Pirates

| Pittsburgh Pirates

|align=left| heart defect

| 2013

|{{cite news|url=https://www.theledger.com/article/LK/20140708/news/608085818/LL/|title=Honoring Evan: Chambers Nights Held Where He Played Baseball|date=July 8, 2014|access-date=July 8, 2014}}

| 23

| Pitcher

| Decatur Commodores

| —

|align=left| struck on the head by a pitch

| 1925

|Gorman, Weeks, p. 405 (2nd, Kindle edition)

| —

| Outfielder

| Oshkosh Indians

| —

|align=left| unintentional discharge of firearm

| 1909

|{{cite news |title=The Baseball Player Accidentally Killed |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90052143/1909-10-12/ed-1/seq-8/#date1=1789&index=5&rows=20&words=BASEBALL+KILLED+PLAYER&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1963&proxtext=baseball+player+killed&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 |access-date=31 October 2020 |work=The Brunswick News |date=12 October 1909 |page=8}}

| 22

| Pitcher

| Pampa Oilers

| —

|align=left| automobile crash

| 1951

|{{Cite news |date=1951-12-10 |title=Baseball Player Killed in Crash |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-baseball-player-killed-in-cras/159576330/ |access-date=2024-11-23 |work=The Times |page=14 |publication-place=San Mateo, California |via=Newspapers.com}}

| 22

| Outfielder

| Scottsdale Scorpions

| New York Mets

|align=left| automobile crash

| 2001

|{{cite magazine|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1207193/index.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130415014532/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1207193/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 15, 2013 | magazine=Sports Illustrated | title=The Best Player You Never Saw | date=April 1, 2013 | access-date=April 12, 2013}}

| 19

| Catcher

| Twin Falls Cowboys

| New York Yankees

|align=left| struck in the heart by a thrown ball

| 1951

|Gorman, Weeks, p. 1617 (2nd, Kindle edition)

| 23

| Infielder

| Pensacola Blue Wahoos

| Minnesota Twins

|align=left| sudden cardiac arrhythmia

| 2019

|{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/milb/news/minnesota-twins-prospect-ryan-costello-found-dead-in-new-zealand/c-311899574|title=Twins' Costello found dead in New Zealand|author=Daren Smith|website=MiLB.com|date=November 18, 2019|access-date=November 18, 2019}}{{cite web | url=https://floridapolitics.com/archives/493320-family-of-pro-baseball-player-ryan-costello-file-wrongful-death-lawsuit-in-lee-county | title=Family of pro baseball player Ryan Costello files wrongful death lawsuit in Lee County | date=4 February 2022 }}

| 24

| Pitcher

| Inland Empire 66ers

| Los Angeles Angels

|align=left| self-inflicted gunshot wound

| 2018

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailyjournal.com/story/sports/2018/08/15/anaheim-angels-pitcher-aaron-cox-millville-nj-dies-mike-trout-inlaw/997845002/|title=Baseball prospect Aaron Cox, Mike Trout's brother-in-law, dies at 24|first=Tom McGurk and Josh|last=Friedman|website=The Daily Journal}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/angels/la-sp-angels-trout-cox-20180826-story.html|title=Mike Trout, Angels organization still reeling from death of Aaron Cox|date=August 26, 2018|website=Los Angeles Times}}

| 20

| Outfielder

| Ballinger Cats

| —

|align=left| struck on the head by a pitch

| 1947

|

| 23

| Shortstop

| Winnipeg Maroons

| —

|align=left| struck on the head by a pitch

| 1938

|Gorman, Weeks, p. 452 (2nd, Kindle edition)

| 17

| Outfielder

| Salem Pirates

| Pittsburgh Pirates

|align=left| brain trauma from in-game outfield collision

| 1974

|{{cite web|url=http://www.roanoke.com/sports/salem_red_sox/doughty-death-of-alfredo-edmead-still-haunts/article_4318c277-9b66-5bc3-b8cd-39fcede80049.html|title=Doughty: 1974 death of Alfredo Edmead still haunts|date=21 August 2014 |access-date=3 November 2016}}

| 28

| Pitcher

| {{nowrap|New Orleans Pelicans }}

| —

|align=left| blood poisoning

| 1902

|{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31218429/new_orleans_4_nashville_0/ |title=New Orleans 4, Nashville 0 |newspaper=The Times |location=Shreveport, Louisiana |page=5 |date=July 28, 1902 |access-date=May 3, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31218131/pitcher_freelands_funeral/ |title=Pitcher Freeland's Funeral |newspaper=The Times-Democrat |location=New Orleans |page=9 |date=July 29, 1902 |access-date=May 3, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}

|24

|Pitcher

|York Revolution

| —

|align=left|car crash

|2024

|{{cite news |title=Former Houston Astros pitching prospect Ronny Garcia dies at 24, team says |url=https://abc13.com/ronny-garcia-dies-former-astros-prospect-at-24-years-old-mlb-player/14703218/ |access-date=21 April 2024 |work=ABC13 Houston |date=20 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421011205/https://abc13.com/ronny-garcia-dies-former-astros-prospect-at-24-years-old-mlb-player/14703218/ |archive-date=21 April 2024 |url-status=live |language=en}}

|21

|Pitcher

|DSL Orioles

|Baltimore Orioles

|align=left|car crash

|2017

|{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/09/18/miguel-gonzalez-orioles-prospect-dead-car-crash|title=21-year-old Orioles prospect dies in car accident|first=Dan|last=Gartland|magazine=Sports Illustrated}}

| —

| First baseman

| Atlanta Atlantas

| —

|align=left| internal bleeding from a collision on the base path

|1885

|Gorman, Weeks, p. 2915 (2nd, Kindle edition)

| 18

| First baseman

| Dayton Veterans

| —

|align=left| internal bleeding from a collision on the base path

| 1904

|Gorman, Weeks, p. 2928 (2nd, Kindle edition)

| 24

| Pitcher

| Albany-Colonie Yankees

| New York Yankees

|align=left| heart failure

| 1992

| {{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/08/29/Minor-league-player-found-dead/6308715060800/|title=Minor-league player found dead|website=upi.com|date=August 29, 1992|access-date=February 16, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/23/sports/baseball-cause-revealed-in-player-death.html|title=BASEBALL; Cause Revealed In Player Death|website=The New York Times|date=September 23, 1992|access-date=February 16, 2025}}

| 37

| Catcher / Manager

| Vernon Tigers

| —

|align=left| pneumonia

| 1915

|{{cite web |url=http://baseballhistorydaily.com/2013/01/11/assumed-names-happy-hogan/ |title=Assumed Names–Happy Hogan |work=Baseball History Daily |date=11 January 2013 |access-date=October 11, 2015}}

| —

| Outfielder

| Oakland Oaks

| —

|align=left| blood poisoning

| 1924

|Gorman, Weeks, p. 2333 (2nd, Kindle edition)

| 24

| Outfielder

| Dothan Browns

| —

|align=left| struck on the head by a pitch

| 1951

|Gorman, Weeks, p. 465 (2nd, Kindle edition)

| 22

| Pitcher

| Fort Myers Miracle

| Minnesota Twins

|align=left| car crash

| 2016

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.twincities.com/2016/12/10/minnesota-twins-prospect-yorman-landa-22-dies-in-car-accident/ |title=Minnesota Twins prospect Yorman Landa, 22, dies in car accident|first=Mike |last=Berardino |website=twincities.com |date=December 10, 2016}}

| 21

| Outfielder

| Winston-Salem Red Sox

| Boston Red Sox

|align=left| boat accident

| 1983

|{{cite magazine |last1=Pearlman |first1=Jeff |title=Tragedy at sea brings back chilling memories of Anthony Latham |url=https://www.si.com/more-sports/2009/03/04/anthony-latham |magazine=Sports Illustrated |publisher=ABG-SI LLC |access-date=21 October 2019}}

| 27

| Third baseman

| Macon Peaches

| —

|align=left| struck in the chest by a pitch

| 1927

| Gorman, Weeks, p. 1313 (2nd, Kindle edition){{cite web |title=Pete Mann Minor Leagues Statistics & History |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=mann--001r-- |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=4 November 2020}}

|20

|Catcher

|Lynchburg Hillcats

|Cleveland Guardians

|align=left| Multiple Organ Failure

|2021

|{{cite news |last1=Bell |first1=Mandy |title=Guardians prospect Meléndez dies at 20 |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/andres-melendez-guardians-prospect-dies |access-date=14 January 2022 |work=MLB.com |date=16 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220060558/https://www.mlb.com/news/andres-melendez-guardians-prospect-dies |archive-date=20 December 2021 |url-status=live |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Hoynes |first1=Paul |title=What caused the death of Cleveland Guardians' catcher Andres Melendez? Hey, Hoynsie |url=https://www.cleveland.com/guardians/2022/01/what-caused-the-death-of-cleveland-guardians-minor-leaguer-andres-melendez-hey-hoynsie.html |access-date=18 July 2022 |work=Cleveland.com |publisher=Advance Local |date=15 January 2022 |language=en}}

| 21

| Pitcher

| New Haven Ravens

| Colorado Rockies

|align=left| asthma attack

| 1997

|{{cite web |url=http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/MinorLeaguers/Obits_M/Million.Doug.Obit.html |title=Million dies of asthma attack |first=Barney |last=Hutchinson |newspaper=The Hastings Star Gazette |location=Hastings, Minnesota |date=September 24, 1997 |via=thedeadballera.com}}

| 27

| Pitcher

| Sacramento River Cats

| Oakland Athletics

|align=left| Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

| 2016

|{{cite news |title=A's minor leaguer Sean Murphy ruled to have died of heart disease |last=Hickey |first=John |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/09/21/as-minor-league-sean-murphy-ruled-to-have-died-of-heart-disease/ |access-date=2 June 2022 |work=The Mercury News |date=21 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409230511/https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/09/21/as-minor-league-sean-murphy-ruled-to-have-died-of-heart-disease/ |archive-date=9 April 2022 |url-status=live |language=en}}

| 22

| Pitcher

| Spokane Indians

| —

|align=left| cardiac arrest

| 1903

|{{cite news |title=Baseball Player Drops Dead |url=https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn99063951/1903-07-24/ed-1/seq-2/#words=ERNEST+Ernest+NICHOLS+Nichols |access-date=31 October 2020 |work=Weekly Oregon Statesman |date=24 July 1903 |page=2}}

|27

| Catcher

| Erie SeaWolves

| Detroit Tigers

|align=left|injuries sustained in skateboarding accident

| 2019

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2019/09/02/detroit-tigers-minor-leaguer-chace-numata-dies-hospital/2192060001/|title=Detroit Tigers minor leaguer Chace Numata dies from injuries in skateboarding accident|last1=Guillen|first1=Joe|last2=Seidel|first2=Jeff|website=Detroit Free Press|language=en|access-date=2019-09-02}}

| 19

| Catcher

| Marion Cubs

| Chicago Cubs

|align=left| cardiac arrest

| 1948

|Gorman, Weeks, p. 3417 (2nd, Kindle edition)

| 20

| Relief pitcher

| FCL Phillies

| Philadelphia Phillies

|align=left| T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (T-ALL)

| 2022

|{{cite news |last1=Coffey |first1=Alex |title=Phillies minor leaguer Corey Phelan dies at 20 after battle with cancer |url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/corey-phelan-phillies-development-obituary-pitcher-mlb-baseball-20221013.html |access-date=15 October 2022 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=13 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014040705/https://www.inquirer.com/news/corey-phelan-phillies-development-obituary-pitcher-mlb-baseball-20221013.html |archive-date=14 October 2022 |url-status=live |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Phillies minor leaguer Phelan dies of cancer at 20 |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34794441/phillies-minor-leaguer-corey-phelan-dies-cancer-20 |access-date=15 October 2022 |work=ESPN.com |date=14 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014141021/https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34794441/phillies-minor-leaguer-corey-phelan-dies-cancer-20 |archive-date=14 October 2022 |url-status=live |language=en}}

| 20

| Second baseman

| Dayton Veterans

| —

|align=left| struck on the head by a pitch

| 1909

|{{cite web |last1=Lammers |first1=Craig |title=Charles Pinkney |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/charles-pinkney/ |website=SABR.org |publisher=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=31 October 2020}}

| 24

| Third baseman

| Reidsville Luckies

| —

|align=left| automobile crash

| 1953

|{{Cite news |date=1953-08-16 |title=Baseball Player Killed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-baseball-player/159576380/ |access-date=2024-11-23 |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |page=27 |via=Newspapers.com |agency=Associated Press}}

| 25

| Pitcher

| Springfield Senators

| —

|align=left|cardiac arrest and heat stroke

| 1926

|Gorman, Weeks, p. 3405 (2nd, Kindle edition)

| 24

| Catcher

| Huntington Red Birds

| —

|align=left| struck on the head by a pitch

|1935

|Gorman, Weeks, p. 426 (2nd, Kindle edition)

| 21

| Utility

| Fresno Giants

| San Francisco Giants

|align=left| automobile crash

| 1961

|{{Cite news |date=1961-01-12 |title=Baseball Player Killed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-shreveport-journal-baseball-player-k/159576420/ |access-date=2024-11-23 |work=The Shreveport Journal |page=29 |via=Newspapers.com |agency=Associated Press}}

| 19

| Pitcher

| Gastonia Rangers

| Texas Rangers

|align=left| cardiomyopathy, Supac use was a contributing factor

| 1990

| Gorman, Weeks, p. 3473 (2nd, Kindle edition)

| 20

| Pitcher

| Leones del Caracas

| Seattle Mariners

|align=left| struck by a boat while swimming

| 2015

|

|23

|Pitcher

|Auburn Doubledays

|Washington Nationals

|align=left|motorcycle crash

|2020

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/news/washington-nationals-pitcher-fausto-segura-dies-in-accident-312416348|title=Nationals' Segura dies in accident|website=MiLB.com}}

| 22

| First baseman

| Bakersfield Dodgers

| Los Angeles Dodgers

|align=left| automobile crash

| 1969

|{{Cite news |date=1969-09-09 |title=Rites Are Set For Promising Baseball Player Killed In Crash |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-rites-are-set-for-pro/159576472/ |access-date=2024-11-23 |work=The Sacramento Bee |page=12 |via=Newspapers.com |agency=Associated Press}}

| 19

| Third baseman

| Kokomo Wild Cats

| —

|align=left|internal bleeding from a collision on the base path

| 1909

|Gorman, Weeks, p. 2941 (2nd, Kindle edition)

| 23

| Infielder

| Hagerstown Packets

| Washington Senators

|align=left| cardiac arrest

| 1954

|Gorman, Weeks, p. 3445 (2nd, Kindle edition)

| 24

| Center fielder

| Crowley Millers

| —

|align=left| lightning strike during game

| 1951

|Gorman, Weeks, p. 3877 (2nd, Kindle edition)

| 21

| Second baseman

| Superior Blues

| —

|align=left|struck on the head by a pitch

| 1936

|Gorman, Weeks, p. 436 (2nd, Kindle edition)

|24

|Infielder

|Arizona League Athletics

|Oakland Athletics

|align=left|painkiller overdose

|2017

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/athletics/article/A-s-minor-leaguer-died-of-painkiller-overdose-11735244.php|title=A's minor-leaguer died of painkiller overdose|first=Susan|last=Slusser|date=August 5, 2017|website=SFGATE}}

| 27

| Catcher

| Burlington Pathfinders

| —

|align=left| struck on the head by a pitch

| 1906

| Gorman, Weeks, p. 304 (2nd, Kindle edition)

| —

| Pitcher

| Canton Terriers

| —

|align=left| struck by automobile

| 1929

|{{cite news |date=7 October 1929 |title=Baseball player recognized body of Lefty Wycoff |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-akron-beacon-journal-lefty-wycoff-pi/151766881/ |access-date=2024-11-23 |work=The Akron Beacon Journal |page=19 |via=Newspapers.com}}

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! scope="col" style="width: 10%;"| Position

! scope="col" style="width: 20%;"| Team

! scope="col" style="width: 40%;"| Cause of death

! scope="col" style="width: 5%;"| Year

! scope="col" class=unsortable style="width: 5%;" | Ref(s)

| 33

| Outfielder

| Sankei Atoms

|align=left| pancreatic necrosis

| 1969

|{{cite web |last1=Allen |first1=Malcolm |title=Lou Jackson |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/lou-jackson/ |publisher=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=30 September 2021}}

| 24

| Outfielder

| Orix Buffaloes

|align=left| suicide

| 2010

| [http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/sports/news/20100205p2a00m0na016000c.html Orix Buffaloes outfielder Hiroyuki Oze found dead in Okinawa] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100207144509/http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/sports/news/20100205p2a00m0na016000c.html |date=2010-02-07 }}, Mainichi Daily News, February 5, 2010.

| 27

| Pitcher

| Chunichi Dragons

|align=left| myocarditis

| 2021

|{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyshincho.jp/article/2021/07280559/|title=中日・木下雄介投手がワクチン接種後に「重篤」危機 専門家は「接種を忌避しないで」と訴え

|date=August 5, 2021|access-date=August 11, 2021 |language=ja}}

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! scope="col" style="width: 5%;"| Position

! scope="col" style="width: 20%;"| Team

! scope="col" style="width: 45%;"| Cause of death

! scope="col" style="width: 3%;"| Year

! scope="col" class=unsortable style="width: 3%;" | Ref(s)

| 24

| Catcher

| OB Bears

|align=left| Drowning suspected to be suicide

| 1986

|{{cite web|url=https://m.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/201107291381758700?did=sms/|title=이라부 사망으로 본 요절한 야구스타/ 86년 25세 나이에 익사한 OB 김영신, 프로야구 첫 영구 결번

|date=July 29, 2011|access-date=October 28, 2023}}

| 26

| Pitcher

| Haitai Tigers

|align=left| car accident

| 1988

|{{cite web|url=https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/2270162#home/|title=타이거스 김대현 투수 오늘 교통 사고로 숨져

|date=August 27, 1988|access-date=October 28, 2023}}

| 22

| Pitcher

| Haitai Tigers

|align=left| stomach cancer

| 1999

|{{cite web|url=https://www.mk.co.kr/news/all/2191990/|title=해태투수 김상진,위암으로 사망

|date=June 11, 1996|access-date=October 28, 2023}}

| 22

| Outfielder

| Doosan Bears

|align=left| fell down the stairs

| 2012

|{{cite web|url=https://www.mk.co.kr/news/sports/5082832/|title='실족사' 두산 이규환, 계단 틈 사이 추락 추정

|date=January 10, 2012|access-date=October 28, 2023}}

| 24

| First baseman

| KIA Tigers

|align=left| Osteosarcoma

| 2012

|{{cite web|url=https://www.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/201212211111492044/|title=이두환, 암 투병 중 끝내 사망

|date=December 21, 2012|access-date=October 28, 2023}}

| 24

| Infielder

| LG Twins

|align=left| found dead after falling near a parking lot

| 2013

|{{cite web|url=https://sports.donga.com/sports/article/all/20130716/56483624/1/|title=야구선수 이장희 사망 "마지막 경기 3타수 3안타 1볼넷 최고였는데…"

|date=July 16, 2013|access-date=October 28, 2023}}

| 30

| Pitcher

| SK Wyverns

|align=left| car accident

| 2019

|{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/04/20/former-nationals-minor-leaguer-killed-car-accident-dominican-republic/ |title=Former Nationals minor leaguer killed in car accident in Dominican Republic |date=2019-04-20 |author1=Sam Fortier |newspaper=The Washington Post |place=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409}}

| 33

| Infielder

| KT Wiz

|align=left| car accident

| 2017

|{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/18531049/former-major-leaguer-andy-marte-dies-car-accident/|title=Andy Marte dies at 33 in car crash

|date=January 22, 2017|access-date=October 28, 2023}}

| 21

| pitcher

| Hanwha Eagles

|align=left| death in a fall from a building

| 2019

|{{cite web|url=https://www.hankyung.com/article/201911238030Y|title=프로야구 한화 이글스 투수 김성훈, 광주서 추락사(종합)

|date=November 23, 2019|access-date=October 28, 2023}}

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! scope="col" style="width: 10%;"| Position

! scope="col" style="width: 20%;"| Team

! scope="col" style="width: 40%;"| Cause of death

! scope="col" style="width: 5%;"| Year

! scope="col" class=unsortable style="width: 5%;" | Ref(s)

| 23

| Outfielder

| Cuban Giants

|align=left|lightning strike

| 1909

|Gorman, Weeks, p. 3890 (2nd, Kindle edition)

| 24

| Catcher

| Stapleton Baseball Club

|align=left| struck on head by a pitch

| 1908

|{{cite book |last1=Weeks |first1=David |last2=Gorman |first2=Robert M. |title=Death at the Ballpark: More Than 2,000 Game-Related Fatalities of Players, Other Personnel and Spectators in Amateur and Professional Baseball, 1862-2014 |date=2015 |publisher=McFarland |page=505 |edition=2nd, Kindle}}

| 28

| Catcher

| Cuban Giants

| align=left| cardiac arrest during game

| 1904

| Gorman, Weeks, p. 3485 (2nd, Kindle edition)

| 21

| Catcher

| Zulu Cannibal Giants

|align=left| struck on the throat by a pitch

| 1937

|Gorman, Weeks, p. 1339 (2nd, Kindle edition)

| 28

| Pitcher

| Cuban Stars

| align=left| hit on the head by a bat during an in-game argument

| 1922

|

| 34

| Pitcher

| Memphis Red Sox

| align=left| homicide, gunshot

| 1944

|

| 19–20

| Catcher

| Southern Star Baseball Club

| align=left| broken neck, struck by a passed ball

| 1890

|Gorman, Weeks, p. 1554 (2nd, Kindle edition)

| 26

| Catcher

| Chicago American Giants

| align=left| tuberculosis

| 1930

|

| 32

| Infielder

| Indianapolis Clowns

|align=left| cardiac arrest during game

| 1949

|

| 28

| Outfielder

| Lincoln Giants

| align=left| yellow fever

| 1932

|

| 35

| Second baseman / manager

| Washington Pilots

| align=left| heart attack

| 1932

|

| 34

| Pitcher

| Philadelphia Giants

| align=left| cardiac arrest

| 1908

| Gorman, Weeks, p. 3468 (2nd, Kindle edition)

| 27

| Shortstop

| Chicago American Giants

| align=left| ptomaine poisoning

| 1931

|

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! scope="col" class=unsortable style="width: 5%;" | Ref(s)

| 37

|Infielder

|OVVO

|align=left| hit by line drive ball on head

|1924

|

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! scope="col" style="width: 13%;"| Position

! scope="col" style="width: 17%;"| Team

! scope="col" style="width: 40%;"| Cause of death

! scope="col" style="width: 5%;"| Year

! scope="col" class=unsortable style="width: 5%;" | Ref(s)

| 20

| Pitcher

| George Mason

|align=left| blood clot from complications from Tommy John surgery

| 2021

|{{cite news |last1=Diaz |first1=Johnny |author1-link=Johnny Diaz |title=College Baseball Player in Virginia Dies After Joint Surgery |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/19/sports/baseball/george-mason-university-pitcher-dies-tommy-john-surgery.html |access-date=27 June 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=2021-06-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623222113/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/19/sports/baseball/george-mason-university-pitcher-dies-tommy-john-surgery.html |archive-date=2021-06-23 |url-status=live}}

| 17

| Second baseman

| Gettysburg

|align=left| struck on head by a pitch

| 1926

|Gorman, Weeks, p. 968 (2nd, Kindle edition)

| 21

| Middle infielder

| Keiser

|align=left| homicide, gunshot

| 2020

|{{cite news |last1=Roustan |first1=Wayne K. |last2=Webb |first2=Robin |title=$5,000 reward for information leading to college ballplayer's killer |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/fl-ne-west-palm-murder-reward-20210128-czgeulz26fcsfhecdemulizbfa-story.html |access-date=19 February 2021 |work=Sun-Sentinel |date=January 28, 2021}}

| 22

| Catcher

| East Central

|align=left| homicide, gunshot

| 2013

|{{cite news |last1=Ehrenfreund |first1=Max |title=Christopher Lane, Australian college athlete, was killed 'for the fun of it,' say prosecutors |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/christopher-lane-australian-college-athlete-was-killed-for-the-fun-of-it-say-prosecutors/2013/08/21/8c549486-0a7e-11e3-b87c-476db8ac34cd_story.html |access-date=19 February 2021 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=21 August 2013}}

| 19

| unknown

| Howard County JC

| align=left| electrocuted while erecting a foul pole that fell on a powerline

| 1953

|Gorman, Weeks, p. 4363 (2nd, Kindle edition)

| 22

| Pitcher / Outfielder

| Vanderbilt

| align=left| automobile crash

| 1973

|{{Cite news |date=1973-12-05 |title=Bama Baseball Player Killed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-and-democrat-bama-baseball-pla/159576562/ |access-date=2024-11-23 |work=The Times and Democrat |page=16 |publication-place=Orangeburg, South Carolina |via=Newspapers.com |agency=Associated Press}}

| 19

|Pitcher

|Vanderbilt

| align=left| drowned

|2016

|{{cite news |last1=Sparks |first1=Adam |title=Vanderbilt pitcher Donny Everett dies in drowning accident |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/college/vanderbilt/2016/06/03/vanderbilt-pitcher-donny-everett-dies-drowning/85330776/ |access-date=27 June 2021 |work=The Tennessean |date=2016-06-03}}

| 20

| Catcher

| Appalachian State

|align=left| struck on head by a pitch

| 1964

|Gorman, Weeks, p. 1270 (2nd, Kindle edition)

| 18

| unknown

| Arkansas Cumberland

|align=left| struck on head by a pitch

| 1908

|Gorman, Weeks, p. 693 (2nd, Kindle edition)

| —

| Second baseman

| Monmouth

|align=left| cerebral hemorrhage, collided with a teammate

| 1896

|Gorman, Weeks, p. 3015 (2nd, Kindle edition)

| 19

| Right fielder

| Louisiana State

|align=left| struck on head by a pitch

| 1908

|{{cite news |title=Death of Hervey Mangham |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10183451/death-of-hervey-mangham-while-playing/ |access-date=4 November 2020 |work=Natchez Democrat |date=21 April 1908 |page=6}}

| 21

| First baseman

| West Virginia

|align=left| struck on head by a pitch

| 1923

|Gorman, Weeks, p. 946 (2nd, Kindle edition)

| 18

| unknown

| Howard County JC

| align=left| electrocuted while erecting a foul pole that fell on a powerline

| 1953

|

| 19

|Pitcher

|Bradley

| align=left| automobile crash

| 1989

|{{Cite news |date=1989-05-17 |title=Bradley baseball player killed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-palm-beach-post-bradley-baseball-pla/159576602/ |access-date=2024-11-23 |work=The Palm Beach Post |page=32 |publication-place=West Palm Beach, Florida |via=Newspapers.com}}

| 19

| unknown

| St. John's (Kansas)

|align=left| struck on head by a pitch

| 1950

|Gorman, Weeks, p. 2548 (2nd, Kindle edition)