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A total of 56 players have died in Colorado

Batters Who Died in Colorado

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Batting Glossary

 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Gus Alberts         1884-1891  120   426   62   84  10   6   1   50   52    5  .197  .298  .256   27   0 1912-05-07 Idaho Springs
 John Bass           1871-1877   25   100   19   29   2  10   3   19    3    4  .290  .311  .600    0   1 1888-09-25 Denver
 Art Benedict        1883-1883    3    15    3    4   1   0   0    4    0    4  .267  .267  .333    0   0 1948-01-14 Denver
 Jim Bivin           1935-1935   47    48    3    7   3   0   0    1    4   28  .146  .212  .208    0   0 1982-11-07 Pueblo
 Ray Boggs           1928-1928    4     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1989-11-27 Grand Junction
 Henry Bostick       1915-1915    2     7    0    0   0   0   0    2    1    1  .000  .125  .000    0   0 1968-09-16 Denver
 Grant Bowler        1931-1932   17    12    2    1   1   0   0    2    1    6  .083  .154  .167    0   0 1968-06-25 Denver
 Asa Brainard        1871-1874  108   467   71  116  11   0   0   43   10    7  .248  .264  .272    4   3 1888-12-29 Denver
 Al Brazle           1943-1954  445   453   37   80   5   1   0   31    2   40  .177  .180  .192    0   0 1973-10-24 Grand Junction
 Don Carlsen         1948-1952   13    19    1    5   0   0   0    1    0    1  .263  .263  .263    0   0 2002-09-22 Denver
 Les Channell        1910-1914    7    20    3    7   1   0   0    3    2    0  .350  .409  .400    2   0 1954-05-08 Denver
 Sam Childs          1883-1883    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1938-05-21 Denver
 Henry Clarke        1897-1898    9    29    3    8   0   0   0    3    3    0  .276  .344  .276    0   0 1950-03-28 Colorado Springs
 Joe Connors         1884-1884    6    22    2    2   0   0   0    0    1    0  .091  .130  .091    0   0 1891-01-13 Denver
 Pat Dillard         1900-1900   57   183   24   42   5   2   0   12   13    0  .230  .284  .279    7   0 1907-07-22 Denver
 Bill Eagan          1891-1898  108   382   66   90  13   7   4   50   57   59  .236  .348  .338   26   0 1905-02-13 Denver
 Bill Evans          1949-1951   13     5    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1983-11-30 Grand Junction
 Bill Everitt        1895-1901  698  2842  535  902  85  43  11  341  212   85  .317  .368  .389  186   0 1938-01-19 Denver
 John Ewing          1883-1891  133   454   47   87   6   3   2   36   18   79  .192  .226  .231   18   0 1895-04-23 Denver
 Frederick Fass      1887-1887    4    11    1    2   0   0   0    0    0    3  .182  .182  .182    1   0 1930-04-05 Burnt Mill
 Hilly Flitcraft     1942-1942    3     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 2003-04-02 Boulder
 Jake Gettman        1897-1899  197   772  108  215  24   8   8   78   40    0  .278  .322  .361   44   0 1956-10-04 Denver
 Claude Gouzzie      1903-1903    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1907-09-21 Denver
 Pug Griffin         1917-1920   23    29    4    6   1   0   1    3    2   11  .207  .258  .345    1   0 1951-10-12 Colorado Springs
 Roy Hartzell        1906-1916 1290  4548  503 1146 112  55  12  397  455  118  .252  .327  .309  182  44 1961-11-06 Golden
 Ed Heusser          1935-1948  266   335   32   69   8   3   3   24   15   91  .206  .240  .275    0   0 1956-03-01 Aurora
 Chuck Hostetler     1944-1945  132   309   45   86  12   2   0   22   28   39  .278  .338  .330    4   4 1971-02-18 Fort Collins
 Bill Hubbell        1919-1925  205   308   31   53  12   0   1   16   21   81  .172  .227  .221    0   0 1980-08-03 Lakewood
 Jim Hyndman         1886-1886    1     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1934-01-16 Alamosa
 Cobe Jones          1928-1929   26    65    6   17   5   1   0    4    1    5  .262  .273  .369    1   0 1969-06-03 Denver
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Orville Jorgens     1935-1937  144   157   10   23   2   0   0    9    8   38  .146  .188  .159    0   0 1992-01-11 Colorado Springs
 Ed Karger           1906-1911  167   400   31   88  14   2   6   35   12    0  .220  .261  .310    1   0 1957-09-09 Delta
 Bruce Konopka       1942-1946   45   105    9   25   4   1   0   10    5    9  .238  .273  .295    0   0 1996-09-27 Denver
 Marty Lang          1930-1930    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1968-01-13 Lakewood
 Bill Lattimore      1908-1908    4     9    1    4   0   0   0    2    0    0  .444  .444  .444    0   0 1919-10-30 Colorado Springs
 Cliff Lee           1919-1926  521  1583  216  475  87  28  38  216  104  186  .300  .344  .462   14  11 1980-08-25 Denver
 Dud Lee             1920-1926  253   732   80  163  20   9   0   60   88   70  .223  .311  .275   12   8 1971-01-07 Denver
 Herman Long         1889-1904 1874  7674 1455 2127 342  97  91 1055  612  261  .277  .335  .383  534   0 1909-09-17 Denver
 Larry Loughlin      1967-1967    3     1    1    1   1   0   0    0    0    0 1.000 1.000 2.000    0   0 1999-01-26 Denver
 Bill McCarren       1923-1923   69   216   28   53  10   1   3   27   22   39  .245  .326  .343    0   1 1983-09-11 Denver
 Bill McGilvray      1908-1908    2     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1952-05-23 Denver
 Lenny Metz          1923-1925   30    58    6   10   0   0   0    4    5    5  .172  .250  .172    0   0 1953-02-24 Denver
 Buzz Murphy         1918-1919   88   284   25   78   9   7   1   37   22   37  .275  .338  .366    5   0 1938-05-11 Denver
 Tom O'Hara          1906-1907   62   226   19   57   3   1   0    5   15    0  .252  .299  .274    4   0 1954-06-08 Denver
 Frank Papish        1945-1950  149   162    9   25   4   0   0    9    6   36  .154  .185  .179    0   0 1965-08-30 Pueblo
 Ray Pierce          1924-1926   68    52    6    8   1   1   0    3    3   12  .154  .200  .212    0   0 1963-05-04 Denver
 Eddie Quick         1903-1903    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1913-06-19 Rocky Ford
 Charlie Reynolds    1889-1889   13    46    6   10   1   1   0    4    1    7  .217  .234  .283    2   0 1944-07-03 Denver
 George Shears       1912-1912    4     6    1    1   1   0   0    0    1    0  .167  .286  .333    0   0 1978-11-12 Loveland
 Ginger Shinault     1921-1922   35    44    6   13   2   0   0    4    6    7  .295  .380  .341    1   0 1930-12-29 Denver
 Urban Shocker       1916-1928  412   798   89  167  23   3   1   70  139  211  .209  .334  .249    1   3 1928-09-09 Denver
 Joe Straub          1880-1883   38   144    7   22   2   0   0    4    6    3  .153  .187  .167    0   0 1929-02-13 Pueblo
 Josh Swindell       1911-1913    5     4    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .250  .250  .250    0   0 1969-03-19 Fruita
 George Tebeau       1887-1895  627  2315  440  622  96  54  15  311  324  128  .269  .364  .376  228   0 1923-02-04 Denver
 Jack Tising         1936-1936   10    11    0    3   0   0   0    0    0    2  .273  .273  .273    0   0 1967-09-05 Leadville
 Art Weaver          1902-1908   86   257   20   47   5   2   0   15    9    0  .183  .211  .218    1   0 1917-03-23 Denver
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+

Pitchers Who Died in Colorado

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Pitch Glossary

 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+
 Jim Bivin           1935-1935   2   9  .182  5.79   47  14   0   0   1  161.7  220  104  20   65   54 1982-11-07 Pueblo
 Ray Boggs           1928-1928   0   0        5.40    4   0   0   0   0    5.0    2    3   0    7    0 1989-11-27 Grand Junction
 Grant Bowler        1931-1932   0   1  .000  6.91   17   3   1   0   0   41.7   55   32   2   27   17 1968-06-25 Denver
 Asa Brainard        1871-1874  24  53  .312  4.84   84  82  77   0   0  698.7 1107  376   6   78   33 1888-12-29 Denver
 Al Brazle           1943-1954  97  64  .602  3.31  441 117  47   7  60 1376.7 1387  506  84  492  554 1973-10-24 Grand Junction
 Don Carlsen         1948-1952   2   4  .333  6.00   13   7   2   0   0   54.0   75   36   5   21   23 2002-09-22 Denver
 Henry Clarke        1897-1898   1   4  .200  5.22    6   5   4   0   0   39.7   40   23   4   17    4 1950-03-28 Colorado Springs
 Joe Connors         1884-1884   0   2  .000  5.57    3   2   2   0   0   21.0   42   13   1    5    1 1891-01-13 Denver
 Bill Evans          1949-1951   0   1  .000  4.98   13   0   0   0   0   21.7   21   12   0   16    4 1983-11-30 Grand Junction
 John Ewing          1883-1891  53  63  .457  3.68  129 121 113   9   2 1058.7 1112  433  17  390  525 1895-04-23 Denver
 Frederick Fass      1887-1887   0   1  .000 10.34    4   2   1   0   1   15.7   25   18   1    8    0 1930-04-05 Burnt Mill
 Hilly Flitcraft     1942-1942   0   0        8.10    3   0   0   0   0    3.3    6    3   0    2    1 2003-04-02 Boulder
 Ed Heusser          1935-1948  56  67  .455  3.69  266 104  50  10  18 1087.0 1167  446  66  300  299 1956-03-01 Aurora
 Bill Hubbell        1919-1925  40  63  .388  4.68  204 108  50   5  10  931.0 1207  484  67  225  167 1980-08-03 Lakewood
 Jim Hyndman         1886-1886   0   1  .000 27.00    1   1   0   0   0    2.0    5    6   1    5    1 1934-01-16 Alamosa
 Orville Jorgens     1935-1937  21  27  .438  4.70  144  56  11   0   5  496.3  571  259  40  233  149 1992-01-11 Colorado Springs
 Ed Karger           1906-1911  48  67  .417  2.79  165 123  81   9   3 1091.7 1012  338  12  314  415 1957-09-09 Delta
 Marty Lang          1930-1930   0   0       54.00    2   0   0   0   0    1.7    9   10   2    3    2 1968-01-13 Lakewood
 Bill Lattimore      1908-1908   1   2  .333  4.50    4   4   1   1   0   24.0   24   12   0    7    5 1919-10-30 Colorado Springs
 Larry Loughlin      1967-1967   0   0       15.19    3   0   0   0   0    5.3    9    9   1    4    5 1999-01-26 Denver
 Frank Papish        1945-1950  26  29  .473  3.58  149  64  18   3   9  581.0  541  231  26  319  255 1965-08-30 Pueblo
 Ray Pierce          1924-1926   7  11  .389  5.64   66  15   5   0   0  182.0  269  114  12   63   38 1963-05-04 Denver
 Eddie Quick         1903-1903   0   0        9.00    1   1   0   0   0    2.0    5    2   0    1    0 1913-06-19 Rocky Ford
 George Shears       1912-1912   0   0        5.40    4   0   0   0   0   15.0   24    9   1   11    9 1978-11-12 Loveland
 Urban Shocker       1916-1928 187 117  .615  3.17  412 317 200  28  25 2681.7 2709  945 126  657  983 1928-09-09 Denver
 Josh Swindell       1911-1913   0   1  .000  2.08    4   1   1   0   0   17.3   19    4   0    4    6 1969-03-19 Fruita
 George Tebeau       1887-1895   0   1  .000 11.77    2   1   1   0   0   13.0   30   17   0    8    1 1923-02-04 Denver
 Jack Tising         1936-1936   1   3  .250  4.21   10   6   1   0   0   47.0   52   22   5   24   27 1967-09-05 Leadville
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+

Managers who Died in Colorado

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 Manager             YR From  To    G     W     L     WP  BstFin WstFin PostSsn Pennants WrldSer PlyrMgr Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+
 Frank Selee         16 1890-1905  2180  1284   862  .598    1      6      1        5       0            1909-07-05 Denver        
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