1987 Major League Died this Year

World Series Champion: Minnesota Twins

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Batting

Batting
Rk	Name	Yrs	From	To	ASG	WAR/pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Date of Death	Died	Tms
1	Jerry Adair	13	1958	1970	0	8.4	1165	4315	4019	378	1022	163	19	57	366	29	29	208	499	.254	.292	.347	.639	May 31	Tulsa, OK, United States	BAL, BOS, CHW, KCR
2	Spencer Alexander	2	1940	1941	0	-0.2	26	79	69	14	16	4	1	1	7	1		8		.232	.321	.362	.683	Nov 29	Bessemer City, NC, United States	NE
3	Jay Avrea	1	1950	1950	0	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	Jun 26	Dallas, TX, United States	CIN
4	Hubert Bates	1	1939	1939	0	-0.1	15	62	58	8	15	2	0	1	2	1	1	2	8	.259	.283	.345	.628	Apr 29	Long Beach, CA, United States	PHI
5	Boom-Boom Beck	12	1924	1945	0	-0.2	266	350	327	17	61	14	0	0	20	0	1	4	46	.187	.196	.229	.426	May 7	Champaign, IL, United States	BRO, CIN, DET, PHI, PIT, SLB
6	Hank Behrman	4	1946	1949	0	-0.8	174	133	115	4	14	1	0	0	4	0	0	5	50	.122	.158	.130	.289	Jan 20	New York, NY, United States	BRO, NYG, PIT
7	Joe Bennett	1	1923	1923	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					Jul 11	Morro Bay, CA, United States	PHI
8	Huck Betts	10	1920	1935	0	0.1	311	489	437	29	86	5	0	0	19	0	2	25	63	.197	.244	.208	.452	Jun 13	Millsboro, DE, United States	BSN, PHI
9	James Bizzle	1	1947	1947	0	0.0	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.500	.500	.500	1.000	Jul 23	St. Louis, MO, United States	BBB
10	George Blackerby	1	1928	1928	0	-0.4	30	91	83	8	21	0	0	0	12	2	1	4	10	.253	.287	.253	.540	Mar 30	Wichita Falls, TX, United States	CHW
11	Zeke Bonura	7	1934	1940	0	21.2	917	4029	3582	600	1099	232	29	119	704	19	12	404	180	.307	.380	.487	.867	Mar 9	New Orleans, LA, United States	CHC, CHW, NYG, WSH
12	Jim Brewer	17	1960	1976	1	0.2	552	159	140	2	21	2	0	0	9	1	0	10	52	.150	.212	.164	.376	Nov 16	Tyler, TX, United States	CAL, CHC, LAD
13	Joseph Burns	2	1910	1913	0	0.2	5	17	14	0	6	0	0	0	1	1		2	4	.429	.529	.429	.958	Jul 12	Beverly, MA, United States	CIN, DET
14	John Burrows	2	1943	1944	0	0.2	30	7	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.500	.667	.500	1.167	Apr 27	Coal Run, OH, United States	CHC, PHA
15	Sammy Burton	1	1940	1940	0	0.2	29	104	92	13	23	1	2	1	9	1		10		.250	.324	.337	.660	Nov 22	Tulsa, OK, United States	BBB
16	Ed Busch	3	1943	1945	0	1.1	270	1000	917	80	240	21	6	0	75	7	7	62	28	.262	.311	.298	.608	Jan 17	St. Clair County, IL, United States	PHA
17	Frank Callaway	2	1921	1922	0	-0.4	43	110	98	12	25	1	3	0	8	1	0	2	24	.255	.277	.327	.604	Aug 21	Knoxville, TN, United States	PHA
18	Cam Carreon	8	1959	1966	0	2.8	354	1100	986	113	260	43	4	11	114	3	4	97	117	.264	.331	.349	.679	Sep 2	Tucson, AZ, United States	BAL, CHW, CLE
19	Joe Casey	1	1920	1920	0	0.0	1	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		0		.250	.250	.500	.750	Apr 3	South Bend, IN, United States	SLG
20	Ed Cihocki	2	1932	1933	0	-1.0	34	107	98	6	14	2	3	0	9	0	0	7	16	.143	.200	.224	.424	Nov 9	Newark, DE, United States	PHA
21	Carlos Colás	1	1941	1941	0	-0.1	34	113	105	14	23	0	0	2	11	0		5		.219	.255	.276	.531	Dec 4	La Habana, La Habana, Cuba	NYC
22	Jocko Conlon	1	1923	1923	0	-0.6	59	171	147	23	32	3	0	0	17	0	3	11	11	.218	.299	.238	.537	Aug 5	Falmouth, MA, United States	BSN
23	Cornelius Cook	2	1937	1944	0	-0.1	7	17	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2		.067	.176	.067	.243	Dec 19	Bloomington, IN, United States	CC, IA
24	Dusty Cooke	8	1930	1938	0	7.3	608	2059	1745	324	489	109	28	24	229	32	28	290	276	.280	.384	.416	.800	Nov 21	Raleigh, NC, United States	BOS, CIN, NYY
25	Pete Cote	1	1926	1926	0	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	Oct 17	Middleton, MA, United States	NYG
26	Paul Derringer	15	1931	1945	6	-3.0	579	1357	1260	70	220	30	3	2	102	0	1	16	219	.175	.186	.208	.394	Nov 17	Sarasota, FL, United States	CHC, CIN, STL
27	Jake Eisenhart	1	1944	1944	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					Dec 20	Huntingdon, PA, United States	CIN
28	Nino Espinosa	8	1974	1981	0	0.0	143	292	258	15	44	7	0	0	19	0	1	9	78	.171	.199	.198	.396	Dec 24	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic	NYM, PHI, TOR
29	Larry French	14	1929	1942	1	0.4	570	1198	1057	83	199	27	5	1	84	3	1	48	210	.188	.226	.226	.452	Feb 9	San Diego, CA, United States	BRO, CHC, PIT
30	Jimmy Fuller	1	1927	1927	0	-0.1	4	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.167	.167	.167	.333	Dec 25	New York, NY, United States	NLG
31	Alvin Gipson	6	1941	1946	1	0.0	57	115	110	2	22	1	0	0	5	1		0		.200	.200	.209	.409	Mar 25	Shreveport, LA, United States	BBB
32	Snake Henry	2	1922	1923	0	-0.6	29	81	75	6	14	4	1	0	7	2	2	3	9	.187	.218	.267	.485	Oct 12	Wendell, NC, United States	BSN
33	Babe Herman	13	1926	1945	0	39.5	1552	6230	5603	882	1818	399	110	181	997	94	93	520	553	.324	.383	.532	.915	Nov 27	Glendale, CA, United States	BRO, CHC, CIN, DET, PIT
34	Frank Hiller	7	1946	1953	0	-0.2	139	169	148	10	26	1	0	0	9	1	1	7	26	.176	.213	.182	.395	Jan 10	West Chester, PA, United States	CHC, CIN, NYG, NYY
35	Bobby Hogue	5	1948	1952	0	0.3	172	88	73	8	17	2	0	0	6	0	0	4	14	.233	.273	.260	.533	Dec 22	Miami, FL, United States	BSN, NYY, SLB
36	Bobo Holloman	1	1953	1953	0	-0.1	22	22	19	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	.105	.105	.105	.211	May 1	Athens, GA, United States	SLB
37	Lefty Holmes	7	1929	1940	0	1.0	73	158	145	21	43	6	2	0	17	2		4		.297	.315	.366	.681	Dec 27	Brunswick, GA, United States	BBS, NLG, NYC, PS, SEN, WEG
38	Dick Howser	8	1961	1968	2	9.3	789	2938	2483	398	617	90	17	16	165	105	34	367	186	.248	.346	.318	.664	Jun 17	Kansas City, MO, United States	CLE, KCA, NYY
39	Clarence Isreal	5	1940	1947	0	-0.3	205	763	670	113	160	16	7	6	76	11		73		.239	.317	.310	.628	Apr 12	Rockville, MD, United States	HG, NE
40	Travis Jackson HOF	15	1922	1936	1	44.2	1656	6682	6086	833	1768	291	86	135	929	71	70	412	565	.291	.337	.433	.770	Jul 27	Waldo, AR, United States	NYG
41	Eddie Jefferson	2	1945	1946	0	-0.1	15	19	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		2		.118	.211	.118	.328	Feb 26	Oxon Hill, MD, United States	PS
42	Jim Johnson	1	1970	1970	0	0.0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	Dec 6	North Muskegon, MI, United States	SFG
43	Jimmy Johnson	2	1939	1940	1	-0.1	19	55	52	5	12	2	0	0	4	2		3		.231	.273	.269	.542	Sep 21	Akron, OH, United States	TC, TC2
44	Larnie Jordan	3	1940	1942	0	1.3	87	337	318	58	97	18	8	2	40	6		15		.305	.336	.431	.767	Feb 8	Philadelphia, PA, United States	NBY, PS
45	Bob Kline	5	1930	1934	0	-0.3	148	136	124	6	25	3	1	0	10	0	0	2	26	.202	.220	.242	.462	Mar 16	Westerville, OH, United States	BOS, PHA, WSH
46	Barney Koch	1	1944	1944	0	-0.8	33	101	96	11	21	2	0	0	1	0	1	3	9	.219	.242	.240	.482	Jun 6	Tacoma, WA, United States	BRO
47	Néstor Lambertus	1	1929	1929	0	0.3	23	80	72	13	22	3	0	0	6	1		8		.306	.375	.347	.722	Feb 2	New York, NY, United States	CSE
48	A.D. Lewis	1	1937	1937	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0						Dec 21	Louisville, KY, United States	BBB
49	Horace Lisenbee	8	1927	1945	0	-1.0	207	344	301	16	51	3	1	0	17	0	0	18	98	.169	.219	.186	.405	Nov 14	Clarksville, TN, United States	BOS, CIN, PHA, WSH
50	Nora Listach	1	1941	1941	0	-0.1	9	32	28	5	7	1	0	0	3	1		3		.250	.323	.286	.608	Aug 14	Cincinnati, OH, United States	BBB
51	Fred Lucas	1	1935	1935	0	-0.1	20	37	34	1	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	6	.265	.324	.265	.589	Mar 11	Cambridge, MD, United States	PHI
52	Frank Makosky	1	1937	1937	0	0.1	26	18	16	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.313	.353	.313	.665	Jan 10	Stroudsburg, PA, United States	NYY
53	Ernie Maun	2	1924	1926	0	0.1	36	16	15	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	Jan 1	Corpus Christi, TX, United States	NYG, PHI
54	Frank McAllister	7	1937	1943	0	0.1	63	145	138	15	25	1	4	4	12	2		4		.181	.204	.333	.538	May 5	Cairo, IL, United States	AB3, HAR, NBY, PC, SL3, SNS
55	Pete McClanahan	1	1931	1931	0	0.0	7	6	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	Oct 28	Mont Belvieu, TX, United States	PIT
56	Frank McElyea	1	1942	1942	0	-0.1	7	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	Apr 19	Evansville, IN, United States	BSN
57	Bill McGee	8	1935	1942	0	-0.6	197	297	271	13	46	6	0	0	20	0	0	5	56	.170	.188	.192	.380	Feb 11	St. Louis, MO, United States	NYG, STL
58	John McGillen	1	1944	1944	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					Aug 11	Upland, PA, United States	PHA
59	Don McMahon	18	1957	1974	1	-0.1	874	185	168	8	23	4	0	0	9	0	0	10	87	.137	.185	.161	.346	Jul 22	Los Angeles, CA, United States	BOS, CHW, CLE, DET, HOU, MLN, SFG
60	John Mihalic	3	1935	1937	0	0.6	69	252	217	32	53	10	3	0	22	5	2	33	26	.244	.344	.318	.662	Apr 24	Fort Oglethorpe, GA, United States	WSH
61	Elmer Miller	1	1929	1929	0	0.0	31	39	38	3	9	1	0	1	4	0	0	1	5	.237	.256	.342	.599	Jan 8	Corona, CA, United States	PHI
62	Dale Mitchell	11	1946	1956	2	19.5	1127	4358	3984	555	1244	169	61	41	403	45	47	346	119	.312	.368	.416	.784	Jan 5	Tulsa, OK, United States	BRO, CLE
63	Whitey Moore	7	1936	1942	0	-1.1	133	173	156	7	16	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	31	.103	.125	.109	.234	Dec 10	Uhrichsville, OH, United States	CIN, STL
64	Julio Moreno	4	1950	1953	0	-0.5	73	114	106	5	14	3	0	0	2	0	0	3	17	.132	.156	.160	.316	Jan 2	Miami, FL, United States	WSH
65	Tom Morgan	12	1951	1963	0	0.0	443	268	247	21	46	4	1	5	12	0	0	5	73	.186	.202	.271	.474	Jan 13	Anaheim, CA, United States	DET, KCA, LAA, NYY, WSH
66	Bud Morse	1	1929	1929	0	-0.5	8	27	27	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.074	.074	.074	.148	Apr 6	Sparks, NV, United States	PHA
67	Bots Nekola	2	1929	1933	0	0.1	11	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.750	1.250	Mar 11	Rockville Centre, NY, United States	DET, NYY
68	Fred Newman	6	1962	1967	0	0.2	115	213	183	10	28	1	0	2	11	1	0	13	72	.153	.207	.191	.398	Jun 24	Framingham, MA, United States	CAL, LAA
69	Leo Norris	2	1936	1937	0	-0.7	270	1055	962	109	252	51	7	20	112	7	12	60	132	.262	.307	.392	.699	Feb 13	Zachary, LA, United States	PHI
70	Rube Novotney	1	1949	1949	0	0.0	22	70	67	4	18	2	1	0	6	0	0	3	11	.269	.300	.328	.628	Jul 16	Redondo Beach, CA, United States	CHC
71	Dave Odom	1	1943	1943	0	-0.2	22	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	Nov 19	Myrtle Beach, SC, United States	BSN
72	Wayne Osborne	2	1935	1936	0	0.0	8	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	Mar 13	Vancouver, WA, United States	BSN, PIT
73	Charlie Parks	8	1938	1947	0	2.0	165	520	454	49	123	21	7	4	59	3		54		.271	.348	.374	.723	Sep 13	Salisbury, NC, United States	NBY, NE
74	Roy Partlow	10	1937	1948	1	0.6	155	397	371	50	95	11	4	2	37	0		18		.256	.290	.323	.614	Apr 19	Cherry Hill, NJ, United States	CT, HG, PS
75	Willie Powell	9	1925	1934	0	-0.4	120	308	283	21	47	4	0	1	15	0		15		.166	.208	.191	.399	May 16	Three Rivers, MI, United States	AG, CAG, CRS, DS
76	Tony Rensa	6	1930	1939	0	0.3	200	579	514	71	134	26	5	7	65	5	2	57	54	.261	.338	.372	.710	Jan 4	Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States	CHW, DET, NYY, PHI
77	Ken Richardson	2	1942	1946	0	-0.6	12	38	35	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	.114	.162	.143	.305	Dec 7	Woodland Hills, CA, United States	PHA, PHI
78	Bill Ricks	5	1944	1948	1	0.9	74	162	153	22	44	4	2	1	23	0		5		.288	.310	.359	.670	Jul 15	Brooklyn, NY, United States	PS
79	Jim Russell	10	1942	1951	0	18.2	1035	4147	3595	554	959	175	51	67	428	59	51	503	427	.267	.360	.400	.760	Nov 24	Orlando, FL, United States	BRO, BSN, PIT
80	Bill Sadler	2	1935	1938	0	-0.1	27	104	95	11	28	4	1	0	16	0		5		.295	.330	.358	.688	Nov 10	Delaware City, DE, United States	BE, SEN
81	Bill Schuster	5	1937	1945	0	0.4	123	287	261	27	61	11	3	1	17	6	1	23	23	.234	.296	.310	.606	Jun 28	El Monte, CA, United States	BSN, CHC, PIT
82	George Selkirk	9	1934	1942	2	23.5	846	3323	2790	503	810	131	41	108	576	49	32	486	319	.290	.400	.483	.883	Jan 19	Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States	NYY
83	Luke Sewell	20	1921	1942	1	4.8	1630	6047	5383	653	1393	272	56	20	698	66	45	486	307	.259	.323	.341	.665	May 14	Akron, OH, United States	CHW, CLE, SLB, WSH
84	Jack Sheehan	2	1920	1921	0	-0.2	8	18	17	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.118	.167	.176	.343	May 29	West Palm Beach, FL, United States	BRO
85	Ray Sheppard	6	1924	1932	0	2.3	217	783	736	110	209	34	14	10	102	20		38		.284	.325	.409	.734	Oct 24	Galveston, TX, United States	ABC, BBB, CBN, DS, DW, MRM
86	Joe Sherman	1	1915	1915	0	0.0	2	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	.333	.429	.333	.762	Dec 21	Cape Coral, FL, United States	PHA
87	Bob Smith	15	1923	1937	0	2.2	742	1794	1689	154	409	64	17	5	166	16	13	52	110	.242	.265	.309	.574	Jul 19	Waycross, GA, United States	BSN, CHC, CIN
88	George Smith	4	1963	1966	0	-1.2	217	706	634	64	130	27	6	9	57	9	0	59	142	.205	.277	.309	.586	Jun 15	St. Petersburg, FL, United States	BOS, DET
89	Johnny Taylor	7	1935	1945	1	0.3	54	134	116	17	25	1	0	1	6	0		11		.216	.295	.250	.545	Jun 15	Hartford, CT, United States	NE, NYC, PC, TC2
90	Bill Upton	1	1954	1954	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					Jan 2	San Diego, CA, United States	PHA
91	Bobby Vandever	1	1944	1944	0	0.0	4	11	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		.182	.182	.182	.364	Jul 4	Des Moines, IA, United States	KCM
92	Kermit Wahl	5	1944	1951	0	-1.7	231	728	642	58	145	23	6	3	50	3	5	68	72	.226	.302	.294	.596	Sep 16	Tucson, AZ, United States	CIN, PHA, SLB
93	Willie Ward	1	1935	1935	0	-0.7	7	33	30	5	3	0	0	0	0	2		2		.100	.156	.100	.256		Atlantic City, NJ, United States	BE, PS
94	Murray Watkins	8	1941	1948	3	0.1	242	1076	963	145	226	20	4	1	72	24		89		.235	.302	.267	.569	Mar 26	Bolton Hill, MD, United States	NE, PS
95	Phil Weintraub	7	1933	1945	0	8.9	444	1630	1382	215	407	67	19	32	207	4	8	232	182	.295	.398	.440	.838	Jun 21	Palm Springs, CA, United States	CIN, NYG, PHI
96	Ollie West	4	1942	1945	0	0.5	23	48	44	4	13	0	0	1	5	0		4		.295	.354	.364	.718	Dec 10	Denver, CO, United States	CAG, HG
97	Don White	2	1948	1949	0	-2.0	143	469	422	41	98	20	2	1	38	2	1	33	28	.232	.291	.296	.587	Jun 15	Carlsbad, CA, United States	PHA
98	Pinky Whitney	12	1928	1939	1	17.1	1539	6318	5765	696	1701	303	56	93	927	45	70	400	438	.295	.343	.415	.758	Sep 1	Center, TX, United States	BSN, PHI
99	Tom Winsett	7	1930	1938	0	-0.9	230	646	566	60	134	25	5	8	76	3	9	69	113	.237	.325	.341	.666	Jul 20	Memphis, TN, United States	BOS, BRO, STL
100	Hughie Wise	1	1930	1930	0	0.0	2	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	Jul 21	Plantation, FL, United States	DET
101	Norman Young	1	1944	1944	0	0.1	19	56	47	6	13	1	0	0	5	1		6		.277	.370	.298	.668	Jan 17	East St. Louis, IL, United States	KCM
	Totals	501	1910	1981	26	218.6	23549	73404	65734	8534	17680	3010	712	1007	8388	775	591	5890	6256	.269	.331	.382	.713