On January 20, 1947, Negro Leagues legend Josh Gibson, suffers a stroke at a movie theater, dying a few hours later at his mother’s house at the age of 35. The stroke was believed to be caused by a brain tumor. He will be put to rest in an unmarked grave in Allegheny…
On December 10, 1946, Walter Johnson, one of the first five players elected to the Hall of Fame, dies at the age of 59 from brain cancer in Washington, D.C. Johnson won 417 games and tossed a record 110 shutouts in his brilliant career.
On August 6, 1946, San Francisco, CA, Tony Lazzeri, second baseman for the New York Yankees baseball team in the days of Babe Ruth, was found dead in his home at near-by Millbrae today. His age was 42. The body was found by his wife, Mrs. Maye Lazzeri, who had been out of the city…
On March 12, 1946, Negro Leagues pitching star and future Hall of Famer “Smokey” Joe Williams dies in New York City at the age of 69. According to some sources, Williams won 41 games in 1914. Williams will win election to the Hall of Fame in 1999. @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IC0gLSAtIC0gLSAtIC0gIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6InBvc3RfdGFnIn19@ Other Resources & Links…
On December 4, 1944, catcher Roger Bresnahan, who will be elected to the Hall of Fame eight weeks later, dies in Toledo, OH. Bresnahan, the first player to regularly wear shin guards, was one of John McGraw’s most versatile players, filling in at nearly every position and providing a valuable bat for the…
1944 – Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, the first Major League Baseball Commissioner, dies of a heart attack at age 78 in Chicago. Landis had ruled over baseball since November 1920 in the wake of the Black Sox scandal, and wielded authority perhaps unparalleled in any other industry. Landis had entered the hospital on October 2nd. He will elected to the Hall of Fame on December 9th in a special ballot.
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1942 – Minor league outfielder Gordon Houston becomes the first player in Organized Baseball to die during active duty in World War II. Houston had played with Texarkana in 1940.
On June 4, 1941, numerous baseball dignitaries attend the funeral of Lou Gehrig in the Bronx. Former New York Yankee great Babe Ruth, Yankee manager Joe McCarthy, and American League president Will Harridge pay their respects to Gehrig, who died on June 2.
On June 2, 1941, Upon their arrival in Detroit, the Yankees learn the sad news that their captain, Lou Gehrig, seventeen days before his 38th birthday, has died in his sleep due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in his Riverdale home. ALS which will become known as “Lou Gehrig’s disease.” Gehrig, had seen his major league…
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