A total of 95 players have died in Minnesota
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Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Joe Miller 1872-1875 29 108 5 15 1 0 0 1 0 10 .139 .139 .148 0 0 1891-08-28 White Bear Lake Martin Duke 1891-1891 4 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .222 0 0 1898-12-31 Minneapolis Lou Polchow 1902-1902 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1912-08-15 Good Thunder Harry Glenn 1915-1915 6 16 1 5 0 0 0 1 3 0 .313 .421 .313 0 0 1918-10-12 St.Paul Rasty Wright 1890-1890 101 393 89 111 11 6 0 29 81 0 .282 .413 .341 33 0 1922-10-14 Duluth Bill Wilson 1890-1898 217 787 78 163 24 9 2 75 45 50 .207 .257 .268 17 0 1924-05-09 St.Paul John Sullivan 1905-1908 14 33 4 5 0 0 0 4 4 0 .152 .243 .152 0 0 1924-06-05 St.Paul Otis Clymer 1905-1913 385 1330 182 355 42 19 2 98 99 21 .267 .322 .332 83 0 1926-02-27 St.Paul Joe Crotty 1882-1886 87 308 34 56 7 3 1 9 11 0 .182 .220 .234 3 0 1926-06-22 Minneapolis Bob Ingersoll 1914-1914 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 0 0 1927-01-13 Minneapolis Jake Thielman 1905-1908 70 175 27 42 5 6 0 20 21 0 .240 .328 .337 4 0 1928-01-28 Minneapolis Perry Werden 1884-1897 693 2740 444 773 109 87 26 439 281 140 .282 .359 .414 150 0 1934-01-09 Minneapolis Jack Zalusky 1903-1903 7 16 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 .313 .353 .313 0 0 1935-08-11 Minneapolis Bill Carney 1904-1904 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .125 .000 0 0 1938-07-31 Hopkins Fred Curtis 1905-1905 2 9 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 .222 .300 .333 1 0 1939-04-05 Minneapolis Spike Shannon 1904-1908 694 2613 383 677 49 15 3 183 286 0 .259 .337 .293 145 0 1940-05-16 Minneapolis Joe Werrick 1884-1888 392 1534 217 383 53 34 10 212 102 0 .250 .300 .348 83 0 1943-05-10 St.Peter Joe Visner 1885-1891 235 924 183 241 29 36 12 149 122 90 .261 .354 .409 33 0 1945-06-17 Fosston Bill Fox 1897-1901 47 173 13 32 2 1 0 7 5 0 .185 .212 .208 9 0 1946-05-07 Minneapolis Elmer Foster 1886-1891 105 386 56 72 7 5 6 41 29 44 .187 .258 .277 37 0 1946-07-22 Deephaven Chief Chouneau 1910-1910 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .667 .000 0 0 1946-09-17 Cloquet Charlie Jones 1901-1908 483 1799 217 420 56 28 5 144 93 0 .233 .276 .304 100 0 1947-04-02 Two Harbors Roger Denzer 1897-1901 23 61 4 8 2 0 0 2 3 0 .131 .185 .164 0 0 1949-09-18 LeSeur Wally Mayer 1911-1919 132 274 22 53 14 3 0 20 42 51 .193 .303 .266 1 3 1951-11-18 Minnetonka Del Paddock 1912-1912 47 157 26 45 5 3 1 14 23 0 .287 .391 .376 9 0 1952-02-06 Remer Burt Keeley 1908-1909 33 51 3 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 .118 .151 .118 1 0 1952-05-03 Ely Jim Banning 1888-1889 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1952-10-14 St. Paul Newt Randall 1907-1907 97 336 22 71 10 5 0 19 27 0 .211 .284 .271 6 0 1955-05-03 Duluth Mike Kelley 1899-1899 76 282 48 68 11 2 3 33 21 0 .241 .307 .326 10 0 1955-06-06 Minneapolis Harry Ostdiek 1904-1908 8 21 1 3 0 1 0 3 3 0 .143 .280 .238 1 0 1956-05-06 Minneapolis +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ George Dumont 1915-1919 77 94 4 6 1 1 0 4 11 44 .064 .178 .096 0 0 1956-10-13 Minneapolis Rube Schauer 1913-1917 93 121 9 16 3 1 0 6 4 19 .132 .160 .174 0 0 1957-04-15 Minneapolis Rip Wade 1923-1923 33 69 8 16 2 2 2 14 5 10 .232 .284 .406 0 0 1957-07-15 Duluth Frank Owens 1905-1915 222 694 59 170 25 11 5 65 34 50 .245 .284 .334 9 0 1958-07-02 Minneapolis Wally Gilbert 1928-1932 591 2317 301 624 112 17 7 214 162 131 .269 .322 .341 21 0 1958-09-07 Duluth Rube Geyer 1910-1913 104 133 9 26 3 1 0 6 3 21 .195 .213 .233 1 0 1962-10-12 Ford Township Whitey Hilcher 1931-1936 31 21 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 .095 .136 .095 0 0 1962-11-21 Minneapolis Ed Pipgras 1932-1932 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1964-04-13 Currie Buzz Arlett 1931-1931 121 418 65 131 26 7 18 72 45 39 .313 .387 .538 3 0 1964-05-16 Minneapolis Walt Johnson 1912-1917 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 .429 .000 0 0 1965-01-04 Minneapolis Lee Quillen 1906-1907 53 160 18 32 5 0 0 14 10 0 .200 .260 .231 9 0 1965-05-14 St.Paul Moonlight Graham 1905-1905 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1965-08-25 Chisholm Ted Odenwald 1921-1922 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1965-10-23 Shakopee Ray Rolling 1912-1912 5 15 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 .200 .200 .200 0 0 1966-08-25 St.Paul Joe Haynes 1939-1952 380 521 48 111 16 1 1 39 21 81 .213 .245 .253 2 1 1967-01-06 Hopkins Ralph Miller 1921-1921 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1967-02-18 White Bear Lake Jack Ryan 1929-1929 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1967-09-02 Rochester Hack Spencer 1912-1912 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1969-02-05 St.Anthony Lew Drill 1902-1905 293 896 87 231 41 10 2 100 114 0 .258 .353 .333 21 0 1969-07-04 St.Paul Phil Gallivan 1931-1934 54 51 5 12 3 0 0 2 1 10 .235 .264 .294 0 0 1969-11-24 St.Paul Jimmy Grant 1942-1944 146 354 38 87 16 6 5 36 38 67 .246 .322 .367 5 3 1970-07-08 Rochester Joe Fautsch 1916-1916 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1971-03-16 New Hope Bert Brenner 1912-1912 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1971-04-11 St.Louis Park Jesse Petty 1921-1930 207 413 23 53 10 1 0 24 7 126 .128 .143 .157 1 0 1971-10-23 St.Paul Dutch Levsen 1923-1928 80 135 13 24 3 0 0 9 5 37 .178 .207 .200 0 0 1972-03-12 St.Louis Park Davy Jones 1901-1918 1090 3774 643 1020 98 40 9 289 478 16 .270 .356 .325 207 0 1972-03-30 Mankato Rip Conway 1918-1918 14 24 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 4 .167 .231 .167 1 0 1972-12-02 St.Paul Bobby Reis 1931-1938 175 301 32 70 10 2 0 21 25 35 .233 .291 .279 5 0 1973-05-01 St.Paul Hap Morse 1911-1911 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .111 .000 0 0 1974-06-19 St.Paul Dick Lanahan 1935-1941 56 42 4 5 0 0 0 2 2 9 .119 .159 .119 0 0 1975-03-12 Rochester +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Vern Morgan 1954-1955 31 71 4 16 2 0 0 3 4 14 .225 .263 .254 0 0 1975-11-08 Minneapolis Julie Wera 1927-1929 43 54 8 15 3 0 1 10 2 6 .278 .316 .389 0 0 1975-12-12 Rochester Blix Donnelly 1944-1951 190 201 12 32 3 1 0 8 14 35 .159 .214 .184 0 0 1976-06-20 Olivia Danny Thompson 1970-1976 694 2218 189 550 70 11 15 194 120 235 .248 .287 .310 8 11 1976-12-10 Rochester Dick Siebert 1932-1945 1035 3917 439 1104 204 40 32 482 276 185 .282 .332 .379 30 32 1978-12-09 Minneapolis Steamboat Williams 1914-1916 41 25 3 5 1 0 0 2 3 7 .200 .286 .240 0 0 1979-06-29 Deer River Lou Ciola 1943-1943 12 18 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 0 0 1981-10-18 Austin Spencer Harris 1925-1930 164 377 53 94 15 3 3 46 39 33 .249 .323 .329 10 6 1982-07-03 Minneapolis Tony Faeth 1919-1920 19 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .100 .000 0 0 1982-12-22 St.Paul Jimmy Pofahl 1940-1942 225 764 65 168 33 9 2 70 76 96 .220 .290 .295 7 3 1984-09-14 Owatonna Ossie Bluege 1922-1939 1867 6440 883 1751 276 67 43 848 723 515 .272 .352 .356 140 87 1985-10-14 Edina Paul Castner 1923-1923 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1986-03-03 St.Paul Frank Trechock 1937-1937 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 0 0 1989-01-16 Minneapolis Bill Otis 1912-1912 4 17 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 .059 .200 .059 0 0 1990-12-15 Duluth Larry Rosenthal 1936-1945 579 1483 240 390 75 25 22 189 251 195 .263 .370 .392 13 9 1992-03-04 Woodbury Frank Jelincich 1941-1941 4 8 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 .125 .222 .125 0 0 1992-06-27 Rochester Rip Repulski 1953-1961 928 3088 407 830 153 23 106 416 207 433 .269 .319 .436 25 29 1993-02-10 Waite Park Bill Antonello 1953-1953 40 43 9 7 1 1 1 4 2 11 .163 .200 .302 0 0 1993-03-04 Fridley Showboat Fisher 1923-1932 138 340 62 114 21 6 8 71 37 35 .335 .402 .503 6 0 1994-05-15 St.Cloud Hy Vandenberg 1935-1945 90 89 7 15 0 1 0 8 3 11 .169 .196 .191 0 0 1994-07-31 Bloomington Zoilo Versalles 1959-1971 1400 5141 650 1246 230 63 95 471 318 810 .242 .290 .367 97 48 1995-06-09 Bloomington Les Tietje 1933-1938 108 171 12 17 5 0 0 9 8 50 .099 .140 .129 0 0 1996-10-02 Rochester Mickey Rocco 1943-1946 440 1721 219 444 73 17 30 186 174 146 .258 .327 .372 6 15 1997-06-01 St. Paul Bill Froats 1955-1955 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1998-02-09 Minneapolis Bill Tuttle 1952-1963 1270 4268 578 1105 149 47 67 443 480 416 .259 .334 .363 38 44 1998-07-27 Anoka Frank Stewart 1927-1927 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 2001-04-30 Stillwater Fritz Ackley 1963-1964 5 6 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 .333 .429 .500 0 0 2002-05-22 Duluth Paul Giel 1954-1961 105 55 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 17 .073 .105 .091 0 0 2002-05-22 Minneapolis Wes Westrum 1947-1957 919 2322 302 503 59 8 96 315 489 514 .217 .356 .373 10 5 2002-05-28 Clearbrook Lefty Sloat 1948-1949 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 2003-04-18 St. Paul +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Don Wheeler 1949-1949 67 192 17 46 9 2 1 22 27 19 .240 .333 .323 2 0 2003-12-10 Bloomington Tony Giuliani 1936-1943 243 674 58 157 18 3 0 69 38 41 .233 .274 .269 1 2 2004-10-08 St. Paul Milt Nielsen 1949-1951 19 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 .067 .222 .067 0 0 2005-08-01 Mankato Leo Wells 1942-1946 80 189 19 36 6 1 2 15 16 39 .190 .254 .265 4 4 2006-06-23 St. Paul Craig Kusick 1973-1979 496 1238 155 291 50 3 46 171 194 228 .235 .342 .392 11 4 2006-09-27 Minneapolis 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Pitchers Who Died in Minnesota
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Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+ Martin Duke 1891-1891 0 3 .000 7.43 4 3 2 0 0 23.0 36 19 0 19 5 1898-12-31 Minneapolis Lou Polchow 1902-1902 0 1 .000 5.63 1 1 1 0 0 8.0 9 5 0 4 2 1912-08-15 Good Thunder Bob Ingersoll 1914-1914 0 0 3.00 4 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 2 0 5 2 1927-01-13 Minneapolis Jake Thielman 1905-1908 30 28 .517 3.16 65 56 49 3 0 475.3 483 167 9 107 158 1928-01-28 Minneapolis Perry Werden 1884-1897 12 1 .923 1.97 16 16 12 1 0 141.3 113 31 1 22 51 1934-01-09 Minneapolis Chief Chouneau 1910-1910 0 1 .000 3.38 1 1 0 0 0 5.3 7 2 0 0 1 1946-09-17 Cloquet Roger Denzer 1897-1901 4 14 .222 4.43 23 19 11 1 0 156.3 194 77 6 39 39 1949-09-18 LeSeur Burt Keeley 1908-1909 6 11 .353 3.31 30 15 12 1 1 176.7 185 65 3 49 68 1952-05-03 Ely George Dumont 1915-1919 10 23 .303 2.85 77 35 14 4 3 347.0 294 110 4 130 128 1956-10-13 Minneapolis Rube Schauer 1913-1917 10 29 .256 3.35 93 31 16 0 1 400.3 384 149 12 137 164 1957-04-15 Minneapolis Rube Geyer 1910-1913 17 26 .395 3.67 104 33 14 1 1 412.3 420 168 17 181 133 1962-10-12 Ford Township Whitey Hilcher 1931-1936 3 6 .333 5.29 31 6 1 1 0 85.0 103 50 6 33 28 1962-11-21 Minneapolis Ed Pipgras 1932-1932 0 1 .000 5.40 5 1 0 0 0 10.0 16 6 2 6 5 1964-04-13 Currie Walt Johnson 1912-1917 0 2 .000 5.93 8 2 0 0 0 27.3 29 18 0 12 18 1965-01-04 Minneapolis Ted Odenwald 1921-1922 1 0 1.000 4.34 11 0 0 0 0 18.7 22 9 0 8 6 1965-10-23 Shakopee Joe Haynes 1939-1952 76 82 .481 4.01 379 147 53 5 21 1581.0 1672 704 95 620 475 1967-01-06 Hopkins Ralph Miller 1921-1921 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1967-02-18 White Bear Lake Hack Spencer 1912-1912 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.7 2 0 0 0 0 1969-02-05 St.Anthony Phil Gallivan 1931-1934 5 11 .313 5.95 54 11 4 0 1 175.3 227 116 20 95 68 1969-11-24 St.Paul Bert Brenner 1912-1912 1 0 1.000 2.77 2 1 1 0 0 13.0 14 4 0 4 3 1971-04-11 St.Louis Park Jesse Petty 1921-1930 67 78 .462 3.68 207 154 76 6 4 1208.3 1286 494 77 296 407 1971-10-23 St.Paul Dutch Levsen 1923-1928 21 26 .447 4.17 80 51 23 3 0 404.0 426 187 17 173 88 1972-03-12 St.Louis Park Bobby Reis 1931-1938 10 13 .435 4.27 69 9 5 0 2 242.7 262 115 12 144 52 1973-05-01 St.Paul Dick Lanahan 1935-1941 6 13 .316 5.15 56 13 4 0 2 152.0 177 87 13 75 62 1975-03-12 Rochester Blix Donnelly 1944-1951 27 36 .429 3.49 190 75 27 7 12 691.7 659 268 52 306 296 1976-06-20 Olivia Steamboat Williams 1914-1916 6 8 .429 4.42 41 9 5 0 1 116.0 134 57 7 33 27 1979-06-29 Deer River Lou Ciola 1943-1943 1 3 .250 5.56 12 3 2 0 0 43.7 48 27 2 22 7 1981-10-18 Austin Tony Faeth 1919-1920 0 0 2.70 19 0 0 0 0 43.3 44 13 0 30 21 1982-12-22 St.Paul Paul Castner 1923-1923 0 0 6.30 6 0 0 0 0 10.0 14 7 0 5 0 1986-03-03 St.Paul Hy Vandenberg 1935-1945 15 10 .600 4.32 90 22 7 1 5 291.7 304 140 17 128 120 1994-07-31 Bloomington +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+ Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+ Les Tietje 1933-1938 22 41 .349 5.11 105 65 22 3 0 512.7 560 291 45 282 193 1996-10-02 Rochester Bill Froats 1955-1955 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 2 0 1998-02-09 Minneapolis Frank Stewart 1927-1927 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 5 4 0 4 0 2001-04-30 Stillwater Fritz Ackley 1963-1964 1 0 1.000 4.19 5 4 0 0 0 19.3 17 9 4 11 17 2002-05-22 Duluth Paul Giel 1954-1961 11 9 .550 5.39 102 11 0 0 0 240.3 249 144 30 148 145 2002-05-22 Minneapolis Lefty Sloat 1948-1949 0 1 .000 6.61 9 2 0 0 0 16.3 21 12 0 11 4 2003-04-18 St. Paul Craig Kusick 1973-1979 0 0 4.91 1 0 0 0 0 3.7 3 2 1 0 0 2006-09-27 Minneapolis +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+
Managers who Died in Minnesota
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+-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+ Manager YR From To G W L WP BstFin WstFin PostSsn Pennants WrldSer PlyrMgr Date Place of Death +-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+ Joe Miller 1 1872-1872 11 0 11 .000 11 11 0 0 0 PlyrMgr 1891-08-28 White Bear Lake O.P. Caylor 3 1885-1887 353 163 182 .472 2 7 0 0 0 1897-10-19 Winona Bill Armour 5 1902-1906 736 382 347 .524 3 6 0 0 0 1922-12-02 Minneapolis Ossie Bluege 5 1943-1947 772 375 394 .488 2 8 0 0 0 1985-10-14 Edina Wes Westrum 5 1965-1975 627 260 366 .415 3 10 0 0 0 2002-05-28 Clearbrook +-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+
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