A total of 51 players have died in Mississippi
Batters Who Died in Mississippi
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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 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Cecil Bolton 1928-1928 4 13 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 .154 .267 .462 0 0 1993-08-25 Jackson Jim Brenneman 1965-1965 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1994-03-10 Pearl Marshall Bridges 1959-1965 206 59 6 7 1 1 1 6 3 20 .119 .175 .220 0 0 1990-09-03 Jackson Red Bullock 1936-1936 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1988-06-27 Pascagoula Guy Bush 1923-1945 544 888 57 143 12 2 0 52 50 162 .161 .207 .179 3 0 1985-07-02 Shannon Calvin Chapman 1935-1936 111 272 41 72 8 3 1 25 20 24 .265 .317 .327 7 0 1983-04-01 Batesville Ed Chapman 1933-1933 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 2000-05-03 Clarksdale Danny Clark 1922-1927 245 582 75 161 36 8 5 93 74 37 .277 .360 .392 5 7 1937-05-23 Meridian Dode Criss 1908-1911 227 304 38 84 19 4 3 47 31 0 .276 .349 .395 3 0 1955-09-08 Sherman Hughie Critz 1924-1935 1478 5930 832 1591 195 95 38 531 289 257 .268 .303 .352 97 24 1980-01-10 Greenwood Jerry Dahlke 1956-1956 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2006-09-02 Batesville John Davis 1941-1941 21 70 8 15 3 0 0 5 8 12 .214 .295 .257 0 0 2002-04-26 Laurel Jim Joe Edwards 1922-1928 145 184 6 24 1 0 0 9 1 36 .130 .144 .136 0 0 1965-01-19 Sarepta Aubrey Epps 1935-1935 1 4 1 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 .750 .750 1.250 0 0 1984-11-13 Ackerman Joe Evans 1915-1925 733 2043 306 529 71 31 3 210 212 152 .259 .329 .328 67 16 1953-08-09 Gulfport George Gill 1937-1939 85 135 12 17 2 1 0 4 1 34 .126 .132 .156 0 0 1999-02-21 Jackson Paul Gregory 1932-1933 56 73 6 8 2 0 0 2 4 11 .110 .156 .137 0 0 1999-09-16 Southaven Pat Hardgrove 1918-1918 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1973-01-26 Jackson Bill Higdon 1949-1949 11 23 3 7 3 0 0 1 6 3 .304 .448 .435 1 0 1986-08-30 Pascagoula Sammy Holbrook 1935-1935 52 135 20 35 2 2 2 25 30 16 .259 .408 .348 0 0 1991-04-10 Jackson Hal Lee 1930-1936 752 2750 316 755 144 40 33 323 203 225 .275 .326 .392 15 0 1989-09-04 Pascagoula Jim Lemon 1950-1963 1010 3445 446 901 121 35 164 529 363 787 .262 .332 .460 13 18 2006-05-14 Brandon Sam Leslie 1929-1938 822 2460 311 749 123 28 36 389 216 118 .304 .366 .421 14 0 1979-01-21 Pascagoula Dave Madison 1950-1953 74 30 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 8 .100 .156 .100 0 0 1985-12-08 Macon Dixie McArthur 1914-1914 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1986-05-31 West Point Eric McNair 1929-1942 1251 4519 592 1240 229 29 82 633 261 328 .274 .318 .392 59 54 1949-03-11 Meridian John Merritt 1913-1913 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1955-11-03 Tupelo Willie Mitchell 1909-1919 279 530 29 69 5 0 0 27 29 90 .130 .180 .140 0 1 1973-11-23 Sardis Anse Moore 1946-1946 51 134 16 28 4 0 1 8 12 9 .209 .279 .261 1 1 1993-10-29 Pearl Gene Moore 1931-1945 1042 3543 497 958 179 53 58 436 317 401 .270 .333 .400 31 10 1978-03-12 Jackson +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Charlie Moss 1934-1936 47 57 6 14 1 1 0 12 7 5 .246 .328 .298 1 0 1991-10-09 Meridian Dolan Nichols 1958-1958 24 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1989-11-20 Tupelo Claude Passeau 1935-1947 447 982 84 189 29 3 15 80 26 294 .192 .214 .274 2 0 2003-08-30 Lucedale Bubba Phillips 1955-1964 1062 3278 348 835 135 8 62 356 182 314 .255 .297 .358 25 11 1993-06-22 Hattiesburg Jake Propst 1923-1923 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1967-02-24 Columbus Frank Ragland 1932-1933 23 21 0 5 1 0 0 2 1 6 .238 .273 .286 0 0 1959-07-28 Paris Phil Redding 1912-1913 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .100 .000 0 0 1928-03-31 Greenwood Randy Reese 1927-1930 331 1142 166 321 47 11 14 111 51 107 .281 .315 .378 21 0 1966-01-10 Tupelo Jim Roberts 1924-1925 12 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .143 .250 .143 0 0 1984-06-24 Columbus Ray Roberts 1919-1919 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 1 0 1962-01-30 Cruger Clay Roe 1923-1923 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1956-04-04 Cleveland Jack Ryan 1908-1911 25 31 5 5 1 0 0 2 4 0 .161 .257 .194 0 0 1949-10-16 Handsboro Pete Shields 1915-1915 23 72 4 15 6 0 0 6 4 14 .208 .250 .292 3 3 1961-02-11 Jackson Homer Spragins 1947-1947 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2002-12-10 Minter City Tommy Taylor 1924-1924 26 73 11 19 3 1 0 10 2 8 .260 .289 .329 2 0 1956-04-05 Greenville Bob Thorpe 1951-1953 110 331 22 83 9 3 3 32 6 48 .251 .266 .323 3 2 1996-10-30 Waveland Gee Walker 1931-1945 1784 6771 954 1991 399 76 124 997 330 600 .294 .331 .430 223 70 1981-03-20 Whitfield Fred Walters 1945-1945 40 93 2 16 2 0 0 5 10 9 .172 .252 .194 1 1 1980-02-01 Laurel Skeeter Webb 1932-1948 699 2274 216 498 73 15 3 166 132 215 .219 .263 .268 33 26 1986-07-08 Meridian Papa Williams 1945-1945 16 19 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .211 .250 .211 0 0 1993-11-02 Meridian Sid Womack 1926-1926 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1958-08-28 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Pitchers Who Died in Mississippi
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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 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+ Jim Brenneman 1965-1965 0 0 18.00 3 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 4 1 3 2 1994-03-10 Pearl Marshall Bridges 1959-1965 23 15 .605 3.75 206 5 1 0 25 345.3 315 144 29 191 302 1990-09-03 Jackson Red Bullock 1936-1936 0 2 .000 14.04 12 2 0 0 0 16.7 19 26 0 37 7 1988-06-27 Pascagoula Guy Bush 1923-1945 176 136 .564 3.86 542 308 151 16 34 2722.0 2950 1166 152 859 850 1985-07-02 Shannon Ed Chapman 1933-1933 0 0 8.00 6 1 0 0 0 9.0 10 8 2 2 4 2000-05-03 Clarksdale Dode Criss 1908-1911 3 9 .250 4.38 30 9 3 0 0 111.0 104 54 1 64 70 1955-09-08 Sherman Jerry Dahlke 1956-1956 0 0 19.29 5 0 0 0 0 2.3 5 5 0 6 1 2006-09-02 Batesville Jim Joe Edwards 1922-1928 26 37 .413 4.37 145 59 23 6 4 584.3 666 284 18 278 211 1965-01-19 Sarepta George Gill 1937-1939 24 26 .480 5.05 85 45 22 2 1 395.3 494 222 37 129 95 1999-02-21 Jackson Paul Gregory 1932-1933 9 14 .391 4.72 56 26 8 0 0 221.3 249 116 18 98 57 1999-09-16 Southaven Dave Madison 1950-1953 8 7 .533 5.70 74 6 0 0 0 158.0 173 100 16 103 70 1985-12-08 Macon Dixie McArthur 1914-1914 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1986-05-31 West Point Willie Mitchell 1909-1919 84 92 .477 2.88 276 190 93 16 4 1632.0 1464 522 14 605 921 1973-11-23 Sardis Dolan Nichols 1958-1958 0 4 .000 5.01 24 0 0 0 1 41.3 46 23 1 16 9 1989-11-20 Tupelo Claude Passeau 1935-1947 162 150 .519 3.32 444 331 188 26 21 2719.7 2856 1003 105 728 1104 2003-08-30 Lucedale Frank Ragland 1932-1933 1 4 .200 7.11 23 6 0 0 0 76.0 105 60 6 31 15 1959-07-28 Paris Phil Redding 1912-1913 2 1 .667 5.14 4 3 2 0 0 28.0 33 16 2 12 10 1928-03-31 Greenwood Jim Roberts 1924-1925 0 3 .000 7.18 12 5 0 0 0 26.3 42 21 1 8 10 1984-06-24 Columbus Ray Roberts 1919-1919 0 2 .000 7.71 3 2 0 0 0 14.0 21 12 0 3 2 1962-01-30 Cruger Clay Roe 1923-1923 0 1 .000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 1.7 0 0 0 6 2 1956-04-04 Cleveland Jack Ryan 1908-1911 5 5 .500 2.88 24 10 3 0 1 103.0 101 33 4 26 32 1949-10-16 Handsboro Homer Spragins 1947-1947 0 0 6.75 4 0 0 0 0 5.3 3 4 0 3 3 2002-12-10 Minter City +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+
Managers who Died in Mississippi
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+-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+ Manager YR From To G W L WP BstFin WstFin PostSsn Pennants WrldSer PlyrMgr Date Place of Death +-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+ Jim Lemon 1 1968-1968 161 65 96 .404 10 10 0 0 0 2006-05-14 Brandon +-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+
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