A total of 43 players have died in West Virginia
Batters Who Died in West Virginia
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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 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ George Baumgardner 1912-1916 124 215 15 31 5 1 0 13 30 49 .144 .252 .177 1 0 1970-12-13 Barboursville Sheriff Blake 1920-1937 310 558 46 118 5 1 0 30 14 91 .211 .233 .224 0 1 1982-10-31 Beckley Joe McManus 1913-1913 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1955-12-23 Beckley Harry Moran 1912-1915 74 117 13 22 2 2 0 7 8 19 .188 .246 .239 0 0 1962-11-28 Beckley Bob Bowman 1939-1942 109 101 5 7 1 0 1 4 10 61 .069 .153 .109 0 0 1972-09-04 Bluefield Beryl Richmond 1933-1934 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1980-04-24 Cameron Babe Barna 1937-1943 207 664 88 154 22 9 12 96 76 98 .232 .311 .346 9 1 1972-05-18 Charleston Bull Smith 1904-1911 15 43 2 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 .140 .159 .186 0 0 1928-05-01 Charleston Johnny Stuart 1922-1925 84 127 14 29 4 1 0 6 3 14 .228 .246 .276 0 1 1970-05-13 Charleston Ken Ash 1925-1930 58 46 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 8 .130 .149 .152 0 0 1979-11-15 Clarksburg Del Gainer 1909-1922 548 1608 218 438 75 36 14 185 149 156 .272 .342 .390 54 6 1947-01-29 Elkins Fred Bailey 1916-1918 60 124 10 23 2 1 1 6 9 29 .185 .257 .242 3 0 1972-08-16 Huntington Wayland Dean 1924-1927 127 196 24 49 6 2 6 31 9 47 .250 .286 .393 0 0 1930-04-11 Huntington Larry McClure 1910-1910 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1949-09-01 Huntington Ezra Midkiff 1909-1913 105 372 31 77 10 1 0 23 19 33 .207 .247 .239 13 0 1957-03-20 Huntington John Scheneberg 1913-1920 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0 0 1950-09-26 Huntington Admiral Schlei 1904-1911 636 1918 195 455 52 21 6 209 172 11 .237 .307 .296 38 0 1958-01-24 Huntington Skeeter Shelton 1915-1915 10 40 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 10 .025 .071 .025 0 0 1954-01-09 Huntington Johnny Watson 1930-1930 4 12 1 3 2 0 0 3 1 2 .250 .308 .417 0 0 1965-04-29 Huntington Max Butcher 1936-1945 342 598 43 110 14 0 1 37 16 92 .184 .205 .212 0 0 1957-09-15 Man Jake Hewitt 1895-1895 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 0 0 1959-05-18 Morgantown Charlie Hickman 1897-1908 1081 3982 478 1176 217 91 59 614 153 0 .295 .331 .440 72 0 1934-04-19 Morgantown Sam Jones 1951-1964 322 522 16 78 7 0 1 27 17 167 .149 .176 .169 0 0 1971-11-05 Morgantown Harry Shriver 1922-1923 26 28 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 12 .036 .100 .036 0 0 1970-01-21 Morgantown Red Bowser 1910-1910 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1943-05-22 Moundsville Clarence Garrett 1915-1915 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .273 .000 0 0 1977-02-11 Moundsville Guy Zinn 1911-1915 314 1103 136 297 51 23 15 139 109 77 .269 .338 .398 28 0 1949-10-06 Park Charlie Hastings 1893-1898 68 162 23 35 1 3 1 14 30 19 .216 .342 .278 1 0 1934-08-03 Parkersburg Dick Hoblitzel 1908-1918 1318 4706 591 1310 194 88 27 593 407 256 .278 .341 .374 173 26 1962-11-14 Parkersburg Al Mays 1885-1890 160 537 50 86 21 7 3 46 33 10 .160 .214 .242 12 0 1905-05-07 Parkersburg +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Baldy Louden 1907-1916 603 1942 267 507 61 22 12 202 254 162 .261 .355 .334 112 0 1935-12-08 Piedmont Clarence Fisher 1919-1920 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1965-11-02 Point Pleasant Al Braithwood 1915-1915 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1960-11-24 Rowlesburg Lee King 1916-1922 411 1189 134 294 60 18 15 144 82 175 .247 .299 .366 16 13 1967-09-16 Shinnston Frank Barron 1914-1914 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1964-09-18 St.Marys Frank Kalin 1940-1943 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .000 .222 .000 0 0 1975-01-12 Weirton Bob Trice 1953-1955 27 52 8 15 4 0 1 6 3 11 .288 .351 .423 0 0 1988-09-16 Weirton Wilbur Fisher 1916-1916 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1960-10-24 Welch Sam Barkley 1884-1889 582 2329 362 602 125 39 10 231 176 44 .258 .314 .359 51 0 1912-04-20 Wheeling Bill George 1887-1889 30 124 15 26 1 0 1 14 2 12 .210 .222 .242 5 0 1916-08-23 Wheeling Jack Glasscock 1879-1895 1736 7030 1163 2040 313 98 27 825 439 196 .290 .337 .374 372 0 1947-02-24 Wheeling Joe Miller 1884-1885 203 762 90 163 21 13 1 24 54 0 .214 .269 .280 0 0 1928-04-23 Wheeling Cy Morgan 1903-1913 210 489 26 61 7 1 0 37 11 0 .125 .146 .143 2 0 1962-06-28 Wheeling +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
Pitchers Who Died in West Virginia
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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 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+ George Baumgardner 1912-1916 36 47 .434 3.22 124 79 51 7 4 685.7 682 245 10 263 283 1970-12-13 Barboursville Sheriff Blake 1920-1937 87 102 .460 4.13 304 196 81 11 8 1620.0 1766 744 68 740 621 1982-10-31 Beckley Joe McManus 1913-1913 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 4 0 4 1 1955-12-23 Beckley Harry Moran 1912-1915 23 17 .575 3.34 73 41 21 4 2 374.3 371 139 10 131 163 1962-11-28 Beckley Bob Bowman 1939-1942 26 17 .605 3.82 109 38 13 2 10 365.0 360 155 27 139 146 1972-09-04 Bluefield Beryl Richmond 1933-1934 1 2 .333 3.38 10 2 1 0 0 24.0 33 9 0 12 11 1980-04-24 Cameron Johnny Stuart 1922-1925 20 18 .526 4.76 82 34 21 1 3 357.7 360 189 29 156 124 1970-05-13 Charleston Ken Ash 1925-1930 6 8 .429 4.96 55 13 5 0 2 161.3 178 89 6 59 47 1979-11-15 Clarksburg Wayland Dean 1924-1927 24 36 .400 4.87 96 60 27 2 1 485.7 559 263 31 188 147 1930-04-11 Huntington John Scheneberg 1913-1920 0 1 .000 11.25 2 1 0 0 0 8.0 17 10 0 3 1 1950-09-26 Huntington Max Butcher 1936-1945 95 106 .473 3.73 334 229 104 14 9 1786.3 1935 741 100 583 485 1957-09-15 Man Jake Hewitt 1895-1895 1 0 1.000 4.15 4 2 1 0 2 13.0 13 6 0 2 4 1959-05-18 Morgantown Charlie Hickman 1897-1908 10 8 .556 4.28 30 22 15 3 4 185.0 175 88 4 94 37 1934-04-19 Morgantown Sam Jones 1951-1964 102 101 .502 3.59 322 222 76 17 9 1643.3 1403 655 151 822 1376 1971-11-05 Morgantown Harry Shriver 1922-1923 4 6 .400 3.12 26 15 4 2 0 112.3 122 39 5 48 39 1970-01-21 Morgantown Clarence Garrett 1915-1915 2 2 .500 2.31 4 4 2 0 0 23.3 19 6 1 6 5 1977-02-11 Moundsville Charlie Hastings 1893-1898 18 29 .383 4.55 67 45 36 0 2 451.3 534 228 11 176 115 1934-08-03 Parkersburg Al Mays 1885-1890 53 90 .371 3.91 150 148 137 3 0 1251.0 1341 543 26 415 469 1905-05-07 Parkersburg Clarence Fisher 1919-1920 0 1 .000 11.74 4 0 0 0 0 7.7 13 10 0 8 1 1965-11-02 Point Pleasant Al Braithwood 1915-1915 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 2 1960-11-24 Rowlesburg Frank Barron 1914-1914 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1964-09-18 St.Marys Bob Trice 1953-1955 9 9 .500 5.80 26 21 9 1 0 152.0 185 98 22 60 28 1988-09-16 Weirton Bill George 1887-1889 5 10 .333 4.51 19 16 14 1 0 149.7 155 75 2 103 78 1916-08-23 Wheeling Jack Glasscock 1879-1895 0 0 6.43 5 0 0 0 0 7.0 12 5 0 7 3 1947-02-24 Wheeling Cy Morgan 1903-1913 78 78 .500 2.51 210 172 107 15 3 1445.3 1180 403 18 578 667 1962-06-28 Wheeling +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+
Managers who Died in West Virginia
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+-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+ Manager YR From To G W L WP BstFin WstFin PostSsn Pennants WrldSer PlyrMgr Date Place of Death +-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+ Sam Barkley 1 1888-1888 58 21 36 .368 8 8 0 0 0 PlyrMgr 1912-04-20 Wheeling Jack Glasscock 2 1889-1892 71 35 35 .500 7 9 0 0 0 PlyrMgr 1947-02-24 Wheeling +-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+
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