Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 2021

MLB Players That Died in 2021

Yogi Berra was looking up at the scoreboard on Old Timers' Day, saw the list of Yankee greats who had recently died, and said, "Boy, I hope I never see my name up there." The research below, by Baseball Almanac, allows you to "check the scoreboard" and see every ballplayer who died during any given year.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The list of baseball players who died are sorted by default in alphabetical order, using the player's last name. However, you can sort the data to meet your needs. Click where it says "Died In" and the data will be sorted by the place of death. Click "Date of Death" and see it listed chronologically, for the given year. Debut Year and Final Year (in the majors) are also sortable.

"If anybody talks about a dead guy during a broadcast, I'll sack 'em. I'm sick of dead guys. Whenever I turn on baseball, all I hear about is dead guys. If I hear a name, I'm going to ask: 'Is he dead?' And if he is, you're fired." - Fox Sports President David Hill in The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball (Jonathan Fraser Light, 2005)

Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 2021 MLB Players Who Died in 2021 \| Return To Players by Year of Death
Player	Died In	Date of Death	Debut Year	Final Year
Hank Aaron	Atlanta, Georgia	01-22-2021	1954	1976
Tom Acker	Narvon, Pennsylvania	01-04-2021	1956	1959
Joe Altobelli	Rochester, New York	03-03-2021	1955	1961
Fred Andrews	Chicago, Illinois	12-20-2021	1976	1977
Ed Armbrister	Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas	03-17-2021	1973	1977
Rich Barry	Studio City, California	10-09-2021	1969	1969
Kimera Bartee	Omaha, Nebraska	12-20-2021	1996	2001
Joe Beckwith	Auburn, Alabama	05-22-2021	1979	1986
Mike Bell	Phoenix, Arizona	03-26-2021	2000	2000
Ron Blazier	Bellwood, Pennsylvania	12-04-2021	1996	1997
Cloyd Boyer	Carthage, Missouri	09-20-2021	1949	1955
Hal Breeden	Leesburg, Georgia	05-03-2021	1971	1975
Bobby Brown	Fort Worth, Texas	03-25-2021	1946	1954
Duke Carmel	New Orleans, Louisiana	08-03-2021	1959	1965
Rafael Carmona	Comerio, Puerto Rico	08-02-2021	1995	1999
Tom Carroll	Peachtree City, Georgia	09-21-2021	1955	1959
Hy Cohen	Rancho Mirage, California	02-04-2021	1955	1955
Dick Colpaert	Utica, Michigan	04-06-2021	1970	1970
Billy Conigliaro	Beverly, Massachusetts	02-10-2021	1969	1973
Rheal Cormier	Cap-Pel�, New Brunswick, Canada	03-08-2021	1991	2007
Del Crandall	Mission Viejo, California	05-05-2021	1949	1966
Joe Cunningham	Chesterfield, Missouri	03-25-2021	1954	1966
Jerry Davie	Haines City, Florida	04-07-2021	1959	1959
Jacke Davis	Tyler, Texas	05-30-2021	1962	1962
Steve Davis	Benbrook, Texas	09-28-2021	1985	1989
Don Demeter	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	11-29-2021	1956	1967
Art Ditmar	Myrtle Beach, South Carolina	06-11-2021	1954	1962
Chuck Dobson	Kansas City, Missouri	11-30-2021	1966	1975
Solly Drake	Los Angeles, California	08-18-2021	1956	1959
Nino Escalera	Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico	07-03-2021	1954	1954
Pedro Feliciano	Vega Alta, Puerto Rico	11-08-2021	2002	2013
Ray Fosse	Diablo, California	10-13-2021	1967	1979
Paul Foytack	Spring Hill, Tennessee	01-23-2021	1953	1964
Bill Freehan	Walloon Lake, Michigan	08-19-2021	1961	1976
Adrian Garrett	Kyle, Texas	04-22-2021	1966	1976
Don Gile	Stillwater, Oklahoma	03-05-2021	1959	1962
Pedro Gonzalez	San Pedro de Macor�s, San Pedro de Macor�s, Dominican Republic	01-10-2021	1963	1967
Tony Gonzalez	Cutler Bay, Florida	07-02-2021	1960	1971
Charlie Gorin	Austin, Texas	02-21-2021	1954	1955
Mudcat Grant	Los Angeles, California	06-11-2021	1958	1971
Johnny Groth	Palm Beach, Florida	08-07-2021	1946	1960
Chuck Hartenstein	Austin, Texas	10-02-2021	1965	1977
Wynn Hawkins	Canfield, Ohio	02-11-2021	1960	1962
Tom Hilgendorf	Iowa City, Iowa	03-25-2021	1969	1975
LaMarr Hoyt	Columbia, South Carolina	11-29-2021	1979	1986
Willard Hunter	Omaha, Nebraska	02-03-2021	1962	1964
Grant Jackson	Canonsburg, Pennsylvania	02-02-2021	1965	1982
Jerry Johnson	Canyon Lake, California	11-15-2021	1968	1977
Ron Johnson	Murfreesboro, Tennessee	01-26-2021	1982	1984
Doug Jones	Tucson, Arizona	11-22-2021	1982	2000
Bobby Kline	St. Petersburg, Florida	10-26-2021	1955	1955
Lew Krausse	Holt, Missouri	02-16-2021	1961	1974
Fred Kuhaulua	Kaneohe, Hawaii	09-20-2021	1977	1981
John LaRose	Cumberland, Rhode Island	01-14-2021	1978	1978
Tommy Lasorda	Fullerton, California	01-07-2021	1954	1956
Don Leppert	Olive Branch, Mississippi	01-05-2021	1955	1955
Richie Lewis	Melbourne, Florida	12-08-2021	1992	1998
Charlie Lindstrom	Lincoln, Illinois	09-29-2021	1958	1958
Phil Lombardi	Northridge, California	05-20-2021	1986	1989
Julio Lugo	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic	11-15-2021	2000	2011
Memo Luna	Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico	11-09-2021	1954	1954
Angel Mangual	Ponce, Puerto Rico	02-16-2021	1969	1976
Mike Marshall	Zephyrhills, Florida	05-31-2021	1967	1981
Billy Moran	Fort Myers, Florida	10-21-2021	1958	1965
Al Naples	Orleans, Massachusetts	02-26-2021	1949	1949
Mel Nelson	Highland, California	11-26-2021	1960	1969
Ricky Nelson	Phoenix, Arizona	11-19-2021	1983	1986
Jim O'Rourke	Spokane, Washington	11-01-2021	1959	1959
Mike Overy	Sun City West, Arizona	09-22-2021	1976	1976
Mike Page	Woodruff, South Carolina	12-04-2021	1968	1968
Stan Palys	Jupiter, Florida	02-08-2021	1953	1956
Cecil Perkins	Martinsburg, West Virginia	10-28-2021	1967	1967
Juan Pizarro	Carolina, Puerto Rico	02-18-2021	1957	1974
Scott Reid	Phoenix, Arizona	06-29-2021	1969	1970
Ken Reitz	St. Charles, Missouri	03-31-2021	1972	1982
Jerry Remy	Waltham, Massachusetts	10-30-2021	1975	1984
J.R. Richard	Houston, Texas	08-04-2021	1971	1980
Dave Roberts	Huntsville, Alabama	10-02-2021	1962	1966
Eddie Robinson	Bastrop, Texas	10-04-2021	1942	1957
Tom Robson	Chandler, Arizona	04-20-2021	1974	1975
Mike Sadek	San Andreas, California	01-20-2021	1973	1981
Ron Samford	Dallas, Texas	01-14-2021	1954	1959
Richie Scheinblum	Palm Harbor, Florida	05-10-2021	1965	1974
Chuck Schilling	West Chester, Pennsylvania	03-30-2021	1961	1965
Gerry Schoen	Tullahoma, Tennessee	05-05-2021	1968	1968
Norm Sherry	San Juan Capistrano, California	03-08-2021	1959	1963
Dwight Siebler	Omaha, Nebraska	06-16-2021	1963	1967
Duke Simpson	Folsom, California	02-07-2021	1953	1953
Dick Smith	Boalsburg, Pennsylvania	01-25-2021	1951	1955
Jack Smith	Loganville, Georgia	04-07-2021	1962	1964
Jim Snyder	Lutz, Florida	03-09-2021	1961	1964
Rennie Stennett	Coconut Creek, Florida	05-18-2021	1971	1981
Bill Sudakis	Palm Springs, California	09-15-2021	1968	1975
Don Sutton	Rancho Mirage, California	01-18-2021	1966	1988
Tim Talton	Goldsboro, North Carolina	07-22-2021	1966	1967
Randy Tate	Muscle Shoals, Alabama	03-25-2021	1975	1975
Wayne Terwilliger	Weatherford, Texas	02-03-2021	1949	1960
Tim Thompson	Lewistown, Pennsylvania	10-25-2021	1954	1958
Dick Tidrow	Lee's Summit, Missouri	07-10-2021	1972	1984
Tim Tolman	Tucson, Arizona	06-03-2021	1981	1987
Vito Valentinetti	Mount Vernon, New York	08-05-2021	1954	1959
Coot Veal	Gray, Georgia	03-14-2021	1958	1963
Bill Virdon	Springfield, Missouri	11-23-2021	1955	1968
Jack Whillock	Arlington, Texas	12-20-2021	1971	1971
Ted Wieand	Allentown, Pennsylvania	07-07-2021	1958	1960
Stan Williams	Laughlin, Nevada	02-20-2021	1958	1972
Dale Willis	Brandon, Florida	08-26-2021	1963	1963
Duane Wilson	Wichita, Kansas	11-09-2021	1958	1958
Oscar Zamora	San Juan, Puerto Rico	07-02-2021	1974	1978
Frankie de la Cruz	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic	03-14-2021	2007	2011
Player	Died In	Date of Death	Debut Year	Final Year
MLB Players Who Died in 2021 \| Research by Baseball Almanac

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