MLB all-time died too early team

Tommy Hansen could be on there.

 

Forgot him, too. He played for the summer team I work for before it was relocated to Microville, he pitched for one of our partner programs. My boss, the founder of the team, absolutely loved him and was crushed when he died.

 

Donnie Moore.

 

The dude didn't die, but I watched a promising career die one night at the ballpark. June 2, 2000 and the Texas Rangers were down from their late-90s run but still in first place. Ruben Mateo tries to run out a single and snaps his femur as he stomps on first base. It sounded like a shotgun went off in the ballpark. The most "holy shit" moment I think I have ever still seen in sports live.

 

What a great idea for a thread. I'll add:

1B/OF Walt Bond, leukemia
P Danny Frisella, dune buggy crash
SS Danny Thompson, leukemia
P Don Wilson, carbon monoxide poisoning

 

C Mike Scioscia, acute radiation poisoning

 

Manager Mike Scioscia, acute Arte Moreno poisoning.

 

Charlie Ferguson, who was a star Phillies player in the 1880s both on the mound and in the infield. Died in his early 20s of typhoid. Wilbert Robinson, at the end of his career, listed Ferguson as one of his top five all time players including Ruth, Cobb, Keeler and Wagner.

Ed Delahanty: Had a great career and was still hitting well when he went to Niagara Falls.

Chick Stahl and Win Mercer: Suicide.

Marty Bergen: Murder-suicide.

Jake Daubert: Appendicitis.

Williard Herschberger: Suicide during the Reds’ championship season.

Doc Powers: A catcher with the A’s who also was a physician. He was injured when he crashed into a wall chasing a foul pop in the first game in Shibe Park history. He underwent several surgeries and died a couple of weeks later from complications.

Come to think of it, baseball’s early years really sucked.

 

Damn thinking back to Clemente, then Munson, then Bostock, then Kile.

 

Cory Lidle.

 

Griffey’s head get better?