1954 in Baseball - Deaths

Deaths

  • January 5 - Rabbit Maranville, 62, rambunctious shortstop who set a career record with 2,153 games at the position and was MVP runner-up on the 1914 "Miracle Braves".
  • January 11 - Sumner Bowman, 86, pitcher for two seasons: 1890 with the Phillies and Alleghenys, 1891 with the Philadelphia Athletics.
  • January 20 - Bunny Madden, 71, catcher for the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies between 1909 and 1911.
  • February 16 - Red Parnell, 48, All-Star left fielder in the Negro Leagues, most notably with the Philadelphia Stars.
  • March 12 - Bob Quinn, 84, executive who owned the Boston Red Sox from 1923 to 1933 and also ran three other franchises.
  • May 22 - Chief Bender, 70, Hall of Fame pitcher who won 212 games, starring for 3 Philadelphia Athletics world champion teams.
  • July 13 - Ed Porray, 65, pitcher for the 1914 Buffalo Buffeds, who is best known as being the only Major League player born at sea.
  • July 13 - Grantland Rice, 73, sportswriter.
  • July 15 - Chris Mahoney, 69, pitcher/outfielder for the 1910 Boston Red Sox.
  • October 5 - Oscar Charleston, 57, star center fielder of the Negro Leagues.
  • October 14 - Bill Swanson, 66, backup infielder for the 1914 Boston Red Sox.
  • October 19 - Hugh Duffy, 87, Hall of Fame center fielder who batted a record .438 in 1894.
  • October 22 - Earl Whitehill, 54, 200-game winning pitcher.
  • November 27 - Nick Maddox, 68, pitcher who posted a 43-20 record and a 2.29 from 1907-1910, and the youngest pitcher ever to throw a no-hitter in major league history at the age of 20 years and ten months.
  • December 9 - Bill McGowan, 58, Hall of Fame American League umpire who worked in eight World Series, and who did not miss a single inning between the 1925 and 1942 seasons.

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