| MLB Suicides |
| Name |
Age |
Date |
Method |
Details |
| Frank Ringo |
28 |
04-12-1889 |
Drug Overdose |
Morphine |
| Jim McElroy |
26 |
07-24-1889 |
Drug Overdose |
Morphine or Opium |
| Ernie Hickman |
35 |
11-19-1891 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Terry Larkin |
n/a |
09-16-1894 |
Razor |
Slit own throat while in asylum |
| Edgar McNabb |
28 |
02-28-1894 |
Gun |
Shot girlfriend/then himself |
| Ed Crane |
34 |
09-20-1896 |
Poison |
Liquid poison |
| Marty Bergen |
28 |
01-19-1900 |
Razor |
Killed wife and two children, then slit his wrists |
| Win Mercer |
28 |
01-12-1903 |
Gas |
Gas, Note left warning of evils of gambling and women |
| Dan Mahoney |
39 |
01-31-1904 |
Poison |
Carbolic acid |
| Bob Langsford |
41 |
01-10-1907 |
Poison |
Carbolic acid, hit by pitch during career, mental problems |
| Chick Stahl |
34 |
03-28-1907 |
Poison |
Carbolic acid |
| Ike Van Zandt |
32 |
09-14-1908 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Reddy Foster |
44 |
12-19-1908 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Dan McGann |
39 |
12-13-1910 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound, brother committed suicide earlier in the year |
| Dick Scott |
27 |
01-18-1911 |
Razor |
Slit wrists |
| Walt Goldsby |
52 |
01-11-1914 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Charlie Weber |
45 |
06-13-1914 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Eddie Hohnhorst |
31 |
03-28-1916 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound, was policeman, used his gun on himself |
| Patsy Tebeau |
53 |
05-15-1918 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Lou Meyers |
60 |
11-30-1920 |
Poison |
Strychnine |
| Arthur Irwin |
63 |
07-16-1921 |
Drowned |
Jumped off a ship sailing in Atlantic Ocean |
| Drummond Brown |
41 |
01-27-1927 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Bill Gannon |
50 |
04-26-1927 |
Drowned |
No details |
| Tony Brottem |
37 |
08-05-1929 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Zeke Rosebraugh |
59 |
07-16-1930 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Carl Sitton |
48 |
09-11-1931 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Bill Grey |
61 |
12-08-1932 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Pea Ridge Day |
34 |
03-21-1934 |
Hunting Knife |
Slit throat, pitching arm repair operation failed |
| Charlie Dexter |
57 |
06-09-1934 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Guy Morrison
| 38 |
08-14-1934 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Walt Kuhn |
51 |
06-14-1935 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Emmett McCann |
35 |
04-15-1937 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Benny Frey |
31 |
11-01-1937 |
Gas |
Carbon Monoxide |
| Willard Hershberger |
30 |
08-03-1940 |
Knife |
Slit throat |
| Charlie Hollocher |
44 |
08-14-1940 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Ralph Works |
43 |
08-08-1941 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Harvey Hendrick |
43 |
10-29-1941 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Lyle Bigbee |
48 |
08-05-1942 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Chet Chadbourne |
58 |
06-21-1943 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Bob Gandy |
51 |
06-19-1945 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Harry McNeal |
66 |
01-11-1945 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Bob Gandy |
51 |
06-19-1945 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Hack Eibel |
51 |
10-16-1945 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Morrie Rath |
58 |
11-18-1945 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Ferdie Moore |
51 |
05-06-1947 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Luke Stuart |
55 |
06-15-1947 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Bert Hall |
55 |
07-18-1948 |
Hanging |
Hanged self at home |
| Jake Powell |
40 |
11-04-1948 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound, inside police station |
| Tim Bowden |
58 |
10-25-1949 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Wattie Holm |
48 |
05-19-1950 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound, killed wife first |
| Frank Pearce |
45 |
09-03-1950 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Hugh Casey |
37 |
07-03-1951 |
Gun |
Shotgun blast |
| Wally Roettger |
49 |
09-14-1951 |
Razor |
Slit wrists |
| Skeeter Shelton |
65 |
01-09-1954 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Jim Oglesby |
50 |
09-01-1955 |
Gun |
Shotgun blast |
| Limb McKenry |
68 |
11-01-1956 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Fred Anderson |
71 |
11-08-1957 |
Gun |
Shotgun blast |
| Gibby Brack |
47 |
01-20-1960 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| John Mohardt |
63 |
11-24-1961 |
Knife |
Cut femoral artery |
| George Davis |
71 |
06-04-1961 |
Hanging |
Hanged self at home |
| Fred Bratschi |
70 |
01-10-1962 |
Poison |
Battery Acid |
| Otto Miller |
72 |
03-29-1962 |
Jumped |
Fourth floor window of hospital |
| Cy Morgan |
83 |
06-28-1962 |
Razor |
Slit wrists |
| Johnny Niggeling |
60 |
09-16-1963 |
Hanging |
Hanged self at home |
| Paul Zahniser |
68 |
09-26-1964 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Stan Pitula |
34 |
08-15-1965 |
Gas |
Carbon Monoxide |
| Lew Moren |
83 |
11-02-1966 |
Razor |
Slit throat |
| Art Giribaldi |
60 |
10-19-1967 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Emil Kush |
53 |
11-26-1969 |
Gas |
Carbon Monoxide |
| Murray Wall |
45 |
10-08-1971 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Del Bissonette |
72 |
06-09-1972 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Don Wilson |
29 |
01-05-1975 |
Gas |
Carbon Monoxide |
| Dan Thomas |
29 |
06-12-1980 |
Hanging |
Hung self in jail, after rape arrest |
| Virgil Stallcup |
67 |
05-02-1989 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Carlos Bernier |
(62 |
04-06-1989 |
Hanging |
Hanged self at home |
| Donnie Moore |
35 |
07-18-1989 |
Gun |
Shot wife, then himself |
| Mike Reinbach |
39 |
05-20-1989 |
Car Crash |
Drove car over a cliff |
| Charlie Shoemaker |
51 |
05-31-1990 |
Gun |
Gunshot wound |
| Jim Magnuson |
44 |
05-30-1991 |
Poison |
Alcohol poisoning |
