How many baseball players died on the field?

Answer 1

Ray Chpaman died after being hit by a pitch. According to one source, his death was one of the reasons the spitball was outlawed.

Also Doc Powers died in 1909 two weeks after crashing into a wall while chasing a pop fly.

See http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/C/Chapman_Ray.stmand http://www.Baseball-almanac.com/firsts/first2.shtml

Ray Chapman was beaned in a game and died the next day. The incident had nothing to do with the spitball which had been outlawed several years earlier although some pitchers who relied on the pitch previously to the ban were allowed to use it until they retired.

In August 1974, Alfredo Edmead a future major League player at the age of 17 died in/on right field after a diving catch that caused him to hit his head on the second baseman's (Pablo Cruz) knee. The 1974 Salem Pirates (an affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates)went on to win the Carolina League Championship.

It was commonly known that Edmead could have been the next Roberto Clemente. Other teammates on that great team included john candileria, Steve nicosia, mitchell page, miguel dilone and many others that spent years in the majors.

The reason I know this info is because I was the batboy/groundskeeper that year.

Raymond Johnson Chapman (January 15, 1891 � August 17, 1920) was an American baseball player, spending his entire career as a shortstop for Cleveland.

He is notable as the only Major League Baseball player to date to have been killed in a game, when he was hit in the head by a pitch thrown by Yankees hurler Carl Mays that he appeared not to have seen. His death led Major League Baseball to establish a rule requiring umpires to replace the ball whenever it became dirty. His death was also one of the examples used to emphasize the need for wearing batting helmets (although the rule was not adopted until over thirty years later).

Answer 2

During a major league game, only once. Raymond Johnson Chapman, a shortstop for the Cleveland Indians was hit in the head during a game on August 16, 1920 by a pitch thrown by Yankees pitcher Carl Mays. He was not wearing a batting helmet, as they were not required until 30 years later.

Answer 3

Yes, Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians succumbed to a direct hit from the Submarine Pitch or Carl Mays. This was the only on-field fatality in baseball though there was one were some baserunners had a collision and one died from injuries some distance in time from the (game). There have been fatal and near fatal accidents in Little League baseball, too many of them.

Answer 4

No major leaguer has ever died on the playing field, but shortstop Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians was struck in the head during a game and died 12 hours later. The fateful pitch was thrown by New York Yankees pitcher Carl Mays on August 16, 1920 at the Polo Grounds in New York City.

Answer 5

Yes. Many have, in fact.

Answer 6

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