A total of 185 players have died in North Carolina
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Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Tal Abernathy 1942-1944 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .200 .333 .200 0 0 2001-11-16 Charlotte Ted Abernathy 1955-1972 681 181 12 25 3 0 0 9 6 74 .138 .175 .155 0 0 2004-12-16 Gastonia Doc Adkins 1902-1903 6 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 0 0 1934-02-21 Durham Horace Allen 1919-1919 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1981-07-05 Canton Tom Alston 1954-1957 91 271 30 66 15 2 4 36 25 46 .244 .311 .358 3 5 1993-12-30 Winston-Salem Fred Anderson 1909-1918 180 312 17 41 6 1 0 12 10 98 .131 .161 .157 0 0 1957-11-08 Winston-Salem Nate Andrews 1937-1946 128 240 8 35 5 0 0 16 23 66 .146 .221 .167 0 0 1991-04-26 Winston-Salem Fred Archer 1936-1937 7 15 1 4 0 0 0 1 2 3 .267 .353 .267 0 0 1981-10-31 Charlotte Dave Barbee 1926-1932 116 374 44 92 23 7 6 60 20 42 .246 .290 .393 1 0 1968-07-01 Albemarle Junie Barnes 1934-1934 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1963-12-31 Jacksonville Red Barrett 1937-1949 253 398 17 54 11 0 0 29 5 83 .136 .149 .163 0 0 1990-07-28 Wilson Bill Bell 1952-1955 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1962-10-11 Durham Ron Blackburn 1958-1959 64 12 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 4 .250 .250 .667 0 0 1998-04-29 Morganton Ewell Blackwell 1942-1955 237 443 31 77 12 1 1 22 12 73 .174 .196 .212 0 0 1996-10-29 Hendersonville Cliff Bolton 1931-1941 335 962 113 280 49 18 6 143 110 50 .291 .366 .398 3 3 1979-04-21 Lexington Sam Bowens 1963-1969 479 1287 141 287 48 6 45 143 100 293 .223 .283 .375 25 13 2003-03-28 Wilmington Charlie Bowles 1943-1945 16 29 0 6 1 0 0 3 0 4 .207 .207 .241 0 0 2003-12-23 Newton George Bradshaw 1952-1952 10 23 3 5 2 0 0 6 1 2 .217 .280 .304 0 0 1994-11-04 Hendersonville Gus Brittain 1937-1937 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 0 0 1974-02-16 Wilmington Jimmy Brown 1937-1946 890 3512 465 980 146 42 9 319 231 110 .279 .326 .352 39 0 1977-12-29 Bath Smoky Burgess 1949-1967 1691 4471 485 1318 230 33 126 673 477 270 .295 .362 .446 13 14 1991-09-15 Asheville Paul Burris 1948-1953 69 196 15 43 5 0 2 24 8 21 .219 .254 .276 0 0 1999-10-03 Charlotte Dick Burrus 1919-1928 560 1760 206 513 87 12 11 211 138 95 .291 .347 .373 18 12 1972-02-02 Elizabeth City Tommy Byrne 1943-1957 377 601 73 143 26 8 14 98 38 126 .238 .286 .378 1 0 2007-12-20 Wake Forest Jack Cameron 1906-1906 18 61 3 11 0 0 0 4 2 0 .180 .206 .180 0 0 1963-07-12 Charlotte Paul Campbell 1941-1950 204 380 61 97 17 5 4 41 28 54 .255 .308 .358 4 3 2006-06-22 Charlotte Mike Cantwell 1916-1920 11 16 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 6 .188 .188 .188 0 0 1953-01-05 Oteen Don Cardwell 1957-1970 416 698 44 94 10 1 15 53 25 340 .135 .171 .216 2 1 2008-01-14 Winston-Salem Rome Chambers 1900-1900 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1902-08-30 Weaverville Fred Chapman 1939-1941 76 187 12 36 3 1 0 9 11 28 .193 .237 .219 3 3 1997-03-27 Kannapolis +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Cap Clark 1938-1938 52 74 11 19 1 1 0 4 9 10 .257 .337 .297 0 0 1957-02-16 Fayetteville Grey Clarke 1944-1944 63 169 14 44 10 1 0 27 22 6 .260 .352 .331 0 4 1993-11-23 Kannapolis Bill Clarkson 1927-1929 53 25 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 8 .080 .207 .080 0 0 1971-08-27 Raleigh Herb Cobb 1929-1929 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1980-01-08 Tarboro Dusty Cooke 1930-1938 608 1745 324 489 109 28 24 229 290 276 .280 .384 .416 32 25 1987-11-21 Raleigh Pat Cooper 1946-1947 14 16 0 4 2 0 0 3 0 5 .250 .250 .375 0 0 1993-03-15 Charlotte Charlie Cozart 1945-1945 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 2004-12-31 Hudson Pat Crawford 1929-1934 318 651 75 182 23 5 9 104 60 29 .280 .344 .372 4 0 1994-01-25 Morehead City Alvin Crowder 1926-1936 403 847 66 164 18 5 0 59 37 77 .194 .227 .227 0 1 1972-04-03 Winston-Salem Woody Crowson 1945-1945 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1947-08-14 Mayodan Buddy Crump 1924-1924 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1976-09-26 Raleigh Roy Crumpler 1920-1925 7 11 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .273 .273 .545 0 0 1969-10-06 Fayetteville Dick Culler 1936-1949 472 1527 195 372 39 6 2 99 166 87 .244 .320 .281 19 5 1964-06-16 Chapel Hill Murphy Currie 1916-1916 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 0 0 1939-06-18 Asheboro Jay Dahl 1963-1963 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1965-06-20 Salisbury Tony Daniels 1945-1945 76 230 15 46 3 2 0 10 12 22 .200 .249 .230 1 0 2005-07-23 Statesville Crash Davis 1940-1942 148 444 43 102 12 2 2 43 35 56 .230 .289 .279 2 0 2001-08-31 Greensboro Dixie Davis 1912-1926 240 441 32 87 10 1 0 30 27 42 .197 .244 .224 0 1 1944-02-04 Raleigh Joe DeBerry 1920-1921 20 20 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 5 .150 .190 .200 0 0 1944-10-09 Southern Pines John Dobbs 1901-1905 582 2224 305 585 85 23 7 207 187 0 .263 .325 .331 78 0 1934-09-09 Charlotte Taylor Duncan 1977-1978 112 331 27 86 15 2 3 39 21 39 .260 .301 .344 1 2 2004-01-03 Asheville Gil English 1931-1944 240 791 74 194 22 7 8 90 56 78 .245 .298 .321 5 1 1996-08-31 Trinity Al Evans 1939-1951 704 2053 188 514 70 23 13 211 243 206 .250 .332 .326 14 9 1979-04-06 Wilson Bill Evans 1916-1919 28 40 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 12 .100 .122 .150 0 0 1946-12-21 Burlington Willy Fetzer 1906-1906 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1959-05-03 Franklin Herman Fink 1935-1937 67 93 1 14 1 0 0 5 2 25 .151 .177 .161 0 0 1980-08-24 Salisbury Stu Flythe 1936-1936 17 15 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 .267 .313 .267 0 0 1963-10-18 Durham Russ Ford 1909-1915 204 506 55 106 17 8 1 37 34 66 .209 .262 .281 14 0 1960-01-24 Rockingham Skipper Friday 1923-1923 7 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 .300 .222 0 0 1962-08-25 Gastonia Charlie Frye 1940-1940 18 19 1 5 0 0 1 2 0 6 .263 .263 .421 0 0 1945-05-25 Hickory +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ John Gaddy 1938-1938 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .143 .000 0 0 1966-05-03 Albemarle Mike Garbark 1944-1945 149 475 46 116 14 7 2 59 48 39 .244 .316 .316 0 2 1994-08-31 Charlotte Rufe Gentry 1943-1948 48 87 2 16 2 0 0 10 2 16 .184 .202 .207 0 0 1997-07-03 Winston-Salem Sam Gibson 1926-1932 132 202 17 50 9 0 0 14 3 14 .248 .259 .292 0 0 1983-01-31 High Point Floyd Giebell 1939-1941 28 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 0 0 2004-04-28 Wilkesboro Bob Gillespie 1944-1950 58 51 2 2 0 0 0 1 4 24 .039 .109 .039 0 0 2001-11-04 Winston-Salem Tom Glass 1925-1925 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1981-12-15 Greensboro Lee Gooch 1915-1917 19 61 4 18 2 0 1 8 4 10 .295 .338 .377 0 0 1966-05-18 Raleigh Noodles Hahn 1899-1906 244 731 65 129 18 10 2 52 53 0 .176 .236 .237 7 0 1960-02-06 Candler Don Hankins 1927-1927 20 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 0 0 1963-05-16 Winston-Salem Bill Harris 1923-1938 121 123 8 25 2 0 0 13 3 16 .203 .222 .220 0 0 1965-08-21 Indian Trail Ray Hayworth 1926-1945 699 2062 220 546 92 16 5 238 198 188 .265 .331 .332 2 6 2002-09-25 Salisbury Red Hayworth 1944-1945 146 430 27 91 15 1 1 42 17 19 .212 .243 .258 0 2 2006-11-02 High Point Bunny Hearn 1910-1920 66 133 7 24 4 0 1 4 3 37 .180 .204 .233 2 0 1959-10-10 Wilson Horace Helmbold 1890-1890 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1 0 1939-11-18 Lake Lure Snake Henry 1922-1923 29 75 6 14 4 1 0 7 3 9 .187 .218 .267 2 2 1987-10-12 Wendell Johnnie Heving 1920-1932 399 985 103 261 37 12 1 90 65 59 .265 .312 .330 4 4 1968-12-24 Salisbury Gomer Hodge 1971-1971 80 83 3 17 3 0 1 9 4 19 .205 .256 .277 0 0 2007-05-13 Saluda Dutch Holland 1932-1934 102 315 37 86 26 2 3 34 28 39 .273 .332 .397 1 0 1967-06-16 Lumberton Herm Holshouser 1930-1930 25 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 4 5 .125 .300 .125 0 0 1994-07-26 Concord Jim Hopper 1946-1946 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1982-01-23 Charlotte Roy Hughes 1935-1946 763 2582 396 705 105 27 5 205 222 175 .273 .332 .340 80 18 1995-03-05 Asheville Catfish Hunter 1965-1979 304 658 60 149 16 3 6 51 8 160 .226 .234 .287 2 0 1999-09-09 Hertford Lefty Jamerson 1924-1924 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1980-08-04 Mocksville Dave Jolly 1953-1957 160 48 8 14 2 0 1 7 3 13 .292 .333 .396 0 0 1963-05-27 Durham Sheldon Jones 1946-1953 260 257 12 35 4 3 0 13 7 71 .136 .159 .175 0 0 1991-04-18 Greenville Buck Jordan 1927-1938 811 2980 396 890 153 35 17 281 182 109 .299 .340 .391 20 0 1993-03-18 Salisbury Jimmy Jordan 1933-1936 376 1273 102 327 51 4 2 118 37 76 .257 .279 .308 8 0 1957-12-04 Gastonia Dick Joyce 1965-1965 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 0 0 2007-01-23 Raleigh Clyde Kluttz 1942-1952 656 1903 172 510 90 8 19 212 132 119 .268 .318 .354 5 0 1979-05-12 Salisbury +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Cal Koonce 1962-1971 336 239 20 24 3 0 0 8 17 99 .100 .166 .113 0 0 1993-10-28 Winston-Salem Johnny Lanning 1936-1947 278 322 17 47 11 0 1 17 11 67 .146 .177 .189 0 0 1989-11-08 Asheville Bob Lawson 1901-1902 13 33 2 5 1 0 1 4 1 0 .152 .176 .273 1 0 1952-10-28 Durham Leonidas Lee 1877-1877 4 18 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 .278 .278 .333 0 0 1912-06-11 Hendersonville Wade Lefler 1924-1924 6 9 0 5 3 0 0 4 0 1 .556 .556 .889 0 0 1981-03-06 Hickory Glenn Liebhardt 1930-1938 31 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1992-03-14 Winston-Salem Bill Lindsay 1911-1911 19 66 6 16 2 0 0 5 1 0 .242 .265 .273 2 0 1963-07-14 Greensboro Axel Lindstrom 1916-1916 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0 0 1940-06-24 Asheville Nig Lipscomb 1937-1937 36 96 11 31 9 1 0 8 11 10 .323 .398 .438 0 0 1978-02-27 Huntersville Wes Livengood 1939-1939 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1996-09-02 Winston-Salem Clem Llewellyn 1922-1922 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1969-11-27 Concord Waddy Macphee 1922-1922 2 7 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .286 .375 .571 0 0 1980-01-20 Charlotte Mal Mallette 1950-1950 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2005-11-25 Durham Jule Mallonee 1925-1925 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 0 0 1934-12-26 Charlotte Jim Mallory 1940-1945 54 149 15 40 3 0 0 14 7 10 .268 .301 .289 1 0 2001-08-06 Greenville Stu Martin 1936-1943 722 2237 322 599 112 24 16 183 190 185 .268 .327 .361 36 0 1997-01-11 Severn Dick Mauney 1945-1947 62 67 6 10 1 0 0 2 4 24 .149 .208 .164 0 0 1970-02-06 Albemarle Jakie May 1917-1932 410 468 33 80 10 5 2 24 28 120 .171 .221 .226 0 0 1970-06-03 Wendell Buster Maynard 1940-1946 224 616 68 136 14 5 14 66 46 53 .221 .276 .328 6 0 1977-09-07 Durham Tim McKeithan 1932-1934 10 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 .143 .333 .143 0 0 1969-08-30 Forest City Al McLean 1935-1935 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1990-09-29 Asheboro Johnny Meador 1920-1920 12 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .167 0 0 1970-04-11 Winston-Salem Doyt Morris 1937-1937 6 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .154 .154 .154 0 0 1984-07-04 Gastonia Tim Murchison 1917-1920 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1962-10-20 Liberty Sam Narron 1935-1943 24 28 0 8 0 0 0 1 1 2 .286 .310 .286 0 0 1996-12-31 Raleigh Dick Newsome 1941-1943 87 181 8 39 5 0 0 15 8 43 .215 .249 .243 0 0 1965-12-15 Ahoskie Chink Outen 1933-1933 93 153 20 38 10 0 4 17 20 15 .248 .335 .392 1 0 1961-09-11 Durham Frankie Pack 1949-1949 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 2000-01-26 Hendersonville Don Padgett 1937-1948 699 1991 247 573 111 16 37 338 141 130 .288 .336 .415 6 0 1980-12-09 High Point Vance Page 1938-1941 96 93 5 22 5 0 0 7 5 21 .237 .276 .290 0 0 1951-07-14 Wilson +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Stan Partenheimer 1944-1945 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1989-01-28 Wilson Ben Paschal 1915-1929 364 787 143 243 47 11 24 138 72 93 .309 .369 .488 24 18 1974-11-10 Charlotte Johnny Peacock 1937-1945 619 1734 175 455 74 16 1 194 183 73 .262 .333 .325 14 6 1981-10-17 Wilson Jim Pearce 1949-1955 30 19 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 .105 .105 .105 0 0 2005-07-17 Raleigh Boyd Perry 1941-1941 36 83 9 15 5 0 0 11 10 9 .181 .269 .241 1 0 1990-06-29 Burlington Jim Poole 1925-1927 283 940 118 271 54 13 13 140 59 68 .288 .333 .415 9 7 1975-01-02 Hickory Ray Poole 1941-1947 15 15 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 5 .200 .250 .200 0 0 2006-03-01 Burlington Bob Porterfield 1948-1959 322 516 34 95 15 1 6 43 20 123 .184 .218 .252 1 0 1980-04-28 Charlotte Grover Powell 1963-1963 20 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 .200 .333 .200 0 0 1985-05-21 Raleigh Billy Queen 1954-1954 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 2006-04-23 Gastonia Carl Ray 1915-1916 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .167 .000 0 0 1970-04-03 Walnut Cove Buck Redfern 1928-1929 107 307 22 67 6 3 0 38 15 22 .218 .255 .257 9 3 1964-09-08 Asheville Danny Reynolds 1945-1945 29 72 6 12 2 1 0 4 3 8 .167 .200 .222 1 2 2007-02-18 Statesville Woody Rich 1939-1944 33 39 3 8 0 0 0 1 1 5 .205 .225 .205 0 0 1983-04-18 Morganton Lew Riggs 1934-1946 760 2477 298 650 110 43 28 271 181 140 .262 .317 .375 22 0 1975-08-12 Durham Charlie Ripple 1944-1946 11 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0 0 1979-05-06 Wilmington Buck Rogers 1935-1935 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1999-02-20 Winston-Salem Buck Ross 1936-1945 237 448 24 69 11 0 3 27 20 141 .154 .194 .199 0 0 1978-11-23 Charlotte Chuck Rowland 1923-1923 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1992-01-21 Raleigh Jack Sanford 1940-1946 47 153 13 32 4 4 0 11 9 24 .209 .253 .288 0 0 2005-01-04 Greensboro Ray Scarborough 1942-1953 318 456 32 85 10 1 1 35 18 81 .186 .217 .219 0 0 1982-07-01 Mount Olive Jack Scott 1916-1929 408 680 67 187 31 4 5 73 39 76 .275 .319 .354 1 2 1959-11-30 Durham Steve Shemo 1944-1945 35 77 7 20 3 0 0 8 2 6 .260 .278 .299 0 0 1992-04-13 Eden Mule Shirley 1924-1925 44 100 14 21 3 2 0 18 4 14 .210 .240 .280 0 0 1955-08-04 Goldsboro Ernie Shore 1912-1920 160 322 14 39 8 1 0 17 13 117 .121 .160 .152 0 0 1980-09-24 Winston-Salem Pete Sivess 1936-1938 62 63 2 9 0 0 0 2 0 14 .143 .143 .143 0 0 2003-06-01 Candler Enos Slaughter 1938-1959 2380 7946 1247 2383 413 148 169 1304 1018 538 .300 .382 .453 71 15 2002-08-12 Durham Dave Smith 1938-1939 22 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .000 .143 .000 0 0 1998-04-11 Whiteville Harry Smith 1914-1918 75 148 10 27 1 3 1 14 21 42 .182 .284 .250 4 1 1922-04-01 Charlotte Roxy Snipes 1923-1923 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1941-05-01 Fayetteville +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Vic Sorrell 1928-1937 281 553 35 77 10 1 0 28 35 144 .139 .190 .161 0 1 1972-05-04 Raleigh Denny Sothern 1926-1931 357 1355 219 379 80 9 19 115 83 136 .280 .325 .394 38 0 1977-12-07 Durham Stan Spence 1940-1949 1112 3871 541 1090 196 60 95 575 520 248 .282 .369 .437 21 23 1983-01-09 Kinston Bob Stafford 1890-1890 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1916-08-20 Moores Springs Willie Stargell 1962-1982 2360 7927 1195 2232 423 55 475 1540 937 1936 .282 .360 .529 17 16 2001-04-09 Wilmington Jim Stroner 1929-1929 6 8 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 .375 .444 .500 0 0 1975-12-06 Tarboro Luke Stuart 1921-1921 3 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 .333 .333 1.333 0 0 1947-06-15 Winston-Salem George Suggs 1908-1915 245 549 47 112 14 6 1 47 54 98 .204 .275 .257 3 0 1949-04-04 Kinston Charlie Sullivan 1928-1931 74 52 6 11 1 1 0 6 3 7 .212 .255 .269 0 0 1935-05-28 Maiden Kite Thomas 1952-1953 137 223 35 52 9 3 7 32 34 40 .233 .340 .395 0 1 1995-01-07 Rocky Mount Ray Thomas 1938-1938 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0 0 1993-12-06 Wilson Forrest Thompson 1948-1949 56 40 6 13 3 1 0 4 4 4 .325 .386 .450 0 0 1979-02-26 Charlotte Shag Thompson 1914-1916 48 79 12 16 2 1 0 4 18 20 .203 .357 .253 2 1 1990-01-07 Black Mountain Coaker Triplett 1938-1945 470 1307 148 334 47 14 27 173 123 114 .256 .320 .375 10 0 1992-01-30 Boone George Turbeville 1935-1937 62 59 3 10 0 1 0 2 1 12 .169 .183 .203 0 0 1983-10-05 Salisbury Turkey Tyson 1944-1944 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 2000-02-17 Elm City Woody Upchurch 1935-1936 10 14 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 .214 .214 .286 0 0 1971-10-23 Buies Creek Dixie Upright 1953-1953 9 8 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 .250 .333 .625 0 0 1986-11-13 Concord Al Veach 1935-1935 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1990-09-06 Charlotte Jake Wade 1936-1946 171 216 14 36 2 0 0 7 12 81 .167 .214 .176 0 0 2006-02-01 Wildwood Rube Walker 1948-1958 608 1585 114 360 69 3 35 192 150 213 .227 .294 .341 3 1 1992-12-12 Morganton Jake Wells 1888-1890 46 162 22 34 4 0 0 14 10 5 .210 .277 .235 1 0 1927-03-16 Hendersonville Lefty West 1944-1945 35 34 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 13 .088 .088 .088 0 0 1979-07-23 Hendersonville Burgess Whitehead 1933-1946 924 3316 415 883 100 31 17 245 150 138 .266 .304 .331 51 0 1993-11-25 Windsor Possum Whitted 1912-1922 1025 3630 440 978 145 60 23 451 215 310 .269 .313 .361 116 53 1962-10-16 Wilmington Kemp Wicker 1936-1941 40 46 4 6 1 0 0 8 2 8 .130 .167 .152 0 0 1973-06-11 Kernersville Claude Wilborn 1940-1940 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1992-11-13 Roxboro George Wilson 1952-1956 145 209 15 40 8 0 3 19 14 32 .191 .246 .273 0 0 1974-10-29 Gastonia Max Wilson 1940-1946 12 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 0 0 1977-01-02 Greensboro Bill Wynne 1894-1894 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 0 0 1951-08-07 Raleigh +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Pep Young 1933-1945 730 2466 274 645 128 34 32 347 152 312 .262 .308 .380 18 0 1962-01-14 Jamestown Ducky Yount 1914-1914 14 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .083 .083 0 0 1970-05-09 Winston-Salem Eddie Yount 1937-1939 6 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 .222 .222 .222 0 0 1973-10-26 Newton Eddie Yuhas 1952-1953 56 21 0 4 1 0 0 1 2 6 .190 .261 .238 0 0 1986-07-06 Winston-Salem Tom Zachary 1918-1936 546 1122 79 254 28 12 6 112 62 261 .226 .268 .289 0 1 1969-01-24 Burlington 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Pitchers Who Died in North Carolina
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Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+ Tal Abernathy 1942-1944 0 3 .000 11.07 7 2 1 0 0 20.3 31 25 0 17 13 2001-11-16 Charlotte Ted Abernathy 1955-1972 63 69 .477 3.46 681 34 7 2 148 1147.7 1010 441 70 592 765 2004-12-16 Gastonia Doc Adkins 1902-1903 1 1 .500 5.00 6 3 1 0 1 27.0 40 15 2 12 3 1934-02-21 Durham Fred Anderson 1909-1918 53 57 .482 2.86 178 114 62 11 8 986.3 912 313 22 247 514 1957-11-08 Winston-Salem Nate Andrews 1937-1946 41 54 .432 3.46 127 97 50 5 2 773.3 798 297 40 236 216 1991-04-26 Winston-Salem Fred Archer 1936-1937 2 3 .400 6.35 7 5 2 0 0 39.7 45 28 3 15 11 1981-10-31 Charlotte Junie Barnes 1934-1934 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 1 0 1963-12-31 Jacksonville Red Barrett 1937-1949 69 69 .500 3.53 253 149 67 11 7 1263.3 1292 496 78 312 333 1990-07-28 Wilson Bill Bell 1952-1955 0 1 .000 4.32 5 1 0 0 0 16.7 16 8 3 14 4 1962-10-11 Durham Ron Blackburn 1958-1959 3 2 .600 3.50 64 2 0 0 4 108.0 111 42 12 42 50 1998-04-29 Morganton Ewell Blackwell 1942-1955 82 78 .513 3.30 236 169 69 15 10 1321.0 1150 484 67 562 839 1996-10-29 Hendersonville Charlie Bowles 1943-1945 1 4 .200 4.38 10 6 3 0 0 51.3 52 25 3 27 17 2003-12-23 Newton Tommy Byrne 1943-1957 85 69 .552 4.11 281 170 65 12 12 1362.0 1138 622 98 1037 766 2007-12-20 Wake Forest Jack Cameron 1906-1906 0 0 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 6.0 4 0 0 6 2 1963-07-12 Charlotte Mike Cantwell 1916-1920 1 6 .143 4.61 11 4 2 0 0 52.7 61 27 2 26 14 1953-01-05 Oteen Don Cardwell 1957-1970 102 138 .425 3.92 410 301 72 17 7 2122.7 2009 924 225 671 1211 2008-01-14 Winston-Salem Rome Chambers 1900-1900 0 0 11.25 1 0 0 0 1 4.0 5 5 0 5 2 1902-08-30 Weaverville Bill Clarkson 1927-1929 3 12 .200 5.44 51 9 2 0 2 134.0 171 81 5 79 39 1971-08-27 Raleigh Herb Cobb 1929-1929 0 0 36.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 4 1 1 0 1980-01-08 Tarboro Pat Cooper 1946-1947 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 1993-03-15 Charlotte Charlie Cozart 1945-1945 1 0 1.000 10.13 5 0 0 0 0 8.0 10 9 2 15 4 2004-12-31 Hudson Alvin Crowder 1926-1936 167 115 .592 4.12 402 292 150 16 22 2344.3 2453 1072 136 800 799 1972-04-03 Winston-Salem Woody Crowson 1945-1945 0 0 6.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 2 0 3 2 1947-08-14 Mayodan Roy Crumpler 1920-1925 1 0 1.000 6.11 5 3 1 0 0 17.7 25 12 2 13 3 1969-10-06 Fayetteville Murphy Currie 1916-1916 0 0 1.88 6 0 0 0 0 14.3 7 3 1 9 8 1939-06-18 Asheboro Jay Dahl 1963-1963 0 1 .000 16.88 1 1 0 0 0 2.7 7 5 0 0 0 1965-06-20 Salisbury Dixie Davis 1912-1926 75 71 .514 3.97 239 165 77 10 2 1318.7 1311 581 63 688 460 1944-02-04 Raleigh Joe DeBerry 1920-1921 2 5 .286 5.24 20 8 3 1 0 67.0 80 39 2 30 13 1944-10-09 Southern Pines Bill Evans 1916-1919 2 13 .133 3.85 28 11 6 0 0 126.3 122 54 3 48 41 1946-12-21 Burlington Herman Fink 1935-1937 10 20 .333 5.22 67 30 10 0 4 284.3 322 165 24 123 73 1980-08-24 Salisbury +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+ Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+ Stu Flythe 1936-1936 0 0 13.04 17 3 0 0 0 39.3 49 57 4 61 14 1963-10-18 Durham Russ Ford 1909-1915 99 71 .582 2.59 199 170 126 15 9 1487.3 1340 428 44 376 710 1960-01-24 Rockingham Skipper Friday 1923-1923 0 1 .000 6.90 7 2 1 0 0 30.0 35 23 2 22 9 1962-08-25 Gastonia Charlie Frye 1940-1940 0 6 .000 4.65 15 5 1 0 0 50.3 58 26 3 26 18 1945-05-25 Hickory John Gaddy 1938-1938 2 0 1.000 0.69 2 2 1 0 0 13.0 13 1 0 4 3 1966-05-03 Albemarle Rufe Gentry 1943-1948 13 17 .433 4.37 48 34 12 3 0 243.0 251 118 11 134 78 1997-07-03 Winston-Salem Sam Gibson 1926-1932 32 38 .457 4.28 131 75 33 4 5 588.3 676 280 27 250 208 1983-01-31 High Point Floyd Giebell 1939-1941 3 1 .750 3.99 28 4 2 1 0 67.7 78 30 6 42 30 2004-04-28 Wilkesboro Bob Gillespie 1944-1950 5 13 .278 5.07 58 23 2 0 0 202.3 223 114 8 102 59 2001-11-04 Winston-Salem Tom Glass 1925-1925 1 0 1.000 5.40 2 0 0 0 0 5.0 9 3 0 0 2 1981-12-15 Greensboro Noodles Hahn 1899-1906 130 94 .580 2.55 243 231 212 25 0 2029.3 1916 574 27 381 917 1960-02-06 Candler Don Hankins 1927-1927 2 1 .667 6.33 20 1 0 0 2 42.7 67 30 1 13 10 1963-05-16 Winston-Salem Bill Harris 1923-1938 24 22 .522 3.92 121 37 13 2 8 433.7 467 189 17 109 149 1965-08-21 Indian Trail Bunny Hearn 1910-1920 13 24 .351 3.56 66 40 24 2 0 399.7 429 158 14 100 111 1959-10-10 Wilson Horace Helmbold 1890-1890 0 1 .000 14.14 1 1 1 0 0 7.0 17 11 0 6 3 1939-11-18 Lake Lure Herm Holshouser 1930-1930 0 1 .000 7.80 25 1 0 0 1 62.3 103 54 8 28 37 1994-07-26 Concord Jim Hopper 1946-1946 0 1 .000 11.25 2 1 0 0 0 4.0 6 5 1 3 1 1982-01-23 Charlotte Catfish Hunter 1965-1979 224 166 .574 3.26 500 476 181 42 1 3449.3 2958 1248 374 954 2012 1999-09-09 Hertford Lefty Jamerson 1924-1924 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 2 0 3 0 1980-08-04 Mocksville Dave Jolly 1953-1957 16 14 .533 3.77 159 1 0 0 19 291.3 255 122 27 198 155 1963-05-27 Durham Sheldon Jones 1946-1953 54 57 .486 3.96 260 101 33 4 12 920.0 909 405 90 413 413 1991-04-18 Greenville Dick Joyce 1965-1965 0 1 .000 2.77 5 3 0 0 0 13.0 12 4 0 4 7 2007-01-23 Raleigh Cal Koonce 1962-1971 47 49 .490 3.78 334 90 9 3 24 971.3 972 408 85 368 504 1993-10-28 Winston-Salem Johnny Lanning 1936-1947 58 60 .492 3.58 278 104 30 4 13 1071.0 1078 426 55 358 295 1989-11-08 Asheville Bob Lawson 1901-1902 2 4 .333 3.66 9 6 5 0 0 59.0 66 24 0 31 17 1952-10-28 Durham Glenn Liebhardt 1930-1938 0 1 .000 8.96 31 0 0 0 0 67.3 116 67 7 35 23 1992-03-14 Winston-Salem Axel Lindstrom 1916-1916 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 1 4.0 2 2 0 0 1 1940-06-24 Asheville Nig Lipscomb 1937-1937 0 0 6.52 3 0 0 0 0 9.7 13 7 3 5 1 1978-02-27 Huntersville Wes Livengood 1939-1939 0 0 9.53 5 0 0 0 0 5.7 9 6 3 3 4 1996-09-02 Winston-Salem Clem Llewellyn 1922-1922 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1969-11-27 Concord +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+ Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+ Mal Mallette 1950-1950 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 1.3 2 0 0 1 2 2005-11-25 Durham Dick Mauney 1945-1947 12 14 .462 2.99 53 24 9 3 4 229.0 240 76 12 52 72 1970-02-06 Albemarle Jakie May 1917-1932 72 95 .431 3.88 410 161 70 7 19 1562.3 1645 673 35 617 765 1970-06-03 Wendell Tim McKeithan 1932-1934 1 1 .500 7.36 10 3 0 0 0 25.7 35 21 2 14 3 1969-08-30 Forest City Al McLean 1935-1935 0 0 7.27 4 0 0 0 0 8.7 12 7 0 5 3 1990-09-29 Asheboro Johnny Meador 1920-1920 0 2 .000 4.21 12 2 0 0 0 36.3 48 17 1 7 5 1970-04-11 Winston-Salem Tim Murchison 1917-1920 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 6.0 3 0 0 6 2 1962-10-20 Liberty Dick Newsome 1941-1943 35 33 .515 4.50 85 74 36 4 0 526.0 575 263 32 214 138 1965-12-15 Ahoskie Vance Page 1938-1941 15 16 .484 4.03 95 30 12 1 5 314.7 372 141 15 106 100 1951-07-14 Wilson Stan Partenheimer 1944-1945 0 0 6.91 9 3 0 0 0 14.3 15 11 2 18 6 1989-01-28 Wilson Jim Pearce 1949-1955 3 4 .429 5.78 30 7 2 0 0 85.7 97 55 6 53 22 2005-07-17 Raleigh Bob Porterfield 1948-1959 87 97 .473 3.79 318 193 92 23 8 1567.7 1571 660 113 552 572 1980-04-28 Charlotte Grover Powell 1963-1963 1 1 .500 2.72 20 4 1 1 0 49.7 37 15 2 32 39 1985-05-21 Raleigh Carl Ray 1915-1916 0 2 .000 4.86 5 2 0 0 0 16.7 20 9 0 20 11 1970-04-03 Walnut Cove Woody Rich 1939-1944 6 4 .600 5.06 33 16 5 0 1 117.3 127 66 8 50 42 1983-04-18 Morganton Charlie Ripple 1944-1946 1 1 .500 9.45 11 1 0 0 0 13.3 18 14 0 20 10 1979-05-06 Wilmington Buck Rogers 1935-1935 0 1 .000 7.20 2 1 0 0 0 10.0 16 8 0 6 7 1999-02-20 Winston-Salem Buck Ross 1936-1945 56 95 .371 4.94 237 182 65 6 2 1365.3 1545 749 114 573 360 1978-11-23 Charlotte Ray Scarborough 1942-1953 80 85 .485 4.13 318 168 59 9 12 1428.7 1487 656 88 611 564 1982-07-01 Mount Olive Jack Scott 1916-1929 103 109 .486 3.85 356 195 115 11 19 1814.7 1969 776 94 493 657 1959-11-30 Durham Ernie Shore 1912-1920 65 43 .602 2.47 160 121 56 9 5 979.3 906 269 12 270 309 1980-09-24 Winston-Salem Pete Sivess 1936-1938 7 11 .389 5.38 62 16 5 0 3 204.0 257 122 23 116 58 2003-06-01 Candler Dave Smith 1938-1939 2 1 .667 5.08 22 0 0 0 0 44.3 51 25 0 30 13 1998-04-11 Whiteville Vic Sorrell 1928-1937 92 101 .477 4.43 280 216 95 8 10 1671.7 1820 823 101 706 619 1972-05-04 Raleigh George Suggs 1908-1915 99 91 .521 3.11 245 185 115 16 17 1652.0 1722 571 40 355 588 1949-04-04 Kinston Charlie Sullivan 1928-1931 4 9 .308 5.78 74 9 4 0 5 201.0 239 129 16 105 68 1935-05-28 Maiden Forrest Thompson 1948-1949 7 13 .350 3.90 55 8 1 0 4 147.7 156 64 10 63 48 1979-02-26 Charlotte George Turbeville 1935-1937 2 12 .143 6.14 62 15 4 0 0 184.7 196 126 10 157 47 1983-10-05 Salisbury Woody Upchurch 1935-1936 0 4 .000 7.42 10 5 2 0 0 43.7 59 36 10 26 8 1971-10-23 Buies Creek Al Veach 1935-1935 0 2 .000 11.70 2 2 1 0 0 10.0 20 13 1 9 3 1990-09-06 Charlotte +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+ Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+ Jake Wade 1936-1946 27 40 .403 5.00 171 71 20 3 3 668.3 690 371 42 440 291 2006-02-01 Wildwood Lefty West 1944-1945 3 4 .429 4.29 35 8 1 0 0 98.7 105 47 3 50 49 1979-07-23 Hendersonville Kemp Wicker 1936-1941 10 7 .588 4.66 40 12 6 1 1 141.0 168 73 13 52 27 1973-06-11 Kernersville Max Wilson 1940-1946 0 1 .000 9.15 12 0 0 0 0 19.7 32 20 2 11 11 1977-01-02 Greensboro Bill Wynne 1894-1894 0 1 .000 6.75 1 1 1 0 0 8.0 10 6 0 8 2 1951-08-07 Raleigh Ducky Yount 1914-1914 1 1 .500 4.14 13 1 1 0 0 41.3 44 19 2 19 19 1970-05-09 Winston-Salem Eddie Yuhas 1952-1953 12 2 .857 2.87 56 2 0 0 6 100.3 93 32 5 35 39 1986-07-06 Winston-Salem Tom Zachary 1918-1936 186 191 .493 3.73 533 409 186 24 22 3126.3 3580 1295 119 914 720 1969-01-24 Burlington +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+
Managers who Died in North Carolina
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+-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+ Manager YR From To G W L WP BstFin WstFin PostSsn Pennants WrldSer PlyrMgr Date Place of Death +-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+ Dusty Cooke 1 1948-1948 13 6 6 .500 6 6 0 0 0 1987-11-21 Raleigh +-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+
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