top 10 strangest baseball deaths

77smbg9177 · 01-28-2007, 04:48 PM

nanwynnfan · 01-28-2007, 05:51 PM

How about these two, NOT on the list:

1. Marty Bergen, a catcher, suffered a severely broken hip in 1899, which apparently led doctors to break the news to him that his playing days were over. In January, 1900, Begen killed his wife and two children and then took his own life.

His brother, Bill Bergen, was a superb defensive catcher [1901-1911] AND probably the worst hitter ever to play regularly at a position other than pitcher.

2. Ken Hubbs won the Rookie of the year award at age 20 in 1962, setting two defensive records in that season. In February, 1962, short of his 22nd birthday, Hubbs and a friend were killed when his Cessna crashed as they were heading home after playing in a charity basketball game in Utah.

77smbg9177 · 01-28-2007, 06:07 PM

wow thoose are pretty strange deaths

Hellwig · 01-29-2007, 12:33 AM

Here's one Len Koenecke. He was killed on an airplane flight by the flight crew because of an argument after being hit by a fire extinguisher in the head.

Full Obit

77smbg9177 · 01-29-2007, 12:00 PM

Isn't said how some of these guys die frim such freak accudents

nanwynnfan · 01-29-2007, 12:03 PM

I knew that I had once come across a site that had a comprehensive record of player obituaries, causes of death, etc.; so I checked the 'Net and found it.

Baseball-reference.com has a link within its site. To go directly to the home page:

thedeadballera.com

will take you to the site home page.

It appears that they are making an effort to add new data, no matter how recent or far in the past the event occurred.

77smbg9177 · 01-30-2007, 03:14 PM

thank for that site i checked it out and its not bad at all.

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77smbg9177 Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NEW YORK Posts: 670	Isn't said how some of these guys die frim such freak accudents __________________ METS 07 WS CHAMPS i like how that just rolls of the tongue cant wait until that comes true

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nanwynnfan Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,579	I knew that I had once come across a site that had a comprehensive record of player obituaries, causes of death, etc.; so I checked the 'Net and found it. Baseball-reference.com has a link within its site. To go directly to the home page: thedeadballera.com will take you to the site home page. It appears that they are making an effort to add new data, no matter how recent or far in the past the event occurred. Last edited by nanwynnfan; 01-29-2007 at 12:04 PM. Reason: typo

01-30-2007, 03:14 PM	#7 (permalink)
77smbg9177 Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NEW YORK Posts: 670	thank for that site i checked it out and its not bad at all. __________________ METS 07 WS CHAMPS i like how that just rolls of the tongue cant wait until that comes true

01-28-2007, 05:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
nanwynnfan Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,579	How about these two, NOT on the list: 1. Marty Bergen, a catcher, suffered a severely broken hip in 1899, which apparently led doctors to break the news to him that his playing days were over. In January, 1900, Begen killed his wife and two children and then took his own life. His brother, Bill Bergen, was a superb defensive catcher [1901-1911] AND probably the worst hitter ever to play regularly at a position other than pitcher. 2. Ken Hubbs won the Rookie of the year award at age 20 in 1962, setting two defensive records in that season. In February, 1962, short of his 22nd birthday, Hubbs and a friend were killed when his Cessna crashed as they were heading home after playing in a charity basketball game in Utah.

01-29-2007, 12:33 AM	#4 (permalink)
Hellwig Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,708	Here's one Len Koenecke. He was killed on an airplane flight by the flight crew because of an argument after being hit by a fire extinguisher in the head. Full Obit