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Repeated studies have shown that contemporary Major League Baseball players have a greater life expectancy than males in the general U.S. population — about five years more, on average, which is attributed to their superior fitness and healthy lifestyles. The longer the active career, the longer the player lives, on average.
List of baseball players who died during their careers; List of Major League Baseball players who died in wars; List of basketball players who died during their careers; List of deaths due to injuries sustained in boxing
Indeed, Chapman's wikipedia entry states, "He remains the only Major League Baseball player to have died from an injury received at a major league baseball game." It appears there was another major league player, John Dodge who was killed after being struck in a MINOR LEAGUE game. These are the only two players listed here to be killed by a pitch.
The 38-year-old American Major League Baseball player ran into a wall while chasing a foul ball during a Boston Red Sox-Philadelphia Athletics game at Philadelphia's Shibe Park, on 12 April 1909. He died from internal injuries and gangrene two weeks later. [27] [28] Ada Gregory 3 June 1910
Thirty-two individuals who played professional baseball at the major league level before 1900 lack identified given names (there are hundreds of other players of which this is true from the twentieth-century Negro leagues). All 32 played between 1872 and 1892; 18 played in the National Association, which folded in 1875. Identification of ...
List of basketball players who died during their careers; List of baseball players who died during their careers; List of deaths due to injuries sustained in boxing; List of fatal accidents in cricket; List of professional cyclists who died during a race; List of ice hockey players who died during their careers; List of triathlon fatalities
Ray Caldwell pitching for the New York Yankees. (Library of Congress) Nearly 20,000 different men have called themselves Major League Baseball players since the inception of the league, and the ...
Tolia "Tony" Solaita (January 15, 1947 – February 10, 1990) was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Royals, California Angels, Toronto Blue Jays and Montreal Expos between 1968 and 1979. He also played four seasons in Japan for the Nippon-Ham Fighters from 1980 to 1983.