This is a list of baseball players who died during their careers. These deaths occurred during a game, due to illness, acts of violence, or as a result of accidents.
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Repeated studies have shown that Major League Baseball players have a greater life expectancy than males in the general US population — about five years more, on average. This is attributed to their superior fitness. The longer the active career, the longer the player lives, on average. This correlation is attributed to the maintenance of fitness and increased wealth.
Deaths of active players
This is a list of notable deaths in baseball and untimely deaths of active professional baseball players.
Major League Baseball
The following Major League Baseball players died during their careers. Minor league players are listed with their major league affiliate team. Minor league players who never appeared in a major league game are listed in italics.
Former players of Major League Baseball still active in professional baseball at the time of their death.