In 1861, 21 year old Jim Creighton died from a ruptured inguinal hernia, after swinging at a pitch. In 1888, John Glenn was accidentally shot by a policeman while being protected by a lynch mob. Len Koenecke was battered to death in a plane in 1931, by a member of the crew, who used a fire extinguisher to do the deed.
Dedicated to dead major league baseball players, Frank Russo’s The Deadball Era has this and much more!
