Non Wartime Deaths
| Rank | Name | Baseball Experience | Pos | Service | Cause of Death | Location | Date |
| Cmdr. | Alexander F. Crosman | Amateur | Unknown | US Navy | Accident | Nicaragua | Apr 12, 1872 |
| Sgt. | John C. "Louie" Lyons | Minor League | P | US Army | Auto Accident | Cumberland, MD | July 4, 1919 |
| 1/Lt. | Marvin M. Goodwin | Major League | P | US Army Air Service | Plane Crash | Houston, TX | Oct 21, 1925 |
| Sgt. | Joseph Bowers | Amateur | Unknown | US Army | Plane Crash | Iwo Jima | Nov 16, 1946 |
| T/5 | Carnell Boyd | Amateur | Unknown | US Army | Plane Crash | Iwo Jima | Nov 16, 1946 |
| Pfc. | Clarence W. Brown | Amateur | Unknown | US Army | Plane Crash | Iwo Jima | Nov 16, 1946 |
| T/4 | Fred Brown | Amateur | Unknown | US Army | Plane Crash | Iwo Jima | Nov 16, 1946 |
| Pfc. | Jonathan Culbertson | Amateur | Unknown | US Army | Plane Crash | Iwo Jima | Nov 16, 1946 |
| Pfc. | John T. Eatmon | Amateur | Unknown | US Army | Plane Crash | Iwo Jima | Nov 16, 1946 |
| Cpl. | Harry L. Edmonds | Amateur | Unknown | US Army | Plane Crash | Iwo Jima | Nov 16, 1946 |
| Sgt. | Earnest Flowers | Amateur | Unknown | US Army | Plane Crash | Iwo Jima | Nov 16, 1946 |
| T/5 | Jessie L. Glover | Amateur | Unknown | US Army | Plane Crash | Iwo Jima | Nov 16, 1946 |
| T/5 | Robert L. Goins | Amateur | Unknown | US Army | Plane Crash | Iwo Jima | Nov 16, 1946 |
| S/Sgt. | Vivien L. Harris | Amateur | Unknown | US Army | Plane Crash | Iwo Jima | Nov 16, 1946 |
| Pfc. | Robert Hillman, Jr. | Amateur | Unknown | US Army | Plane Crash | Iwo Jima | Nov 16, 1946 |
| Pfc. | L.C. Hollins | Amateur | Unknown | US Army | Plane Crash | Iwo Jima | Nov 16, 1946 |
| T/5 | Emanuel M. Jackson | Amateur | Unknown | US Army | Plane Crash | Iwo Jima | Nov 16, 1946 |
| Pfc. | William Jenkins, Jr. | Amateur | Unknown | US Army | Plane Crash | Iwo Jima | Nov 16, 1946 |
| Y2C | William R. Loftus | Amateur | OF | US Navy | Plane Crash | Pacific Ocean | Aug 6, 1947 |
| A/2c | Lloyd D. Buresh | Amateur | 3B | USAF | Bus Crash | Cushing, TX | Aug 26, 1955 |
| 2/Lt. | Hugh B. Lott, Jr. | Minor League | P | USAF | Plane Crash | Bartonville, IL | Mar 14, 1959 |
| Col. | Robert W. "Bob" Stephens | Minor League | P | USAF | Plane Crash | Cannon AFB, NM | Apr 6, 1960 |
| Pfc. | William "Billy" McKeever | Amateur | OF | US Army | Auto Accident | Denton, TX | Jul 29, 1963 |
| Cptn. | Patrick M. Klokow | College | C | US Marine Corps | Auto Accident | San Diego, CA | Aug 23, 2005 |
Baseball players who died in accidents, plane crashes and bus crashes while in military service.
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