19 – Dave Danforth, 80, pitcher who posted a 71–66 record with a 3.89 ERA from 1911–1925 for the Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns. September 20 – Oliver Hill, 60, minor-league infielder who got into two games as a pinch hitter for the 1939 Boston Bees. September 20 – Fred Lamlein, 83, pitcher in five MLB games, one for the 1912 White Sox and four for the 1915 Cardinals. September 21 – Biggs Wehde, 63, pitcher who worked in 12 games for the 1930–1931 White Sox. September 30 – Lou Novikoff, 54, outfielder who played in 356 games for the Chicago Cubs (1941–1944) and Philadelphia Phillies (1946); in the minors, a career .337 hitter in over 1,600 games who was elected to Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame. September 30 – Hank Patterson, 63, catcher for the 1932 Boston Red Sox. October October 2 – George Mohart, 78, pitcher who played in 15 games for the 1920–1921 Brooklyn Robins. October 5 – Reuben Ewing, 70, who appeared in three games for the 1921 St. Louis Cardinals as a pinch hitter, pinch runner and shortstop. October 9 – Cy Fried, 73, pitcher in two games for 1920 Detroit Tigers. October 10 – Lefty Leifield, 87, pitcher who averaged 17 wins for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1906 to 1911, including a career-high 20 wins in 1907. October 13 – Fred Mitchell, 92, Hall of Fame manager who won the 1918 National League pennant with the Chicago Cubs, and also was coach at Harvard University for 30 years. October 22 – Cal Dorsett, 57, pitcher in eight games over three trials with the Cleveland Indians (1940–1941, 1947). October 22 – Billy Sianis, 70[?], Chicago Tavern owner who took his pet goat to Game 4 of the 1945 World Series between the Chicago Cubs and Detroit Tigers, who was later ejected from Wrigley Field, thus putting an alleged curse in Cubs history. October 23 – Sherry Robertson, 51, Canadian-born outfielder–infielder for ten seasons spanning 1940 to 1952 for the Washington Senators and Philadelphia Athletics who later became an MLB executive; brother of Calvin Griffith. October 24 – Andy Oyler, 90, infielder–outfielder in 27 games for the 1902 Baltimore Orioles. October 26 – Willie Underhill, 66, pitcher who worked in 15 games for the 1927–1928 Cleveland Indians. October 28 – Wedo Martini, 57, pitcher in three games for the 1935 Philadelphia