fielding average four times, three times in double plays, twice in putouts, and once in assists, setting a league record of seven putouts in one game in both 1901 and 1909, also batting .300 or better three consecutive years and becoming the first player to hit one home run in four straight games in 1902, a record not matched until Babe Ruth did it in the 1918 season. March 12 – J. A. Robert Quinn, 84, executive; principal owner of the Boston Red Sox from 1923 to 1933 and the Boston Braves from 1936 to 1945; also served as business manager of St. Louis Browns and general manager of Brooklyn Dodgers; patriarch of a four-generation baseball family. March 16 – George Grantham, 53, second baseman for the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants in a span of 13 seasons from 1922–1934, who hit over .300 every season from 1924 to 1931, and also was a member of the Pirates teams that won the World Series in 1925 and the National League pennant in 1927. March 19 – Charlie Babb, 81, shortstop who played from 1903 through 1905 for the New York Giants and Brooklyn Superbas, managing later in the Minor Leagues from 1906 to 1913. March 19 – Frank Fahey, 58, left fielder and pitcher for the 1918 Philadelphia Athletics. March 22 – Harry LaRoss, 66, outfielder who played for the Cincinnati Reds in 1914. March 24 – Chubby Snyder, 63, Danish and German American catcher who appeared in just one game in 1914 with the Buffalo Buffeds of the Federal League. April April 15 – Chick Holmes, 58, pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1918 season. April 19 – Red Gunkel, 60, pitcher who played in 1916 for the Cleveland Indians. May May 4 – Otto McIvor, 69, outfielder for the 1911 St. Louis Cardinals. May 7 – Les Channell, 68, backup outfielder who played with the New York Highlanders in the 1910 season and for the New York Yankees in 1914. May 10 – Eddie Files, 70, pitcher who played with the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1908 season. May 11 – Dorsey Riddlemoser, 78, pitcher for the 1899 Washington Senators. May 17 – Roy Parker, 58, pitcher who played briefly for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1919 season, just after serving in the United States Navy during World War I. May 17