third batting title with a .376 mark for the Cardinals, before finishing his 16-year career in the American League. Burkett jumped to the St. Louis Browns in 1902, playing for them three years before ending his career with the 1905 Boston Americans, who later became the Red Sox. Overall, Burkett compiled a lifetime batting average of .338 on the strength of 2,850 hits in 2,607 games, including a .415 on-base percentage, 320 doubles and 1,720 runs scored, while sharing with Rogers Hornsby and Ty Cobb the record of hitting .400 or better the most times. He also earned a 1916 World Series ring as a coach for his former Giants team. June June 7 – Bill Burns, 73, left handed pitcher for five Major League Baseball teams in five seasons from 1908 to 1912, who infamously returned to the majors as one of the conspirators in the famous Black Sox Scandal. June 11 – Tex Vache, 64, fourth outfielder for the 1925 Boston Red Sox. June 22 – Charlie Hemphill, 77, outfielder who played for six teams over 11 seasons from 1899–1911, being also the first Opening Day right fielder in Boston Americans/Red Sox franchise history in its 1901 season. July July 5 – Frank McCue, 54, third baseman who made two games appearances for the 1922 Philadelphia Athletics. July 11 – Lew Wendell, 61, catcher for the New York Giants and Philadelphia Phillies over five seasons spanning 1915–1926. July 21 – Al Kellogg, 66, pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics during their 1908 season. July 25 – Pat Hilly, 66, right fielder for the Philadelphia Phillies in its 1914 season. July 30 – Leon Chagnon, 50, pitcher who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Giants in a span of six seasons between 1929 and 1935. August August 6 – Bill Phyle, 78, two-way player who pitched over twelve seasons from 1898 through 1999 with the Chicago Orphans and for the New York Giants in 1901, before performing as a third baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1906, working later as an umpire in the Pacific Coast League. August 7 – Abner Powell, 98, 19th century pitcher who played in the Union Association for the Washington Nationals in 1884, playing later in the American Association for the Baltimore Orioles and Cincinnati Red Stockings during the 1886 season. August 9 – Joe Evans, 56, third baseman and outfielder whose