shortstop for the Detroit Tigers in the 1912 season. March 19 – Lefty Thomas, 48, pitcher who played in eight games in 1925 and 1926 for the Washington Senators. March 20 – Harry Bay, 74, outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds and the Cleveland Bronchos and Naps in a span of eight seasons from 1901 to 1908, who led the American League in stolen bases in 1903 and 1904. March 23 – Steve Sundra, 41, pitcher for the New York Yankees, Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns over eight seasons spanning 1936–1946, as well as a member of the 1938 and 1939 World Series champion Yankees teams. March 30 – John Gallagher, 60, second baseman who played in 1915 for the Baltimore Terrapins of the Federal League. March 30 – Deacon Phillippe, 79, pitcher who played for the Louisville Colonels in 1899 and for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1900 through 1911, whose 13-season career was highlighted by pitching a no-hitter in his seventh career game with the Colonels, winning four National League pennants and the 1909 World Series with the Pirates, while winning three games of the 1903 World Series against the eventual champions Boston Americans, and prevailing in a pitching duel with Cy Young in Game 1 of the best-of-nine series, as his five decisions in the World Series are still a record for a pitcher. April April 3 – Dick Harley, 79, left fielder who played from 1897 through 1903 for the St. Louis Browns, Cleveland Spiders, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs. April 3 – Phenomenal Smith, 87, whose pitching career lasted eight seasons from 1884 to 1891 while playing for six different clubs, as he earned the sumptuous nickname when he pitched a no-hitter for the Newark Domestics of the American Association on October 3, 1885, in which he struck out 16 Baltimore Orioles batters. April 5 – Ray Jacobs, 50, infielder who made two pinch-hit appearances for the Chicago Cubs in its 1918 season. April 8 – Willie Ludolph, 52, pitcher for the 1924 Detroit Tigers. April 21 – Sheldon Lejeune, 68, outfielder who played with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1911 and for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1915. April 30 – Frank Madden, 59, catcher who played in two games for the Pittsburgh Rebels in 1914. May May 1 – Ernie Johnson, 64, middle infielder and third baseman whose 10-year career included stints with four