while appearing in 99 games. August 15 – Ed Baecht, 50, pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Browns over all or parts of six seasons from 1926–1937. August 21 – Harry Damrau, 66, third baseman for the 1915 Philadelphia Athletics. August 25 – Ivy Griffin, 60, first baseman who played from 1919 through 1921 for the Philadelphia Athletics. September September 2 – Don Hanski, 41, first baseman and left-handed pitcher who played for the Chicago White Sox from 1943 to 1944. September 9 – Ed Karger, 74, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox over six seasons spanning 1906–1911, who was given credit for a seven inning perfect game against the Boston Doves while pitching for St. Louis in 1907. September 9 – Bill Miller, 78, German outfielder who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in its 1902 season. September 12 – Homer Thompson, 66, backup catcher for the 1912 New York Highlanders. September 15 – Max Butcher, 46, pitcher who played from 1936 through 1945 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates. September 25 – Marty Becker, 63, center fielder for the 1915 New York Giants. October October 6 – Billy Campbell, 83, pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds over parts of four seasons spanning 1905–1909. October 6 – Phil Cooney, 75, third baseman who made one game appearance for the 1905 New York Highlanders. October 8 – Paul Russell, utility man who played with the St. Louis Browns in its 1894 season. October 9 – Butch Henline, 62, catcher for the New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, Brooklyn Robins and Chicago White Sox over eleven seasons from 1921–1931, being active as a player until 1934 in the American Association and International League, then began his umpiring career in the Southeastern League in 1939 and moved to the IL from 1940 to 1944, serving later as a National League umpire from 1945 to 1948, while working in the 1947 All-Star Game. October 15 – Neal Ball, 76, shortstop for the New York Highlanders, Cleveland Naps and Boston Red Sox from 1907 through 1912, who was a member of the 1912 World Series Red Sox champion team and was the first player to turn an unassisted triple play in Major League Baseball history on July 19, 1909. October 22 – Larry Pezold, 64, third baseman for