Deceased Twins

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If the player played for the Washington Senators prior to becoming a Minnesota Twin, his service time in Washington is also included.

Name	Position	Years as a Senator/Twin	Birth Date	Birth Place	Date of Death	Cause	Age
Albury, Vic	LHP	1973-1976	5/12/1947	Key West, Florida	04/18/2017	Stroke/Heart Attack	69
Alyea, Brant	OF	1970-1971	12/8/1940	Passiac, NJ	2/4/2024	Unknown	83
Allison, Bob	OF, 1B	1958-1970	7/11/1934	Raytown, MO	4/4/1995	Ataxia	60
Altobelli, Joe	OF	1961	5/26/1932	Detroit, MI	3/3/2021	Natural Causes	88
Banks, George	3B, OF	1962-1964	9/24/1938	Pacolet Mills, SC	3/1/1985	ALS	46
Battey, Earl	C	1960-1967	1/5/1935	Los Angeles, CA	11/15/2003	Cancer	68
Baylor, Don	DH	1987	6/28/1949	Austin, TX	8/7/2017	Multiple myeloma	68
Becquer, Julio	PH, 1B	1955, 1957-1960, 1961, 1963	12/20/1931	La Habana, Cuba	11/1/2020	unknown	88
Bertoia, Reno	3B, 2B	1959-1961	1/8/1935	Tagliamento, Italy	4/15/2011	Lymphoma	76
Bloomfield, Bud	2B	1964	1/5/1936	Oklahoma City, OK	12/21/2011	Brief illness	76
Bond, Walt	OF	1967	9/14/1967	Denmark, TN	9/14/1967	Leukemia	29
Booker, Greg	RHP	1989	6/22/1960	Burlington, NC	03/30/2019	Melanoma	58
Bostock, Lyman	OF	1975-1977	11/22/1950	Birmingham, AL	11/23/1978	Gun shot - murder	27
Boswell, Dave	RHP	1964-1970	1/20/1945	Baltimore, MD	6/11/2012	Heart attack	67
Brett, Ken	LHP	1979	9/18/1948	Brooklyn, NY	11/18/2003	Cancer	55
Bruckbauer, Fred	RHP	1961	5/27/1938	New Ulm, MN	10/14/2007	unknown	69
Bulling, Terry "Bud"	C	1977	12/15/1952	Lynwood, CA	3/8/2014	Prostate Cancer	61
Burroughs, Sean	PH	2012	9/12/1980	Atlanta, GA	5/9/2024	fentanyl intoxication	43
Campbell, Bill	RHP	1973-1976	8/9/1948	Highland Park, MI	1/6/2023	Brain Cancer	74
Castillo, Bobby	RHP	1982-1984	4/18/1955	Los Angeles, CA	6/30/2014	Cancer	59
Castillo, Carmelo	OF	1989-1991	6/8/1958	San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic	11/15/2015	Heart attack	57
Chance, Dean	RHP	1967-1969	6/1/1941	Wooster, OH	10/11/2015	Heart attack	74
Cole, Alex	OF	1994-1995	8/17/1965	Fayetteville, NC	8/18/2023	Unknown	58
Collum, Jackie	LHP	1962	6/21/1927	Victor, IA	8/29/2009	unknown	82
Consolo, Billy	SS, 2B	1959-1961	8/18/1934	Cleveland, OH	3/27/2008	Heart attack	73
Crider, Jerry	RHP	1969	9/2/1941	Sioux Falls, SD	4/4/2008	Heart failure	66
Cueto, Bert	RHP	1961	8/14/1937	San Luis, Cuba	10/25/2011	unknown	74
Decker, Joe	RHP	1973-1976	6/16/1947	Storm Lake, IA	3/2/2003	Injured in a fall	55
Dobbek, Dan	OF/PH	1959-1961	12/6/1934	Ontonagon, MI	11/28/2023	Congestive heart failure	88
Donohue, Jim	RHP	1962	10/31/1937	St. Louis, MO.	9/9/2017	unknown	79
Dotter, Gary	LHP	1961, 1963-1964	8/7/1942	St/ Louis, MO	7/27/2024	complications of Parkinson's disease	81
Fife, Danny	RHP	1973-1974	10/5/1949	Harrisburg, IL	5/30/2024	Alzheimer’s	74
Fischer, Bill	RHP	1964	10/11/1930	Wausau, WI	10/30/2018	Unknown	88
Fornieles, Mike	RHP	1952, 1963	1/18/1932	La Habana, Cuba	2/11/1998	Injured in fall	66
Frazier, George	RHP	1986-1987	10/13/1954	Oklhoma City, OK	6/19/2023	unknown	68
Gardner, Billy	2B, SS, 3B, coach, manager	1960-1961, 1981-1985	7/19/1927	Waterford, CT	1/3/2024	unknown	96
Giel, Paul	RHP	1961	9/29/1932	Winona, MN	5/22/2002	Heart attack	69
Gomez, Ruben	RHP	1962	7/13/1927	Arroyo, Puerto Rico	7/26/2004	Cancer	77
Grant, Jim (Mudcat)	RHP	1964-1967	8/13/1935	Lacoochee, FL	6/11/2021	Natural causes	85
Green, Lenny	OF	1959-1964	1/6/1933	Detroit, MI	1/6/2019	unknown	86
Grzenda, Joe	LHP	1969	6/8/1937	Scranton, PA	07/12/2019	unknown	82
Hands, Bill	RHP	1973-1974	5/6/1940	Hackensack, NJ	3/9/2017	unknown	76
Hardy, Carroll	OF	1967	5/18/1933	Sturgis, SD	8/9/2020	Complications of dementia	87
Harrison, Roric	RHP	1978	9/20/1946	Los Angeles, CA	9/18/2023	Alzheimer’s disease	76
Haydel, Hal	RHP	1970-1971	7/9/1944	Houma, LA	9/12/2018	unknown	74
Henry, Ron	C	1961, 1964	8/7/1936	Chester, PA	5/14/2016	Cardiovascular disease	79
Hernandez, Jackie	SS	1967-1968	9/11/1940	Central Tinguaro, Cuba	10/12/2019	Lung Cancer	79
Hill, Herman	OF	1969-1970	10/12/1945	Tuskegee, AL	12/14/1970	Drowning	25
Holt, Jim	OF, 1B	1968-1974	05/27/1944	Graham, NC	03/29/2019	Unknown	74
Howe, Steve	LHP	1985	3/10/1958	Pontiac, MI	4/28/2006	Traffic accident	48
Ingram, Riccardo	OF	1995	9/10/1966	Douglas, GA	3/31/2015	Brain Tumor	48
Izquierdo, Hank	C	1967	3/20/1931	Matanzas, Cuba	8/1/2015	unknown	84
Jacobs, Lamar	OF	1960-1961	6/9/1937	Youngstown, OH	7/26/2010	Dementia	73
Kelly, Pat	OF	1967-1968	7/30/1944	Philadelphia, PA	10/2/2005	Heart attack	61
Killebrew, Harmon	1B, 3B, OF, 2B	1954-1974	6/29/1936	Payette, ID	5/17/2011	Esophageal cancer	74
Kiline, Ron	RHP	1967	3/9/1932	Callery, PA	6/22/2002	Circulatory	70
Kindall, Jerry	2B, 3B, SS	1964-1965	5/27/1935	St. Paul, MN	12/24/2017	Complications from stroke	82
Klippstein, John	RHP	1964-1966	10/17/1927	Washington, DC	10/10/2003	Cancer	75
Kralick, Jack	LHP	1959-1963	6/1/1935	Youngstown, OH	9/18/2012	Stroke	77
Kusick, Craig	1B, OF	1973-1979	9/30/1948	Milwaukee, WI	9/27/2006	Leukemia	57
Lasher, Fred	RHP	1963	8/19/1941	Poughkeepsie, NY	2/27/2022	Unknown	80
Lea, Charlie	RHP	1988	12/25/1956	Orleans, France	11/11/2011	Heart attack	54
Lemon, Jim	OF	1954-1963	3/23/1928	Covington, VA	5/14/2006	Cancer	78
Lepcio, Ted	3B, 2B, SS	1961	7/28/1929	Utica, NY	12/5/2019	Unknown	90
Lis, Joe	1B	1973-1974	8/15/1946	Somerville, NJ	10/17/2010	Prostate cancer	64
Lowry, Dwight	C	1988	10/23/1957	Lumberton, NC	7/10/1997	heart attack	39
Manning, Jim	P	1962	7/21/1943	L'Anse, MI	1/1/2020	Unknown	76
Maranda, Georges	RHP	1962	1/15/1932	Levis, Quebec, Canada	7/14/2000	Cancer	68
Marshall, Mike	RHP	1978-1980	1/15/1943	Adrian, MI	5/31/2021	Unknown	78
Martin, Billy	2B, scout, coach, manager	1961-1969	5/16/1928	Berkeley, CA	12/25/1989	Auto accident	61
Martinez, Marty	SS	1962	8/23/1941	La Habana, Cuba	3/8/2007	Heart attack	65
McCarty, David	1B, OF	1993-1995	11/23/1969	Houston, TX	4/19/2024	Cardiac event	54
McDevitt, Danny	LHP	1961	11/18/1932	New York, NY	11/20/2010	unknown	78
Mendoza, Minnie	PH, IF	1970	12/3/1934	Ceiba del Agua, Cuba	9/9/24	Unknown	89
Miller, Bob	RHP	1968-1969	2/18/1939	St. Louis, MO	8/6/1993	Auto accident	54
Mincher, Don	1B	1960-1966	6/24/1938	Huntsville, AL	3/4/2012	Heart issues	73
Monzon, Dan	2B, 3B	1972-1973	5/17/1946	Bronx, NY	1/21/1996	Auto accident	49
Moore, Ray	RHP	1960-1963	6/1/1926	Meadows, MD	3/2/1995	unknown	68
Morris, Danny	RHP	1968-1969	6/11/1946	Greenville, KY	9/23/2023	unknown	77
Naragon, Hal	C & coach	1959-1966	10/1/1928	Zanesville, OH	9/31/2019	unknown	90
Nash, Cotton	1B & OF	1969-1970	7/24/1942	Jersey City, NJ	5/23/2023	unknown	80
Niekro, Joe	RHP	1987-1988	11/7/1944	Martins Ferry, OH	10/27/2006	Brain aneurysm	61
Nixon, Russ	C	1966-1967	2/19/1935	Cleves, Ohio	11/9/2016	unknown	81
Palmquist, Ed	RHP	1961	6/10/1933	Los Angeles, CA	7/10/2010	unknown	77
Pastore, Frank	RHP	1986	8/21/1957	Alhambra, CA	12/17/2012	Motorcycle accident	55
Perranoski, Ron	LHP	1968-1971	4/1/1936	Paterson, NJ	10/2/2020	long illness	84
Post, Wally	OF	1963	7/9/1929	St. Wendelin, OH	1/6/1982	Cancer	52
Power, Vic	1B, 2B	1962-1964	11/1/1927	Arecibo, Puerto Rico	11/29/2005	Cancer	78
Puckett, Kirby	OF	1984-1995	3/14/1960	Chicago, IL	3/6/2006	Brain aneurysm	45
Pulido, Carlos	LHP	1994, 2003-2004	8/5/1971	Caracas, Venezuela	12/29/2023	Gastrointestinal complications	52
Quilici, Frank	2B, 3B, SS	1965, 1967-1970	5/11/1938	Chicago, IL	5/14/2018	Kidney disease	79
Roland, Jim	LHP	1962-1964, 1966-1968	12/14/1942	Franklin, NC	3/6/2010	Cancer	67
Roseboro, John	C	1968-1969	5/13/1933	Ashland, OH	8/16/2002	Heart failure	69
Sadowski, Ted	RHP	1960-1962	4/1/1936	Pittsburgh, PA	7/18/1993	Cancer	57
Schroll, Al	RHP	1961	3/22/1932	New Orleans, LO	11/30/1999	unknown	67
Shifflett, Garland	RHP	1957, 1964	3/28/1935	Elkton, VA	5/13/2020	unknown	85
Siebler, Dwight	RHP	1963-1967	8/5/1937	Columbus, NE	6/16/2021	unknown	83
Snyder, Jim	2B	1961-1962, 1964	8/15/1932	Dearborn, MI	3/9/2021	unknown	88
Stange, Lee	RHP	1961-1964	10/27/1936	Chicago, IL	09/21/2018	Cancer	81
Stephen, Buzz	RHP	1968	7/13/1944	Porterville, CA	5/23/2024	unknown	79
Stobbs, Chuck	LHP	1953-1961	7/2/1929	Wheeling, WV	7/11/2008	Cancer	79
Sullivan, Frank	RHP	1962-1963	1/23/1930	Hollywood, CA	1/19/2016	complications from pneumonia	85
Thompson, Danny	SS, 3B, 2B	1970-1976	2/1/1947	Wichita, KS	12/10/1976	Leukemia	29
Tiant, Luis	RHP	1970	11/23/1940	Marianao, Cuba	11/8/2024	Unknown	83
Tischinski, Tom	C	1969-1971	7/12/1944	Kansas City, MO	4/23/2024	Unknown	79
Tovar, Cesar	OF, 3B, 2B, SS	1965-1972	7/3/1940	Caracas, Venezuela	7/14/1994	Cancer	54
Tuttle, Bill	OF, 3B	1961-1963	7/4/1929	Elmwood, IL	7/27/1998	Cancer	69
Uhlaender, Ted	OF	1965-1969	10/21/1939	Chicago Heights, IL	2/12/2009	Cancer	69
Valdespino, Sandy	OF, PH	1965-1967	1/24/39	San José de las Lajas, Cuba	2/26/2023	Unknown	84
Valo, Elmer	OF, PH	1960-1961	3/5/1921	Rybnik, Czechoslovakia	7/19/1998	Heart attack	77
Versalles, Zoilo	SS	1959-1967	12/18/1939	La Habana, Cuba	6/9/1995	Arteriosclerosis	55
Veselic, Bob	RHP	1980-1981	9/27/1955	Pittsburgh, PA	12/26/1995	Cancer	40
Walton, Danny	OF	1973 & 1975	7/14/1947	Los Angeles, CA	8/9/2017	Unknown	70
Ward, Jay	2B, 3B, OF	1963-1964	9/9/1938	Brookfield, MO	2/24/2012	Unknown	73
Wertz, Vic	1B	1963	2/9/1925	York, PA	7/7/1983	Heart attack	58
West, David	LHP	1989-1992	9/1/1964	Memphis, TN	5/14/2022	Brain Cancer	57
Whisenant, Pete	OF	1960-1961	12/14/1929	Asheville, NC	3/2/1996	Liver failure	66
Whitby, Bill	RHP	1964	7/29/1943	Crewe, VA	3/12/2016	Heart disease	72
Williams, Don	RHP	1963	9/2/1935	Los Angeles, CA	12/20/1991	unknown	56
Williams, Stan	RHP	1970-1971	9/14/1936	Enfield, NH	2/20/2021	cardiopulmonary illness	84
Zimmerman, Jerry	C	1962-1968	9/21/1934	Omaha, NE	9/9/1998	Heart attack	63

13 comments

Curtis C. says:

October 10, 2024 at 1:47 am

Mel Nelson passed away in 2023 as well.

1. John says:
  
  October 13, 2024 at 2:13 pm
  
  Curtis, caan you give me more info on Mel Nelson passing? I have nothing on that and need to verify. Thank you.
  
Jon Andersen says:

June 28, 2023 at 11:14 pm

Thank you for keeping us, the fans of the Twins, no matter how many years, up to date on the passing of the Twins players no matter whatever the era they were from. They have been brought into our homes as we have followed the team and have been icons to many fans. Again thank you for the updates.

1. jjswol says:
  
  June 29, 2023 at 10:56 am
  
  Thank you Jon, I appreciate the kind comments. I hope you and your friends keep stopping by the site.
  
Dennis N says:

November 27, 2021 at 5:41 pm

Jim Snyder is dead

1. jjswol says:
  
  November 28, 2021 at 11:01 am
  
  Thank you.
  
Thomas L Hintgen says:

June 16, 2020 at 9:48 pm

Twins players are like family members to many of us fans. When one passes away it is like losing a member of one’s family. Good memories of them on the baseball field will sustain us as we think about individual players.

Jim Cormany says:

May 14, 2018 at 12:34 pm

I really appreciate this database, being a Twins fan going back to the 70s.

I did notice however that the “date of death” column is cut off on the right side. I am using Firefox, so I don’t know if that’s unique to this browser. But you might want to check into it.

1. jjswol says:
  
  May 16, 2018 at 6:09 pm
  
  Jim, thank you for the note. I use Firefox now and then and didn’t have any problem with it on my site. On the deceased database there is more data than can display on a screen so at the bottom of the data base you should see a horizontal scroll bar that will allow you to see more data. Let me know how it turns out for you. Thanks again.
  
Neil T. says:

September 22, 2017 at 1:17 pm

Jim Donohue, 1962 Twins:

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/stltoday/obituary.aspx?n=james-thomas-donohue-bones&pid=186683507

Neil T. says:

July 3, 2017 at 4:16 pm

Hank Izquierdo, 1967 Twins

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Izquierdo

1. jjswol says:
  
  July 4, 2017 at 9:28 am
  
  Thank you for bringing that to my attention.
  
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