Tragic deaths of major league players

Updated: April 9, 2009, 7:54 PM ET

Tragic deaths of major league players

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Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart became the latest major leaguer to die tragically when he succumbed to injuries sustained in a car accident early Thursday morning. Here are other former major league players who met with untimely deaths:

PLAYER	CAREER	WHAT HAPPENED
Ed Delahanty POS: OF/1B DIED: Jan. 2, 1903	1888-89 PHI 1891-1901 PHI 1890 CLE 1902-03 WAS	Hall of Famer was found dead in Niagara Falls, N.Y., after he apparently fell off the International Bridge. Details of his death remain a mystery.
Addie Joss POS: RHP DIED: April 14, 1911	1902-10 CLE	Hall of Famer died of tubercular meningitis.
Ray Chapman POS: SS DIED: Aug. 17, 1920	1912-20 CLE	Died of complications from a skull fracture after being hit by a pitch from Carl Mays.
Ed Morris POS: RHP DIED: March 3, 1932	1922 CHI 1928-31 BOS	Died from stab wounds to the chest during a fight.
Harry Agganis POS: 1B DIED: June 27, 1955	1954-55 BOS	Died of a massive pulmonary embolism while in a hospital recovering from pneumonia.
Ken Hubbs POS: 2B DIED: Feb. 13, 1964	1961-63 CHI	Killed in a plane crash on a frozen lake near Provo, Utah.
Chico Ruiz POS: INF DIED: Feb. 9, 1972	1964-69 CIN 1970-71 CAL	Died in an auto accident in San Diego.
Roberto Clemente POS: RF DIED: Dec. 31, 1972	1955-72 PIT	Hall of Famer killed in a plane crash while delivering supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua.
Don Wilson POS: RHP DIED: Jan. 5, 1975	1966-74 HOU	Found dead in a car in his garage from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Bob Moose POS: RHP DIED: Oct. 9, 1976	1967-76 PIT	Killed in an auto accident on his 29th birthday.
Danny Frisella POS: RHP DIED: Jan. 1, 1977	1967-72 NYM 1973-74 ATL 1975 SDG	Killed in a dune-buggy accident near Phoenix.
Mike Miley POS: SS DIED: Jan. 6, 1977	1975-76 CAL	Killed in an auto accident.
Lyman Bostock POS: OF DIED: Sept. 23, 1978	1975-77 MIN 1978 CAL	Fatally shot in Gary, Ind.
Thurman Munson POS: C DIED: Aug. 2, 1979	1969-79 NYY	Killed in a plane crash in Canton, Ohio.
Tim Crews POS: RHP DIED: March 22, 1993	1987-92 LAD	Killed in a boating accident near Winter Haven, Fla.
Steve Olin POS: RHP DIED: March 22, 1993	1989-92 CLE	Killed in a boating accident near Winter Haven, Fla.
Mike Darr POS: OF DIED: Feb. 15, 2002	1999-2001 SDG	Killed in an auto accident in Arizona.
Darryl Kile POS: RHP DIED: June 22, 2002	1991-97 HOU 1998-99 COL 2000-02 STL	Died in a Chicago hotel room of coronary atherosclerosis.
Dernell Stenson POS: OF DIED: Nov. 5, 2003	2003 CIN	Killed during what was believed to be a botched carjacking.
Cory Lidle POS: RHP DIED: Oct. 11, 2006	1997 NYM 1999-2000 TAM 2001-02 OAK 2003 TOR 2004 CIN 2004-06 PHI 2006 NYY	Died after crashing his plane into a Manhattan high-rise apartment building.
Josh Hancock POS: RHP DIED: April 29, 2007	2002 BOS 2003-04 PHI 2004-05 CIN 2006-07 STL	Killed in an auto accident near St. Louis.
Joe Kennedy POS: LHP DIED: Nov. 23, 2007	2001-03 TAM 2004-05 COL 2005-07 OAK 2007 ARI 2007 TOR	Died of heart disease.