Major leaguers who died in-season

Other prominent major leaguers who died during the regular season or in spring training over the past 30 years (does not include players who died in the offseason, or players who died around the start of the 20th century from diseases such as tuberculosis or typhoid):

Mike Darr (February 15)

Darr, 25, was killed in an auto accident in Phoenix just before the start of spring training. A backup outfielder for the Padres, Darr was in his third year in the majors.

Steve Olin, Tim Crews (March 22, 1993)

The Indians pitchers -- Olin, 27, and Crews, 31 -- were killed when their fishing boat slammed into a pier during spring training in Florida. Bob Ojeda, also on the boat, was badly injured.

Donnie Moore (July 18, 1989)

In the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 1986 ALCS, with the Angels one strike away from a trip to the World Series, Moore, a relief pitcher, gave up a game-tying two-run homer to Dave Henderson of the Red Sox, and then the game-winning sacrifice fly in the 11th. The Sox went on to win the seven-game series, and Moore never lived it down. He committed suicide at his home in California after shooting, and critically wounding, his wife, Tonya.

Thurman Munson (August 2, 1979)

Munson, the Yankees star catcher and captain, died when the plane he was piloting crashed near Canton, Ohio. Munson had made the All-Star team seven times and was AL MVP in 1976. He was 32.

Lyman Bostock (Sept. 23, 1978)

Bostock, an Angels outfielder, was in the back seat of his uncle's car in Gary, Indiana, when he was killed by a bullet intended for the murderer's wife.

Bob Moose (Oct. 9, 1976)

Just a few days after the regular season ended with his Pirates finishing in second place, Moose, 29, was on the way to his birthday party when he was killed in a car crash.

-- ESPN.com