Baseball players buried in New Jersey
Wikidata records 57 baseball players as buried in 35 of the cemeteries we list in New Jersey. George Washington Memorial Park in Paramus holds the most, with 4. New Jersey has the 11th highest count of any state, out of 2,064 nationally.
People with baseball player among their recorded occupations.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
Baseball players buried in New Jersey
- William Crane1850-1897American baseball playerEvergreen Cemetery, Hillside, NJ
- Stephen Crane1871-1900American novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalistEvergreen Cemetery, Hillside, NJ
- Joe Simmons1845-1901Major League Baseball player, ManagerBay View - New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, NJ
- Nat Hicks1845-1907Major League Baseball playerSaint Peters Cemetery, Jersey City, NJ
- Everett Mills1845-1908Major League Baseball playerFairmount Cemetery, Newark, NJ
- Jimmy Knowles1856-1912Major League Baseball playerBay View - New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, NJ
- The Only Nolan1857-1913American baseball playerHoly Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa, NJ
- Davy Force1849-1918Early Major League Baseball playerBrookside Cemetery, Englewood, NJ
- Gil Hatfield1855-1921American baseball playerFairview Cemetery, Fairview, NJ
- Warren McLaughlin1876-1923American baseball playerHillside Cemetery, Plainfield, NJ
- Dots Miller1886-1923American baseball playerHoly Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, NJ
- Oyster Burns1864-1928Major League Baseball outfielderHoly Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, NJ
- Charlie Hamburg1863-1931American baseball playerEvergreen Cemetery, Hillside, NJ
- Mickey Hughes1866-1931Major League Baseball playerHoly Name Cemetery and Mausoleum, Jersey City, NJ
- Clarence Williams1866-1934American baseball playerAtlantic City Cemetery, Pleasantville, NJ
- Frank Grant1865-1937American Hall of Fame baseball playerEast Ridgelawn Cemetery, Nutley, NJ
- Ed Lennox1883-1939American baseball playerEvergreen Cemetery, Wood-Lynne, NJ
- Martin Vorhees Bergen, Jr.1872-1941American football player and coachPrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- Jocko Fields1864-1950Irish American baseball playerHoly Name Cemetery and Mausoleum, Jersey City, NJ
- Abe Manley1885-1952American baseball executiveFairmount Cemetery, Newark, NJ
- Chick Holmes1896-1954American baseball playerEvergreen Cemetery, Lumberton, NJ
- Frankie Hayes1914-1955Baseball playerFernwood Cemetery, Jamesburg, NJ
- Bert Daniels1882-1958American baseball playerImmaculate Conception Cemetery, Upper Montclair, NJ
- Snuffy Stirnweiss1918-1958Major League Baseball playerMount Olivet Cemetery, Middletown, NJ
- Frank Parkinson1895-1960American baseball playerBeverly National Cemetery, Beverly, NJ
- Don Savage1919-1961American baseball playerMount Olivet Cemetery, Bloomfield, NJ
- Platt Adams1885-1961Athletics competitorRosedale Cemetery, West Orange, NJ
- John Henry Lloyd1884-1964American Hall of Fame baseball playerAtlantic City Cemetery, Pleasantville, NJ
- Lena Blackburne1886-1968Major League Baseball playerMorgan Cemetery, Palmyra, NJ
- Charlie Fuchs1912-1969American baseball playerGeorge Washington Memorial Park, Paramus, NJ
- Charlie Jamieson1893-1969American baseball playerValleau Cemetery, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ
- Honey Russell1902-1973American basketball playerHoly Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa, NJ
- Mule Haas1903-1974American baseball player and coachImmaculate Conception Cemetery, Upper Montclair, NJ
- Ownie Carroll1902-1975Major League Baseball pitcherGate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover, NJ
- Boardwalk Brown1889-1977American baseball playerLaurel Memorial Cemetery, Pomona, NJ
- Neil Johnston1929-1978American Hall of Fame basketball playerBeverly National Cemetery, Beverly, NJ
- Elston Howard1929-1980American baseball player and coachGeorge Washington Memorial Park, Paramus, NJ
- Bob Hooper1922-1980Canadian baseball playerImmaculate Conception Cemetery, Upper Montclair, NJ
- Cookie Cuccurullo1918-1983American baseball playerRosedale Cemetery, West Orange, NJ
- Leo Kiely1929-1984American baseball playerHoly Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, NJ
- Billy Zitzmann1895-1985Baseball playerEast Ridgelawn Cemetery, Nutley, NJ
- Joe Collins1922-1989Major League Baseball first basemanFairview Cemetery, Westfield, NJ
- Doc Cramer1905-1990American baseball player and coachGreenwood Cemetery, Manahawkin, NJ
- Eddie Smith1913-1994American baseball playerBrigadier General William C. Doyle Memorial Cemetery, Wrightstown, NJ
- Albertus Fennar1911-2001American baseball playerGeorge Washington Memorial Park, Paramus, NJ
- Sam Dente1922-2002American baseball playerHoly Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, NJ
- Joe Black1924-2002American baseball playerHillside Cemetery, Plainfield, NJ
- Danny Napoleon1942-2003American baseball playerGreenwood Cemetery, Trenton, NJ
- Hank Borowy1916-2004Major League Baseball pitcherMount Olivet Cemetery, Bloomfield, NJ
- Darrin Winston1966-2008American baseball playerOld Tennent Cemetery, Yorketown, NJ
- Gil McDougald1928-2010Professional baseball playerSaint Catharine's Cemetery, Manasquan, NJ
- Allie Clark1923-2012American baseball playerChrist Church Cemetery, South Amboy, NJ
- Ray Narleski1928-2012American baseball playerEglington Cemetery, Paulsboro, NJ
- Johnny Kucks1933-2013American baseball playerGeorge Washington Memorial Park, Paramus, NJ
- Earl Williams1948-2013American baseball catcherRosedale Cemetery, West Orange, NJ
- Barney Schultz1926-2015American baseball playerMonument Cemetery, Beverly, NJ
- Yogi Berra1925-2015American baseball player, manager, and coachGate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover, NJ
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1890s1
- 1900s4
- 1910s3
- 1920s4
- 1930s5
- 1940s1
- 1950s6
- 1960s7
- 1970s5
- 1980s6
- 1990s2
- 2000s6
- 2010s7
By recorded year of death, for the 57 people with one.
Where they are buried
- George Washington Memorial Park · Paramus, NJ4
- Holy Cross Cemetery · North Arlington, NJ4
- Evergreen Cemetery · Hillside, NJ3
- Rosedale Cemetery · West Orange, NJ3
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery · Upper Montclair, NJ3
- Beverly National Cemetery · Beverly, NJ2
- Holy Sepulchre Cemetery · Totowa, NJ2
- Holy Name Cemetery and Mausoleum · Jersey City, NJ2
- Gate of Heaven Cemetery · East Hanover, NJ2
- Fairmount Cemetery · Newark, NJ2
- Bay View - New York Bay Cemetery · Jersey City, NJ2
- East Ridgelawn Cemetery · Nutley, NJ2
- Atlantic City Cemetery · Pleasantville, NJ2
- Hillside Cemetery · Plainfield, NJ2
- Mount Olivet Cemetery · Bloomfield, NJ2
- Brigadier General William C. Doyle Memorial Cemetery · Wrightstown, NJ1
- Princeton Cemetery · Princeton, NJ1
- Old Tennent Cemetery · Yorketown, NJ1
- Fairview Cemetery · Fairview, NJ1
- Fairview Cemetery · Westfield, NJ1
- Eglington Cemetery · Paulsboro, NJ1
- Christ Church Cemetery · South Amboy, NJ1
- Brookside Cemetery · Englewood, NJ1
- Valleau Cemetery · Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ1
- Mount Olivet Cemetery · Middletown, NJ1
Top 25 of 35 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
Other notable burials in New Jersey
How this list is made
A person is on this list when their Wikidata entry gives a cemetery we list as their place of burial and also carries the statement this list is built on. We do not add anyone by judgment, so the list reflects how complete Wikidata is: some people are missing, and burial places can be disputed.
Names, years and descriptions are shown as Wikidata records them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists.