SABR Landmarks Committee unveils new Baseball Grave Map
JULY 18, 2023 — The SABR Landmarks Committee is thrilled to introduce the new SABR Baseball Graves Map!
Using data graciously provided by former SABR Director Fred Worth, the Baseball Graves Map contains burial locations of over 9,000 players, managers, owners, executives, and other significant figures from Major League Baseball, the Negro Leagues, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, and more.
Worth has spent nearly two decades visiting baseball grave sites around the globe, beginning with a 2004 trip to Hall of Famer Travis Jackson’s grave in Waldo, Arkansas, near his home. Worth has supplemented his own travel database with information on burials from the SABR Biographical Research Committee, Gary Ashwill of the Seamheads Negro League Database, Retrosheet, family members of players, and other sources.
His current tally is staggering (and continuing to grow): 9,459 graves in 4,186 cemeteries in 2,852 cities in 48 states, Washington, DC, and England (visited by proxy thanks to a friend who was there).
If you are familiar with the SABR Baseball Map, you will find the SABR Baseball Graves Map is similar in look and function. In the coming weeks, we will be announcing a Zoom session where Dr. Worth will join us for a demonstration of the new SABR Baseball Graves Map.
— John Racanelli
Originally published: July 18, 2023. Last Updated: July 18, 2023.