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*December 9 – [[Annie Gosbee]], 40, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League infielder
*December 9 – [[Red Haley]], 75, lefty-swinging infielder who played for the Chicago American Giants and Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro National League in 1928 and the barnstorming Kansas City Monarchs in 1933
*December 10 – [[Danny Thompson (baseball)|Danny Thompson]], 29, infielder with the Minnesota Twins (1970–1976) and Texas Rangers (1976), who played four seasons after being diagnosed with leukemia; he appeared in his last game on October 2, 1976 (as a pinch hitter), and died two months and one week later▼
*December 10 – [[Vic Keen]], 77, pitcher for 1981 Philadelphia Athletics, 1921–1925 Chicago Cubs and 1926–1927 St. Louis Cardinals; member of 1926 World Series champions
▲*December 10 – [[Danny Thompson (baseball)|Danny Thompson]], 29, infielder with the Minnesota Twins (1970–1976) and Texas Rangers (1976), who played four seasons after being diagnosed with leukemia; he appeared in his last game on October 2, 1976 (as a pinch hitter), and died two months and one week later
*December 10 – [[Luis Tiant Sr.]], 70, Cuban-born southpaw and father of the [[Luis Tiant|star pitcher of the 1960s and 1970s]]; three-time All-Star hurler as a member of the New York Cubans of the Negro National League whose playing career encompassed 20 years (1928–1947) in the Cuban and Dominican winter leagues, Negro leagues, and Mexican League
*December 18 – [[Ned Harris]], 60, outfielder for the Detroit Tigers (1941–1943, 1946) who appeared in 262 career games
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