Zeke Bella [SEP] cause of death
In 52 career big-league games, Bella had 18 hits in 92 at-bats, with a .196 batting average.
Awards and honors.
Bella was inducted into the Greenwich High School Sports Hall of Fame in 2013.
Death.
Zeke Bella died on November 17, 2013, from complications due to a stroke, and the injuries received from a fall it induced; Bella was aged 83 years when he succumbed to his death.
External links.
- Zeke Bella Stats. baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved
Athletics in the 1937 season, at the time of his death, the second oldest surviving Major League player.
- November 8 – Rod Miller, 73, pinch-hitter for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1957 season.
- November 17 – Zeke Bella, 83, backup outfielder who played for the New York Yankees in 1957 and the Kansas City Athletics in 1959.
- November 19 – Babe Birrer, 85, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, Baltimore Orioles and Los Angeles Dodgers in a span of three seasons