José Fernández’s death

Cory Lidle, acquired by the New York Yankees in a trade with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2006, was killed at the end of that season when his plane crashed into a New York building.

Yankees catcher Thurman Munson was killed in a 1979 plane crash.

Catcher Thurman Munson, the 1976 American League MVP and a 9-year veteran of the Yankees, was killed on August 2, 1979, in a crash as he practiced takeoffs and landings in his new Cessna Citation jet at the Akron-Canton Airport in Ohio.

Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart was among three people killed in an 2009 car crash.

Cleveland Indians pitcher Tim Crews — formerly of the Los Angeles Dodgers — was killed along with teammate Steve Olin in a 1993 boating accident.