Add these recent names (among others) to the list of deceased from 2011:
Al Federoff - had a short stint with the Tigers in '51-'52 as 2b/ss
Hideki Irabu - see a RedsZone thread devoted exclusively to his death
Wes Covington - '57 World Series hero for Milwaukee Braves...played 11 years in the bigs including a few years with Phillies
Ted Gray - pitcher with the Tigers in the 40s and 50s
Time marches on.
http://www.thedeadballera.com/passings.html