Complex sentence: Emil Ogden Yde (January 28,1900 in Great Lakes, Illinois--December 4,1968 in Leesburg, Florida), was a left-handed pitcher in major league baseball, for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1924--27) and Detroit Tigers in 1929.
Split into simpler sentences: Emil Ogden Yde (January 28,1900 in Great Lakes, Illinois--December 4,1968 in Leesburg, Florida) was a left-handed professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1924--27) and Detroit Tigers in 1929.