Complex sentence: James Francis "Shanty" Hogan (March 21,1906--April 7,1967) was a Major League Baseball catcher from 1925 to 1937.
Split into simpler sentences: James Francis "Shanty" Hogan (March 21,1906--April 7,1967) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from 1925 to 1937.