sentence: edwin lee wells ( june 7 , 1900 -- may 1 , 1986 ) , nicknamed '' satchelfoot '' , was a major league baseball pitcher who played 11 seasons in the major leagues with the detroit tigers ( 1923 -- 1927 ) , new york yankees ( 1929 -- 1932 ) , and st. louis browns ( 1933 -- 1934 ) .