sentence: marvin edward grissom ( march 31 , 1918 -- september 18 , 2005 ) was an american pitcher in major league baseball for the san francisco giants ( 1946 and 1953 -- 58 ) , detroit tigers ( 1949 ) , chicago white sox ( 1952 ) , boston red sox ( 1953 ) and st. louis cardinals ( 1959 ) .