sentence: william robert wight ( april 12 , 1922 -- may 17 , 2007 ) was an american pitcher in major league baseball who played from through for the new york yankees ( 1946 -- 47 ) , chicago white sox ( 1948 -- 50 ) , boston red sox ( 1951 -- 52 ) , detroit tigers ( 1952 -- 53 ) , cleveland indians ( 1953 , 1955 ) , baltimore orioles ( 1955 -- 57 ) , cincinnati reds ( 1958 ) and st. louis cardinals ( 1958 ) .