Facts: - finalteam: boston red sox - finalyear: 1946 - death place: brookline station , missouri - statlabel: win batting average home runs runs batted in -- loss record earned run average innings pitched - position: pitcher/catcher - statvalue: 52 -- 34 3.66 783 2/3 .235 0 24 - throws: right - debutteam: st. louis cardinals - bats: right - debutdate: september 22 - death date: 13 december 1971 - birth date: 9 june 1903 - finaldate: august 29 - name: mike ryba - birth place: de lancey , pennsylvania - debutyear: 1935 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of mike ryba .
dominic joseph '' mike '' ryba -lrb- june 9 , 1903 -- december 13 , 1971 -rrb- was a major league baseball pitcher .a native of de lancey , pennsylvania , he attended saint francis university , loretto , pennsylvania .he was a right-hander and played for the st. louis cardinals -lrb- 1935 -- 1938 -rrb- and boston red sox -lrb- 1941 -- 1946 -rrb- .in 1946 , at the age of 43 , he was the second-oldest player to appear in an american league game that season .ryba was usually used in relief during his ten-year major league career , but was also effective when used as a starter .he was also used as a catcher in ten games and was so versatile he was sometimes called '' the one-man team '' ; while in the minor leagues , he played all nine positions at various points .he made his major league debut on september 22 , 1935 against the cincinnati reds in game 1 of a doubleheader at sportsmans park .he pitched seven innings of two-hit relief and was the winning pitcher in the 14 -- 4 game .he also had two hits and three runs batted in to help his cause .in four seasons with st. louis he won 16 games , lost 9 , and had an era of 4.39 .on september 5 , 1940 he was traded to the boston red sox for pitcher al brazle .ryba was 37 years old and had not pitched in the big leagues for two years , but his best seasons were ahead of him .in six years with the red sox he won 36 games , lost 25 , saved 16 , and had an era of 3.42 .boston won the pennant in his last season , and ryba appeared in game # 4 of the 1946 world series , giving up one earned run and allowing two inherited runners to score in 2/3 of an inning .ryba caught both games of a home doubleheader against the cleveland indians on july 19 , 1942 .ryba finished in his league 's top ten for games finished 5 times , games pitched 3 times , saves 2 times , and winning percentage 1 time .career totals for 250 games -lrb- 240 as a pitcher -rrb- include a record of 52 -- 34 -lrb- .605 -rrb- , 36 games started , 16 complete games , 2 shutouts , 132 games...