Facts: - finalteam: washington senators - finalyear: 1947 - death place: reading , pennsylvania - statlabel: win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts - position: pitcher - statvalue: 8-27 5.04 104 - throws: right - debutteam: philadelphia athletics - bats: right - debutdate: april 17 - death date: 27 march 1980 - birth date: 21 august 1921 - finaldate: june 7 - name: lou knerr - birth place: denver , pennsylvania - debutyear: 1945 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of lou knerr .
wallace luther knerr -lrb- august 21 , 1921 -- march 23 , 1980 -rrb- was a major league baseball player who played pitcher from - .he would play for the philadelphia athletics and washington senators .