Question: Facts: - finalteam: new york yankees - finalyear: 1957 - death place: wake forest , north carolina - statlabel: win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts - position: pitcher - statvalue: 85 -- 69 4.11 766 - throws: left - debutteam: new york yankees - bats: left - debutdate: april 27 - death date: 20 december 2007 - birth date: 31 december 1919 - finaldate: september 21 - name: tommy byrne - image: tommy byrne.jpg - birth place: baltimore , maryland - debutyear: 1943 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of tommy byrne -lrb- baseball -rrb- .
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'' for other people named thomas byrne , see thomas byrne -lrb- disambiguation -rrb- '' thomas joseph byrne -lrb- december 31 , 1919 -- december 20 , 2007 -rrb- was an american left-handed starting pitcher in major league baseball who played for four american league teams from through , primarily the new york yankees .he also played for the st. louis browns -lrb- 1951 -- 52 -rrb- , chicago white sox -lrb- 1953 -rrb- and washington senators -lrb- 1953 -rrb- .byrne batted and threw left-handed .byrne attended the baltimore city college high school and wake forest college .