finalyear death_date debutyear statvalue finalteam birth_date death_place finaldate image statlabel debutteam name throws caption birth_place debutdate bats position article_title
1943 16 july 2001 1943 1-0 2 0.00 boston braves 25 april 1917 bolivar , ohio october 3 john dagenhard tombstone at magnolia , ohio.jpg win -- loss record strikeouts earned run average boston braves john dagenhard right tombstone at magnolia cemetery magnolia , ohio april 25 right pitcher john dagenhard

john dagenhard

john douglas dagenhard -lrb- april 25 , 1917 -- july 16 , 2001 -rrb- was a major league baseball pitcher .
the , 195 lb .
right-hander appeared in two games for the boston braves at the end of the 1943 season .
dagenhard is one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the major leagues during world war ii .
he made his major league debut on september 28 , 1943 and pitched scoreless relief in a doubleheader against the st. louis cardinals at sportsman 's park .
on october 3 , 1943 he was the starting pitcher in the second game of a doubleheader against the chicago cubs at wrigley field .
it was the last game of the season .
he pitched a complete game and the braves won , 5 -- 2 .
both runs were unearned .
