finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1945 unknown 22 november 1991 pine grove , schuylkill county , pennsylvania pine grove , schuylkill county , pennsylvania 1945 september 30 .276 5 15 first baseman new york giants batting average home runs rbi september 2 13 september 1916 roy zimmerman -lrb- baseball -rrb-
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roy zimmerman -lrb- baseball -rrb-

roy franklin zimmerman -lrb- september 13 , 1916 -- november 22 , 1991 -rrb- was a professional baseball first baseman .
he played part of the 1945 season in major league baseball for the new york giants in 1945 .
the 28-year-old rookie stood and weighed 187 lbs .
zimmerman is one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the major leagues during world war ii .
he made his major league debut on september 2 , 1945 in a doubleheader against the brooklyn dodgers at the polo grounds .
he hit well and exhibited some power during his one month stay with the giants .
season and career totals include 27 games played , a .276 batting average -lrb- 27-for-98 -rrb- , 5 home runs , 15 runs batted in , 14 runs scored , and a slugging percentage of .439 .
he made 3 errors in 25 games at first base and had a fielding percentage of .988 .
zimmerman died in his hometown of pine grove , schuylkill county , pennsylvania , at the age of 75 .
