finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1940 right 8 may 2003 birmingham , alabama veto , alabama 1937 september 17 15 -- 12 5.60 89 pitcher st. louis browns win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts may 21 11 december 1910 slick coffman 1940 play ball card.jpeg slick coffman
 detroit tigers slick coffman right
slick coffman

george david `` slick '' coffman -lrb- december 11 , 1910 -- may 8 , 2003 -rrb- was an american baseball pitcher .
he played 18 years of professional baseball , including four years in major league baseball with the detroit tigers -lrb- 1937 -- 1939 -rrb- and st. louis browns -lrb- 1940 -rrb- .
in his major league debut in may 1937 , coffman won in an 11-inning , 4-2 pitching duel with lefty grove .
coffman compiled a career record of 15-12 in 313 innings pitched with a 5.60 earned run average .
