finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1948 left 3 october 1965 oceanside , new york brooklyn , new york 1948 june 23 2 3 1 first baseman st. louis browns games played at bats hit -lrb- s -rrb- june 19 23 may 1923 jerry mccarthy
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jerry mccarthy

jerome francis `` jerry '' mccarthy -lrb- may 23 , 1923 -- october 3 , 1965 -rrb- was an american major league baseball first baseman who played for the st. louis browns in .
jerome francis mccarthy was born in brooklyn , new york , on may 23 , 1923 .
he entered the university of pennsylvania in 1941 .
mccarthy played varsity football as a sophomore , but then left school to serve in the army air corps from 1943 until 1945 .
when he returned to penn in 1946 , he rejoined the varsity football team as a lineman , and served as captain .
he also played first base on penn 's varsity baseball team , serving as its captain in 1948 .
mccarthy was honored by his senior class as bowl man .
after graduation , mccarthy was signed by the st. louis browns as an amateur free agent .
he made his major league baseball debut on june 19 , 1948 , as a first baseman with the browns .
he played only the one season .
mccarthy later became an advertising salesman for the army times publishing co. , in new york city .
he was living in freeport , long island , at the time of his death in oceanside , new york , on october 3 , 1965 .
