finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1952 right 15 october 2005 tulsa , oklahoma cleveland , ohio 1947 april 17 13 -- 30 5.21 388 1/3 143 pitcher chicago white sox win strikeouts -- loss record earned run average innings pitched april 25 20 march 1925 al widmar
 boston red sox al widmar right
al widmar

albert joseph widmar -lrb- march 20 , 1925 -- october 15 , 2005 -rrb- was an american starting pitcher and a pitching coach in major league baseball .
between 1945 and 1952 , widmar played for the boston red sox -lrb- 1947 -rrb- , st. louis browns -lrb- 1948 , 1950 -- 51 -rrb- and chicago white sox -lrb- 1952 -rrb- .
he batted and threw right-handed .
as a coach , widmar worked with the philadelphia phillies , milwaukee brewers and toronto blue jays .
he was born in cleveland , ohio .
in a five season career , widmar posted a 13 -- 30 record with 143 strikeouts and a 5.21 era in 388.1 innings pitched .
widmar played part of two major league seasons as a reliever with the boston red sox and st. louis browns .
he debuted with the red sox in 1947 , and was sent to st. louis before the 1948 season in the same trade that brought vern stephens to boston .
after an unspectacular year with the browns , he was demoted to baltimore , st. louis ' triple-a affiliate team .
in 1949 widmar won 22 games in the international league .
a year later , he returned to the browns as a starter .
after going 11 -- 24 in two seasons , he was sent along with sherm lollar to the chicago white sox for dick littlefield , joe demaestri , gus niarhos and jim rivera .
he finished the 1952 season with the seattle rainiers in the pacific coast league , and remained with the team through half of the 1955 season .
at that point , widmar donned a tulsa oilers uniform , and remained with the team as player/manager through 1958 .
following his playing career , widmar became a successful minor league manager for more than a decade .
he also was the pitching coach for the philadelphia phillies and milwaukee brewers , and later became a front office official for milwaukee .
in , widmar became the pitching coach of the toronto blue jays ; he kept the job for the next ten seasons .
in , he guided a rotation that featured dave stieb , doyle alexander , jim clancy and jimmy key as the blue jays won their first al east division title .
he was promoted to special assistant to the vice president and general manager in .
widmar died of colon cancer in tulsa , oklahoma , at age 80 .
