finalyear death_date death_place bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1945 10 may 1992 san ramon , california right farmington , north carolina 1940 september 28 12-9 4.47 69 pitcher brooklyn dodgers record earned run average strikeouts may 4 24 september 1910 tom seats
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thomas edward seats -lrb- september 24 , 1910 -- may 10 , 1992 -rrb- was a major league baseball pitcher for the detroit tigers -lrb- 1940 -rrb- and the brooklyn dodgers -lrb- 1945 -rrb- .
the , 190 lb .
left-hander was a native of farmington , north carolina .
seats was 2 -- 2 for the tigers in 1940 , and then was 10 -- 7 for the dodgers five years later during world war ii .
he made his major league debut in relief on may 4 , 1940 against the philadelphia athletics at shibe park .
his first major league win came two days later , also in relief , in a 6 -- 4 victory over the new york yankees at yankee stadium .
he pitched his first major league shutout on may 11 , 1945 vs. the st. louis cardinals at ebbets field .
the score was 7 -- 0 .
career totals for 57 games include a 12 -- 9 record , 20 games started , 6 complete games , 2 shutouts , 14 games finished , and 1 save .
he allowed 88 earned runs in 177.1 innings pitched for an era of 4.47 .
seats died at the age of 81 in san ramon , california .
