finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1951 right kittanning , pennsylvania 1947 september 29 12-24 5.25 120 pitcher washington senators win-loss record earned run average strikeouts september 5 2 march 1921 dick starr
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dick starr

richard eugene starr -lrb- born march 2 , 1921 -rrb- is a former major league baseball pitcher .
listed at 6 ' 3 '' , 190 lb. , he batted and threw right-handed .
he was born in kittanning , pennsylvania .
starr signed with the new york yankees in , and went a combined 32-12 with a 4.00 earned run average for the butler yankees over two seasons .
he missed the through seasons serving in the us army in world war ii .
when he returned to the yankees in , he went 19-10 with a 2.07 era for the augusta tigers .
assigned to the newark bears in and , he was called up to the yankees when rosters expanded in september of both seasons following the conclusion of the minor league season .
his first major league start was a complete game victory over fred sanford and the st. louis browns .
at the 1948 winter meetings , he was traded to the browns with red embree and sherm lollar plus $ 100,000 for sanford and roy partee .
starr went 1-7 with a 4.32 era for a browns team that lost 101 games in , however ; he was 7-5 with a 5.02 era in , and was the only pitcher on the browns ' pitching staff with a winning record .
he was involved in a second trade for sanford during the season , this time , going to the washington senators even up for sanford .
starr returned to the minor leagues in , going 21-21 with a 3.88 era over two seasons with the international league 's baltimore orioles .
he joined the unaffiliated richmond virginians in , and returned to the yankees organization when the team became affiliated with the yankees in .
starr also pitched in the venezuelan winter league with the caracas lions -lrb- 1952 -- 53 -rrb- and magellan 's navigators -lrb- 1953 -- 54 -rrb- and in the 1953 caribbean series .
over five major league seasons , starr posted a 12-24 record with 120 strikeouts and a 5.25 era in 93 appearances , including 45 starts , seven complete games , two shutouts , two saves , and 344 2/3 innings of work .
after his playing career ended , starr was employed in the production control department for the allegheny ludlum steel corporation .
