finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1928 left 6 february 1978 jacksonville , florida malden , massachusetts 1927 may 10 .311 1 17 outfielder washington senators batting average home runs runs batted in september 19 22 may 1901 babe ganzel
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babe ganzel

foster pirie -lrb- babe -rrb- ganzel -lrb- may 22 , 1901 -- february 6 , 1978 -rrb- was an outfielder who played baseball for the washington senators from 1927 to 1928 .
he batted left handed and threw right-handed .
a native of malden , massachusetts , ganzel came from a family of baseball men .
his father , charlie , was a catcher who played with the whitecaps , quakers , wolverines and beaneaters during 14 seasons , and his uncle john was a first baseman for the pirates , cubs , giants , highlanders and reds and also managed the reds and the tip-tops .
two brothers and two uncles also played in the minor leagues .
in a two-season career , ganzel posted a .311 batting average with one home run and 17 rbi in 23 games played .
following his majors career , ganzel played in the high minors for nine years .
then he turned to managing and directing the selma , st. paul and jacksonville triple-a teams .
ganzel died in jacksonville , florida , at the age of 76 .
