caption finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
schwamb as a member of the browns in 1948 1948 right 21 december 1989 lancaster , ca los angeles , ca 1948 september 18 1-1 8.53 7 pitcher st. louis browns win-loss earned run average strikeouts july 25 6 august 1926 blackie schwamb
 st. louis browns blackie schwamb right
blackie schwamb

ralph richard `` blackie '' schwamb -lrb- august 6 , 1926 in los angeles , california -- december 21 , 1989 in lancaster , california -rrb- , was an american professional baseball player of german descent .
he was a pitcher in the major leagues in 1948 .
he played for the st. louis browns where he pitched in 12 games was 1 -- 1 , 7 strikeouts and an era of 8.53 .
after the 1948 season , schwamb killed a long beach doctor by the name of dr. donald buge .
schwamb was doing the work to pay off a debt to los angeles mobster , mickey cohen .
his life is subject of eric stone 's 2005 book `` wrong side of the wall '' .
