finalyear death_date death_place bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1947 22 january 1997 clyde , kansas left clyde , kansas 1945 august 19 8-6 3.55 34 pitcher brooklyn dodgers win-loss earned run average strikeouts may 5 5 may 1917 george dockins
 st. louis cardinals george dockins left
george dockins

george woodrow dockins -lrb- may 5 , 1917 -- january 22 , 1997 -rrb- was a major league baseball pitcher who played for the st. louis cardinals -lrb- 1945 -rrb- and brooklyn dodgers -lrb- 1947 -rrb- .
the left-hander stood and weighed 175 lbs .
george is the only major league baseball player from clyde , kansas dockins had a rookie season of -lrb- 8-6 , 3.21 era -rrb- .
he made his major league debut in relief on may 5 , 1945 against the chicago cubs at sportsman 's park .
his first major league win came twenty-five days later , also in relief , in a 12-inning 4-2 victory over the boston braves in the first game of a home doubleheader .
he pitched his first major league shutout on august 8 , 1945 vs. the new york giants at the polo grounds .
after world war ii was over , he got into four more big league games .
pitching four times in relief for brooklyn in 1947 , he gave up seven earned runs in 5.1 innings .
from 1946 to 1949 , he spent most of his professional career with the fort worth cats , the dodgers ' aa affiliate .
with them , he had a 12-6 record and a 2.16 era in 20 games in 1946 .
career totals for 35 games pitched include an 8 -- 6 record , 5 complete games , and 2 shutouts .
he allowed 52 earned runs in 131.2 innings pitched for an era of 3.55 .
he handled 31 out of 32 chances successfully for a fielding percentage of .969 .
dockins died in his hometown of clyde , kansas .
