finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1947 left 16 november 1994 lancaster , pennsylvania tilton , illinois 1941 september 26 3 -- 3 3.98 35 pitcher chicago cubs win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts september 28 28 november 1918 russ meers
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russ meers

russell harlan meers -lrb- november 28 , 1918 -- november 16 , 1994 -rrb- , nicknamed `` babe '' , was a pitcher in major league baseball .
he played for the chicago cubs in 1941 , 1946-1947 .
he served in the military during world war ii .
meers made his major league debut for the 1941 chicago cubs on the final day of the season .
in 1942 he was sent down to the milwaukee brewers of the american association .
during the season , meers joined the navy where he spent more than three years serving during world war ii in the pacific theater of operations .
meers rejoined the cubs after the war , pitching during the 1946 and 1947 seasons .
