finalyear death_date death_place bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1945 19 december 2002 clinton , south carolina right caroleen , north carolina 1944 september 30 0 -- 0 6.75 2 pitcher brooklyn dodgers win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts august 1 20 july 1924 claude crocker
 brooklyn dodgers claude crocker right
claude crocker

claude arthur crocker -lrb- july 20 , 1924 -- december 19 , 2002 -rrb- was a major league baseball pitcher for the brooklyn dodgers in 1944 and 1945 .
the , 185 lb .
right-hander was a native of caroleen , north carolina .
crocker is one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the major leagues during world war ii .
he pitched a total of three games , all in relief , and his last one was his best .
on september 30 , 1945 , the last day of the season , crocker pitched two scoreless innings to earn a save in a 4 -- 1 victory over the philadelphia phillies at shibe park .
totals for his brief career include 2 games finished , 4 earned runs allowed in 5.1 innings pitched , and an era of 6.75 .
he was perfect at the plate and on defense , going 1-for-1 -lrb- 1.000 -rrb- and recording 1 assist without making an error .
crocker was also the head basketball coach at presbyterian college for one year during the 1949-50 season .
he coached the blue hose to a 14 -- 15 record .
he died at the age of 78 in clinton , south carolina .
