finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1947 right 2 september 1988 marietta , georgia cleveland , ohio 1938 september 25 97 -- 96 431 3.96 pitcher pittsburgh pirates win -- loss record strikeouts earned run average april 18 8 september 1916 jim bagby jr. 1940 play ball card.jpeg jim bagby , jr. .
 boston red sox jim bagby , jr. right
jim bagby , jr. .

james charles jacob bagby , jr. -lrb- september 8 , 1916 -- september 2 , 1988 -rrb- was a starting pitcher in major league baseball who played for the boston red sox , cleveland indians , and pittsburgh pirates .
he batted and threw right-handed .
his father , jim sr. , was also a major league pitcher who played with cincinnati , cleveland and pittsburgh between 1912 and 1923 .
a native of cleveland , ohio , bagby played with the red sox -lrb- twice -rrb- , indians and pirates in a span of ten years .
he posted a 97 -- 96 record with 431 strikeouts and a 3.96 era in 1666-1/3 innings pitched , including 84 complete games and 13 shutouts .
bagby reached his career high of 17 wins in each of his all-star seasons , in 1942 and 1943 , and led the american league in starts both years with 35 and 33 , respectively .
after that , he served much of 1944 in the us merchant marine and never won more than eight games in a regular season .
following his baseball career , bagby became a professional golf player .
in 1992 , he was inducted into the georgia sports hall of fame .
bagby died in marietta , georgia , six days before his 72nd birthday .
bagby maintained a lifelong dislike of sports writers , as he was born with a cleft palate and was often made fun of by them for his appearance .
