finalyear death_date debutyear statvalue finalteam birth_date death_place finaldate image statlabel debutteam name throws caption birth_place debutdate bats position article_title
1962 9 january 2011 1956 38 -- 44 355 4.33 cincinnati reds 16 october 1931 st. louis , missouri september 23 dave sisler 1959.jpg win -- loss record strikeouts earned run average boston red sox dave sisler right sisler boston red sox in 1959 , as a pitcher for the st. louis , missouri april 21 right pitcher dave sisler

dave sisler

david michael sisler -lrb- october 16 , 1931 -- january 9 , 2011 -rrb- was a professional baseball pitcher who played in major league baseball -lrb- mlb -rrb- from through .
early in his career , sisler was a starter , then later was used as a middle reliever and occasionally as a closer .
he reached the majors in with the boston red sox after he completed a two-year obligation in the active military .
after three-and-a-half seasons with the red sox , he was traded to the detroit tigers in and served the team through the season .
before the season , he was selected by the washington senators in the 1960 major league baseball expansion draft , for whom he played the season .
he was then traded to the cincinnati reds in , playing one season at the major league level , and one in their minor league system .
his most productive years came with boston , where he won 24 games from 1956 to 1958 , averaging 138 innings each season .
after that , he appeared strictly as a reliever and saved a career-high 11 games for the senators .
in a seven-season career , sisler posted a 38 -- 44 record with a 4.33 era in 247 appearances , including 29 saves , 12 complete games , one shutout and 656 1/3 innings .
sisler retired from baseball after the 1963 season to become an investment firm executive , a career that lasted for over 30 years , retiring as a vice-chairman for a. g. edwards .
his father , hall of famer george sisler , and one of his brothers , dick sisler also played baseball at the major league level ; while another brother , george sisler , jr. , was a general manager for several minor league baseball teams , and later became president of the international league from 1966 to 1976 .
