finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1972 left 26 november 2004 los angeles , california lockport , illinois 1961 october 4 .257 134 504 catcher detroit tigers batting average home runs runs batted in april 11 23 june 1937 tom haller
 san francisco giants tom haller right
tom haller

thomas frank haller -lrb- june 23 , 1937 -- november 26 , 2004 -rrb- was an american professional baseball player and baseball executive .
he played as a catcher in major league baseball with the san francisco giants -lrb- -- -rrb- , los angeles dodgers -lrb- -- -rrb- and detroit tigers -lrb- -rrb- .
in the late 1960s , haller was considered one of the top catchers in the national league .
