finalyear death_date death_place bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1971 01 july 2012 massillon , ohio , u.s. right massillon , ohio , u.s. 1961 september 17 .252 26 344 outfielder chicago white sox batting average home runs runs batted in september 5 09 october 1939 mike hershberger
 chicago white sox mike hershberger right
mike hershberger

norman michael hershberger -lrb- october 9 , 1939 -- july 1 , 2012 -rrb- was an outfielder for the chicago white sox -lrb- 1961 -- 64 and 1971 -rrb- , kansas city/oakland athletics -lrb- 1965 -- 69 -rrb- , and milwaukee brewers -lrb- 1970 -rrb- .
he led the american league in sacrifice flies -lrb- 7 -rrb- in 1966 .
in 11 seasons he played in 1,150 games and had 3,572 at bats , 398 runs , 900 hits , 150 doubles , 22 triples , 26 home runs , 344 rbi , 74 stolen bases , 319 walks , .252 batting average , .316 on-base percentage , .328 slugging percentage , 1,172 total bases , 33 sacrifice hits , 28 sacrifice flies and 19 intentional walks .
he died on july 1 , 2012 following a brief illness .
