finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1933 left 11 march 1987 rockville centre , new york new york , new york 1929 april 30 0 -- 0 5.85 2 pitcher detroit tigers win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts july 19 10 december 1906 bots nekola
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bots nekola

francis joseph `` bots '' nekola -lrb- december 10 , 1906 -- march 11 , 1987 -rrb- was an american professional baseball player and scout .
the native of new york , new york , was a left-handed pitcher who appeared in 11 games in major league baseball for the new york yankees -lrb- -rrb- and detroit tigers -lrb- -rrb- .
he stood tall and weighed .
nekola attended evander childs high school and the college of the holy cross .
he went from the holy cross campus to the majors , appearing with the yankees in nine games during their 1929 season , all in relief .
in his big league debut july 19 , he pitched 2 2/3 scoreless , one-hit innings against the cleveland indians .
nekola made his first minor league appearance the following season , and his career would continue in the minors through 1938 , interrupted only by a two-game trial with the 1933 tigers .
over eleven major league games , nekola had a 0 -- 0 record with a 5.85 earned run average .
in 20 total innings pitched , he surrendered 25 hits and 16 bases on balls .
he struck out two .
following his playing career , he was the boston red sox ' longtime amateur scout in the new york and new jersey regions .
in that capacity , in , nekola scouted and signed future baseball hall of fame outfielder carl yastrzemski .
he died in rockville centre , new york .
