finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1937 left 16 march 1971 cincinnati , ohio cincinnati , ohio 1933 july 11 31 -- 28 4.19 224 pitcher brooklyn dodgers win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts april 25 5 november 1908 ralph birkofer
 pittsburgh pirates ralph birkofer left
ralph birkofer

ralph joseph birkofer -lrb- november 5 , 1908 -- march 16 , 1971 -rrb- was an american major league baseball pitcher for the pittsburgh pirates and brooklyn dodgers .
his two main pitches were a sinking fastball and a curve .
