finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1967 right 14 june 2009 houston , texas wilkes-barre , pennsylvania 1956 august 28 44 -- 62 3.56 484 61 pitcher st. louis cardinals win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts saves september 14 24 august 1932 hal woodeshick.jpg hal woodeshick
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hal woodeshick

harold joseph woodeshick -lrb- august 24 , 1932 -- june 14 , 2009 -rrb- was an american left-handed pitcher who spent eleven seasons in major league baseball -lrb- mlb -rrb- with the detroit tigers -lrb- 1956 , 1961 -rrb- , cleveland indians -lrb- 1958 -rrb- , both american league washington senators -lrb- 1959 -- 61 -rrb- , houston colt .45 s/astros -lrb- 1962 -- 65 -rrb- and st. louis cardinals -lrb- 1965 -- 67 -rrb- .
he was the first-ever closer in colt .45 s/astros history .
he was also a member of the cardinals ' 1967 world series championship team .
he was nicknamed the switchman for his ability to `` turn out the lights '' on opposing batters .
