finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1889 unknown 24 march 1919 oakland , california ohio 1889 august 25 0 -- 1 3 13.50 pitcher kansas city cowboys win -- loss record strikeouts earned run average august 25 28 may 1868 john bates -lrb- baseball -rrb-
 kansas city cowboys john bates unknown
john bates -lrb- baseball -rrb-

john william bates -lrb- may 28 , 1868 -- march 24 , 1919 -rrb- was a major league baseball pitcher .
he played in one game , on august 25 , 1889 , for the kansas city cowboys of the american association .
he started the game and pitched an eight inning complete game , allowing 12 earned runs and recording the loss .
after his brief time with the cowboys , he played for another two years with the austin senators in the texas league .
