finalyear death_date debutyear statvalue finalteam thumb|px|caption birth_date death_place finaldate image statlabel debutteam name throws birth_place debutdate bats position article_title
1972 30 january 1997 1965 .258 23 164 boston red sox '' # 263 topps '' baseball card - 1970 series , 3 june 1942 new hampton , iowa july 2 duane josephson.jpg batting average home runs runs batted in chicago white sox duane josephson right new hampton , iowa september 15 right catcher duane josephson

duane josephson

duane charles josephson -lrb- june 3 , 1942 -- january 30 , 1997 -rrb- was an american professional baseball player , a catcher who played for the chicago white sox -lrb- 1965 -- 69 -rrb- and boston red sox -lrb- 1971 -- 72 -rrb- of major league baseball .
josephson batted and threw right-handed .
he was born in new hampton , iowa , where he attended new hampton high school .
in an eight-season career , josephson posted a .258 batting average with 23 home runs and 164 rbi in 470 games played .
forced to retire from baseball at the age of 30 due to pericarditis , josephson died in new hampton , iowa , at the age of 54 .
