finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1974 left port huron , michigan 1963 september 22 .226 30 177 outfielder new york mets batting average home runs runs batted in may 4 6 november 1942 jim gosger
 boston red sox jim gosger left
jim gosger

james charles gosger -lrb- born november 6 , 1942 in port huron , michigan -rrb- is an american former major league baseball outfielder and first baseman .
he played from 1963-1974 for six different teams .
gosger was listed at and and batted and threw left-handed .
during a 10-year baseball career , gosger batted .226 with 30 home runs and 411 hits in 705 games played .
basically a contact , line-drive hitter , gosger was a fine reserve outfielder with a strong throwing arm , appearing in 555 games at center field -lrb- 291 -rrb- , left -lrb- 216 -rrb- and right -lrb- 83 -rrb- , and eventually as a first baseman -lrb- 25 -rrb- .
gosger broke into the majors in 1963 with the boston red sox , playing for them two and a half years before joining the kansas city/oakland athletics -lrb- 1966 -- 68 -rrb- , seattle pilots -lrb- 1969 -rrb- , new york mets -lrb- 1969 -rrb- , montreal expos -lrb- 1970 -- 71 -rrb- , and again with the mets -lrb- 1973 -- 74 -rrb- .
his most productive season came in 1967 with kansas city , when he posted career-highs in games -lrb- 134 -rrb- , home runs -lrb- 7 -rrb- and hits -lrb- 86 -rrb- , while hitting .242 with 36 rbi .
