finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1959 right 8 september 2014 tempe , arizona holland , michigan 1951 june 15 32 -- 36 3.73 223 pitcher baltimore orioles win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts april 21 20 august 1924 george zuverink.jpg george zuverink
 cleveland indians george zuverink right
george zuverink

george zuverink -lrb- august 20 , 1924 -- september 8 , 2014 -rrb- was a professional baseball player .
he was a right-handed pitcher over parts of eight major league baseball seasons -lrb- 1951-1952 , 1954-1959 -rrb- with the cleveland indians , cincinnati redlegs , detroit tigers and baltimore orioles .
for his career , he compiled a 32 -- 36 record in 265 appearances , mostly as a relief pitcher , with a 3.54 earned run average and 223 strikeouts .
in 1957 , zuverink and frank zupo twice formed the only `` z '' battery in major league history as of 2011 , the first time coming on july 1 , 1957 when zupo made his big-league debut with a 10th-inning catching appearance against the new york yankees .
zuverink died in tempe , arizona from pneumonia as a result from a fractured hip he suffered from a fall in may 2014 .
he was 90 years old .
