finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1948 left 12 april 2008 st. louis , missouri st. louis , missouri 1948 may 30 0 -- 0 8.71 3 pitcher chicago white sox win-loss record earned run average strikeouts april 24 15 august 1926 jim goodwin -lrb- baseball -rrb-
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jim goodwin -lrb- baseball -rrb-

james patrick goodwin -lrb- august 15 , 1926 -- april 12 , 2008 -rrb- was an american pitcher in major league baseball .
listed at , , he batted and threw left-handed .
born in st. louis , missouri , goodwin started his professional career with the new york giants organization , playing for them in their minor league system with the springfield -lrb- 1943 -rrb- and jersey city -lrb- 1944 -rrb- teams , by then the top farm system affiliates of the giants .
but his baseball career was interrupted after he entered service in the united states army during world war ii .
following his discharge , he rejoined jersey city in 1946 , being obtained a year later by the chicago white sox from the giants in the rule 5 draft .
goodwin joined the white sox on april 24 , 1948 .
he made eight pitching appearances -lrb- one start -rrb- and posted an 8.71 earned run average , giving up 11 runs -lrb- 10 earned -rrb- on nine hits and 12 walks while striking out three in 10 1/3 innings of work .
he did not have a decision and made his last appearance on may 30 of that year .
in addition , he pitched six seasons in the minors between 1944 and 1950 , compiling a 50 -- 38 record and a 3.36 era in 162 games .
goodwin died in st. louis at the age of 81 .
