debutleague finalyear bats statleague birth_place debutyear |position finaldate statvalue finalteam statlabel finalleague debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
mlb npb 1967 1975 left mlb npb goldsboro , north carolina 1959 1968 outfielder october 1 .269 101 403 .309 205 656 chicago cubs hanshin tigers batting home runs runs batted in average home runs runs batted in batting average mlb npb april 11 20 march 1933 george altman
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george altman

george lee altman -lrb- born march 20 , 1933 in goldsboro , north carolina -rrb- is a former major league baseball outfielder and nippon professional baseball outfielder .
altman played for the chicago cubs -lrb- from 1959 to , and from to 1967 -rrb- , st. louis cardinals -lrb- -rrb- , and new york mets -lrb- -rrb- .
he batted left-handed and threw right-handed .
george played three months with the kansas city monarchs in 1955 http://www.nlbpa.com/the-athletes/altman-george in a nine-season mlb career , altman had a .269 batting average with 101 home runs and 403 rbis , in 991 games played .
he played professional baseball in japan from through , for the lotte orions and the hanshin tigers , where he had a .309 batting average with 205 home runs .
he credited martial arts training for baseball success in japan .
he is an alumnus of tennessee state university and currently resides in o'fallon , mo. .
