finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1946 right 25 december 2009 apple valley , california calumet , michigan 1942 june 10 .284 0 7 shortstop philadelphia phillies batting average home runs runs batted in april 15 29 may 1918 bill burich
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bill burich

william max burich -lrb- may 29 , 1917 -- december 25 , 2009 -rrb- was an infielder in major league baseball , playing mainly as a shortstop for the philadelphia phillies during the and seasons .
listed at 6 ' 0 '' , 180 lb. , he batted and threw right-handed .
a native of calumet , michigan , burich was one of many major leaguers who saw his baseball career interrupted by a military stint during world war ii .
in 1942 he appeared in 25 games as a backup infielder for pinky may , bobby bragan and danny murtaugh .
he enlisted in the united states army in 1943 , serving for three and half years before rejoining the phillies in the 1946 midseason .
in a two-season career , burich was .284 hitter -lrb- 23-for-81 -rrb- in 27 games with four runs and seven rbi in 27 games , including one double , two stolen bases , and a .333 on-base percentage .
following his brief stint in major leagues , burich resumed his playing career in the minors and also managed the 1948 nazareth barons of the north atlantic league .
burich died on december 25 , 2009 in apple valley , california .
