finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1945 switch 19 december 1998 atlanta , georgia chicago , illinois 1945 july 4 .231 3 44 first baseman boston braves batting average home runs runs batted in april 17 4 january 1912 joe mack -lrb- baseball -rrb-
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joe mack -lrb- baseball -rrb-

joseph john mack -lrb- born `` joseph john maciarz '' , january 4 , 1912 -- december 19 , 1998 -rrb- was a major league baseball first baseman who played for the boston braves in 1945 .
the 33-year-old rookie was a native of chicago , illinois .
mack is one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the major leagues during world war ii .
he made his major league debut on april 17 , 1945 -lrb- opening day -rrb- against the new york giants at braves field .
he was boston 's regular first baseman until the july 4 , when he played in his last big league game .
season and career totals include 66 games played , a .231 batting average -lrb- 60-for-260 -rrb- , 3 home runs , 44 runs batted in , and 30 runs scored .
he made 6 errors in 65 games at first base and had a fielding percentage of .991 .
