finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1916 right 31 december 1963 canton , ohio mingo junction , ohio 1916 september 9 1 1 1 pinch hitter pittsburgh pirates games played plate appearances base on balls september 9 18 may 1892 bill batsch
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bill batsch

william mckinley batsch -lrb- may 18 , 1892 -- december 31 , 1963 -rrb- was an american major league baseball player who pinch hit in one game for the pittsburgh pirates on september 9 , .
with the hometown pirates down 3-0 in the bottom of the eighth to the chicago cubs , batsch walked for pitcher erv kantlehner in his only plate appearance .
the pirates failed to bring batsch round to score , and the final score of the game at the end of the ninth remained 3-0 .
batsch is one of only five players to walk in his only major league plate appearance ; the most famous of the five is eddie gaedel .
