finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1945 left 1 february 1978 keokuk , iowa croton , iowa 1932 september 30 .260 10 82 third baseman/second baseman pittsburgh pirates batting average home runs runs batted in april 12 23 january 1903 jack saltzgaver
 new york yankees jack saltzgaver right
jack saltzgaver

otto hamlin `` jack '' saltzgaver -lrb- january 23 , 1903 -- february 1 , 1978 -rrb- was an american professional baseball player .
the native of croton , iowa , an infielder , appeared in 278 major league baseball games for the new york yankees -lrb- 1932 ; 1934 -- 1937 -rrb- and the pittsburgh pirates -lrb- 1945 -rrb- .
he batted left-handed , threw right-handed , stood tall and weighed .
saltzgaver 's best mlb season came with the yankees .
at age 31 , he was the bombers ' most-used third baseman , appearing in 84 games at the position .
he batted a career-high .271 and set personal bests in home runs -lrb- 6 -rrb- and runs batted in -lrb- 36 -rrb- .
the following year , he was supplanted by red rolfe as the yanks ' starter at the hot corner .
at the time he played for the pirates , during the last season of the world war ii manpower shortage , the 42-year-old saltzgaver was the oldest active major league player .
