finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1963 switch 18 december 2004 houston , texas compton , california 1963 september 29 .167 0 0 shortstop houston colt .45 s batting average home runs runs batted in september 20 16 february 1944 glenn vaughan
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glenn vaughan

glenn edward vaughan -lrb- february 16 , 1944 -- december 18 , 2004 -rrb- , nicknamed `` sparky , '' was an american professional baseball player for three seasons , 1962 -- 1964 .
a shortstop , he was the nephew of baseball hall of fame shortstop arky vaughan .
he was a switch hitter who threw right-handed , stood tall and weighed .
born in compton , california , glenn vaughan graduated from lamar high school -lrb- houston , texas -rrb- and attended the university of houston .
in 1962 he signed with the local major league baseball team , the houston colt .45 s , and played three seasons in its farm system .
in , he was recalled by the colt .45 s in september after splitting the campaign between the double-a san antonio bullets and the triple-a oklahoma city 89ers .
he started nine mlb games -- eight as a shortstop , and one , on september 27 , as a third baseman on a day when houston started an all-rookie lineup -lrb- sonny jackson was the shortstop -rrb- .
vaughan batted 30 times and collected five hits , all singles .
after retiring from baseball , vaughan entered the insurance and real estate businesses in houston .
he died there from natural causes at the age of 60 .
