finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1945 right 25 july 2002 miami , florida cruces , cuba 1945 september 16 0 -- 4 5.35 11 pitcher philadelphia phillies win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts june 21 4 january 1911 izzy león
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isidoro león becerra -lrb- january 4 , 1911 -- july 25 , 2002 -rrb- was a major league baseball pitcher who played for the philadelphia phillies in 1945 .
the 34-year-old rookie was a native of cruces , cuba .
león is one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the major leagues during world war ii .
he made his major league debut on june 21 , 1945 in a home game against the brooklyn dodgers at shibe park .
he was the starting and losing pitcher in a 9 -- 2 defeat .
cy buker was the winning pitcher .
león 's final big league appearance was on september 16 .
he was released by philadelphia on february 26 , 1946 .
season and career totals include 14 games pitched , 4 starts , 0 complete games , a 0 -- 4 record with 4 games finished , 23 earned runs allowed in 38.2 innings , and an era of 5.35 .
león died at the age of 91 in miami , florida .
