finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1955 left 16 september 1972 jamaica plain , massachusetts cambridge , massachusetts 1941 september 20 .285 1,214 373 first baseman philadelphia phillies batting average hits runs batted in april 15 4 september 1919 eddie waitkus.jpg eddie waitkus
 chicago cubs eddie waitkus left
eddie waitkus

edward stephen waitkus -lrb- september 4 , 1919 -- september 16 , 1972 -rrb- was a lithuanian-american first baseman in major league baseball who had an 11-year career -lrb- 1941 , 1946 -- 1955 -rrb- .
he played for the chicago cubs and philadelphia phillies in the national league and for the baltimore orioles of the american league .
he was elected to the national league all-star team twice -lrb- 1948 and 1949 -rrb- .
