finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1962 left 29 august 2009 grinnell , iowa victor , iowa 1951 august 23 171 32 -- 28 4.15 12 171/173 pitcher cleveland indians games saves strikeouts/walks pitched win -- loss record earned run average september 21 21 june 1927 jackie collum.jpg jackie collum
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jackie collum

john dean collum -lrb- june 21 , 1927 -- august 29 , 2009 -rrb- was a pitcher in major league baseball who played for eight different teams between the and seasons .
listed at , 163 lb. , collum batted and threw left-handed .
he was born in victor , iowa .
collum was one of four children of john edward collum and sophia louise lohman and the youngest of three brothers .
he was raised in newburg , iowa , near grinnell , and graduated from newburg high school , where he played in the iowa state baseball tournament .
he served in world war ii with the united states air force in the pacific theatre of operations , where he was stationed in the philippines .
following the war he returned home and married betty belles on february 28 , 1948 .
he pursue his major league dreams after going 24 -- 2 in 1948 for class-a st. joseph team of the western league .
basically a reliever , collum also served in starting roles .
he entered the major leagues in 1951 with the st. louis cardinals , playing for them until the 1953 midseason before joining the cincinnati reds/redlegs from 1953 to 1955 .
after spending two years out of baseball , he rejoined the cardinals in 1956 and also pitched with the chicago cubs in 1957 and for two dodgers teams ; in 1957 , when they were leaving his hometown of brooklyn for the sunny skies of los angeles starting the 1958 season .
his most productive season came with cincinnati in 1955 , when he recorded career-numbers in wins -lrb- 9 -rrb- , earned run average -lrb- 3.63 -rrb- and complete games -lrb- 5 -rrb- , while pitching 134 innings .
his highlight of the season came on july 18 , when he pitched a three-hit shutout against the philadelphia phillies and jim konstanty , silencing a powerful lineup that included richie ashburn , eddie waitkus , del ennis , stan lopata , willie jones and granny hamner .
collum also had stints with the minnesota twins and cleveland indians in 1962 , his last major league season .
in a nine-season career , collum posted a 32 -- 28 record with a .533 era in 171 appearances , including 37 starts , 11 complete games , two shutouts , 12 saves , 171 strikeouts and 173 walks in 464.0 innings of work .
he also helped himself with the bat , hitting a .246 average -lrb- 29-for-118 -rrb- with one home run , 15 runs , 13 rbi , five doubles , and a .321 on-base percentage .
following his baseball career , collum worked in the automotive business in grinnell , iowa , and was owner of grinnel pioneer oil .
he was inducted into the iowa baseball hall of fame and was also a member of the major league baseball alumni association and the grinnell eagles lodge .
collum died in the mayflower health care center in grinnell at the age of 82 .
he was buried at rock creek cemetery of grinnell .
