finalyear death_date death_place bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1935 11 september 1978 chicago , illinois both chicago , illinois 1930 july 13 22 & ndash ; 45 5.01 176 pitcher st. louis browns win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts july 5 february 21 , 1907 snipe hansen.jpg snipe hansen
 philadelphia phillies snipe hansen left
snipe hansen

roy emil frederick `` snipe '' hansen -lrb- february 21 , 1907 -- september 11 , 1978 -rrb- was a left-handed pitcher in major league baseball .
in a five-season major league career , he played for the philadelphia phillies and the st. louis browns .
he was officially listed as standing and weighing .
after opening his minor league career in the chicago cubs system , hansen was purchased by the phillies in 1930 , playing for them that season and from 1932 to 1935 .
he won 22 games and lost 44 for the philadelphia club , posting a 4.84 earned run average in 599 innings and splitting time between the starting rotation and the bullpen .
late in his major league career , he played a short time for the browns , losing one game before returning to the minors at the end of his career .
