finalyear death_date death_place bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1927 30 may 1975 san mateo , california left san francisco , california 1921 september 18 28-32 4.67 119 pitcher chicago white sox win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts april 19 1 july 1896 bert cole
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bert cole

albert george cole -lrb- july 1 , 1896 -- may 30 , 1975 -rrb- was a major league baseball pitcher who played six seasons in the major leagues with the detroit tigers -lrb- 1921 -- 1925 -rrb- , cleveland indians -lrb- 1925 -rrb- , and chicago white sox -lrb- 1927 -rrb- .
cole began his professional career in 1919 with the seattle rainiers and sacramento senators .
he spent most of 1920 with the tacoma tigers , and had a 24-7 win-loss record with them .
he was then promoted to the san francisco seals and had a 5-1 record and a 1.86 earned run average -lrb- era -rrb- in 16 games .
he made his debut with the detroit tigers the following year after they traded babe ellison to san francisco to acquire him , and spent five years with the team as both a starting pitcher and relief pitcher .
cole 's most productive season was 1923 with the tigers .
that year , he had a record of 13-5 with a 4.14 era in 52 games .
his .722 win percentage in 1923 was 3rd best in the american league , and his 52 games was also 3rd best in the league .
in one game against the new york yankees in 1924 , bob meusel accused cole of attempting to hit him with a pitch intentionally , causing a fight to break out between both teams .
both meusel and cole were suspended for ten days and fined $ 100 .
partway through 1925 , the cleveland indians purchased him , and he played in 13 games for them .
his major league career ended with the chicago white sox in 1927 .
with them , he had a 1-4 record and a 4.73 era in 27 games .
after his major league career , cole pitched for the mission reds from 1929 to 1933 ; the first season he had a 24-12 record .
in 1934 , he pitched for the toronto maple leafs , then again pitched for the san francisco seals in 1935 , playing alongside joe dimaggio in his final season of professional baseball .
