finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1938 right 3 june 1976 danville , illinois trauger , pennsylvania 1937 july 9 .147 0 5 catcher brooklyn dodgers batting average home runs runs batted in may 30 23 july 1910 paul chervinko
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paul chervinko

paul chervinko -lrb- july 23 , 1910 -- june 3 , 1976 -rrb- was a major league baseball catcher for parts of two seasons with the brooklyn dodgers -lrb- 1937 -- 1938 -rrb- .
he was a native of trauger , pennsylvania .
chervinko was an excellent defensive player who just could n't hit well enough to stay in the big leagues .
behind the plate he made only one error in 102 chances for a fielding percentage of .990 .
at bat , however , he was just 11-for-75 -lrb- .147 -rrb- with five runs batted in and one run scored in 42 total games .
during his time with brooklyn he was surrounded by some quite notable people .
his manager was hall of famer burleigh grimes , and some of his teammates were future hall of famers as well : outfielder heinie manush , pitcher waite hoyt , and shortstop leo durocher .
also on the team was all-star infielder cookie lavagetto , who would later gain fame in the 1947 world series .
chervinko died in danville , illinois at the age of 65 .
