finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date address article_title debutteam name throws
1945 right 3 june 2004 ann arbor , michigan cork , ireland 1945 august 4 0 -- 0 189.00 1 pitcher washington senators win-loss record earned run average strikeouts august 4 3 december 1918 ann arbor mi joe cleary
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joe cleary

joseph christopher cleary -lrb- december 3 , 1918 -- june 3 , 2004 -rrb- , nicknamed `` fire '' , was a major league baseball pitcher for one game in 1945 .
the right-hander was born in cork , and he was the last native of ireland to appear in a major league game .
he also holds the major league record for the highest era of any pitcher who retired a batter .
cleary pitched one game in relief for the washington senators on august 4 , 1945 .
in the 4th inning of game 2 of a doubleheader against the boston red sox , he gave up 8 baserunners -lrb- 5 hits and 3 walks -rrb- and 7 earned runs in just of an inning .
world war ii amputee bert shepard came in to relieve and pitched the final 5 innings , giving up just one run .
in cleary 's short mlb career he had a 0 -- 0 record with 1 strikeout and an era of 189.00 .
he died at the age of 85 in yonkers , new york .
his brother timothy f cleary , also born in cork , was a presidential appointee and chairman of the united states occupational safety and health review commission -lrb- `` osharc '' -rrb- .
he raised 6 children in bethesda , md. .
timothy , maureen , therese , richard , eileen and gail cleary .
