finalyear death_date death_place bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date statlable article_title debutteam name throws
1921 19 february 1978 baltimore , maryland left baltimore , maryland 1921 september 23 25 4 0 .240 outfielder philadelphia athletics at bats rbi batting average september 14 31 march 1894 home runs ben mallonee
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ben mallonee

howard `` ben '' or `` lefty '' bennett mallonee -lrb- march 31 , 1894 -- february 19 , 1974 -rrb- was an american professional baseball player who played in seven games for the philadelphia athletics during the season .
he was born in baltimore , maryland and died there at the age of 83 .
he began his professional career in 1916 with the class d blue ridge league playing for the chambersburg maroons and the hanover hornets .
after his time in the major leagues , he returned to the minor leagues , playing for several more years .
his overall batting average in the minor leagues was .322 .
his best year was in 1924 with the richmond colts of the class b virginia league , when he had an batting average of .368 in 546 at bats .
he played his last season in the minor leagues with the spartanburg , greenville and asheville of the south atlantic league in 1929 .
