finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1929 right 04 november 1977 fort lauderdale , florida hudson , michigan 1921 september 22 .263 1 83 utility player cincinnati reds batting average home runs runs batted in april 15 24 february 1899 pinky pittenger
 boston red sox pinky pittenger right
pinky pittenger

clarke alonzo `` pinky '' pittenger -lsb- `` previously thought to be pittinger '' -rsb- -lrb- february 24 , 1899 -- november 4 , 1977 -rrb- was a reserve infielder/outfielder in major league baseball , playing mainly at shortstop for three different teams between the and seasons .
listed at , 160 lb. , pittenger batted and threw right-handed .
he was born in hudson , michigan .
a valuable utility man , pittenger was 22 years old when he entered the majors in 1921 with the boston red sox , playing for them through 1923 before joining the chicago cubs -lrb- 1925 -rrb- and cincinnati reds -lrb- 1927 -- 1929 -rrb- .
his most productive season came with the 1929 reds , when he posted career-numbers in games -lrb- 77 -rrb- , runs -lrb- 31 -rrb- and rbi -lrb- 27 -rrb- , while hitting a .295 batting average , also a career-high .
in a seven-season career , pittenger was a .263 hitter -lrb- 252-for-373 -rrb- with one home run and 83 rbi in 373 games , including 118 runs , 32 doubles , three triples and 27 stolen bases .
he made 284 infield appearances at shortstop -lrb- 136 -rrb- , third base -lrb- 77 -rrb- and second -lrb- 71 -rrb- , and also played 21 games at left field -lrb- 18 -rrb- , center -lrb- 4 -rrb- and right -lrb- 4 -rrb- .
pittenger died at the age of 78 in fort lauderdale , florida .
