debutleague finalyear death_date bats birth_place debutyear statvalue position finalteam statlabel finalleague birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
middle atlantic league 1947 february , 1983 -lrb- aged 70 -rrb- switch wadena , indiana 1929 .249 8 393 catcher pittsburg browns batting average home runs hits kansas-oklahoma-missouri league december 7 , 1912 jim crandall
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jim crandall

james mark crandall -lrb- december 7 , 1912 -- february 1983 -rrb- was an american professional baseball player , manager and coach .
in his only major league service , crandall served as a coach on the last st. louis browns team in history , the 1953 edition .
born in wadena , indiana , he was the son of doc crandall , a star pitcher with the new york giants from 1908 -- 1913 , and one of the game 's top early relief pitchers .
jim crandall 's professional baseball career was confined to minor league baseball , except for the latter half of the major league season , when he swapped jobs with bill norman , who was on the coaching staff of brownie manager marty marion .
crandall had begun the year as skipper of the san antonio missions of the double-a texas league , where he lasted into july before taking norman 's old post with the browns .
losers of 100 games , st. louis ' last american league entry finished eighth and last , 46 1/2 games behind the new york yankees .
owner bill veeck was pressured into selling the team to baltimore interests , who shifted the club to their city for 1954 .
marion and crandall were not retained by the new ownership and management team , and crandall resumed his minor league career .
a switch-hitting catcher and right-handed pitcher , he played in 1932 , 1934 -- 1940 and 1945 -- 1947 .
he managed in 1940 and from 1946 -- 1955 , spending much of that time working in the farm systems of the browns and cincinnati redlegs .
he died in february 1983 at age 70 in bullhead city , arizona , although no specific date of death has been listed .
