finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1956 right 21 november 2013 st. louis , missouri st. louis , missouri 1956 september 29 9.00 0-0 0 pitcher baltimore orioles earned run average record strikeouts september 29 8 september 1938 george werley
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george werley

george william werley -lrb- september 8 , 1938 - november 21 , 2013 -rrb- was a right-handed major league baseball pitcher who played in one game for the baltimore orioles in 1956 at the age of 18 .
prior to playing professionally , he attended st. louis university .
werley appeared in his only big league game on september 29 , 1956 against the washington senators , having been signed by the orioles just a few weeks prior on september 2 .
he came into the game in the bottom of the eighth inning , replacing relief pitcher bill wight .
in quick succession he retired the first two batters , herb plews and ed fitz gerald .
he then began to struggle , walking the next two batters - pete runnels and roy sievers - and allowing a single to jim lemon , which drove runnels home from second .
the next batter he faced was hall of famer harmon killebrew - who grounded out .
though werley spent only one game in the major leagues , he spent three seasons in the minors , going a combined 24-22 in 88 games .
in 1958 with the dublin orioles , he went 16-10 with a 4.28 era .
