finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1925 left 6 february 1955 los angeles , california jersey city , new jersey 1917 may 7 29 -- 30 3.33 148 pitcher brooklyn robins win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts september 29 5 july 1896 hankthormahlen.jpg hank thormahlen
 new york yankees hank thormahlen left
hank thormahlen

herbert ehler thormahlen -lsb- `` lefty '' -rsb- -lrb- july 5 , 1896 -- february 6 , 1955 -rrb- was a pitcher in major league baseball who played from through for the new york yankees -lrb- 1917 -- 20 -rrb- , boston red sox -lrb- 1921 -rrb- and brooklyn robins -lrb- 1925 -rrb- .
listed at , 180 lb. , thormahlen batted and threw left-handed .
he was born in jersey city , new jersey .
thormalen began his professional career with the class dchambersburg maroons and class aa baltimore orioles in 1916 .
he made a one-game appearance for the new york yankees in 1917 before returning to the minor leagues in 1918 .
he was once again elevated to the yankees in 1919 .
in a six-season major league career , thormahlen posted a 29 -- 30 record with 148 strikeouts and a 3.33 era in 104 appearances , including 64 starts , 27 complete games , four shutouts , two saves , and 565 innings of work .
thormahlen died in los angeles , california at age 58 .
