Mike Chartak Baseball player
Michael George (Shotgun) Chartak (April 28, 1916 – July 25, 1967) was a Major League Baseball outfielder.Chartak was born in 1916, in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Carbondale, Pennsylvania. Mike played four seasons in the major leagues: 1940 with the New York Yankees; 1942 with the Yankees, Washington Senators, and St. Louis Browns; and 1943-1944 with the Browns. In his major league career, Chartak appeared in 256 games and had 186 hits, including 21 home runs, in 765 at bats. He appeared as a pinch hitter in two games of the 1944 World Series, the second appearance resulting in a strikeout to end the sixth and final game.He died of tuberculosis on July 25, 1967, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Career start | September 13, 1940 |
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Career end | September 27, 1944 |
batting side | Left |
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throwing side | Left |