sentence: joseph gordon dobson ( january 20 , 1917 -- june 23 , 1994 ) was an american professional baseball player , a right-handed pitcher who appeared in major league baseball for the cleveland indians ( 1939 -- 1940 ) , boston red sox ( 1941 -- 1943 ; 1946 -- 1950 ; 1954 ) and chicago white sox ( 1951 -- 1953 ) .