sentence: louis henry kretlow ( june 27 , 1921 -- september 12 , 2007 ) was an american baseball pitcher who played for the detroit tigers ( 1946 and 1948 -- 49 ) , st. louis browns / baltimore orioles ( 1950 and 1953 -- 55 ) , chicago white sox ( 1950 -- 53 ) and kansas city athletics ( 1956 ) .